Jonathan Brathwaite and his wife Becky Alford started coming to Vermont each summer through a home swap program nine years ago.
Category: Back Stories
Local author Meg Little Reilly’s latest book emerges out of quarantine
Sitting on her porch petting her three legged hound dog named Georgie, Reilly reflected on the Democratic convention where President Barack Obama was nominated where her work focused on her ability to write.
Dr. Rich Armstrong and Animal Hospital of Hinesburg serve customers & their pets
Bobbie Summers has been a client of Animal Hospital of Hinesburg since the late 1990s, back when they had a much smaller clinic. He said he has been seeing them ever since, and faithfully.
Hinesburg mechanic David Johansson to start next chapter in Florida
After forty years in Hinesburg, local mechanic David Johansson is leaving town and his self-owned small engine business behind.
Online local poetry newsletter connects, nurtures creativity during isolation
During National Poetry Month in April, many creative writers and poetry group participants found it difficult to celebrate without traditional public gatherings and readings due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Field of Bubbly Dreams: Not your grandfather’s farming business
When I contacted Matt Sayre to tell me his story about creating Shrubbly, one of the first things he recalled was standing in a field in Hinesburg taking soil samples with an agriculture extension agent.
Lot 15’s Future is again a blank canvas
More than three months since Hannaford Supermarkets abruptly terminated its application to build a store in Hinesburg, the reason why the supermarket chain made that decision is still unclear as is the future of the site that remains undeveloped.
Heads Up! local salons cater to the community with creature comforts
One of the joys of life in a small town is being able to find just what you
need close to home.
New batteries in town save consumers money
The buildings resembling shipping containers full of stacks of batteries in Hinesburg make a slight buzzing sound if you listen closely.
Back Roads of Hinesburg: A pictoral circumnavigation of a beautiful town
September 25, 2019 It was Friday the 13th and there was absolutely nothing unfortunate about the weather. Sunny and cloudless and just warm enough not to be cool. Humidity was less than nonexistent and visibility seemed beyond just clear. Things far away seemed close. Things close seemed to be in your face. Though…