Many decades ago, before Fat Toad Farm was a goat diary in Brookfield, it was a small apple orchard called Apple Hill Farm.

25 in the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge in South Burlington. $5 in advance, $8 day of show.

FILE - In this May 30, 2007 file photo, Craig Santos of Eustis Cable in Brookfield, Vt.

A daughter, Julia Ann French, was born July 22, 2009, to Nicholas French and Jessica Parker of Brookfield.

A son, Jackson Knight Winters, was born Aug. 3, 2009, to Jamie and Cassandra Winters of Moretown.

Police have arrested a 17-year-old Vermont boy on charges of aggravated sexual assault, aggravated domestic assault and lewd conduct with a child.

It seems like forever since I last sat down and wrote this column, but it has only been a week.

Most potters stick with a formula: They choose a clay type, a firing technique and a vessel shape, and crank out production pieces to sell in the craft market.

BROOKFIELD - One recent Sunday morning, Lee Duberman rose early in the 19th-century farmhouse where she lives with her husband and two sons.

BROOKFIELD - One recent Sunday morning, Lee Duberman rose early in the 19th-century farmhouse where she lives with her husband and two sons.

The Cummings barn in East Montpelier will get $10,000 for renovations as part of a state program to preserve historic barns.

From the Farm Photo courtesy to the Free Press Calley Hastings of Fat Toad Farm holds a baby Saanen goat named Everest.

Lee Duberman is the chef at Ariel's, in Brookfield, Vt., which I wrote about somewhat adoringly last year .

Robert Rousse of Brookfield and Bradford and Janice Towne of Barre are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Wendy Claire Rousse to Gregory Sanborn Fuller, son of Bert and Nancy Fuller of Orange.

Vermont State Police are investigating the theft Sunday of a truck from a residence on Ridge Road in Brookfield.