The Vermont Philharmonic's annual opera gala has become a hit with audiences because the area has become enamored with opera - and because it was such a good concert.
More than 200 Dartmouth College alumni and students spread out across the Appalachian Trail on Saturday in hopes of together hiking the entire 2,175 miles in one day.
TV chef Emeril Legasse was up in the Northeast Kingdom last week to shoot episodes for his "Emeril Green" program for Discovery Channel's Planet Green channel.
GREENSBORO - "You're on, chef," a crew member said, signaling to TV star Emeril Lagasse that it was time to chit-chat with a farmer about the local pear on the grill.
In Hardwick and surrounding towns something exciting is taking root. "It's continuing to grow and coming to a crescendo now," said Tom Stearns with High Mowing Organic Seeds.
Brassy show-biz chef Emeril Lagasse usually spends the half hour of his Planet Green TV show, "Emeril Green," teaching gardeners to use homegrown herbs in their cooking or adding pizzazz to date-night meals.
When veterinarian Alison Cornwall arrived at the Burke family dairy farm on a recent morning for a round of "preg checks," Annie Burke was outside waiting.