

Billy Cotton Brings Vermont Values to Ralph Lauren Home
Seven years ago, I wrote an article for Seven Days about Billy Cotton, the Burlington High School and Pratt Institute grad who had become a…
Gardener Jen Kennedy Plants With Palette and Purpose in Mind
Gardening has been described as an act of faith. In Vermont — with its short growing season, uncertain weather and rocky soil — the activity…
Middlebury College Students, an Architect and Habitat for Humanity Collaborate to Build Homes
Doraleeann and Frankie Rivera and their three young daughters —Lillianna, 8; EmMarie, 6; and Tatianna, 2 — were barely getting by while living in a…
A Vermont Real Estate Report Projects Continued Sellers’ Market in 2020
Editor’s note: This story was reported and written before the recent outbreak of COVID-19, which has had profound impacts everywhere, including in real estate markets….
Grunts Move Junk Offers Vets a Moving Occupation
For more than three years, Florida native Joshua Hayes was a member of the Old Guard, the U.S. Army’s ceremonial unit. Hayes was assigned to…
Nest — Spring 2020
The word spring is so hopeful — as a season and a verb, it connotes bounding back. As Nest goes to press, the world is…






