Prohibition in Vermont started early. Liquor officially became illegal in parts of Vermont in the early 1800s, with towns demanding the right...
Before the Italian-American community (much to the chagrin of many) was branded as the face of organized crime, Irish Americans had their...
Abolition, war and injustice have inspired tax resisters in New England since even before the American Revolution. And well after the American...
New Hampshire poet Donald Hall’s grandmother once said, “Thirty below this morning. Seems like it might get cold.” It does get cold...
In 1789, Ephraim Kirby, Jebediah Strong, David Buel and more than 100 of their neighbors decided to swear off strong drink. They...
Northern Vermonters who knew Winston Titus thought of him as a good kid from a fine family of farmers. They probably didn’t...