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2023 Winner Features

Even in a town with such a bountiful selection of year-round outdoor recreation activities, people still find it plenty useful to take their workouts inside, whether for the solitary rigidity of reps in the weight room or the camaraderie of a spin class.

Brian Krux has been slinging drinks behind the bar at several local establishments in the area for nearly a decade, but to him, life behind the pine is much more like an art form than just a way to pay the bills.

One other thing is constant, too — district superintendent Catherine “Cat” Gallagher. There are few school events where she’s not present, a shawl thrown over her shoulders as she warmly greets — everyone!

When Courtney Percy first met her future husband Ryan, she undertook some due diligence and researched him before meeting him in person. The first thing she found was a Stowe Reporter article from October 2007 that detailed his journey traveling around the world before returning home to help his father, Paul Percy, carry on the family’s legacy of dairy farming in Stowe.

Music (and life) is all about style, according to the legendary jazz musician and composer Miles Davis. Or, as he put in blunter terms: Anybody can play. Playing the note is only 20 percent of the equation — “the attitude of the motherf---er who plays it is 80 percent.”

With its commitment to spiritual wellness established prior to retail cannabis arriving in Vermont, it’s no wonder that Zenbarn Farms rose to the top of everyone’s list as the preferred place to buy pot.