On a sunny weekend, especially in summer, Buxton’s on Main Street in Orwell fairly bursts with locals and tourists alike ordering the store’s famous gourmet sandwiches, picking up supplies for a camping trip, grabbing a six-pack, or just coming in to visit with the current owner, Andy Buxton, the latest of the Buxton family to preside over the iconic shop. 

Vermont can be tricky without access to a car. Public transportation is limited, and folks often live too far to walk to their destinations.

Our last installment of Lost Names [Bush, Bullio, and Anoe, #33] connected us to three more families whose names were transformed in Vermont.

Fall in Vermont means foliage, cider, pumpkins, and, for a good number of our neighbors, hunting. Every year, people across the state pick up their bows and rifles and head out into the woods, hoping to bag a big-antlered buck or a fat, feathered turkey.