Stowe Middle School students spend their time thinking about finding life on other planets, creating code interfaces, and what to do about nuclear waste, among other things.

It’s not just Mary who has little lambs.

Vermont leads the nation by a commanding margin as the top maple producing state. Total U.S. maple syrup production in 2018 was 4.1 million gallons, with Vermont’s contribution accounting for more than 1.9 million of those gallons.

March is just around the corner: a month long-awaited not only for the signs of spring it brings, but also for the liquid gold that’s about to start flowing in force across the Green Mountain State.

Melvin Wells, who has brought the spirit of Santa Claus to Lamoille County children for years, representing the jelly-bellied, bearded fellow, wants people to include his Nebraska Valley home on their list of places to stop to re-up their holiday cheer.

So you forgot to check that list twice and now it’s too late to count on next-day delivery for those last-minute holiday gifts? It’s happened to all of us — time and deadlines fly — and the next thing you know the floor is bare under your Christmas tree.

It can take almost 10 years for that tree in the living room to reach the perfect height, said Tom Paine, who owns Paine’s Christmas Trees on Laporte Road in Morristown.

From the mind of a child comes all we see — the mountains, the rivers, the animals and all the fish in the sea.