For what feels like my entire adult life, all three decades or so of it, I've been getting the Vermont Country Store catalog. I can't remember exactly the first time I popped open my mailbox to ...

Opened in 1946 by Vrest and Mildred Ellen Orton, The Vermont Country Store is a general store in Weston, Vermont, that sounds pretty much exactly like its name — quaint, old time-y, and very New ...

I’M CURRENTLY quarantined with my mother in the stout brick house where I grew up, in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. Have you seen the movie “Grey Gardens”? Then you more or less get the picture. I’m ...

This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Robert Siegel. Those in search of a hard-to-find gift this season might try The Vermont Country Store. From old-fashioned candy to a copy of a Dick and ...

For 64 years, it's been a U.S. mailbox staple, offering home remedies, kitchen wares and long-forgotten brands in hopes of helping consumers solve life's little problems, from spider veins to unwanted ...

I’m back in my annual self-appointed role as one of Santa’s elves. For the next few weeks, I’ll have some nifty ideas for the antiques-and-collectibles folks on your holiday gift list. If you’re ...

In the 1970s, a shampoo called Lemon Up made quite the zesty splash. Created by the Gillette company, it featured bright yellow packaging, a bumpy, realistic lemon-shaped cap, and promised a full ...

WESTON – In the historic family home just off the village green, brothers Cabot and Eliot Orton were preparing last Wednesday to cook from "The Vermont Country Store Cookbook." When they realized that ...

For what feels like my entire adult life, all three decades or so of it, I've been getting the Vermont Country Store catalog. I can't remember exactly the first time I popped open my mailbox to ...