WESTON, Vt. - For 64 years, it's been a 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 ...

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 ...

The Vermont Country Store catalog is a walk through the past, a time when maple syrup graced every breakfast table and a woman's daily wear was an apron. Many of the hard-to-find items that are still ...

Mildred Ellen Orton, who along with her husband Vrest launched The Vermont Country Store catalog in 1945 and opened a retail outlet in 1946, died at her home in Weston, VT on May 6. She was 99.

An early episode of "The Simpsons" featured Grandpa Abe Simpson and fellow nursing home denizen Jasper walking out of a movie theater, complaining about the film they'd just seen. Among their ...

When retailers across the northeast region of the United States first began closing stores to protect residents against the global pandemic, the leaders of The Vermont Country Store moved quickly to ...