Peter Cobb

MONTPELIER — In what may be one of the best-kept secrets in central Vermont, the Pacem School in Montpelier is celebrating 20 years this fall. The small school, with an enrollment that ranges from 20 to 40 students, opened in 2006 to help parents homeschooling their children. Since 2012, Pacem (pronounced PAH-chem, a Latin word that means peace) has been a state-approved, full-time, independent school for grades six through 12. “Pacem provides a community where each student is known and cherished.

BERLIN — If all goes as planned, Cady Hart-Petterssen and her three rowing mates on Team Rising Tide will row 3,000 miles from La Gomera in the Canaries to Antigua in the Caribbean as part of the World’s Toughest Row Atlantic Race scheduled to start December 2027. Hart-Petterssen, of Plainfield, is executive director and co-owner with her husband Nick, of Green Mountain Community Fitness in Berlin.

BERLIN — If all goes as planned, Cady Hart-Petterssen and her three rowing mates on Team Rising Tide will row 3,000 miles from La Gomera in the Canaries to Antigua in the Caribbean as part of the World's Toughest Row Atlantic Race scheduled to start December 2027. Hart-Petterssen, of Plainfield, is executive director and co-owner with her husband Nick, of Green Mountain Community Fitness in Berlin.