PALMER — Karen Gardner keeps sheep to support her weaving habit. At Gardner's arrival in the family's Matanuska Colony barn on a windy night a few days before Thanksgiving, her flock comes running as ...

Editor's note: J. Kevin Graffagnino is executive director of the Vermont Historical Society. He is one of several guest writers filling in while Mark Bushnell takes a break from this column until July ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Greenfield Village says a "wild coyote" attacked and killed a merino sheep at the historic venue in Dearborn. The village, one of ...

A Merino sheep like those imported by diplomat William Jarvis, propelling the “sheep craze” that swept the state. Editor’s note: Mark Bushnell is a historian and writer who lives in Middlesex. One of ...

Merino wool is a sustainable material when the sheep are treated well. Sheep Inc, short for Sheep Included, is transparent about its efforts to ensure their animals are: They allocate wearers a sheep ...