The small Vermont town with a big Olympic tally

New York Times sportswriter Karen Crouse crafts a postcard picture of the Upper Valley in her new book “Norwich: One Tiny Vermont Town’s Secret to Happiness and Excellence.” Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
NORWICH — New York Times sportswriter Karen Crouse was covering the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia, when she received an email reporting the virtues of this small Vermont town 5,000 miles away.
“I just wanted to make you aware …” she recalls of