Let’s imagine for a moment that you are a dog. Don’t feel weird about it, I try to take this perspective almost daily! And while that might not reassure you much, it is actually very helpful to think of training and behavior from a dog’s world. So, there is this same darn truck that drives u…
Eggplant is a love or hate kind of vegetable. For me, it’s love. I think what causes these feelings is the unique texture. The best (and maybe worst) way to describe it is being similar to a dense sponge. Because just like a sponge, eggplant absorbs flavor really well. It reminds me a lot of…
In “Danse Macabre,” Stephen King described his writing as creating terror — the buildup — then horror — when we see the face of the beast — and finally revulsion, which is the big, gory gross-out. Some of us prefer our scary stories to inhabit the first realm, created by internal tension ins…
It is now officially autumn — time for leaf-peeping, cider pressing, and of course, the first cold viruses of the season. I have a 4-year-old daughter and a 7-month-old son, and with my daughter’s entrance into preschool this year, the little ones have had two colds already since the start o…
Joanna Tebbs Young CIRCLES OF COMMUNITY Last month my family drove to the Outer Banks of North Carolina for a week’s vacation at the beach. Motoring along the highways of...
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Let’s start with what “Shrill” isn’t: it isn’t a show about a fat woman taking pratfalls or being a cruel, easy punchline. It’s a confident, gently funny, slice-of-life show that benefits from the streaming model, where niche shows can find an audience, as it explores issues and characters y…
In Silicon Valley, the old adage “fake it ’til you make it” is often a guiding principle of fledgling startup companies. Sometimes, turning a good idea into a viable business and, potentially, revolutionizing society, requires a bit of smoke and mirrors. The danger, of course, is knowing how…
Watching “Arrested Development” is a lot like hanging out with an old friend. No matter how long you’ve been apart, you’re always happy to see them. And, like spending time with an old friend, that pull of nostalgia and shared memories makes it easy to fall into the same old routine. But at …
Growing up reading “X-Men” comic books, I never really considered the psychological toll fighting crime and saving the world would have on the young super-powered characters that often populated the teams. With few exceptions, the books often glossed over how traumatizing all that violence a…
It’s difficult to critique longstanding institutions. Over time, aged bodies like the Catholic Church or Congress become so towering and entrenched that even the sharpest criticisms tend to bounce off them or are waved off by defenders who dismiss them as subjective, petty, facile or ignoran…
Two years ago, Rutland native Sally Olson brought her Karen Carpenter tribute show to Brandon Town Hall. She had created and introduced it just two years earlier, but by the time of the Brandon show, it was already starting to get some serious attention.
The interim executive director of Rutland County Restorative Justice Center is hoping to maintain the work the nonprofit agency has done for decades of holding people responsible for the crimes they commit while providing some balance for victims and the community.
Wood, pliers, glue and gumption: Rutland County’s MINT makerspace has spent the past five years getting its footing and growing its programs, and now could bring a state-wide award back to Rutland.
It’s been 20 years since David Wolk sat in his old job, and his return will bring some changes to schools and to the district, including moving Rutland Middle School Principal Deb Hathaway to the administrative building for a support staff role and moving math teacher Pati Beaumont into the …
A Barre-born chef with a dream on wheels is rolling out locally sourced goodies and homemade comfort food all around Rutland County.
A retrospective exhibition of acclaimed Vermont photographer Dona Ann McAdams opens on Oct. 13 at Castleton University Bank Gallery on its second leg of a two-year statewide tour.
The president of the Rutland South chapter of Rotary International said he wasn’t especially keen at first about helping put a statute of the group’s founder up in Rutland.
After 12 years in the position, Mary Powell, president and CEO of Green Mountain Power, will be retiring at the end of the year to be succeeded by Senior Vice President Mari McClure.
Rutland’s favorite furry four-legged 4-year-old is trying to win his dad a brand-new car.
Rutland-area promoters are hoping that people across the country looking for a change will agree the area holds “The Life You Were Meant For.”
KILLINGTON — The town clerk received a high honor earlier this month.
Creators young and old will have the opportunity to learn the basics of woodworking, metal work, stained glass and more with the MINT Makerspace’s kickoff to Manufacturing Month from 6 to 8 p.m. on October 4, National Manufacturing Day.
Rutland’s downtown streets flooded with the iconic blue shirts of the Walk for Children Saturday morning, but in its 44th year, the blue wave was tinged with pink as Justice for Harper Rose organizers joined the march in droves.
One day in 1997, Tom Mazzariello Jr. chatted up what he thought was a group of random tourists admiring the facade of his barber shop.
KILLINGTON — Behind the Sherburne Memorial Library, a little girl in a pink dress and garlands and another in a black dress with bat wings whacked each other with foam swords.
Many across the state spent Friday mourning the death of a man whose life’s work was preserving Vermont’s history.
When Starbucks comes to Rutland, the company plans to bring Chipotle with it.
Earlier this year, NPR’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., had some unusual visitors. Life-size puppets, including Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, Rosita, Abby Cadabby and Cookie Monster, all sat at a correspondent’s desk, “singing about a sunny day and how everything is A-OK.” The cast of Sesame …
Rutland City Public Schools is welcoming back an old friend.
The trail master of a local snowmobiling club has been named Vermont Snowmobiler of the Year.
PITTSFORD — The local animal shelter wants people to think outside the barn when it comes to adopting a few good mousers.
The Mentor Connector brought its pitch for more adults who want to make a difference in the lives of area youth to the September meeting of Project VISION, with the goal of finding enough new volunteers to serve a wait list of 60 youths.
Last week, hundreds of students, teachers, parents and staff gathered in the Rutland High School lunch room to honor the school’s partnerships with other schools across the globe.
If the new hot dog stand on West Street looks familiar, there’s a reason.
Some came for the nostalgia, others came to discover new tools for studying the past.
In a time of increasing political tensions and extreme world views, one Democrat and one Republican from Rutland County are trying to unite their communities in the spirit of respectful conversation.
A new collaboration between Project VISION, Mentor Connector and Vermont Youth Project stands to enrich the future of Rutland County by analyzing its youth and implementing development models created in Finland and Iceland called “Planet Youth.”
When Emmit Ackerman left Castleton University in December 2016 armed with a degree in sports administration, he faced that uncertainty of the “real world” that accompanies every graduation. What is the relevance of my degree?
FAIR HAVEN — After a month’s hiatus due to understaffing and lack of a field supervisor, the Fair Haven Rescue Squad is back up and running with a new supervisor and several new staff members.
With blacklights, disco streams, foam darts and live DJ-music on Labor Day, one local couple opened their latest venture: Blacklight Nerf Wars at Diamond Run Mall.
CLARENDON — Work on refurbishing the North Clarendon Chapel is moving along, while its caretakers continue to seek funding.
Backpacks filled and whiteboards gleamed last Wednesday as troops of eager students began their first day of school, and for Rutland High School Howe Center Campus’s 41 students, their classrooms have moved across town to the new Grove Street Campus at 77 Grove Street.
Haley Kean is one of 11 artists presenting sculptural installations for this year’s SculptFest at the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center. The public opening reception for the annual exhibition is 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7. The theme, “Changes.”
A Ludlow bookseller is poised to hit the restart button on Rutland’s game shop.
CASTLETON — Castleton University is still growing in body and spirit, now with one of Green Mountain College’s hands at the wheel.
Art Crowley held multiple city offices, designed the police commission and named the Stafford Technical Center.
BRANDON — Art Doty spent the last six years of his life crafting the “Otter Valley Rail Road.” Part history lesson, part communal art project, Doty’s family and friends are now looking for people to take up pencils, paint and tools to carry on the work.
KILLINGTON — With a new recreation director has come an expansion of the job’s responsibilities.
It was the first year Jeff Sanborn didn’t have to put the roof on his tent
Graphic Edge, the company that bought Keith’s II, has itself been bought by a larger firm.
Hear, hear: Thanks to a new certificate program at Castleton University, students will be able to take courses to qualify for a master’s degree in speech and language pathology.
About 50 people attended a public meeting last Wednesday to hear about potential future plans for the use of College of St. Joseph as a “center for innovation and excellence.”
The newest addition to the Rutland Sculpture Trail will be, like its subject, the first of its kind.
The hush of the lion tamer, the commotion of the clowns, the exhilaration of the flying trapeze — these are well known tried-and-true circus acts. Bread and Puppet Theater took the idea and ran with it.
Several weeks ago, Habitat for Humanity was still $35,000 away from building a house for Hussam Alhallak his wife Hazar Mansour and their three children on Crescent Street.
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Previewing upcoming arts and entertainment events throughout the region.
Previewing upcoming arts and entertainment events throughout the region.
Previewing upcoming arts and entertainment events throughout the region.
Previewing upcoming arts and entertainment events throughout the region.
