So, for the first time in a while, I failed to get my Christmas tree in November. This is a big letdown for me, but thankfully it is now up. For that reason, my holiday article is also a little bit late, since I’m always reminded by the animals gazing at my tree.
Awards given out last week at the Rutland City Police Department Awards Ceremony brought attention to the work officers do that goes beyond arrests and traffic stops.
The holidays are here, folks, and they’ve arrived earlier than usual. Everyone seems a bit caught off guard by how fast the fall has gone by, myself included. So much so, that as I write this column with Thanksgiving less than a week away, I’m still unsure what I’ll be cooking. I honestly ha…
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You know when you taste something and can just tell it is the right thing to imbibe? I’m thinking less about cocktails and delicious desserts and more about those foods that feel nourishing and healing, like greens in the middle of winter or the first strawberry of the season. Fire cider fal…
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TV Review
Could the recent cancellation of Marvel’s lineup of shows on Netflix signify the superhero bubble has burst? After a decade of dominance on the big and small screen, has the genre finally peaked? Not bloody likely. However, forthcoming shifts in the streaming-video landscape have resulted in…
It takes a lot to make it into the holiday-movie canon. Every year new films submit themselves for consideration, but few make the cut. Those movies worthy of the canon endure year after year because they capture something essential about the mood of the season: the anticipation and joy, the…
A decade ago, news that Julia Roberts was starring in a TV show on a streaming video service would have sent industry observers clucking with speculation that her career was on the skids. Today, it’s hard to imagine the Oscar-winning actor doing anything as interesting and ambitious as “Home…
“Bodyguard” begins in a state of extreme tension and never lets up. The hit BBC series, which premiered on Netflix last month, opens on a commuter train bound for London where police Sgt. David Budd (Richard Madden), who’s traveling with his two young children, discovers a female suicide bom…
Looking around the current TV landscape, you might wonder if we need yet another issues-based comedy talk show. The market feels a bit saturated. “The Daily Show,” “Last Week Tonight” and “Full Frontal” all take deep dives on complex topics, packaging journalism with jokes and leaving us (ho…
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Awards given out last week at the Rutland City Police Department Awards Ceremony brought attention to the work officers do that goes beyond arrests and traffic stops.
BRANDON — A local medical marijuana dispensary plans to double in size and hire several more people in the coming year.
KILLINGTON — The Vermont Brewers Association Winter Festival will return to Killington Resort, according to organizers.
With some help from Poe Dameron, assorted Jedi Knights, some Stormtroopers and, of course, Darth Vader and Chewbacca, at least $8,800 was raised for the Toys Under the Tree Fund at BROC-Community Action in Southwestern Vermont.
The state has been given $20 million to improve railroad bridges between Rutland, Bennington and Hoosick Falls, New York.
KILLINGTON — Locals will be telling their personal stories on the internet in an effort to draw new visitors, residents and maybe even a few entrepreneurs to the area.
KILLINGTON — After breaking last year’s attendance record, the World Cup at Killington Ski Resort will return next year, a spokeswoman for the mountain said last week.
#GivingTuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday, is a day when people all over the world make donations to organizations and charities, and volunteer time to give back to the causes they believe in within their communities.
On the day after Thanksgiving, the line for the book signing at Bear Pond Books extended the full length of the store, all the way to the front door. Customers shopping for other titles carefully worked their way around the queue, or, on inquiring about it, picked up a copy of “Koren. In the…
Bethany Garrow, who was named Miss Vermont USA 2019 earlier this month, visited classrooms at Christ the King School. Bethany is a 2017 graduate of Mount St. Joseph Academy. Students posed for photos with Garrow as she visited each classroom and asked questions about competing in the pageant…
Danielle Klebes brings her recent series of paintings “Aimless Pilgrimage” to Rutland’s 77 Gallery and it’s an invigorating view. In this series, Klebes focuses her attention on people or groups of people who are about to experience changes. Is a storm on the horizon? Will an accident happen? Did he hurt himself?
This October, Girls on the Run Vermont welcomed Rutland education specialists Tiffany Keune and Melissa Paradee to its board of directors to expand its efforts in central Vermont and bring a fresh, educational perspective to its programs.
The 2nd Annual BROC Community Action Toys Under the Tree Galactic Toy Drop at the Diamond Run Mall will be held Saturday, December 8 from 10-2:30 p.m. Visitors donating Christmas gifts for families in need can also meet their favorite Star Wars characters. Visit https://www.broc.org/ for mor…
Two programs at Rutland High School are helping students find their future careers by giving them a chance to participate in actual work experiences throughout the Rutland area.
An award to Vermont of almost $600,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will allow Vermont to assist more families in reuniting and staying together.
Four buses brimming with excited eighth-graders from Rutland Middle School got to touch a piece of history last week during a field trip to The Popular Pioneer antiques shop in Rutland.
KILLINGTON — While this was the third year the World Cup has drawn upwards of 30,000 people to Killington Ski Resort, it’s the first time the resort’s founder has been on the slopes to witness it in person.
Members of Vermont’s police and sheriff’s departments will be showing off stubble this holiday season as part of the Beards for Kids with Cancer initiative created by the Middlebury Police Department in 2015. The initiative benefits Camp Ta-Kum-Ta in South Hero, where children who have or ha…
Could you live for a week on food stamps? Some people will be discovering that for themselves during the next several days as part of the 3SquaresVT Challenge.
She was raised in her mother’s dance studio, and gave lessons to many of Rutland’s youth when she wasn’t watching the Miss USA pageants on television with her grandparents.
Shelley Lutz and a handful of volunteers were struggling to get a pair of large wooden benches onto a trail in Pine Hill Park when six cyclists from New Hampshire happened by and lent their hands to the effort.
The 24th annual Stuff-A-Bus food and fundraiser that assists families in need in Rutland County set an all-time record by collecting 27,460 pounds of food and raising $6,500 in cash donations.
About 55 people attended a Veterans Day ceremony Sunday at the Rutland American Legion Post 31, during which Col. Peter Fagan, retired, talked about the importance of honoring veterans.
The Housing Trust of Rutland County is pursuing a new location that would bring 20 new units of affordable housing to the area, according to executive director Elizabeth Kulas.
Bianca Zanella, 25, is a woman who is very involved in the Rutland community.
It was with grace that she began, with grace that she left, and with grace that Mount St. Joseph Academy welcomed back a mother to their community, someone who raised students at MSJ, Christ the King and College of St. Joseph: Sister Shirley Davis.
As of Dec. 23, Garden Time Rutland will be closed.
Practice was business as usual for the Rutland City Public Schools Unified Sports teams at Bowlerama last Monday night, until the Rutland Rugby Club showed up.
The basketball courts carried Rob Cassell from the Bronx to Vermont, and after completing college and receiving his degree, Cassell returned to Rutland to become the basketball coach at Rutland Middle School.
After being rescheduled due to rain Saturday, the 59th annual Halloween Parade made a triumphant trip through downtown Rutland on Sunday.
Armed with rakes, bags, and freshly-baked apple crisp pies, 200 students and over 30 faculty from Stafford Technical Center and Rutland High School headed out on a recent Tuesday morning to clean up Rutland County’s lawns.
Work was scheduled to begin last Saturday on the latest segment of the Creek Path.
While the sugar buzz from Halloween winds down, this week’s People & Places will give it just one more encore. Last Wednesday afternoon, on Halloween, the halls of Tinmouth Mountain School emptied and students paraded to the town hall, before arriving at the house of the school’s neighbo…
Colleagues of Judge Frank McCaffrey, who died Saturday at age 82, said he found many ways to serve his community.
Rutland, VT — College of St. Joseph students and recent graduates were honored for their academic achievements at the Fall Honors and Awards Ceremony on Sunday, Oct. 21 in CSJ’s Tuttle Hall Theater. Ten students received President’s List honors while 52 students were named to the Dean’s List…
A $500,000 federal grant will let Mentor Connector double its overall operations, Executive Director Chris Hultquist said last Friday.
Veterans will have a place to make their voices heard in Rutland in November at a town hall-style event.
Rutland was always a part of Andrea Mead Lawrence, and now her legacy in the city is carved in stone.
CLARENDON — On a recent Monday morning, students in Mike Lannon’s fifth-grade class at Clarendon Elementary School talked shop with guests Gov. Phil Scott and Sen. Brian Collamore.
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund gave $184 million in grants and loans to community credit unions and loan funds nationwide, two of them in Vermont.
MENDON — This year’s Wheels for Warmth tire sale was a big hit, according to organizers.
MENDON — This year’s Wheels for Warmth tire sale was a big hit, according to organizers.
Hathaway Farm & Corn Maze had a “Man’s Best Friend Feature” this year. The 12-acre field of corn was cut into the shape of a large dog — and made fun for all ages. Irene Hathaway says ideas happen quickly, “And I decide,” but planning and scaling everything down can take months. Her work…
Mackie loves her job at Green Mountain Power, although, like a lot of people, she finds it annoying when the fax machine gets jammed.
CASTLETON — Like many playing her position, Castleton University’s newly minted Hall of Famer Vanessa Carter was an accidental goalie.
Anyone who bags a buck during the coming youth deer weekend is asked to report the kill at one of the state’s 24 biological reporting stations.
The Mentor Connector, a group that pairs professionally supported mentors with youth who are at risk of entering, or are in, foster care, has received a $15,000 grant from Wells Fargo to serve more children.
If you’re not familiar with “Ver-mericana” you will be after listening to the Miss Guided Angels. The Rutland-area band’s new album, “The One that Got Away,” is a rollicking mix of folk, bluegrass, country, blues and rockabilly steeped in the hills of Vermont.
Like most people, Rutland City Public Schools Superintendent Adam Taylor carries his wallet with him wherever he goes. But the most precious item inside is neither money nor credit cards.
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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.