Change due to new postal regulations Staff report PITTSFIELD—Due to postal regulations, The Mountain Times can no longer be direct-mailed to Pittsfield residents on the rural route. The change is effective immediately. There is a distribution box in the vestibule […]
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I did not build the Green Mountain Trails
By Matt Baatz PITTSFIELD—I did not build the Green Mountain Trails. For the longest time I wanted to go on public record with that statement dispelling this absurd rumor. I’m not sure when or how it started, but I know […]
Everyone’s invited enjoy Vt’s Farm to Fork Fondo
Courtesy of Farm to Fork Fondo Riders line up at the start of a past year’s Farm to Fork Fondo ride. The 2016 event is this weekend in Pittsfield. PITTSFIELD — Ride through Vermont’s Green Mountains and quaint villages on […]
Pittsfield gears up for Vermont’s Farm to Fork Fondo, July 16-17
Green Mountains, quaint villages, quiet meandering roads, fresh and fantastic local foods—this is Vermont, the heart of the small farm movement. Dubbed one of “7 Must-Do Events” by Road Bike Action Magazine, the Farm to Fork Fondo—Vermont returns to Central Vermont […]
Spartan Wrestling Camp trains youth for both physical and mental challenges
PITTSFIELD — June 17-19, dozens of youth wrestlers (ages 14-19) attended a two-day intensive high school Spartan Wrestling Camp at Amee Farm Lodge in Pittsfield, Vt. Most came to improve their wrestling techniques, but they achieved far more physically, mentally, […]
VPR’s “Eye on the Sky” meteorologist Mark Breen makes a visit to Pittsfield
Wednesday, May 11 at 7 p.m. — PITTSFIELD — Meteorologist Mark Breen presents “The Puzzling, Promising, Peculiar…..Pluto Surprise” at the Roger Clark Memorial Library in Pittsfield on Wednesday, May 11 at 7 p.m. Although once thought of as a frozen, silent, slumbering […]
Killington youth wrestling takes hold
Photos Courtesy of Kim Peters Killington may not have an organized youth wrestling program yet, but Killington does have fantastic youth wrestlers. Boys from Killington travel to Mill River to get the chance to experience the sport of wrestling. This […]
Matt Baatz: dirt poet, pizza oven engineer
By Christopher Biddle Matt Baatz By Christopher Biddle PITTSFIELD—Matt Baatz estimates that in the past year, he’s logged around 600 hours working on a fully stocked pizza oven made entirely from found and donated materials—in the middle of the woods. […]
Company plans to expand high-speed Internet in local underserved rural towns
By Stephen Seitz PITTSFIELD — ECFiber, officially known as the East Central Vermont Telecommunications District, is planning significant fiber optic cable growth this year and next. Now they want their customers to provide a little guidance as to where this […]