Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 6 p.m.—RUTLAND—College of St. Joseph is hosting its second annual Hunger Banquet, exploring the connections between poverty and hunger as part of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, on Wednesday, Nov. 16. Did you know that out of the seven billion people […]
Tag: Vermont
Local News
12th annual Wheels for Warmth raises $52,000 for fuel assistance, recycles 2,500 unusable tires
MENDON—Vermont’s Wheels for Warmth program is ready to roll out heating assistance funds for this winter, thanks to its 12th consecutive year of strong community support. Preliminary numbers for 2016 show the program collected a total of $52,000 for emergency fuel assistance […]
Sports
Vermont’s rifle deer season starts Saturday, Nov. 12
Hunters are gearing up for the start of Vermont’s statewide traditionally popular 16-day rifle deer season that begins Saturday, Nov. 12 and ends Sunday, Nov. 27. A hunter may take one buck during this season with at least one antler […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
DaddyLongLegs gives live folk performance in Brandon
Saturday, Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m.—BRANDON—DaddyLongLegs is the confluence of three well known Vermont musicians—Rick Ceballos, David Gusakov and Matt Witten—whose talents merge to form a dynamic and highly original trad folk trio. Hear them live at Brandon Music Saturday, […]
Local News
Vermont moose face “tick epizootic”
By Gaen Murphree VERMONT — Archers headed into the woods on Saturday, Oct. 1, for the start of moose season and hunters with guns will get to take their shots beginning Oct. 15. But fewer hunters will be roaming Vermont’s […]
Column, The Outside Story
Vermont: running dry?
By Madeline Bodin Scenes from the West’s five-year drought are striking – the cracked mud at the bottom of a dry reservoir, forests in flames. Wonder what a drought would look like in Vermont and New Hampshire? Look out the […]
Column, Generation Y
Irwin Shaw in Vermont
Sometime last year I came across a used hardcover copy of “The Top of the Hill” by Irwin Shaw in Now & Then Books in Bennington. Swayed by the dust jacket image (a pair of skis and poles planted upright […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
Share the Harvest raises funds for limited-income Vermonters to purchase CSA shares
Thursday, Oct. 6—VERMONT—The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT) is holding its 22nd annual Share the Harvest event at more than 60 food businesses around the state on Oct. 6. Up to 15 percent of sales at participating restaurants, […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
Vermont gubernatorial candidates debate live in Rutland, Wednesday
Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 6 p.m.—RUTLAND—Doors open at 5:30 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre that will host the live Vermont gubernatorial debate on Wednesday, Sept. 28. Moderated by VTDigger Senior Editor Mark Johnson, the Republican candidate Phil Scott and Democratic […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
Famous Vermont basket maker to demonstrate at Manchester fall crafts fair
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Sept. 30-Oct. 2—MANCHESTER—The 28th Annual Manchester Fall Art and Craft Festival kicks off American Craft Week in Vermont. The festival will be held Sept. 30, Oct. 1-2 at the Practice Tee on Route 7A, a mile […]