After a 5 year hiatus due in part to Covid, the incredible Iron Chef Competition returned to Sushi Yoshi, Sunday, April 2. This year's charity event benefitted Joe Ceccacci and his dog Arlo who were involved in a car accident on the Pass this past December. Judges were DJ Dave, KO, Joe, Bud and Maggie.…

I was lucky enough to grow up in a neighborhood that bordered a municipal park. I could walk out my front door, hop on my bike, and be at the park in less than two minutes. The park encompassed several acres and included tennis and basketball courts, a baseball diamond, a playground with a slides,…

Bring in the bird feeders – and other ways to avoid bear-human conflict It is a question I face each year as March winds into April: when to take down the bird feeder. Our avian feeding station is basic: a single run-of-the-mill hopper, which I fill with a local mix of seed that seems to…

If you went to school in the Rutland area chances are your school yearbook is on the website of the Rutland Historical Society. Looking at it online allows you to visually reconnect with your high school days. I sit at a breakfast table weekly with some classmates and this often results in a “verbal reconnect”…

The sky has been on regular programming for a while now, but that all begins to change now that it’s April. Communication, planning and logistics planet, Mercury, enters Taurus – an annual occurrence. This year though, rather than spending threeish weeks there, we get two months of mayhem, thanks to the trickster heading in reverse…

Friday, April 7 at 6 p.m.—QUECHEE—Each year thousands of animals that prefer dark, narrow spaces for nesting and roosting become entrapped and die in vertical open pipes found in vault toilets, the self-contained restrooms found in many of America’s wilderness areas. Teton Raptor Center’s Poo-Poo Project was created to address this problem by covering vault…

Tuesday, April 11 at 7 p.m.—CHITTENDEN—On Tuesday evening, April 11, Sarah Skinner, M.S., Archeologist for the Green Mountain National Forest, will present a program for the Chittenden Historical Society on heritage sites of historical interest within the Telephone Gap area.  The Telephone Gap project encompasses the towns of towns of Chittenden, Goshen, Killington, Mendon, Pittsfield,…

Recreational fishing is enjoyed by millions of people. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported that there was an 8% increase in anglers between 2011 and 2017. Expenditures by anglers nationwide rose 2% during the same time, from $45 billion to $46.1 billion.  As more people stay closer to home, they’re eager to engage in…

By Nadie VanZandt Do you spend a lot of effort to get rid of the moss you find in your lawn? Knowing the benefits of moss may convince you otherwise. Mosses belong to the bryophyte group of the plant kingdom. At 450 million years old, they are the oldest recorded living plants on earth and…

By Andrea Knepper What could be better than fresh greens during the dreary winter months? What if you grew and harvested them yourself?  Growing microgreens in your home is easy, cost-effective and satisfying. All you need is some soil, seeds and a sunny spot.  Microgreens are immature plants that can be ready to harvest in…

RUTLAND — The Vermont Everyone Eats (VEE) program, a federally-funded, pandemic recovery initiative created to help restaurants, farmers, and eaters through the economic challenges of the Covid pandemic, ends March 30, 2023. Vermont Farmers Food Center (VFFC) has served as the Rutland County hub for the program since August 2020.  To fill the gap, VFFC…

Innovative pandemic meal program ends, gives rise to new local initiatives After 32 months, seven program extensions, and over 3.6 million meals distributed, the Vermont Everyone Eats (VEE) pandemic relief program ended on March 31. Between August 2020 and March 2023, VEE has benefited tens of thousands of Vermonters by providing economic stabilization for independent…

Anyone thinking of violating Vermont’s fish and wildlife laws should know that they cannot just hunt, fish or trap in another state if their licenses are revoked. Vermont is one of 48 states belonging to the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact (IWVC), which recognizes fish and wildlife related license suspensions of member states.  Any person whose license privileges are…

Registration is open for Killington Resort’s summer 2023 youth bike camps.   The Beast’s downhill mountain bike camps are day camps available in three-and five-day sessions. Youth camps are open to ages 7-17 years old of all ability levels. Based out of Snowshed lodge, all camps run from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. daily, with…

Killington Resort & Pico Mountain season passes for the 2023-2024 season are on sale at a discount through June 22. “Killington is a mecca for year-round adventure with mountain access spanning all four seasons,” said Killington Resort and Pico Mountain President and General Manager Mike Solimano. “We’re excited to embark on the multi-year Six Peaks…