By Brett Yates The Vermont Agency of Transportation will provide a grant worth $28,800 to Rutland City for a “scoping study” that will examine potential permanent improvements on Center Street between Wales Street and Merchants Row. The Rutland Board of Aldermen authorized the mayor to sign the grant agreement at a Feb. 1 meeting. The…

By Brooke Geery Killington local Robert Cone emerged victorious against a field that contained five other Vermonters at the Winter Carnival Cup in Steamboat Springs, Colorado on Feb. 6. It has been more than a year since dual pro racers stood atop a world cup podium, and Cone entered as the reigning World Pro Ski…

Splitboard Vermont organizers were feeling a bit isolated and lonely while working hard to do their part in fighting the current world health crisis. In trying to figure out ways to hang with the splitboard community at festivals like Pico Hiko and Bolton Valley Split and Surf-fest, they realized there was just no way to…

Ingredients 3/4 cup Sugarmaker’s Cut pure maple syrup ½ cup apple cider vinegar ½ cup fresh apple cider pinch kosher salt 1 lb Brussels sprouts vegetable oil for frying Directions Combine maple syrup, apple cider vinegar, apple cider and salt in a medium sized pot. Reduce by 1/4 over medium heat stirring constantly. Set aside.…

Saturday, Feb. 13 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.—RUTLAND—Snowmobile enthusiasts are encouraged to pre-register their snowmobiles— new or vintage —for judging at the 2nd annual Snowmobile Festival, Feb. 13 at the Vermont State Fairgrounds,175 South Main St. in Rutland. The show and judging begin at 10 a.m. Admission is free and all are welcome. This year please…

February 11-14—WOODSTOCK— Billings Farm & Museum’s 11th annual Woodstock Vermont Film Series features “Life in Synchro,” a fascinating, fun, and entertaining look into the sport of synchronized ice skating, directed and produced by Angela Pinaglia. Synchronized skating has been empowering generations of women since 1956 when it was founded by a father who saw the need for team…

Presentation and discussion with internationally-known author Douglas Tallamy GRAFTON—Do you love to garden? Do you care about birds and bees? Join The Nature Museum’s next online webinar with Doug Tallamy on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. to learn how our gardening choices can have a profound impact on local conservation and biodiversity. Doug Tallamy…

WATERBURY CENTER—The Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF) has been offering virtual author visits for kids and adults during the pandemic when our regular in-person programming is on hiatus. Every Wednesday at 1 p.m. we offer storytelling and workshops for kids and families. We highlight work by Vermont and New Hampshire authors who discuss their writing and…

JOHNSON—Vermont Studio Center will hold a virtual visiting writer reading and writing craft talk with award-winning poet, Joy Priest through Virtual VSC on Feb. 16 and 17 at 7 p.m. and 10 a.m., respectively. Joy Priest will give a 30-minute reading with a short Q&A session to follow and a one-hour writing craft talk. Both…

RUTLAND—Head to downtown Rutland with your little ones to kick off Rutland Winterfest with the Center Street Story Walk! Pick up a map and scavenger hunt at Phoenix Books and read “Once Upon a Winter Day” by Liza Woodruff in the windows of Center Street shops. Turn in your completed scavenger hunt and you’ll be…

Saturday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m.—BARNARD— Favorite local musicians gather for BarnArts Local Music Show, Saturday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. on Zoom. This digital celebration of music and community will include new Covid-era music videos by Jack Snyder, Bow Thayer and Trifolium, plus live interview, discussion and community chat with the musicians. Tickets are…

Friday, Feb. 12—WHITE RIVER JUNCTION— Every winter JAG Productions invites 30-50 artists to the snowy mountains of Vermont to develop full-length plays at their new works festival of Black Theatre, JAGfest. They put up five companies of early-career theatre-makers in cozy dwellings for one week to support the development of audacious and alluring works that illuminate Black life and…

Feb. 13-21 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.— WOODSTOCK—Billings Farm & Museum will host its annual Maple Celebration, Feb. 13-21 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The Vermont traditions of maple sugaring will be on display—the tools, historic photos and exhibits on the maple sugaring process. Daily cooking demonstrations and samples of two popular maple recipes, maple popcorn and maple French toast cookie, will delight…

PreK applications for Killington Elementary School will open Feb. 8 and close on March 8. Under Vermont’s Act 166 Universal Prekindergarten, these programs are open to Vermont students who have reached the ages of 3, 4, or 5 years old by Sept. 1 of the year of entry,  and who are not yet enrolled in…

By Melinda Myers Whether planning your first, second or 10th vegetable garden it can be overwhelming. There are so many tasty vegetables and never enough space and time to grow them all. Start with a plan. Locate your garden in a sunny location with moist, well-drained soil. Save those partially sunny areas for greens like…