Inspiring Vermont entrepreneurs to ReFocus – ReImagine – ReEngineer RANDOLPH CENTER— More than 250 Vermont educators, business advisors, business leaders, and students will come together virtually on Feb. 10 from 8:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to join the 12th annual Vermont Student Entrepreneurship Day free event. The theme of this year’s event is Inspiring Vermont Entrepreneurs…

Artist Rob Mullen raised over $1,600 for the Vermont Wildlife Coalition (VWC) and over $700 for the Green Mountain Club by hiking 273 miles of the Long Trail this summer, painting along the way and selling his art to help raise the donations. Mullen made the trek over the course of four weeks, starting from the…

The Poultney Mettowee Natural Resource Conservation District is holding its annual plant sale. This year it is offering a variety of native trees and shrubs for landscaping or  naturalizing (balsam fir, sugar maple, serviceberry,and winterberry), native edible plants (red mulberry, American plum, elderberry, and hazelnut), as well as apple trees, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, and asparagus.…

Good nutrition and daily active play can help kids grow up healthy. To help them learn lifelong healthy eating and activity habits, the University of Vermont Extension’s Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) is offering a free, six-week class for Grade 3-6 students. The Choose Health: Food, Fun and Fitness curriculum will be taught via Zoom…

How to decide whether if it’s best to renovate on your own A do-it-yourself mentality has taken hold in millions of households across the globe. Popular television channels like HGTV and DIY Network as well as accessible home improvement content on apps like YouTube has inspired many homeowners to tackle renovation projects around their homes.…

LUDLOW—Please join the first ever Virtual Okemo Mountain School Winter Festival! Purchase a household ticket to join OMS on Zoom for a festive evening at home with live  music by Sammy Blanchette and special guest appearances. The silent auction that went live on Jan. 30 continues through the end of the virtual event on Feb.…

On the eve of Super Bowl weekend, the Rutland Regional Medical Center COVID-19 Task Force is asking community members to refrain from going to or hosting Super Bowl parties. The Task Force which is made up of physician leaders, infection prevention specialists, and nurse leaders, is concerned that Super Bowl parties could further add to…

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By Erin Petenko/VTDigger Vermont is now getting 22% more vaccine doses per week from the federal government than its previous allocation just weeks ago, Gov. Phil Scott announced Tuesday, Feb. 2. Scott learned in a call with other governors that morning that doses would increase another 5%, on top of an 8% increase announced last week…

Local Vermont donor steps forward with a new, time-limited fundraising match In just six days, people from across the country raised nearly $20,000 for LGBTQ+ youth! It started when now world-famous Bernie-mitten-maker Jen Ellis gifted Outright Vermont one of three pairs of newly made mitts in a "coming out of hiatus" moment. In a recent…

Gary Chimerane recounts "ski offs," week-long ski vacations, old tech changing to new By Karen D. Lorentz Every once in awhile, a good day happens. Normally, that would be a trite observation. But given the times, a recent chat with a ski instructor I had only met briefly some time ago turned from an interview…

By Cathy Davis Vermont understands sustainability in a way few other places do. Whether it be our agrarian roots, living closer to natural resources, or something else, it is hard to find a Vermonter who does not intrinsically understand that the environment or natural systems have a carrying capacity, that resources are finite, and that…

Dear Editor, I felt it was vitally important to let Rutland City residents know where I stand on this issue. For background, while I attended Mt. Saint Joseph Academy, my mother and three siblings attended Rutland High School. From the beginning, I have been disturbed by how this issue has been handled — particularly in…

Dear Editor, Serving as a school board member can be a thankless undertaking. The hours take you away from your family. The issues sometimes can put you at odds with your friends and neighbors. Financial reward? Forget about it. Despite what may sound like an unappealing package, residents of our community step forward each year…

Dear Editor, America has become a trashy nation. We are embroiled in trashy politics. We have trashy law enforcement and trashy criminal justice, where the rich and white get better treatment. Our education systems have become trashy, lacking in civics education and focused as they are on low-bar academics. Religion has become trashy because it…