If you are 12 to 14 years old and want to learn about Vermont’s wildlife and gain outdoor skills, consider attending one of the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Dept.’s Green Mountain conservation camps this summer. Specific details about whether the camps will be able to operate, and what protocols relating to Covid-19 will be in…

RUTLAND—Trees beautify our surroundings, help save energy and protect our waterways. For these reasons and others the Rutland Natural Resources Conservation District (a non- profit organization) is offering a spring planting program.  All stock is bare root and is being offered at a reasonable cost.  It is necessary to plant bare-root trees immediately, in order…

An American crime documentary about the largest art fraud in American history WOODSTOCK—Billings Farm & Museum’s 11th annual Woodstock Vermont Film Series features true crime drama with “Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art.” The film tells the fascinating story of how M. Knoedler & Co., one of the most respected art galleries…

The pending ash tree crisis in southern Vermont, caused by the emerald ash borer (EAB), will be the subject of a Zoom meeting on Monday, Jan. 25 at 10 a.m. “The EAB has infested many areas in Vermont and will soon strike southern Windsor County,” noted Ralph Pace, chairman of the Regional EAB Resource Committee…

The Rutland County Humane Society (RCHS) is currently in need of foster parents who are interested in fostering dogs or cats for us. RCHS would supply everything you need including food, bedding, toys, litter pans, medications etc.  You would provide love, socialization, feeding and caring for them, giving them any necessary medications and maybe dropping…

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

On Jan. 13, Capen was issued a criminal citation to appear in Rutland County Criminal Court to answer to the charge of Grossly Negligent Operation x3 following a crash on July 9, 2020. Vermont State Police-Rutland Barracks were assigned the single vehicle crash with entrapment and ejection on West Street, in the Town of Proctor,…

Approximately 100 Vermont Army National Guard Soldiers will support operations in Washington D.C. ahead of the Presidential Inauguration. The Vermont Soldiers are predominantly from 1st Squadron, 172nd Cavalry, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain). “We swear an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America,” said Maj. Gen. Greg Knight,…

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By Paul Costello As we come out of the crucible of the pandemic and look to a new year, we need more than recovery, we need to work together to advance renewal and resilience for our communities and economy. The Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) has been asking Vermonters what recovery will look like.…

By Brooke Geery Colleen Wilcox, 30, a Pittsfield-based artist whose hand-lettered designs brighten up Instagram feeds across the globe under the moniker Wander on Words, has always loved language and been drawn to the outdoors. “Growing up, my mom would send me to school with motivational quotes in my lunch box, so you could say…

By U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Jan. 6, 2021, will forever mark a day of infamy for our nation. It will be remembered because our beloved Capitol building — the very heart of our democracy — was stormed and laid under siege. Rioters broke through windows, doors, and security barriers in both the Senate and…

“This is not dissent. It’s disorder. It’s chaos. It borders on sedition and it must end now,” said President-elect Joe Biden. “Today’s violent assault on our Capitol, an effort to subjugate American democracy by mob rule, was fomented by Mr. Trump,” said James Mattis, former defense secretary under Trump. “Not everyone storming the Capitol is…

Dear Editor, On Jan. 6, 2021, thousands of neo-fascist Trump loyalists converged on Washington with the aim of forcing the annulment of the November election (which Democrat Joe Biden won by 7 million votes). There they were met by Donald Trump himself who addressed the mob, falsely claiming that he won, that he would never…

Dear Editor, The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights consists of 30 rights and freedoms that belong to every human being. In 1948, after the horror of World War II and the nearly 17 million people exterminated by the National Socialist Party (Nazis), concerned world leaders were guided by the esteemed formerfirst lady and human…