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…

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…