By Jerry LeBlond Kyle Finneron and Andrew Whyte duel for the Men’s Ski B Championship. final standings Cumulative team standing 1. Clock Tower 1 = 894 2.  Inn Crowd = 883 3. Gorillas In The Mist = 880 4. More Cray = 878 5. KMS2 Black Bear = 877 Points awarded by place: 1st place…

RUTLAND — College of St. Joseph has named Adam Pullinen as men’s head soccer coach. Pullinen brings a wealth of experience with him to CSJ. A native of Ludlow, Vt., he has served as head coach for teams across New York, including Westchester Flames U-15 boy’s team, New York City Soccer Academy, and New York…

Courtesy of Vermont Fish & Wildlife Kelly Brooks of Waterbury with a lake trout she caught recently while ice fishing on Lake Champlain in Colchester. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department will be wrapping up its Lake Champlain winter angler survey in the coming weeks. The department thanks and commends anglers for their cooperation during…

Killington Mountain School U10-U16 athletes competed at Sunapee on March 21-22 for the Chip Gilroy Giant Slalom. Racers from New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts gathered for this fun, end-of-season event. Families and various clubs set up tents with grills fired up for cooking lunch, and friends gathered around. The weather cooperated, with beautiful sunshine and…

According to RE/MAX: the effects of record-snowfalls during the first two months of 2015 reverberated throughout New England’s housing market in February. Month-over-month, home sales again reflected the inclement weather with a decrease of 13.5 percent over January’s numbers. Year-over-year, home sales increased by 2.1 percent in the region with 7,817 recorded sales. Across New…

By Michael J. Caduto Walking through the woods on a cool spring morning, I saw a barred owl in an old maple tree. I circled the owl three times from a distance. Its head kept turning to follow me, tracking my movements with three complete revolutions. One of the owl’s chicks had fallen from the…

You’ve heard it before: the “diet mentality” will inevitably lead to perceived failure, guilt, and shame. Fortunately, intuitive eating is not a diet and promotes a healthy relationship with food, our bodies, and our emotions and perception of ourselves. Intuitive eating is all about embracing the pleasure of eating, living healthfully, and not feeling guilty…

With Easter upon us I can’t help but reminisce about how the occasion was celebrated back in my day. The Easter Bunny certainly had his role just like today but because I grew up in a Catholic family the religious significance of this special day was stressed. Our first “challenge” of the season began on…

After 17 years of Leno and Letterman, our crucial late-night television talk shows are in an unusual state of flux: in the past 14 months, Jimmy Fallon has taken over “The Tonight Show,” Seth Meyers has taken over “Late Night,” Stephen Colbert has transferred from “The Colbert Report” to “The Late Show,” Chelsea Handler has…

Photo by Everett Marshall Vermont Fish & Wildlife recommends taking down bird feeders by April 1 to avoid attracting black bears that are waking from hibernation. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department recommends taking down bird feeders from April 1 through Nov. 30 to avoid attracting black bears that will be coming out of their…

By Jerry LeBlond Few participants succeed in making it across the pond… most do not! The crowd favorites are always for the most spectacular crashes at Killington’s pond skim. Saturday, April 4 at 11 a.m. — Killington Resort’s wacky rite of spring, the Dos Equis Pond Skim takes place on Saturday, April 4. Skim the pond…

Courtesy of Compass Music and Arts Center Felted art by Muffy Kashkin Grollier will be on exhibit at Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon. Shown: Mountain Goat, Merlin’s Tree, and Humpty, all by Grollier. Friday, April 3 at 5 p.m. — BRANDON — Compass Music and Arts Center presents a new exhibit of felted paintings and…

Saturday, April 4 at 1 p.m. — RUTLAND— Lesli Hyland, of Red Dog Solutions, and her team of talented dog lovers will be performing with their four legged friends in front of a live audience on Saturday, April 4. Performances start at 1 p.m. on stage at the Rutland Intermediate School Auditorium. Be amazed by dancing, music, tricks and more! Tickets…

Courtesy of Billings Farm & Museum A still from “Following the Ninth: In the Footsteps of Beethoven’s Final Symphony,” showing April 4 at Billings Farm. Saturday, April 4 at 5 p.m. — WOODSTOCK — Billings Farm & Museum will host the final film “Following the Ninth: In the Footsteps of Beethoven’s Final Symphony” on Saturday, April 4 at…

Saturday, April 4 at 10:30 a.m. — WOODSTOCK — April’s monthly Working Woodlands Workshop takes place on Saturday, April 4, featuring an exciting, hands-on workshop on shiitake mushroom cultivation. The workshop, held at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park’s Forest Center in Woodstock, will teach participants how to grow shiitake mushrooms on hardwood logs. Bill Stack, a forester and…