By Dave Hoffenberg The best of three Championship was under way this week between the #4 seed Phat Italian and the #1 seed Clearly Moguls. The Phat was vying for their first title, while C.M. was going for their third in five years. Game one Game one began with C.M. coming out cold and going…

CASTLETON – In an effort to increase interest in bear hunting, the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department will hold a free “Getting Started in Bear Hunting” seminar at the Kehoe Conservation Camp in Castleton on Saturday, Aug. 16. “Bears can be challenging to hunt, but hunters who know where to look for them and how…

The deadline to apply for a Vermont muzzleloader antlerless deer hunting permit is upon us, as it is set for Aug. 15. Hunters can apply on the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department’s website at www.vtfishandwildlife.com. Or they can apply with a paper application available from license agents. “The online application is a really swift and easy…

KILLINGTON — On Tuesday, Aug. 5, golf tournament players dressed up in camouflage and wore safari hats for Killington’s Safari League Night. Players were faced with challenges including snakes on the green to putt around and banana peels from a monkey’s mess on the fairway. The first place team included: K.C., Pete Lajoie, Kirk Turner, and…

RUTLAND—The time is finally here and one Rutland-area resident is about to become an international star. With less than a month left before Bethany Bosch “crosses the pond” to cross the Channel, Intrepid Athletics will be hosting a pool party at White’s Pool in Rutland on Saturday, Aug. 16, from 1-6 p.m. as a community…

Photos courtesy of ©Brian Mohr/EmberPhoto ROCHESTER — In an ongoing effort to create a unified voice for Vermont’s growing backcountry skiing and riding community, the recently formed Vermont Backcountry Alliance (VTBC) has been formally recognized as an official program area of Vermont’s Catamount Trail Association (CTA).  It’s a step that will enable both organizations to work…

LUDLOW – With one week remaining in Okemo Valley Golf Club’s Men’s League, the chase for the Commissioner’s Cup became more competitive on Aug. 5. Stryhas Builders, who entered the night in fifth position, socked the fourth place UBS squad, as super-sub Stew Schmidt won 7.5 holes, and Ted Stryhas, PJ Garvey and Charlie Howard…

LUDLOW – The Okemo Valley Golf Club Ladies’ League continued play on Aug. 6 with a cha-cha-cha format. Team Jeannette continued their winning ways by grabbing top honors for the night as Alice Thayne, Pat Roelants, Janet Carini and Doris Eddy combined for a score of 69. Finishing second for the night was Coldwell Banker/Watson…

QUESTION: Arlene and Mark are playing in a tournament. On the 7th hole, Arlene strokes her ball into a greenside bunker. She goes to her ball and strokes it into another bunker on the other side of the green. She rakes and smoothes the first bunker and then plays out of the second bunker. The…

KILLINGTON — As July came to a close, Killington Mountain School cyclists were busy in races throughout New England, and from Canada, all the way to Australia! In the 115 KM first stage of Quebec’s Le Tour de l’Abitibi, KMS cyclist Jonah Mead-VanCort finished eighth out of 165 riders. Mead-VanCort finished with the pack, just 17…

By M. D. Drysdale The new executive director of the Chandler Center for the Arts will be a Michigan man who sent his application for the position from Thailand during a trip around the world with his wife Janine. Kurt Thoma and his wife fell in love with Vermont during trip here a seven years…

Vermont Fish & Wildlife has reopened cliffs previously closed to hiking and access earlier this spring to protect nesting peregrine falcons. “The young peregrines have fledged, and nesting data suggest the species had a good year due, in part, to cooperation from hikers and rock climbers during this critical nesting period,” said Fish & Wildlife’s…

RUTLAND — Mount Saint Joseph Academy of Rutland is proud to name Charles C. Stevens as the new guidance director. Charles “Chip” Stevens brings with him impressive multi-faceted experience and great enthusiasm to the position. Stevens’ background includes a B.A. from Hobart College in English and History, and an M.Ed. in Administration and Planning and Social Policy from…

Plymouth Notch—The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation partnered with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to host an official naturalization ceremony on Monday, Aug. 11. The Honorable John M. Conroy, U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, administered the Oath of Allegiance to 20 citizenship candidates at the President Calvin Coolidge State…

SOUTH ROYALTON — Vermont Law School has partnered with the Center for Food Safety’s BEE Protective Campaign, making it the first higher-education campus in the country to earn official neonicotinoid pesticide-free designation. BEE Protective promotes policies that protect pollinating insects from bee-toxic pesticides. “Honey bees and other pollinators play a critical role in agricultural systems,” said…