By Dan Colton When the Vermont Farmers Food Association purchased Farmers Hall in February 2012, the project to establish a multi-layered, Rutland-centered food economy was daunting. Yet with the help of thousands of dollars in contributions and countless volunteer hours, the $200,000 effort to renovate and establish the winter farmers market was complete in four…

On Friday, July 25, the Summit Lodge in Killington again hosted their annual Gatsby Party. The party was an annual tradition for many years decades ago, and after a long absence the party was reborn last year. Attire from the 1920s in the spirit of the Great Gatsby was strongly encouraged and guests’ costumes did…

By Stephen Seitz KILLINGTON – Following a special meeting on July 22, Killington’s board of selectmen decided to support the placement of a new AT&T cell tower in the Pickle Barrel Nightclub parking lot on Killington Road. However, there are a few strings attached. Of the choices offered by cell carrier AT&T: a 100-foot pole,…

By Bobby Lanctot You may know Miranda, maybe from Killington Mountain where she is a Mountain Ambassador or perhaps from Baja Burrito where she makes one of the best Margaritas on Killington Road... or perhaps it's from surfing the New Hampshire coastline. During the summer months, you can often find her on the Killington mountain…

Cal Garrison (a.k.a Mother of the Skye) writes weekly horoscopes for The Mountain Times. If you would like the horoscopes to be emailed to you weekly, sign up for the newsletter, below. Horoscopes for July 24-30, 2014     Aries March 21 - April 20 Things change so fast every time you turn around something…

VTFMA and NOFA-VT host selfie photo contest With over 70 farmers’ markets in the state, Vermont has good reason to mark National Farmers’ Market Week. From Aug. 3-9, 2014, the Vermont Farmers’ Market Association (VTFMA) and the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT) will be joined by the Vermont Agency of Agriculture and farmers’…

WOODSTOCK — Billings Farm & Museum, gateway to Vermont’s rural heritage, will host its 28th Annual Quilt Exhibition from Aug. 1 – Sept. 21, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily, featuring quilts made by quilters residing in Windsor County. The exhibition will include quilting activities and demonstrations for every age and skill level, with quilters on…

Wednesday, Aug. 6 at 7:30 p.m. BELMONT — Fragrant honeysuckle, dainty pink blooms of multiflora rose, vivid swaths of purple loosestrife – what could be wrong with these pretty wild plants? Unfortunately, they’re all among the many invasive species that are spreading locally, crowding out the plants we want and, in some cases, endangering human health.…

Wednesday, Aug. 6 at 7:30 p.m. RUTLAND — The Paramount Theatre will broadcast the upcoming ‘Monty Python Live (mostly)’ show (filmed at London’s acclaimed O2 Arena) on Wednesday, Aug. 6 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets ($17) are available at the venue box office located at 30 Center Street in downtown Rutland, charge-by-phone at 802-775-0903 or online at…

Tuesday, Aug. 5 at 7 p.m. CASTLETON — Castleton College is pleased to present American Longboards as part of the 19th Annual Castleton Summer Concert Series on Tuesday, Aug. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Castleton Pavilion. The American Longboards are a drum driven surf spectacular featuring energetic 60’s throwbacks ranging from Dick Dale to the…

Aug. 4-9 W. RUTLAND — How do you take a clay model and carve it in marble two, three, or even 10 times larger? Normally, you would have to learn this rare skill in Italy. But this summer, The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center in West Rutland will offer a special, 6-day course in advanced Italian…

Monday, Aug. 4 at 11 a.m. RUTLAND — The American Lung Association of the Northeast is partnering with the Rutland Regional Medical Center’s Community Health Team to expand its Better Breathers Club that meets monthly in Rutland. Better Breather Clubs are support groups for those who suffer from asthma, COPD, pulmonary fibrosis, lung cancer and other…

Photo submitted The resort town of Amity Island, as portrayed in the classic thriller, “Jaws.”  Saturday, Aug. 2 at 7 p.m. LUDLOW — FOLA’s next movie will be “Jaws,” the record-breaking film by Steven Spielberg, at the Ludlow Town Hall Auditorium on Saturday, Aug. 2 at 7 p.m. “Jaws” is a 1975 American thriller film directed…

Photo submitted HARUKA YABUNO AND EHUD ETTUN Saturday, Aug. 2 at 7:30 p.m. BRANDON — The improvisatory and “conversational” Yabuno Ettun Project (YEP) performs at Brandon Music on Aug., 2 at 7:30 p.m. YEP is a highly creative collaboration between Japanese pianist Haruka Yabuno and Israeli bassist Ehud Ettun. The duo describes their music as “on…

Photo courtesy of Okemo Mountain Resort Aug. 1-3 LUDLOW — Okemo Mountain Resort will host its annual Hops in the Hills Beer & Wine Festival and Chicken Wing Championship for three days, Aug. 1-3. Jackson Gore will be the setting for enjoying the outdoors and sampling a variety of beer and wine from regional and national…