Saturday, March 9 at Noon—RUTLAND—The Chaffee Art Center,  16 So. Main St., Rutland, will showcase young artists in grades PreK-12 from Vermont schools and homeschoolers for Chaffee Art Center's annual student exhibit, “A Kaleidoscope of Art.” There will be lite refreshments and no charge for admittance.  The Chaffee Art Center presents the opportunity for the…

Saturday, March 9 at 2 p.m.—WOODSTOCK—The Friends of the Norman Williams Public Library (NWPL), 10 The Green, Woodstock, announce their anticipated Annual Spring Piano Duet Concert, scheduled for March 9, 2-3 p.m. This musical event promises an afternoon filled with piano performances and group activities for music enthusiasts of all ages. The concert will feature…

On Town Meeting Day 29 of 93 reported budgets were voted down By Ethan Weinstein/VTDigger Voters struck down close to a third of school budgets across Vermont on Tuesday, March 5, the highest proportion in at least a decade, according to the Vermont Superintendents Association.  Twenty-nine of 93 reported budgets were rejected, according to unofficial results…

Courtesy TedX Thursday, March 7 at 4 p.m.—WOODSTOCK—- Norman Williams Public Library, 10 The Green, Woodstock, invites the community to an event offering insights into the making of a TEDx talk, featuring previous speaker Adrian Tans, Woodstock’s  "town smiler" and youth services librarian at NWPL, along with Deborah Greene, the executive director of TEDxHartlandHill Conference.…

Courtesy Frenchy and Balloo's Courtesy Cabot Creamery Courtesy Long Trail   Friday, March 8—KILLINGTON—Get ready for a culinary experience as Ski Vermont's Specialty Food Day returns to Killington Resort, now located outside of the K-1 Lodge, 4763 Killington Road, Killington. This pop-up farmer’s market style event showcases all the unique things that Vermont has to…

Thursday, March 7 at 7 p.m.—KILLINGTON—The Pickle Barrel Nightclub, 1741 Killington Road, Killington presents Zach Nugent and Dead Set. Dead Set is more than just a cover band; they are an ensemble that brings the Grateful Dead’s timeless music to life with precision and passion. Dead Set channels the spirit of Jerry Garcia featuring Nugent’s…

A group of 5-year-olds recently experienced their own “pomp and circumstance” ceremony recently at the Rutland Free Library (RFL), Saturday, March 2. After their 5th birthday, the boys and girls aged out of the Dolly Parton Imagination Program Library (DPIL) program. As a way of celebrating this special milestone, and encouraging the children to keep…

Dear Editor, In the field of auditing companies, nonprofits and government entities, auditors determine whether an entity can continue to operate. Auditor concerns are if an entity has lost a significant customer, cannot secure financing, or lost a major supplier or key personnel. Vermont state government has gotten itself to a place where, due to…

Dear Editor, A tribute to Torpedoman Henry Breault is planned for March 15 at 9:30 a.m. to honor the 100th anniversary of Submariner Breault receiving the Medal of Honor, a declared Vermont resident to which the state of Vermont received credit. Representative Michael Morgan of Grand Isle-Chittenden District is initiating a Legislative resolution to honor Torpedoman…

Dear Editor, Vermont House of Representatives recently passed H.132, a vastly amended homeless bill of rights legislation (compared to the bill as originally introduced), which is now in the hands of the state Senate. Afterwards, I had written to state Representative Tom Stevens, chair of the House General and Housing Committee, which had recently passed…

Dear Editor, School District administration have reviewed the paid advertisement written by former School Board Director Jim Haff running in the Feb.  28 edition of the Mountain Times. The article includes a chart describing certain services proposed by Johnson Controls Inc (JCI) to the School District for improvements to the School District’s buildings. The assertions…

  Editor’s Note: This commentary is by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, the Vt .Natural Resources Council, and the Vt. Association of Planning and Development Agencies. Climate change poses a significant threat to Vermont’s natural resources, economy, and way of life. From extreme weather events to loss of biodiversity, the impacts are already evident. Simultaneously,…

The Vermont Legislature is now on its Town Meeting week break. It is an opportunity for us to go to town/information meetings, meet with constituents, and re-energize our personal batteries. My hope is to get to 12 town/information meetings this year. I represent 25 towns, this is a great time to get a better sense…

With self-imposed deadlines coming up to move legislation from the House to the Senate or vice versa, the pace of bills advancing is heating up. And being the second year of the biennium with elections coming up this fall, the motivation to get one’s priorities passed is increased. For some it may be now or…

Rutland and Windsor are among them President Joseph Biden has signed a major public assistance disaster declaration for seven Vermont counties to assist communities in recovering costs for the repair of public infrastructure damaged by severe storms and flooding on Dec. 18-19, 2023. The declaration covers Essex, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, Rutland, Windham, and Windsor counties.…