Jan. 25-30 — VIRTUAL — Sustainable Woodstock and Pentangle Arts presents “The Pollinators,” a cinematic journey around the United States following migratory beekeepers and their truckloads of honey bees as they pollinate the flowers that become the fruits, nuts and vegetables we all eat. The film focuses on the challenges the beekeepers and their bees…

It’s Year 2 of the pandemic and everyone could use a little love. That’s why Come Alive Outside is asking Vermonters to help boost the morale of their community, themselves and their neighbors by telling the world what they love about where they live. ome Alive Outside’s programming is hyper-local and designed to entice residents…

Feb. 3 - Mar. 10 — VIRTUAL — Grade 5-12 students will have a chance to create their own custom chatbot through a free online course, offered on consecutive Thursdays, Feb. 3 - Mar. 10. University of Vermont (UVM) Extension 4-H and Ohio 4-H have teamed up to offer the 4-H World Changers Learn to…

Sunday, Jan. 30 at 2 p.m. — RUTLAND — A CD release concert and fundraiser for Grace Congregational Church’s mission and service programs will be held on Sunday, Jan. 30 at 2 p.m. in the sanctuary. Ron Pulcer and guest musicians will perform selections from Ron’s new album, “Uplifting Guitar Hymns,” which was recorded at…

Saturday, Jan. 29 at 11 a.m. — NORWICH — Join Honey Field Farm for a drop-in succulent planting workshop during its next greenhouse pop-up market. Learn how to build your own terrarium or succulent arrangement, and leave with a beautiful creation. At Honey Field Farm's last market, they gave private tours of the succulents, shared…

WOODSTOCK — Step into the shoes of a farmer, listen to farm stories, meet Billings’ Farm animals and enjoy the thrill of the farm in winter. Billings Farm & Museum has four camp offerings which all provide engaging hands-on activities and explorations of the farm and the local landscape. Winter Wonders Camp, Ages 6-8 Feb.…

Staff report The state reported 715 new Covid-19 cases, Tuesday, Jan. 18, with 116 hospitalized — a new record. Just prior, the state reported 806 cases Monday, 2,217 on Sunday, and 1,766 cases Saturday. The seven-day average is 1,604 cases per day with a positivity rate of 12.8%. The state has seen an increase of…

By Katy Savage The Rutland High School’s mascot is back to the Rutland Raiders following a 6-5 school board vote on Tuesday, Jan. 11. The controversial Raiders mascot, deemed racist by some, was changed to the Ravens in October 2020, but the move widely divided the town and led to a year’s worth of contentious…

By Curt Peterson The Select Board hosted a public meeting to discuss how best to invest $1,050,000, Hartland’s share of the federal government’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) fund. For perspective, the windfall represents $3,088 per man, woman and child in the 2020 census (3,400 residents). Nationally, most ARAP grants are distributed through…

Dear Editor, We’d like to take this opportunity to thank those that very kindly and generously contributed money to help with the recent animal and neglect situations which VVSA Humane Society had been addressing these last couple of months. Donations were used to provide veterinary care, medical treatment, food and neutering some of the neglected…

After 22 months of training and only a couple quiet competitions, Rutland's Cobra gymnastics team attended a traditional gymnastics meet (while masked) at the Royal Regal Classic in Essex Jan. 15-16. The 2021-22 team consists of 53 girls competing under the USA Gymnastics Xcel Program. The team is divided into five levels: Bronze, Silver, Gold,…

Staff report Some local schools are so short of staff due to the Covid outbreak they temporarily closed. Several schools in the Orange East Supervisory Union closed the week before Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Oxbow High School in Bradford was closed Monday, Jan. 10-12 and reopened on Thursday, Jan. 13. Bradford, Newbury, River Bend,…

By Curt Peterson Five years ago popular Hartland politician and businessman Matt Dunne founded the Center of Rural Innovation (CORI) in a yoga center in downtown Hartland to help rural towns strategize successful development in the tech-driven 21st Century economy. “A single town would struggle on its own,” Dunne told the Mountain Times. “Our goal…

By Katy Savage Face masks are required in all public areas in the Woodstock Village, regardless of vaccination status in Woodstock, after a 4-1 Trustee vote on Jan. 11. Trustees Daphne Lowe, Seton McIlroy, Bill Corson and Jeff Kahn supported the face mask requirement, while Brenda Blackman, the owner of First Impressions Salon and Spa,…

The Connecticut River Conservancy (CRC) has received a new grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) that will help protect native turtles. The grant will fund landowner outreach by CRC and wood turtle site assessment by project partner, The Orianne Society (TOS). Wood turtles (Glyptemys insculpta), primarily found in river floodplains, and spotted…