Tree stands get hunters out of sight and smell of wary deer, but they can also get hunters into trouble. Here are some tips from Vermont Fish & Wildlife to help stay safe and get the most out of your tree stand hunting experience: Choose a live, straight tree, and avoid ash that may be…

Sunday, Sept. 12 — WOODSTOCK — Billings Farm & Museum will host Traditional Crafts Day, a celebration of makers and the handmade, on Sunday, Sept. 12, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors can learn how these pragmatic and beautiful crafts are made, view demonstrations, and meet practicing artisans in the region. Skilled demonstrations will…

Thursday, Sept. 9, 6 p.m. — RUTLAND — Join 350Vermont and the VT Renews Coalition for a Just Transition Community Conversation at Vermont Farmers Food Center at 251 West St, Rutland. Masks and social distant seating are required. This fall, the state is deciding how Vermonters will confront the climate emergency. Attend the conversation if…

Sunday, Sept. 12 at 2 p.m. — MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS — Vermont historian Phillip Crossman will be the featured speaker at the 52nd annual meeting of the Middletown Springs Historical Society at 2 p.m., Sept. 12 at the Historical Society building. After a brief business meeting, including a review of the year’s accomplishments by MSHS trustees,…

Saturday, Sept. 11 at 10 a.m. — WOODSTOCK — Don’t get in a jam with this year’s harvest! Learn how to turn your bounty into something delicious and new! The Billings Backyard Series presents Making Jam with Chef Emery on Saturday, Sept. 11 from 10-11:30 a.m. Jams can include many more ingredients than just fruits…

Featuring a world premiere by Eve Beglarian for 24 double basses in a grove of trees Saturday, Sept. 11 at 5 p.m. — BRANDON — New Music On The Point and Scrag Mountain Music are joining forces to create "A Murmur in the Trees," an immersive concert experience performed in nature. The concerts will feature…

Saturday, Sept. 11 at 10 a.m. — KILLINGTON — Can you imagine sending your child to school with the kit shown in the photograph? This is what was required to attend school in Sherburne in the late 1800s. This is just one of the artifacts on display at the Sherburne Library as part of the…

Ryan Cabrera to play Downtown Rutland on Sept. 10 Friday, Sept. 10 at 5 p.m.— RUTLAND —Friday Night Live returns in September with a free performance featuring platinum-selling artist Ryan Cabrera and 2000s rock band Nine Days on Sept. 10 at 5 p.m. on Center Street in Downtown Rutland. “After a year of patiently waiting…

Vermont and New England traditional landscape paintings Sept. 9 - Nov. 7 — JEFFERSONVILLE — Bryan Memorial Gallery is pleased to present its annual signature exhibit, Land and Light and Water and Air, featuring traditional New England landscape paintings by over 70 member artists, shown in Bryan Memorial Gallery’s main gallery. Land and Light and…

By Ethan Weinstein Ian MacLauchlan did his first Spartan Race in Killington in 2018. Now, three years and 20 races later, he is preparing for this weekend’s 50K, 12-hour Ultra race. Spartan races are obstacle course races ranging from three miles to marathon length and beyond. Participants trek through mud, swing across monkey bars, climb…

Sept. 13-18—KILLINGTON—Over 100 libraries have signed up to participate in the Great Vermont Dragon Egg Hunt. They are doing their scavenger hunt in their own communities. There is a dragon egg hidden somewhere in Killington. It can be found on public property and you’ll need clues to find the egg. The clues will be given…

By Mary Ellen Shaw Anything in your garden that you can divide and share provides a connection between you and another person. It will also become a remembrance of you. That may not seem important now but over time you will come to appreciate that someone thought enough of you to share a little piece…

Rutland County Humane Society’s “Kitten Noses and Yoga Poses” fundraiser is almost here! Join the Rutland County Humane Society (RCHS) at Vermont Sport and Fitness Club on 40 Curtis Ave. in Rutland on Sunday, Sept. 12 for kitten yoga! Enjoy an all-level yoga class led by Stephanie Jones, E-RYT, with the company of adorable RCHS…

By Merisa Sherman We had been walking for what felt like hours. Walking and talking and chatting as we made our way up the work road, not even really noticing the steep incline. Well, almost. But those moments when your breathing gets louder than the conversations are the moments that make you stop and look…

By Meghan McCarthy McPhaul The grackle appeared early last spring, the day before I put the feeder away (so as not to tempt the bears who would soon be awakening from their winter dens). In the dim light of a cloudy day, this avian visitor seemed at first to be just another blackbird, on the…