Sunday, Jan. 27, 1 p.m.—PROCTORSVILLE— SunCommon in conjunction with the Cavendish Community and Conservation Association will host a free workshop to discuss solar power generation and battery storage on Sunday, Jan. 27 at 1 p.m. at Crow’s Bakery on Depot St., Proctorsville. Residents of any town are invited to attend. The presentation will be both…

Hannaford Supermarkets is committing to a $50,000 donation to its Feeding America food bank partners throughout New England and New York. The donation will be used to meet an increased need in communities due to the impact of the partial federal government shutdown. Hannaford stores in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and New York will…

Thursday, Jan. 24, 9 a.m.—RUTLAND— Rutland Regional Medical Center (RRMC) will host this month’s VeggieVanGo program on Thursday, Jan. 24 from 9-10 a.m. in the parking lot by the CVPS/Leahy Community Health Education Center at RRMC. The Vermont Foodbank’s VeggieVanGo program provides free fresh, healthy veggies and fruits for low income Vermonters. They also work with physicians and medical…

Saturday, Jan. 26, 11 a.m.—RUTLAND— Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre will offer two opportunities to catch a sneak peek of its upcoming performance of Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None.” On Saturday, Jan. 26 from 11 a.m.-12 noon they will present a few scenes from the show at Phoenix Books Rutland. Then, on Tuesday, Jan. 29 from 5:30-8 p.m.,…

Saturday, Jan. 26, 7:30 p.m.—RANDOLPH— Vermont Pride Theater presents a staged reading of “The Laramie Project,” Saturday, Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Chandler Center for the Arts. This is VPT’s eighth annual winter benefit, with the proceeds this year going to the Matthew Shepard Foundation, whose mission is to erase hate by replacing it with…

Friday, Jan. 25, 5 p.m.—RUTLAND— The Chaffee Art Center invites the community to its exhibit opening reception for “Winter Wonderland” on Friday, Jan. 25, 5-8 p.m. “Winter Wonderland” will feature members of the East Mountain Mentor Artists (EMMA) in the first floor galleries where the creative work of these artists will be hung. Exhibiting EMMA members include: Mary…

Thursday, Jan. 24, 9 p.m.—KILLINGTON— The Elovaters are set to return to the Pickle Barrel stage on Thursday, Jan. 24 at 9 p.m. After a successful show last winter in Killington, The Elovaters are amped to bring back good vibes, positivity, and even some new music from their sophomore album, “Defy Gravity.” Hailing straight from…

By Angelo Lynn As political partisanship reaches an all-time high in the country (recent studies show the nation’s two major political parties have never been further apart in terms of their priorities and ideology), Vermont’s political leaders offered a different scenario on the opening days of this biennium. In Gov. Phil Scott’s inaugural address on…

By Anson Tebbetts As we enter a new year, many Vermont dairy farmers, as well as farmers nationwide, continue fighting through their economic fog. Trapped in an antiquated federal dairy pricing system, Vermont’s hard-working stewards of the land are at the whim of a highly competitive global structure. Compensation for their milk is out of…

By Rob Roper As a result of the November 2018 elections, Vermont Democrats and Progressives achieved veto-proof majorities in both chambers of the Legislature. Their first priority flexing this new muscle is to pass a mandatory, government-run, paid family leave program that will require a new payroll tax. This proposal demonstrates exactly why Vermont is…

Dear Editor, As a young and native Vermonter who is committed to this state it has been frustrating to watch many of my peers leave Vermont for more affordable college opportunities. I know this frustration is shared and felt by many Vermonters. These include small, large, local business owners and employers who are struggling to…

By Kurt Wehde Will Novak, center, visited Okemo from Phoenix to crash a bachelor party in ’80s-style ski gear.

By Katy Savage Rutland filmmaker David Giancola has produced 25 features since the early 1990s. He was determined to try something different with his latest—a sci-fi movie called “Axcellerator.” “Axcellerator” is the first digital movie his company, Edgewood Productions, has made. He swapped his film cameras for high definition digital camera and 48 terabyte hard…

By Julia Purdy RUTLAND—Sixty years ago Rutland’s downtown bustled with activity. Its tall, late 19th century office blocks hummed with offices, and businessmen, shoppers and salesmen thronged its sidewalks. Rutland’s downtown furnished daily needs from housewares to hardware, shoes to dry goods, cameras to clothing, groceries to jewelry. Warehouses, hotels and a big rail passenger…