‘Tis the festival season. NoTown Music Festival in Stockbridge is back for its third year. This do-not-miss fun fest happens July 27-29. If you bought a VIP ticket, then you get early admission on Thursday, July 26. Camping is included with a festival weekend pass, which includes all shows and activities. The camp-style kids’ programming…

The heat wave is over, the numbers are in. Green Mountain Power’s innovative network of Tesla Powerwall batteries in homes and solar installations leveraged stored energy to accomplish the equivalent of taking 5,000 homes off the grid, creating savings for customers that could reach $500,000. GMP customer Mike Wheeler kept track on an app while…

WOODSTOCK—A family was displaced and multiple businesses were impacted by a fire on Central Street Monday, July 16. The fire started around 3:30 a.m. and damaged the historic 55 Central St. building, which housed Pi Brick Oven Trattoria, The Collective art gallery, apartments and the Vermont Standard’s offices. Two fire fighters went to the hospital…

Next weekend over 350 highly trained endurance runners from all over the United States and a few foreign countries will compete to complete the very challenging and scenic 100 mile course in our area. One hundred runners will attempt the 100 km course and about 100 horses and their riders, from around the U.S. and…

By Julia Purdy RUTLAND—Now entering its fourth year, the Rutland County Farmacy Project opened Wednesday, July 11, at both the Vermont Farmers Food Center (VFFC) on West St. and at the Community Health Center of the Rutland Region (CHCRR) on Stratton Road. Known previously as VFFC’s Health Care Share (HCS), the new name, “Farmacy,” reflects…

By Katy Savage CASTLETON—Janet Carini is the go-to veterinarian for investigations into animal cruelty cases. The vet with 30 years of experience knows just what to look for. In 2011, Carini provided documents and performed medical exams on 54 Labrador retrievers seized from a puppy mill in Bakersfield in 2011, which helped the State’s Attorney…

Half of Vermont towns will pay higher property tax rate than last year. This chart shows towns with the highest rate in 2019 at the top. Pomfret has the largest increase (shown right); Middletown Springs the largest decrease. By Xander Landen/VTDigger The numbers are in. Two weeks after lawmakers and the governor resolved a budget…

Some Homestead State Payment adjustments have not been applied to mailed bills KILLINGTON—Tax bills have been mailed out and it has come to the town of Killington’s attention that some of the Homestead State Payment adjustments have not been applied. The Tax Department has held some Homestead Declarations aside for review, state officials have explained…

By Polly Mikula KILLINGTON—Megan Wagner of the new Dream Maker Bakers on Route 4 in Killington created a confectionery masterpiece fashioning this Cheshire Cat cake (Alice in Wonderland themed) for Sage Karr’s birthday party at Mad Hatter Scoops on July 9. Dream Maker Bakers is currently operative, baking for restaurant wholesale accounts, special order cakes…

By Katy Savage A new principal has started her position at Barstow Memorial School. Bianca McKeen Bianca McKeen, who has worked in Rutland city schools since 2003, was chosen among 13 applicants. “Ultimately, Bianca was chosen through this extensive process for her demonstrated leadership skills in other education positions, her commitment to the community and…

Cal Garrison (a.k.a Mother of the Skye) writes weekly horoscopes for The Mountain Times. If you would like an emailed notification sent to you weekly, sign up for the newsletter, below. Want to hear more from Mother of the Skye? Check out Mother's Celestial Inspirations for a deeper look into this weeks horoscopes Mother of the Skye has…

By Cal Garrison a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week’s Horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Virgo Moon, with an array of aspects that boggle my mind. Since it is impossible to tie things up in a neat little bow, instead of trying to synthesize it into a cohesive little nutshell, I…

By Julia Purdy RUTLAND— Chaplin Ave. is a short, quiet dead-end street that climbs a gentle hill above Route 7 across from the state fairgrounds. It’s a neighborhood of modest homes of various vintages, some with front porches and the the railroad tracks that are screened by a thick row of deciduous trees. It’s the…

Wednesday, July 18—BRANDON—Due to the forecast for thunderstorms, hail and heavy rain the 2018 auction is being postponed one day to Wednesday, July 18. It will occur at the same time and place: 2 p.m. preview, 4 p.m. gavel falls at Estabrook Park, (1 mile north of Brandon). This will be the 30th year for the annual…