Sept. 10-11 — RUTLAND —The Rotary Club of Rutland will host the Build Better Friendships pickleball tournament in partnership with Vermont Sport & Fitness and Rutland Recreation & Parks Dept. to be held Saturday, Sept. 10, and Sunday, Sept. 11.  Covid-19 took a toll on the Rotary Club of Rutland’s ability to raise the funds.…

The Vermont Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud and Residential Abuse Unit (MFRAU) announced a settlement with Our House Residential Care Homes in Rutland on Aug. 31. It is alleged that Our House, operator of four residential care homes, failed to properly train staff and adequately document and monitor the delivery of resident care services, resulting in…

By Tim Traver This spring, we went the no-mow route on about a quarter-acre of our lawn, the last remaining groomed piece we hadn’t turned into vegetable garden or permanent meadow. What a relief! During the hottest, driest spells over the summer, the grass wasn’t growing anyway. The lawn we did mow during the drought…

Friday, Sept. 9 — RUTLAND — The Paramount Theatre, located at 30 Center St. in downtown Rutland, presents Lorrie Morgan, the first woman in her genre to begin her career with three consecutive Platinum albums, on Friday, Sept. 9, at 7:30 p.m. Lorrie Morgan has been around great songs all her life. She is a…

By Mary Ellen Shaw When I read that Seward’s Restaurant is closing my mind went to memories that began in childhood. When you have been around for more than of a century it’s rare to have an existing business that has shared that same time span with you. I was 3 years old when the…

By Mary Ellen Shaw Well, how did your garden grow this summer? Did you try anything new? Experimenting with new plants is one of my favorite things to do. When the calendar tells me that Labor Day has arrived I know that the gardening season is coming to an end. Summer goes by way too…

John Gosselin stole the show at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 3, capturing the Limited Sportsman “Win & You’re In” race to earn a guaranteed starting berth in Sunday’s Fabian Earth Moving Vermont 200. Other feature winners in the Saturday portion of the weekend event included Elmo Reckner, Daryl Gebo, Allen Hewitt, and Griff…

By Kevin Theissen You may have heard that the Biden administration announced it was forgiving five-figure loan amounts to as many as 43 million federal college loan borrowers. Also noteworthy was the announcement that it would be extending its loan repayment pause one more time through Dec. 31. This will be the seventh extension since the pause…

Saturday, Sept. 9 — ORWELL — On Saturday, Sept. 10, the Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell, hosts a special program, “Conserving History, One Artifact at a Time,” at 1 p.m. In 2021 the site and its friends group, the Mount Independence Coalition, completed a project to conserve 45 significant Revolutionary War metal artifacts…

Annual benefit raises money for local family and Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation Sunday, Sept. 11 at 1 p.m.—KILLINGTON—Head to Moguls Sports Pub this Sunday, Sept. 11 from 1-6 p.m. for the ninth annual Pie in the Face for Chase charity benefit. It’s time again to pie local celebrities and raise money for Chase William Kuehl and…

By Jeralyn Darling/ VTDigger As she seeks to end her life through Vermont’s medical-aid-in-dying law, Lynda Bluestein faces one major obstacle: her zipcode. Bluestein, 75, was diagnosed last year with terminal fallopian tube cancer. She said she’d like to make use of Vermont’s Act 39, which allows doctors to prescribe life-ending drugs to terminally ill…

By Merisa Sherman My big plastic boots feel heavy this early in the season, as I continue to pass one foot in front of the other. I meander my plastics around roots and rocks, careful not to teeter totter on the pointy ones. They might look brutal to hike in, but over these years these beloved…

I know it was January because it was after the holidays and I was returning a gift to a local sporting goods store. That was nine months ago; that’s how long this mystery has lasted. I had received a golf shirt for Christmas but it was too small so I figured I’d bring it back…

By Sandra Dee Owens What is your birth language? I asked my husband if he wanted to get divorced and return to being boyfriend and girlfriend like we were 40 years ago. My words sent him scrambling outside to the timber frame he was cutting for our new garage. I have to admit I took…

The Vermont hunting season for gray squirrels started Thursday, Sept. 1. The season runs through Saturday, Dec. 31, according to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. “Vermont has a healthy population of gray squirrels, concentrated in southern Vermont and the Champlain Valley,” said Hunter Education Coordinator Nicole Meier. “They’re a fantastic small game species for…