Saturday, June 10—SO. ROYALTON—U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will deliver the commencement remarks at two Vermont high schools in the coming weeks. Sanders will deliver the South Royalton High School commencement address on June 10 in South Royalton. Sanders will also be the commencement speaker during Champlain Valley Union High School’s graduation on June 16.…

NORTHFIELD—The Community College of Vermont (CCV) held its graduation ceremony Saturday, June 3, at Norwich University’s Shapiro Field House. More than 500 students from across the state received associate degrees at the event. Students representing all 14 Vermont counties graduated along with students from 11 other states and nine countries. The youngest graduates were 17…

ROCHESTER— Cold planing will begin this week at the intersection of Route 73 and Bingo Road. They will move this operation east, towards the intersection of Route 73 and 100. Slope stabilization along Route 73 will continue through next week. Expect alternating, one-way traffic around construction activities. Road work will take place Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to…

RUTLAND—Wonderfeet Kids’ Museum in Rutland has announced the appointment of Lorrie Byrom, Francesca Bove, Paul Gallo and Tricia Huebner to its board of directors. Lorrie Byrom is the owner-director of Camp Betsey Cox for Girls, a long-standing girls’ summer camp and family business in Pittsford. She served as an administrator/teacher at Northfield Mount Hermon School…

RUTLAND —MKF has purchased 72 Merchants Row, adjacent to the Green Mountain Power (GMP) Energy Innovation Center, and MKF and GMP plan to connect the two buildings to share amenities including conference rooms and the EIC’s rooftop terrace. MKF has also purchased parking lots at 77 Grove Street from GMP, and the adjoining building from…

POULTNEY—Director of Athletics Kip Shipley announced a transition among his staff for the upcoming year as Brad Rideout has been named the new men’s golf coach taking over for the recently departed Chris Jenkins. Jenkins left his head coaching position this past week to direct his time attending to an unexpected family matter. “I would…

By Dom Cioffi In 2006, a tinted piece of paper with a rushed sketch of a comic book character sold for $75,000. The image was the work of illustrator H.G. Peter and featured the first recorded drawing of Wonder Woman. (Google this to take a look; the rendering is very close to the superhero we…

Friday-Sunday, June 9-11—KILLINGTON—Vermont Bike & Brew, three days of organized mountain biking for all skill levels with entertainment for the whole family, will descend on Killington Resort Friday, June 9, Saturday, June 10, and Sunday, June 11. Join MTBVT at Killington Bike Park for Vermont’s first ever downhill critical mass ride, on-site camping, vendor garden,…

Sunday, June 11, 1 p.m. & 6 p.m.—RUTLAND—The Vermont Center for Dance Education is excited to announce its full-length ballet production featuring scores of local students ages 4 to 26. On Sunday, June 11 at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. — after several months of preparation — the school will present “Neverland,” based on the story…

Tuesday, June 13, 7 p.m.—WEST HAVEN—Devil’s Bowl Speedway will help usher in a new era in 2017 for the King of Dirt (K.O.D.) racing series with the first-ever K.O.D. “358” Small Block Modified race Tuesday night, June 13 at 7 p.m. The event kicks off the brand new tour for Rob Hazer’s K.O.D. group, which…

Monday, June 12, 7 p.m.—DORSET—Dorset Theatre Festival continues its commitment to incubating new works for the American stage with the return of its New Play Reading series. Mona Mansour, playwright of “The Vagrant Trilogy” and winner of the 2014 Middle East America Playwright Award, will be the first playwright in residence. A public reading of Mansour’s newest developing work will take…

Tuesday, June 13, 7 p.m.—CASTLETON—Castleton University is pleased to present the 22nd annual Castleton Summer Concerts at the Pavilion running June 13-Aug. 15 at the Castleton Pavilion. Castleton Summer Concerts at the Pavilion features a premier lineup of local bands that are set to take center stage all summer long. Continued every Tuesday evening throughout…

Saturday, June 10, 7:30 p.m.—BRANDON—A Celtic band that rocks, Gypsy Reel plays high energy, stirring music rooted in the Celtic tradition but garnered from the whole world. Brandon Music welcomes them June 10 at 7:30 p.m.. This will be the last chance for fans to see the full five-piece lineup before bassist Silas Hamilton heads off…

WOODSTOCK— “Woodstock Country School, A History of Institutional Denial” by alumnus William Boardman tells the story of the Vermont school’s rise and flourishing, even as it relied on charismatic headmaster David Bailey, whose dominance shaped the institutional denial that proved too strong to allow the school to survive. Respected among educators for both its innovations…

Saturday, June 10, 10 a.m.—QUECHEE—In celebration of the 40th birthday of the Vermont Land Trust, the Vermont Institute of Natural Science is pleased to offer a forest ecology walk Saturday, June 10, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at VINS’ Old Pepper Place Nature Reserve in Washington, Vt. The nature reserve is a stunning, biologically diverse parcel of…