Saturday, May 20, 7 p.m.—LUDLOW—FOLA (Friends of Ludlow Auditorium) will present its second streamed Broadway musical, “Cats,” Saturday, May 20 at 7 p.m. in the Ludlow Town Hall Auditorium. “Cats” is a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” by T. S. Eliot, and produced by Cameron Mackintosh.…

Tuesday, May 25, 6 p.m.—RUTLAND—Communities across the state have been facing the challenge of opiate addiction. Faith Stone, director of the West Ridge Center, will present an overview on this important issue Tuesday, May 25, 6- p.m. at the Holiday Inn, Rutland. Among the topics to be discussed are the dangers of substance abuse; how…

Thursday, May 18, 8 p.m.—RUTLAND—The Homeless Prevention Center is hosting a comedy fundraiser Thursday, May 18, 8 p.m. at the Franklin Conference Center located at 1 Scale Ave. in Rutland. The Homeless Prevention Center is a non-profit dedicated to ending homelessness in Rutland County. The organization provides direct client assistance to carry out its mission…

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By Marguerite Jill Dye I instantly felt an affinity for the young man and recognized his special gift. I can’t remember how we first met, but he looked like my brother Jack at 38. Sasha lived in the world but was not of this world, and could see and comprehend different dimensions of reality. As…

By Carolyn Lorié One day last spring, I pulled into a parking lot in Thetford and saw a flash of brilliant red. Instantly, I knew it was a male scarlet tanager. He was perched in a cluster of bushes and everything around him — the fresh spring leaves, a nearby robin, the recently revived grass…

Life was certainly different back in the 50s compared to today. I recently came across some ads from that era and they prompted me to take a look back at the products customers were enticed to buy and how the manufacturers went about it. So take a trip back in time with me either to…

Boot-hiking season is here! As some of you may or may not know, boot hiking season is one of my favorite times in Killington. When everyone else is getting out their lawn chairs and firing up the grill, I am sharpening my crampons, eager for the time when the lift will not be running, and…

By Brett Yates “I mean, had Andrew Jackson been a little later, you wouldn’t have had the Civil War. He was a very tough person, but he had a big heart. He was really angry that he saw what was happening with regard to the Civil War. He said, ‘There’s no reason for this.’ People…

By Kevin Theissen How much would $1 be worth today if invested in 1802? Professor Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School put together a chart of real returns for various investment asset classes, adjusted for inflation that shows what would have happened if you had invested one dollar in 1802 and held it through Dec. 31,…

Dear Editor, What is the acceptable level of misery? The question was posed by Senator Dick McCormick when addressing the Vermont Senate about the anguish cats and dogs will feel if H.218 is signed into law. Reducing cages sizes used at Vermont puppy mills, and removing the requirement for a house for dogs that “guard…

Dear Editor, Please call the governor at 802-828-3333 and ask him not to support H-218—a pro-puppy mill bill. Dogs and cats forced to live their lives under the conditions in this bill will suffer greatly being confined to a space that is only big enough for them to turn around in. Dogs and cats confined to…

Dear Editor, Last week, The Washington Post published a major expose of the U.S. dairy industry concluding that mega dairies scam consumers into paying extra for “organic” milk that isn’t. The timing, a few days before Mother’s Day, is appropriate. Dairy cows, worldwide symbols of motherhood, never get to see or nurture their babies. The…

Dear Editor, There are 2.5 million patients that come to Planned Parenthood for care every year, regardless of their zip code, income, sexual orientation, race, religion, gender, or country of origin. Shutting down Planned Parenthood would deny millions of patients access to its cancer screenings, birth control, HIV testing, and more. If patients are blocked…