By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger All of the more than 21,000 homes and businesses in Vermont that had their electricity knocked out Friday, May 5, by a powerful windstorm had service back by Sunday afternoon. Around 1 p.m. Sunday, Green Mountain Power had reported about 250 customers along the southern Route 7 corridor in Rutland…

By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger RUTLAND — Plans for a new city pool have cleared a big financial hurdle, with bids coming in at prices that will allow the more than $2 million project to get done. “It was a challenging process,” Rutland Recreation Superintendent Cindi Wight said Tuesday, May 2. “We’re really excited to…

4-year-old donates birthday “gifts” to food shelf  Griffin, a member of Hughes’s P@K preschool class at Killington, had his 4th birthday party on Saturday, April 29, at Green Mountain Storyline in Rutland. He asked his guests not to bring gifts, but instead to bring food for the food shelf. On Thursday, May 4, Griffin and…

By Julia Purdy CASTLETON—The Vermont Fish & Wildlife program to introduce the new Birdseye Wildlife Management Area was well attended despite the fierce windstorm the night before, Friday, May 5, that knocked out power from Clarendon to Pittsford and caused extensive tree damage throughout the area. The event was held at the Kehoe Conservation Camp…

By Robin Alberti IRA—Milky Way Farm, on Route 133 in Ira, is one of Vermont’s quintessential dairy farms — it has the pictureque vistas, barns and animals that postcards and calendars are made of. Robert Clark, Sr. purchased the land for the Milky Way Farm in 1984, and it is the last dairy farm currently…

By Stephen Seitz As sure a sign of spring as robins returning and crocuses blooming, the season also sees road construction crews getting back to work. In Rutland Town, the traffic signal at the intersection of Green Mountain Plaza, Seward Road and Route 7 is scheduled to be replaced. The project begins in July and…

By Evan Johnson Springtime roadwork will continue through this week on two projects in central Vermont, with planing and resurfacing of significant portions of east- and west-bound corridors. Route 4 Work on the nearly 15-mile repaving project on Route 4 will continue this week. According to an update from project engineer Greenman Pedersen, Inc., shoulder…

By Julia Purdy CHITTENDEN—On Wednesday, May 3, a public informational meeting was held on the proposed purchase by the Green Mountain National Forest of 2,052 acres in the town of Chittenden, currently owned by Blue Ridge Properties LLC. Presenters were Trust for Public Lands Project Manager Kate Wanner and District Ranger Chris Mattrick from the…

By Dom Cioffi On Dec. 19, 2006, a young Swedish high school student named Felix Kjellberg registered a YouTube channel, uploading occasional short videos not unlike thousands of other early users. His interest was sporadic and purely for fun and entertainment; he never dreamed he would eventually become a worldwide Internet sensation. A few years…

Saturday, May 13, 10 a.m.—RUTLAND—Girls on the Run Vermont (GOTRVT) announces its Central Vermont 5k run/walk taking place at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 13 at the Vermont State Fairgrounds in Rutland. This celebratory event is the culmination of GOTRVT’s 10-week after school empowerment program for local girls in grades 3-8, and is open for the…

Monday, May 22, 6:30 p.m.—MANCHESTER—The Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training (CRAFT) is a national apprenticeship program that seeks to educate farm workers who are interested in becoming farmers in the future. CRAFT provides the structure for meaningful mentor relationships between committed farmers and focused apprentices by providing a diversity of on-farm educational experiences throughout…

Thursday May 11, 7:30 p.m.—WOODSTOCK—On Thursday, May 11, the Ottauquechee Health Foundation will host a concert to be held at the historic Woodstock Town Hall Theatre in cooperation with Pentangle Council on the Arts. The concert is being billed as “An Evening With Livingston Taylor,” and will begin at 7:30 p.m. Livingston Taylor picked up…

Monday, May 15, 10 a.m.—QUECHEE—The Vermont Institute of Natural Science is hosting an exciting research symposium Monday, May 15, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The science symposium is designed for students, peers, teachers, parents, and other community members as well as representatives from various local and state environmental agencies. Throughout the year, VINS science educators have worked…

Saturday, May 13, 1 p.m.—BRANDON—Foley Brothers Brewing and the Neshobe River Winery are excited to announce the first concert of the summer season at the Tasting Barn Saturday, May 13, at 1 p.m. They welcome the perfectly tuned tones of Middlebury College’s a cappella group, Dissipated Eight. It’s Mother’s Day weekend, so come on over…

Saturday, May 13, 7:30 p.m.—BRANDON—Following a busy 2016 which included his first tour of Europe, two performances with a full symphony orchestra, and roughly 39,000 miles of concert travel within the U.S. alone, acoustic double-neck guitarist and Candyrat recording artist Ian Ethan Case presents a new tour for 2017, previewing music from his upcoming album…