Saturday, March 18, 10 a.m.—KILLINGTON—Students in search of a unique hospitality and resort education experience in the heart of the outdoors, look no further: Green Mountain College’s Killington School of Resort Management (KSRM) invites prospective students and their families to attend an open house at the school Saturday, March 18 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. for…

Saturday, March 18, 7 p.m.—GRANVILLE, N.Y.—The Slate Valley Museum is excited to again host popular celt band Gypsy Reel Saturday, March 18, 7-9 p.m. The night following St. Patrick’s Day the band will be playing Irish classics and their own mix of modern celtic flare. Gypsy Reel plays high energy stirring music rooted in the Celtic tradition but garnered from…

Saturday, March 18, 8:30 a.m.—NORTH SPRINGFIELD—The travel industry saw close to one billion international travelers in the first nine months of 2016 according to the World Tourism Organization—that’s 34 million more than the same period the prior year—and the U.S. Postal Service is ready to prepare travelers for such future excursions. To make it easier…

Tuesday, March 21, 7 p.m.—RUTLAND—Maple Leaf Quilters Guild will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday, March 21, 7 p.m. at Christ the King Parish Hall, 66 South Main Street in Rutland. This month features the guild auction for members and friends. Professional auctioneer Barb Watters will begin the auction promptly at 7 p.m. Auction offerings are donated by guild…

Thursday, March 16, 6 p.m.—RUTLAND—On March 16, the Rutland Area Farm and Food Link (RAFFL) will be showing “Big Night” at the Paramount Theatre in Downtown Rutland. The film is about two Italian immigrants who own a struggling restaurant, and their efforts to save the business through an elaborate feast. This event is free and…

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Four of six towns in WCSU passed Act 46 school board unification By Polly Lynn Mikula On Tuesday, March 7, six towns in the Windsor Central Supervisory Union voted on the proposed Act 46 school district merger. Killington,Woodstock, Bridgewater and Pomfret passed the measure to form a union school district, while Barnard, Reading, defeated it.…

By Meghan McCarthy McPhaul The first time I saw the fox last February, I did a double take. It was late morning when I glanced out the window on my way from one task to the next. The unexpected flash of red made me stop and forget about the morning’s to-do list. I watched for…

By Marguerite Jill Dye Capitalism, social democracy, free society, our Constitution. Immigration, cheap labor, scapegoats, enemy. I’m beginning to connect the dots and decipher the meaning of what’s happening in spite of the daily chaos and diversionary tactics of the new regime. This isn’t your everyday connect-the-dots game. It’s more like a doctoral thesis in economics and…

By Kevin Theissen While many of us have thought about starting our own businesses, not all of us actually do. Why not make 2017 the year you take the dream out of your head and put it into practice? Yes, you will hear many reasons not to go into your own business like it is too…

So the SnowPlow comedy contest at the Outback was fun. I broke all my rules, went in with new material (I usually rehearse myself silly), and engaged in filthy blue comedy (I am usually a clean comic, but contests are always basically a parade of people discussing the personal details of masturbation. If I had…

Writers of internet content are in general unoriginal, pandering, and shamelessly given to formula, so when one particular article becomes a successful and widely shared piece of clickbait, you can bet that other articles in same vein will follow. Was that dress blue and black or white and gold? For the past couple months, I’ve…

By Kyle Finneron As I prep for my body-building competition I have realized that largest key to my success will be my ability to follow a proper diet and exercise plan to make the necessary changes. I am currently following one plan that is complicated, to say the least. Without getting into the real nitty-gritty…

By Cal Garrison a.k.a Mother of the Skye This week’s horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Cancer Moon. With an array of aspects that are superficially benign, looking under the surface there are other, not so neat-and-tidy angles that could blow us away. Draping those configurations over what’s taking place on the…