RUTLAND COUNTY—This year marks the 11th year of “Boating with Becky” for the W2W (Woman to Woman) cancer support group. This summer was their first memorial cruise on Lake Bomoseen in honor of Becky Oberkirch, a group member from Hubbardton who passed away last February. W2W is an open support group for women of all…

By Jimmy Britt RUTLAND—The Chaffee Art Center hosted its 110th Art in the Park Festival Saturday and Sunday Oct. 8-9. Dozens of fine art and craft vendors ranging from painters, sculptors and photographers to jewelers and food vendors were in attendance. The event not only gives local vendors a chance to showcase and sell their…

Jim Kahle will temporarily lead the organization taking over for Nanci Gordon RUTLAND COUNTY—The United Way of Rutland County (UWRC) announced Tuesday, Oct. 4, that Jim Kahle, Vice Chair of the board of directors, will temporarily lead the organization as interim executive director. Kahle takes over for Nanci Gordon, who served as the organization’s executive…

Streetscape changes RUTLAND—The 18th century house at the corner of West and Court streets, said to be the oldest structure remaining in the city, is no more. Once home to the Good Cents thrift store but owned by Grace Congregational Church, the small house has been demolished to make room for dumping snow from the…

By Lani Duke Benson School kicks off Mileage Club BENSON—The Mileage Club planned to set off from Benson Village School Oct. 10 with a school-wide, mile-long walk around the soccer field. Students can choose to walk at recess as part of the Mileage Club up to Thanksgiving break, supervised by an adult on recess duty…

By Stephen Seitz KILLINGTON—As reported last week in The Mountain Times, Amy Morrison, executive director of the Killington Pico Area Association, is stepping down to take over as the new head of the Stowe Area Association. Her last day at KPAA is  Friday, Oct. 14. The Mountain Times caught up with Morrison this past week…

By Karrie Etzler A recent bylaw seeking to ban pit bull type dogs in Montréal, Canada, has been temporarily suspended, after lawyers representing the Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) successfully filed a court order opposing the ban. The ban, which was due to take effect at midnight on Monday, Oct.…

WEST PAWLET—Community members will be cleaning out their closets and donating to a great cause: the 9th annual “Share the Warmth” free clothing giveaway at Mettawee Community School in West Pawlet on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 15-16, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. both days. Mettawee’s Brooke Burnham will be collecting clean, reusable, smoke free clothing at the…

RUTLAND—Join a 5K fun run/walk on Oct. 16 to benefit HEAL Raising Our World Foundation, Inc., an organization committed to raising our world, one child at a time. One hundred percent of the proceeds from this run will support the children at Rapha Community Center, a children’s home and secondary school in Nyahururu, Kenya. Registration…

By Carolyn Lorié On the north end of my home is a nest site favored by eastern phoebes. Every year a pair shows up, sets up house, and raises a family. They arrive early in the spring, and I spend the long days of spring and summer watching them. At some point, the nest empties out,…

By Marguerite Jill Dye Aren’t we blessed to be in Vermont, witnessing the beautiful sights of fall? Multi-hued leaves glow against a backdrop of pine. Since our executive chef son Danny and our toddler grandson Silas visited us Columbus Day weekend, our hike up Killington brought to mind the colors of vegetables and spices: paprika,…

I am about to leave for my hike. I don’t know why I am unable to sleep on the night before something like this, but I dragged myself to bed dead tired and then lay awake for an hour, finally getting up to do all of my pre-exit tasks last night instead of this morning.…

The closer this election gets—or at any rate the closer we pretend it is—the more articles I see lamenting the foolishness of Millennials who plan to vote for third-party candidates instead of Hillary Clinton. The New York Times has been publishing these articles almost daily, including one called “The Folly of the Protest Vote” that…

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The written word back in my youth did not appear on a digital device. It showed up on a piece of paper and was written with a pen or pencil. In the 1950s many young girls recorded their own personal experiences using a ballpoint pen to write their words. We had diaries complete with a…