Friday, Aug. 19 at 6 p.m.—LUDLOW—The Tony Lee Thomas Band will perform on Friday, Aug. 19 at 6 p.m. in the courtyard at Okemo’s Jackson Gore Inn. Admission is free and the grounds open at 5 p.m. Attendees may bring lawn chairs or picnic blankets. In case of rain, the concerts will move under cover.…

RUTLAND—On Aug. 10, the board of directors of Rutland Area Farm and Food Link (RAFFL) announced that Elena Gustavson has been named the new executive director, effective Aug. 1. Gustavson succeeds Tara Kelly, who was appointed in June to serve as the planning director for the City of Rutland. Gustavson brings a wealth of experience…

Saturday & Sunday, Aug. 20-21—HUBBARDTON—The Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site is hosting two events exploring the 1776-77 Mount Independence-Hubbardton military road, the weekend of Aug. 20-21. On Saturday, Aug. 20, at 9:30 p.m., an orientation and guided auto tour will take place along the section of the military road from Hubbardton to Center Rutland, guided…

Final musicale to be held in October Sunday, Aug. 21 at 4 p.m.—PLYMOUTH NOTCH—The President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site hosts the second of this season’s Grace Coolidge musicales on Sunday, Aug.  21, at 4 p.m. The 45-minute concert is free; donations are welcome. The program, “Les Françaises: French Music for Piano and Voice,” consists…

RUTLAND—On Aug. 15, the Visiting Nurse Association of the Southwest Region (VNASWR) officially announced that Bernadette C. Robin has joined VNASWR as the director of business development and marketing. With a depth of experience in marketing and communications, Robin brings an integral understanding of healthcare marketing, public relations, and creating and launching communications strategies. Robin…

Downtown gets two new stores By Lani Duke RUTLAND—Black Moon Games has opened at 9 Evelyn St. in downtown Rutland, specializing in tabletop board and card games, role-playing games and miniatures. It also has a large gaming space in which to play. Stephen and Allison Willoughby opened home furnishings store Kindred Spirit at 53 Merchants…

Monday, Aug. 22 at 7:30 a.m.—PITTSFORD—The Rutland County Humane Society (RCHS) is working with VT-CAN (a low cost spay/neuter clinic in Vermont) to host a low cost spay/neuter clinic for Rutland County cats on Monday, Aug. 22 in Pittsford. Cats need to be dropped off between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. and picked up at 4:30 p.m. Transportation from the old…

CALAIS—Friday morning, Aug. 12, at approximately 9:10 a.m., Vermont State Police SCUBA Team along with Colchester Technical Rescue recovered the body of Seamus Beall, age 17, of East Calais, in Curtis Pond following a swimming incident Thursday evening.  Beall was located in the vicinity where he was last seen. Witnesses report Beall was a good…

Weight loss program starts in September RUTLAND – According to the World Health Organization, nearly two-thirds of Americans are overweight yet 50 percent of American women and 25 percent of men are currently on a diet. These two statistics seem to be at odds and beg the question: What’s not working? Community Health Education at…

WALLINGFORD—On Tuesday, Aug. 16, at 9:45 a.m., Vermont State Police investigated an automobile theft from South Main Street in Wallingford. The vehicle’s owner, Robert Bushey, reported his silver 1999 Volvo V70 station wagon was stolen from in front of his residence between 9 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 15, and Tuesday morning Aug. 16. Bushey described…

It’s funny what happens when you run on autopilot. More on that later, though. A couple of weeks ago I was out riding my road bike, and my ride took a bit longer than I had hoped (my plan was to go up Killington Road, down to Route 4, up to the pass, and back,…

By Mary Ellen Shaw Many of us learned some type of hobby from our parents. Perhaps we didn’t appreciate what we were taught at the time. But with age comes wisdom! My mother loved to crochet and do embroidery, along with a little knitting. All of these hobbies take patience and practice. I never caught…

By Elise Tillinghast The first red squirrel appeared at about 50 m.p.h. It climbed up over my headrest and landed in my lap. I don’t recall the next few seconds very clearly, but according to my 5-year-old daughter Lucy, I yelled something along the lines of, “Oo squirrel. Oo Oo. squirrel squirrel.” What I do…

By Marguerite Loucks Dye and Marguerite Jill Dye In rereading my mother’s account of the Rutland Fair in The Mountain Times from September, 1994, I am amazed at the changes in our society that have altered state fairs across the nation. The Vermont State Fair, an agricultural fair run by the Rutland County Agricultural Society,…

By implicitly encouraging “the Second Amendment people” to assassinate presidential rival Hillary Clinton—lest she appoint Supreme Court justices who would take away their right to bear arms—Donald Trump has produced one more opportunity for Democrats to condemn him on purely moral grounds. This has been one of the Democrats’ primary messages during the election season—that,…