For most of us no time passes faster than the summer months. Back when you were a student on school vacation it really zipped by. Summer vacation officially started when we left school, chanting, “No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers’ dirty looks.” The “lazy, hazy days of summer” were about to begin…

By Carl Diethelm Modern entrepreneurs understand that as times change, so do markets for goods and services. Vermont’s Universal Recycling Law will ban food scraps from entering the landfill in 2020 and already has banned yard waste, and there will be great opportunity to earn money by collecting these materials and composting them at a…

Given that I used to pop anti-inflammatory pills like candy when I was a fighter, I have assiduously avoided them since. I have weathered many injuries to my knees, back, neck, bruises, etc. without any sort of assistance, but this has been different…neck pain followed by sacral sprain followed by neck pain. I have once…

By Dom Cioffi Last week in this column, I chronicled a sickness I was experiencing while writing. I explained in the very first sentence, “At this exact moment, as I’m typing these words into my laptop, I am ridiculously sick. This isn’t a run-of-the-mill sickness either; this is the laid-up-in-bed, stomach-rebelling, joint-aching, head-throbbing kind of…

Courtesy of Billings Farm & Museum Take in a narrated horse-drawn wagon ride during Billings Farm’s 19th century-style hay day. Sunday, July 24 at 10 a.m.—WOODSTOCK—Billings Farm & Museum, gateway to Vermont’s rural heritage, will feature its annual Hay Day on Sunday, July 24, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This annual family-friendly event will…

By Chad Martel Badfish By Jimmy Britt As summer starts to wind down, so does the Downtown Rutland Friday Night Concert Series. The Downtown Partnership has already brought in great performers this summer like Taylor Hicks and Paul Gramm. It’s no surprise that the series would finish strongly Friday, July 22, with the “Sublime” tribute…

This week’s horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Capricorn Moon with aspects that make me wonder if I have any business analyzing the situation. I say this because there is so much going on, it could be affecting any one of us in a thousand different ways. It isn’t just the lunar…

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By Sam Jaffe Insects are cool, and VINS will explore their amazing world during a two-day festival.

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Courtesy of FH Concerts in the Park ENERJAZZ Thursday, July 21 at 7 p.m.—FAIR HAVEN—Enerjazz and its big-band sound will be performing at the Fair Haven Concert in the Park on Thursday, July 21 at 7 p.m. This concert marks the sixth of ten concerts for the summer season. Concerts have been very well attended…

Courtesy of Christine Lillie Bow Thayer, Tony Lee Thomas, and Rick Redington—among many other bands—will play at new festival No Town at the site of Tweed River Tubing in Stockbridge. July 22-24—STOCKBRIDGE—The brand-new, Vermont-born music festival, NoTown, has announced its inaugural lineup. The NoTown festival is set for three days, July 22-24, at Tweed River…

Courtesy of Chandler Center for the Arts Chandler Center for the Arts presents six performances during Vermont Pride Theater festival, July 22-31. July 22-31—RANDOLPH—In its sixth summer season, Vermont Pride Theater is presenting four thought-provoking performances: East Coast premieres of two new plays and two guest artists new to Vermont, featuring issues such as gender…

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Cancer Awareness Ribbon Saturday, July 23 at 2:30 p.m.—MANCHESTER—It’s been said that the annual Vermont Race for the Cure is a tough act to follow. Until now. This year’s race, on July 23 beginning at 2:30 p.m., is followed by a rare live performance by one of the greatest vocalists of all time and a…