Back in the 1960s when I was old enough to get my license, the high school I attended (Mount St. Joseph Academy, or MSJ) did not have driver education. In my youth there didn’t seem to be the urgency that today’s teens have to get a license. Once you got your license most kids drove…

Courtesy of Erin Shimp Yoga instructor Erin Shimp does a backbend between columns. “The Lifestylist” Kate Robitello gets a chance to interview Shimp in this week’s column. Yoga, like similarly beneficial practices like eating well and meditation, is easy to move to the bottom of a priority list. With the constant bustle of juggling work,…

The next few weeks of my life are going to be boring.  I am ready for boring.  I am doing a bunch of training for a new job (outside sales for residential solar juggernaut SolarCity), and just marking time running and walking 1-5 miles a day.  No eight hour slogs, no running up and down…

The Oscar winner Robert Zemeckis put forth “What Lies Beneath” in the midst of Hollywood’s end-of-millennium resurgence of interest in ghost stories. This period began in 1999 with “The Sixth Sense,” “Stir of Echoes,” “The Haunting,” and “Sleepy Hollow,” and continued into the 2000s with “The Others” (2001) and “The Ring” (2002). Zemeckis, who also…

Submitted CHRIS ADAMS Shrewsbury’s Adams claims Champlain Bass Series Angler of the Year title SHREWSBURY – Vermont tournament bass angler Chris Adams from Shrewsbury, Vt. finished in fourth place at the Champlain Bass Series Fall Finale held out of Ticonderoga, N.Y., on Oct. 4, wrapping up the series’ Angler of the Year title for 2015.…

RESULTS ARE IN! Killington's Polly Lynn is the Spartan Fittest Bride! Courtesy of 802 timing (https://802timing.com/results/15results/runresults/10.18.15bridalrun.htm)   Spartan “Fittest Bride” challenge held Sunday PITTSFIELD — Riverside Farm is hosting a new competition this Sunday, Oct. 18, with a large prize for the bride-to-be who wins. Spartan brides will compete in a race to the top of…

Quarterfinalists prepare, 12 teams out By Maxx Steinmetz The Tier 2 nations’ time in the limelight is now over, but it certainly not to be forgotten. In the last week of pool play they made sure that they left this year’s tournament as strongly as they came. USA is out South African great Bryan Habana…

College of St. Joseph had a tough week in sports. It began with the men’s soccer team going up against NHTI on Wednesday, Oct. 7. The Saints were unable to score and ended up losing the game 0-1. Over the weekend, the women's volleyball team played against NHTI and Paul Smith’s. They lost both matches…

By Evan Johnson GOSHEN/ROCHESTER — A proposed backcountry skiing glade in the Green Mountain National Forest took a step forward early this month when it received approval from U.S. Forest Service officials. The project, created out of a growing local interest in expanding and preserving backcountry skiing operations in Vermont, was introduced last November and…

KILLINGTON — A two day backcountry first aid and evacuation course is being offered by Killington Mountain Guides (KMG) on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 17 and 18. The course is designed for backcountry adventure athletes who participate in long distance adventure races and for any athletes who spend time in the wilderness. Participants will learn…

Jeff Gottfried touches up one of his wood sculptures at the Big Buzz Chainsaw Carving Festival in Chester last week. by Stephen Seitz CHESTER — About 30 chainsaw artists from all over the United States descended on Chester Oct. 6-12, to join the 6th annual Big Buzz Chainsaw Carving Festival, held on Route 103, south…

By Eric Hudiburg Stafford Hill Solar Farm RUTLAND — On Oct. 8, Sanborn Head released a statement and photos congratulating the  City of Rutland for becoming the Solar Capital of New England. Sanborn Head said it was proud to have been part of this exciting time for Rutland. They provided civil, stormwater, and geotechnical site design…

Courtesy of Phoenix Books Attendees lined up down the sidewalk to visit everyone's favorite monkey on Saturday, Oct. 3 as part of Phoenix Books Rutland's Grand Opening week. The free event began at 11 a.m. at Phoenix Books Rutland, located at 2 Center Street. The Grinch will be visiting in early December, look for details coming…

POULTNEY—In 2007, Jack Brennan, then the president of Green Mountain College, became one of the first signatories of the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), a signature program of Second Nature. At the time the world was experiencing the second highest global temperature readings for any year on record. Last week, on Oct. 5, amidst what…

Applications will be accepted until Oct. 23 As part of building a comprehensive electric vehicle charging network across the state, Green Mountain Power is offering nearly $50,000 in four separate grants to build four solar-powered electric vehicle charging stations. GMP will work with the Clean Energy Development Fund to coordinate these projects. “We are so…