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, Sept. 28 in Pittsford. Prior registration is required. Female cat spays are $60 including rabies and distemper shots. Male cat neuters are $50 including rabies and…

By Alice Hadley Since 2005 and the first Jeff Hadley Day Memorial Golf Tournament, the Killington community has generously supported the Hadley Family Fund’s efforts to find a cure for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Jeff Hadley, head golf professional at Green Mountain National Golf Course from 1996 to 2005, was diagnosed with ALS in 2004…

Ryan Opens Vermont 200 Weekend with Victory at Devil’s Bowl Speedway Championship Sunday postponed due to rain WEST HAVEN – Jimmy Ryan kicked off the Vermont 200 Championship Weekend with a long awaited checkered flag on “Shootout Saturday” at Devil’s Bowl Speedway.  Ryan led a parade of stock car drivers through victory lane in a…

LUDLOW – On Sept. 12 and 13, Okemo Valley Golf Club hosted its annual Ladies’ Club Championship. The format was individual stroke play on 36 holes. There was a championship division and a senior division. Winning the championship, and thus becoming Okemo's Ladies champion, was Ruthie Schamback. She fired a two-day total of 186. Finishing…

By Maxx Steinmetz London, England will be the setting for the 8th Rugby World Cup, with the first match of the tournament pitting the hosts against the Pacific Nations Cup champions, Fiji, on Sept. 18 (which will air on Universal Sports at 2 p.m. EST). Overshadowed by FIFA's World Cup, even in countries not necessarily…

QUESTION: Kyler and Andrew are playing in a tournament. Kyler has a caddie and Andrew is carrying his own bag. On the 6th hole, Kyler’s ball lies off the green. His caddie goes to the green and touches the green with a club to indicate a line of play for Kyler to play. Andrew says an infraction…

By Tony Accurso There is no doubt autumn is in the air; the leaves are turning, the nights are cooler, and with this change comes shorter days. Gone are the days of finishing our rides at 8 p.m. by daylight, and soon it will be dark by the time we leave work. Thankfully, this doesn't mean we have…

RUTLAND — It was another action filled week of sports for the Fighting Saints, led this time by the men’s soccer team. They won their first two games of the week before being defeated in a heartbreaker against Maine – Machias 0-1 on Sunday. It was also the opening weekend of games for College of…

By Kate Robitello Lucia Rullo holds a bag of veggies that she just bought from Ryan Yoder of Yoder Farm at the Rutland Farmers Market in downtown Rutland. Instilling the importance of buying local in the future generation By Kate Robitello I asked Lucia Rullo, a young shopper at the Rutland Farmers Market last week,…

By Todd McLeish In 2006, I joined a team of biologists to trap bats in Vermont’s Chittenden County. We were searching for North America’s rarest bat, the Indiana bat, which had recently been discovered breeding in a forest in Middlebury. The biologists hoped to identify additional populations of this endangered species and develop a better…

When I was a little girl back in the 1950s this was a very exciting time of year. It was fair time! The fairgrounds have been located at 175 South Main Street in Rutland since 1856. The Vermont State Fair acquired its name in 1972. But my guess is that most people have always referred…

What is it with people who claim that breakfast is their favorite meal of the day? Stop saying this, people. In fact, it’s come to my attention that the phrase “favorite meal of the day” is employed solely in the context of breakfast: no one ever uses it to describe lunch or dinner. Yet both…

Courtesy of  Sierra Club South Woodstock’s Roger Payne received the Sierra Club’s Earth Care Award. He discovered that whales sing songs! Retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and Alan Rusbridger, who recently retired as editor of The Guardian newspaper in London, are among those who received awards from the Sierra Club this year. Most of…

Submitted This wooden lion went missing from Bentley’s in 2012. WOODSTOCK — Stonewall of Woodstock, Corp., operator of Bentley’s Restaurant, announced a substantial increase to the reward being offered for the safe return of a (30-40 pound) wooden carousel lion that went missing in April 2012. A treasured artifact of great sentimental and historical value,…

RUTLAND —Rutland Veterinary Clinic and Surgical Center has once again achieved the highest level of veterinary excellence following a thorough evaluation by the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA).  The clinic became accredited in 1963 and has continued to remain accredited for over 50 years. Only the top small animal hospitals in the United States and…