When I read about the recent engagement of Polly Lynn and Jason Mikula, co-publishers of The Mountain Times, it brought back memories of my own connection between “true love” and fish! In case you missed the article, Polly and Jason got engaged on the banks of the Madison River in Cameron, Montana, while on a…

By Karen Lorentz Editor’s Note: Country Roads is an occasional column about people, places and things Vermont. Living on a country road in Vermont, I am a big fan of the John Denver hit, “Country Roads,” especially the phrase “to a place I belong.” When we were new to full-time living in Vermont on a…

I recently took a bold step into the future: I’ve “cut the cord”—that is, I no longer have cable TV service. I did this in part to save money and in part due to pressure from various magazine articles about how “millennials” are increasingly “cutting the cord,” relying on Internet streaming to fulfill their entertainment…

  By Declan McCabe In peaceful streams, aquatic macroinvertebrates such as crayfish, stoneflies, and caddisflies travel over and under submerged rocks, foraging for other invertebrates, leaves, and algae. When rain falls, their world turns upside down. At first only the surface is disturbed, but before long, runoff reaches the stream and increases its flow manyfold.…

Cal Garrison (a.k.a Mother of the Skye) writes weekly horoscopes for The Mountain Times. If you would like an emailed notification sent to you weekly, sign up for the newsletter, below. Want to hear more from Mother of the Skye? Check out Mother's Celestial Inspirations     Horoscopes for July 30 - August 5, 2015…

By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week's Horoscopes are coming out under the light of an Aries Moon. Redoubled by the fire of the Sun in Leo, and amped up by the power of the Lughnassah Crossquarter filling the matrix with the kind of energy that only shines down on us during…

KILLINGTON — The 2015 best of three League Championship between the Killington Deli Team and “Clearly” Moguls was an epic battle for the ages. This was a rematch of last year’s championship and once again it went all three games. Game one CM’s pitcher Ronzoni Hacker started out hot delivering a first pitch strike to…

Paramount Theatre to present two works in from acclaimed NYC Theatre Company BEDLAM RUTLAND — The Paramount Theatre recently announced that BEDLAM, an Off-Broadway NYC theatre in its third season, will make its second annual appearance at the Paramount Theatre Thursday and Friday evenings, Aug. 13 and 14. Following up on it’s single performance last…

Photo One: A classic photo of Majewski by an aircraft many years ago. Photo Two: Al Majewski holds up a plaque with metals for the campers to see.  By Robin Alberti On Thursday, July 30, Al Majewski, a retired veteran of the First Marine Air Wing, came to the Boys and Girls Club in Rutland.…

By Robin Alberti Sneaky Pete of Lookout Tavern holds his prize aloft. KILLINGTON — Results are in for Killington’s third Annual Killington Fundraising Chili Cook-Off, which took place Thursdays, July 30 from 5-8 p.m. at the Sherburne Memorial Library. Restaurants as well as individuals join the competition bringing their finest chili to compete for the title…

By Polly Lynn KILLINGTON — On Friday night, July 31, at about 10:30 p.m., troopers from the Vermont State Police Barracks in Rutland, responded to a fatal car crash on Route 4 in the town of Killington. Upon arrival, police discovered that a Subaru Crosstrek had been traveling west on U.S. Route 4 near the Bridgewater line…

Governor Peter Shumlin announced July 30 that he will appoint attorney John Valente, a shareholder and director at the Rutland law firm of Ryan, Smith, and Carbine, Ltd., to the Vermont Superior Court. Valente fills the seat left open by the retirement of Judge David Suntag. Valente’s practice currently centers around workers’ compensation, employment, and…

On July 31, Green Mountain Power announced it has reached two agreements with stakeholders that will result in a net 0.76 percent decrease in electric bills, if approved by the Public Service Board (PSB). The filings, if approved, will take effect on Oct. 1, 2015 and follow upon last year’s 2.46 percent rate decrease. The…

By Erin Mansfield, VTDigger.org The Shumlin administration’s push to meet a key Vermont Health Connect milestone deadline eight weeks ago could leave the state on the hook for another $2.7 million it didn’t expect to pay. The Joint Fiscal Office wrote in a July 24 memo that Vermont won’t be able to rely on between…

On July 30, the Senate to passed a stopgap measure that would keep federal funds flowing to transportation projects throughout the United States for three months. “I reluctantly voted for a three-month extension to avoid a shutdown of federal  highway and transportation projects,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who serves on the Senate transportation committee…