By Robin Alberti Angel Shannon's (#12) team welcome him home after he hit a walk-off home run to give "Clearly" Moguls a 7-6  win. Playoffs? Playoffs? Don't talk about...playoffs? Yes, the playoffs are upon us and STF put quite a scare into the defending champion and number one seed "Clearly" Moguls. The game started with…

By Kate Troy Matt Manjuck beats his defender in Saturday’s game against the Mountaineers. By Maxx Steinmetz In the second home game leading up to Rutland Rugby Football Club’s trip to Lake Placid for the annual Can-Am’s tournament, the Roosters hosted the Saranac Mountaineers. In their previous meeting when the two sides played in a…

Courtesy of Killington Parks and Recreation The undefeated 11-12 girls relay team includes Justine Peters, Maeve Haff, Mattie Peters, Heidi Alf. KILLINGTON — How does one know it’s the season for competitive swimming? By hearing the early morning swimmers jumping into the pool at 8 a.m., chlorinated hair, Tuesday night meets, speedos (yes, speedos!) and…

So another uneventful week passes in the “Brady Training Camp.” I am doing maintenance work, some running, some cycling, some walking. Nothing of extraordinary length or difficulty — I’m not running Killington Road nor riding East Mountain Road. I’m not exerting a whole lot of effort. However, we are about two months away from the…

By Alan Jeffery QUESTION: Roman and Mike are playing in a tournament. On the 5th hole. Roman, who started with 13 clubs, misses his short putt. In a moment of anger, he slams his club into the ground. The shaft on the club breaks. He then putts with his 3-wood. After the 9th hole, he…

LUDLOW–Skiers and snowboarders visiting Okemo Mountain Resort this winter will view the snowy landscape through the bright orange tint of a retractable, transparent dome when they ride in the comfort of another new, high-speed bubble chairlift, named Quantum Four. Okemo’s upgrade and renaming of the Jackson Gore Express Quad includes the replacement of chairs with…

KILLINGTON — On July 15 and 16 Green Mountain National Golf Course hosted a 36 hole stroke play tournament with a field of 100 players of age 55 and older. Jeanne Morrissey of Williston won the Ruth Raymond Jones Memorial Seniors’ Championship at Green Mountain National in a sudden death playoff over Margie Kaat of Ekwanok. In…

By Jerry LeBlond The Burlington Taiko Drummers performed in the Rochester High School auditorium as part of Summernight. By Ginny Bowman ROCHESTER — On July 18, the weather for Rochester was predicted to be rainy and dotted with thunderstorms, but that did not happen, it was wonderful! The performers for all SummerNight locations provided a…

By Robin Alberti Peter Huntoon painted for a crowd at the Killington ART Garage, creating a new piece of work before their eyes. By Robin Alberti KILLINGTON — Friday night, July 17, at the Killington ART Garage was an outstanding blend of the best Vermont has to offer.  Peter Huntoon, most famously known for his watercolor…

RUTLAND—College of St. Joseph is continuing to expand its health-related offerings with the addition of Vermont’s only sonography program, beginning in the fall 2016 semester. The Radiologic Sciences-Sonography program recently received accreditation from the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT). The program prepares individuals to work with medical providers in the management, control and care…

RUTLAND — Community Impact is a process by which United Ways around Vermont and across the country identify community needs, invest resources and evaluate specific programs to ensure they creating lasting change on the community level.  Local people with expertise in United Way’s focus areas of Health, Education and Income make choices about local priorities…

By Lani Duke Changing roles, models Change is inevitable in organizations. It has come to the Vermont State Fair at a time when fairs themselves are changing. The fair started out as an agricultural exhibition, an annual time for comparing crops and livestock, gathering to celebrate the end of a successful harvest season. The site’s…

Ottauquechee Natural Resources Conservation District receives Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence at State House on June 30, 2015. The award was given for ONRCD's River Roadshow, a mobile education program which uses a stream table to demonstrate how rivers behave during flood events. The program is in its fourth year and has reached over 8000…

RUTLAND – Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice (RAVNAH) has been selected to participate in the Medicare Care Choices Model, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced July 21. The model provides Medicare beneficiaries who qualify for coverage under the Medicare Hospice Benefit and dually eligible beneficiaries who qualify for the Medicaid…

By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week's Horoscopes are coming out under the light of a late-Virgo, almost Libra moon, with the sun standing on the threshold of the cusp that separates the sign of the Crab from the sign of the Lion. For more than one reason this is an auspicious…