June 26-27 — RUTLAND — With local food shelves continuing to see high demand for their services, organizers from WJJR and Green Mountain Power have announced plans for the 2015 Pack the Paramount Food Drive. “Rutland is undergoing a renaissance, but the demand on local food shelves remains high,” said Steve Costello, a Green Mountain Power vice…

Submitted SANTA CROCE BAND Thursday, June 25 at 7 p.m. — FAIR HAVEN — The Fair Haven Concerts in the Park will be welcoming six siblings to the stage at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 25. The Santa Croce Band will be performing for the third in a series of ten summer concerts. This group of family…

By Morgan True, VTDigger.org Dan Quinn, the former CEO of Rutland Mental Health Services, was pressured to resign because of poor management. His resignation comes on the heels of intensified state scrutiny. Quinn resigned Tuesday, June 9, after nearly eight years with the social service nonprofit, according to a statement from its board of directors.…

By Polly Lynn BRANDON — The Town of Brandon will hold a special town meeting next Monday in preparation for Tuesday’s vote, June 30. The town Selectboard is asking voters to approve measures to “build a better Brandon” as Doug Bailey and Seth Hopkins, chair and vice-chair of the Brandon Selectboard, articulate in their letter by…

By Barb Wood, Riverwood Photography The fifth annual Long Trail Century Ride to benefit Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports returns to Vermont again on Saturday, June 27, where cyclists of all abilities can ride a century, 60- or 20-mile course to raise funds and awareness for disabled sports programming. Adaptive athletes are sponsored and ride…

Construction is well underway for the Beast Mountain Coaster, on schedule to open by the end of July or beginning of August. By Karen D. Lorentz Killington will debut its new Snowshed Adventure Center on June 26. When the curtain rises, adventure seekers will find both popular thrill attractions like a Skyeride and four-story ropes…

By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week's Horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Virgo Moon, one that is bathed in the afterglow of the midsummer crossquarter. Even though the solstice is technically over, it helps to remember that the lines of demarcation are not cut-and-dried in this reality —…

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 June 18 - June 24, 2015…

Come be a part of the Killington Reunion Weekend starting this Friday night,June 26 at The Summit Lodge from 5-8 p.m. Meet new friends and reminisce with old ones. Take this opportunity to reach out to old Killington friends that you once worked with or shared a ski house with. Look for other events as…

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 June 11 - June 17, 2015…

Submitted “Anchiornis” was created specifically for VINS’ exhibit “Birds are Dinosaurs,” by paleo-artist Todd Marshall. QUECHEE — The Vermont Institute of Natural Science has expanded its exciting, new exhibit, “Birds are Dinosaurs,” by adding a Pteranodon model with a ten-foot wing span, a Velociraptor model, and a Velociraptor Freeze in the form of a wall hanging. In…

By Polly Lynn A mountain of stones will house one of the 18 mini-golf holes on the new Mendon course. Jeff Bridge, an excavator from Bridgewater Corners, works on the landscaping. By Julia Purdy MENDON — The bend in Route 4 in Mendon, opposite Meadow Lake Drive, will soon perk up with the completion of…

Vermont Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Ross. By John Herrick, VTDigger.org On a busy street corner outside the Rutland farmers’ market, where local vendors sell cheeses, meats and spring vegetables, about a dozen residents recently raised signs to protest the use of weed-killing herbicides across the United States, especially Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup. “They are poisoning the…

2014 Champion Justin Lane of Woodstock, N.Y. follows through on a swing. GMNGC hosts Killington Junior Golf Championship, June 22-25 KILLINGTON — The American Junior Golf Association will return to Killington for the sixth year when Green Mountain National Golf Course hosts the Killington Junior Golf Championship, held June 22-25. Junior golfers from across the…

Mud wrestling proved to be a popular summer activity in Killington. This photo was taken a few decades ago and is thought to be from a mud pit at the Pasta Pot on Route 4. By Polly Lynn Have you ever lived, worked or played in the Killington area? Do you ever wonder what happened…