Saturday, June 20 at 7:30 p.m. — BRANDON — The Northern Third Piano Quartet returns to Brandon Music to perform a powerful musical program on Saturday, June 20 at 7:30 p.m. This program includes solo and duo music of Mozart, Shostakovich, the U.S. premiere of Middlebury composer Jorge Martin’s “Don’t Know Yet,” and Schumann’s Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op.…

Sunday, June 21 at 2 p.m. — ORWELL — In honor of Father’s Day, the Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell is offering an illustrated talk, “Colonial Founding Fathers and Their Children,” on Sunday, June 21 at 2 p.m. Site interpreter and historian Paul Andriscin will discuss American colonial founding fathers John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and…

Saturday, June 20 — Solar projects in communities throughout Vermont will be open for public tours the third Saturday in June. “Celebrate Solar Tours” will take place across the state on Saturday, June 20, the weekend of the Summer Solstice. Like open sugarhouse weekend in the spring and open art studio weekend in the fall, the…

Sunday, June 21 at 2 p.m. — HUBBARDTON — On Sunday, June 21, the Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site in Hubbardton offers a guided hike on the Hubbardton section of the 1776 military road that led to Mount Independence in Orwell. The tour is led by site interpreter Carl Fuller and runs from 2-5 p.m. Be prepared for…

Tuesday, June 23 at 3:30 p.m. — WOODSTOCK — Mindfulness is the silencing of the mind, giving way to the expanding expression of the heart in the all-knowing present moment, as defined by author Lauren Alderfer in her new book, “Teaching from the Heart of Mindfulness.” As His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama writes in the book's…

RUTLAND — Rutland Regional Medical Center is seeking volunteers for its Patient & Family Advisory Council (PFAC). Members of the Council will provide our healthcare team with advice and feedback that shape and enhance the future of the patient and family experience at RRMC. Members will be chosen from applications received; commitment of at least one…

Wednesday, June 24 at 4 p.m. — WOODSTOCK — The Norman Williams Public Library is hosting the second event in the “End of Life Series” in conjunction with Bayada and the Thompson Senior Center. A "My Gift of Grace" game will be held at the Norman Williams Public Library on Wednesday, June 24 from 4-6 p.m.…

Dr. Leonard Perry, Extension Professor, UVM Looking for an easy perennial vine that can grow in various situations, has a range of flower colors in both singles and doubles, and that provides a long flowering show in spring or summer? Consider the versatile clematis. Although there are many other common names for clematis, the most…

By Brady Crain While they look alike, Pip is a feral version of Stinky Pete. So I stand kind of corrected as to the rest period being beneficial, yet again! In the end, despite my initial worry, I did not lose distance leg. I had a mild bug. I did some cycling and running all…

By Joe Rankin A while back I had a few hives of honey bees parked at a beef farm down the road, tucked up against a stone wall just outside a pasture. One day the owner called to say that my bees had invaded a building in a barn complex and were laying eggs in…

It must be the warmer weather and its resultant skimpier clothing: one of several issues about which the Internet’s think piece-industrial complex has been especially vocal lately is school dress codes. Here, as elsewhere, America seems to be liberalizing, and teenagers in public schools have begun fighting back against repressive school administrations and the creepy…

Update: Vermont State Police Escapee Response Update June 12, 2015 The Vermont State Police continue to reach out to residents in communities along Lake Champlain, including going door-to-door with flyers, using saturation patrols, and alerting them of the on-going situation with the Dannemora, New York prison escapees.  Troopers continue this outreach and Lake Champlain patrols…

Submitted John “Jack” McKernon Jr. Jack McKernon of Rochester, Vt., passed away on May 27, 2015, at age 79. Jack was born in New York City on Dec. 24, 1935. He attended The Gunnery School, Dean Junior College and New York University. He served in the United States Army in Stuttgart, Germany. Jack lived in…

By Josh Larkin Almost 600 students from across the state received associate degrees at the CCV ceremonies. Students representing all 14 Vermont counties graduated along with students from 11 other states and 10 countries worldwide. The youngest graduate was 17 and the eldest was 62. Also among the graduates were 33 veterans and active duty…

On Sunday, May 31, Cristina Kumka a previous Body Transformation Challenge participant from Pittsford, ran 104 miles in 48 hour as part of the Endurance Society’s Infinitus challenge. Participants ran a figure-eight loop around Goshen, Moosalamoo and Silver Lake out with headquarters at Blueberry Hill. (The first loop was 10 miles, the second loop was…