Saturday and Sunday, April 10-11—KILLINGTON—Are you bored of Zoom meetings? Maybe you’re tired of going through grade school again?  Looking for a reason to break out of your house and go all-out while visiting your favorite mountain? Well, if you answered yes to none or all of these questions, you won’t want to miss the All-Out Weekend presented by Bud…

By Tricia Noelle The Bear Mountain quad, which services Outer Limits (OL), is winding down for the season. And what a season it was! The recent spring conditions on Outer Limits were the highlight. Don’t get me wrong, OL is great under the guns, but for the community of mogul skiers who call Killington home,…

By Katy Savage When Killington Resort replaced its 26-year-old K-1 gondolas in 2018, Dominique Bastien bought all 57 of them. Bastien, who owns The Gondola Shop, a small gondola repair shop in Fruita, Colorado, had worked on Killington’s gondolas for 15 years. The Montreal native spent a month in Killington every few years to work. She…

Rutland’s Makerspace, The Mint, is in the process of expanding into an additional 9,100 square feet at its current location. As a result, many new shops will be added, and the “quiet” side will be shifted towards the back of the building, according to a the Chamber & Economic Development of the Rutland Region (CEDRR) newsletter,…

Stray animals. We don’t hear about them as much as we did years ago, when it felt like they were everywhere, but there are still many strays out there. In the cold. Without food. Needing medical care. During this past year, we had two stray animals who stood out to all of us at the…

Monday, April 5  at 1 p.m.—VIRTUAL—Rutland County Restorative Justice Center and ARC Rutland Area are joining together to host a virtual cooking class, Cooking for a Cause. This class, taught by local Chef Robert Barral, owner and head chef of Cafe Provence in Brandon, will give participants the chance to learn how to make Chicken…

To celebrate the power of youth in changing the future, Military Kids Vermont (MKVT) and University of Vermont Extension 4-H have teamed up to sponsor a poetry contest for kids, 5-18. The contest is being held in conjunction with April is the Month of the Military Child, an annual recognition of the sacrifices and bravery…

The Pawlet Community Church will be holding its first pork supper of the year on April 3.  This will be a drive thru-pickup meal in the church parking lot located at 38 VT-133 in Pawlet starting at 4:30 p.m. Please enter from the east end of the parking lot (the end toward the fire station) and…

April 1 and 3— VIRTUAL— Catch two shows this week featuring Vermont’s own Bow Thayer, as part of his newest album release, “The Zen of Snug,” at two different Vermont studios. Both shows will feature unique line-ups and performances. On Thursday, April 1, Thayer will bring his “Choirs of Aether” improvisational show inspired by Sun Ra, to the stage at The Underground in…

Thursday, April 1 at 12 p.m.—VIRTUAL— The Dept. of Environmental  Conservation  (DEC)  invites  the public to join  the next Clean Water  Series talk on Thursday, April 1 from 12-1 p.m. The talk  will highlight wetland conservation and is part of a  monthly  virtual series  featuring efforts to  protect and  restore  water quality in Vermont. At the event, David Sausville, a biologist with the Vermont Fish…

Traces, a day of outdoor dance happenings, will celebrate the change into summer, dancing in public spaces, and connection of community. Scheduled for Saturday June 12, this year’s festival will include educational workshops and performances, and will take place in three towns simultaneously: White River Junction, Burlington and Montpelier. Each town’s event will be near…

Teen outreach program announces interactive media project honoring and centering the voices of young Black Vermonters In March 2021, Kingdom County Productions and the Listen Up Project launched “Black Voices of Vermont,” an interactive media project honoring and centering the voices of Black Vermonters. A collaborative story sharing project, “Black Voices of Vermont” will amplify the stories and…

A new snowboard-specific publication based in Killington is now available online at blower.media. The website is the brainchild of Brooke Geery, who spent 21 years as the publisher of Yobeat.com, and currently works here at the Mountain Times. “I hope to cover the global snowboarding community with an Eastern edge,” Geery said. “The scene in…

Officials recommend fishing low and slow Vermont’s traditional trout fishing season opens Saturday, April 10, and despite lingering snow cover, the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Dept. says anglers can still have fun and be successful early in the season while following Covid-19 safety precautions. “Just like any other time of year, anglers fishing early in…

The Vermont Dept. of Forests, Parks, & Recreation (FPR) and its partners remind hikers of Mud Season at this time of year and ask for the public’s help protecting Vermont’s trails. This year, Covid-19 is still a dominant concern, even with more people vaccinated. FPR and partners are asking for the public’s assistance with making…