Thursday, Aug. 18 at 7 p.m.—MOUNT HOLLY— The Limbo Lounge band will return to the Belmont green for the Mount Holly 2016 Summer Concert Series, Thursday, Aug. 18 at 7 p.m.This eight-piece band features keyboard, violin, guitar, bass guitar, drum […]
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Two teens complete the Long Trail
By Amy McClure PITTSFIELD—Two 14-year-old boys—Jackson Ziegler (Pittsfield, Vt.) and Wright Frost (Tunbridge, VT)—recently hiked the entirety of the Long Trail in just 19 days. The Long Trail stretches 272 miles, the length of Vermont, and it merges with the […]
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Questions about Rutland Herald’s financial stability surface
Mitchell fires Keays after publishing story, follow-up nixed By Adam Federman, VTDigger.org John Mitchell, the president of the Rutland Herald, fired the top editor at the newspaper on Friday evening, Aug. 5. The Herald’s news editor, Alan Keays, was terminated […]
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The Ultimate Aldean comes to Killington
UPDATE: Cooler in the Mountains concert moves indoors This Saturday, Aug. 13, the Cooler in the Mountains concert series featuring Greg West as The Ultimate Aldean Experience will move inside. Although the summer weather has been mostly fine and dry here […]
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State Fair begins Aug. 16
Earlier and shorter than dates of past years By Lani Duke Aug. 16-20—RUTLAND TOWN—The Vermont State Fair, once a 10-and-a-half-day blend of competitions, livestock, exhibits, carnival rides, “fair food,” 4-H, and concerts, opens its gates for a much-condensed four-and-a-half-day run […]
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State Announces Open Farm Week, Aug, 15-21
Experience the “farm” in “farm to table” Aug. 15-21—STATEWIDE—The Vermont Dept. of Tourism & Marketing is promoting the second annual Vermont Open Farm Week from Monday to Sunday, Aug. 15 to 21. Each day, farms across the state will open […]
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Ringleader will be missed
By Lou Illiano (“Peppino”) The circus is coming! There is a certain unbridled excitement that still accompanies this simple phrase. High wire walking. Lion taming. Bearded ladies and wild animals! Who doesn’t love a good circus? All brought to you, […]
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Downhill riders podium at Ramshead race
By Paul Holmes A downhill mountain bike racer flies off a wooden plank on “Goat Skull,” a new race trail on Ramshead at Killington Resort, during a Pro GRT race held this past weekend.
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Hops in the Hills Beer & Wine Fest returns to Okemo
Courtesy of Okemo Mountain Resort Beer-pourer Dave gives a sample to a taster at the 2015 Hops in the Hills Beer & Wine Festival at Okemo.
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Cows and tutus? Farm to Ballet to perform locally
Courtesy of Farm to Ballet Farm to Ballet, a dance project intended to celebrate Vermont’s farming culture while expanding classical ballet’s audience, continues its season in Central Vermont this week.