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By DJ Dave Hoffenberg The top 10 live shows I attended in the region this past year There were a lot of really good shows in the region in 2019. I narrowed the list down to my top 10 favorites and put them in chronological order. We started Jan. 10 with a rocking Kung Fu…

Saturday, Jan. 4 at 9 a.m.—KILLINGTON— Join us for this traveling freeskiing demo tour that focuses on fun and eating pizza!  Come ski with Andy Parry and the Tell a Friend Tour crew in the Killington Parks. Guest skiers for the Tell A Friend Tour are TBD. Andy Parry and the TAFT crew are giving away $3,000!…

Families visiting Okemo’s Jackson Gore base area for the holiday season, and through the winter, will get to experience a newly constructed play area made of snow called the Gore Snowground. The sculpted pile of snow adds an element of fun for children to enjoy when they’re not skiing or snowboarding. There are slides made…

Staff report Killington Mountain School student Hugo Brisebois had to make a difficult decision this year. The 16-year-old sophomore from Canada, who splits his time between alpine skiing and cyclocross, earned enough Union Cycliste Internationale points through bike races to earn a spot at the cyclocross junior world championships to compete with the world’s best…

By DJ Dave Hoffenberg An extra present is waiting for you at the Pickle Barrel Nightclub Thursday, Dec. 26, at 8 p.m. It's an all-star lineup concert with The Joey Leone Trio and Brandon "Taz" Niederaurer with Beau Sasser and special guest Higher Education. It's going to be a sick show. I've never seen Taz…

It would figure that 2019 is coming to an end, right as we were all getting used to writing it. Whether you had a great year, or one you’d prefer to forget, there’s no time like New Year’s Eve to let bygones be bygones and set yourself up for success over the next 365 days.…

By Laura McComb On a crisp sunny morning in early spring, in September 2007, I was sitting very relaxed in the huge garden of a weekend house in the suburbs of Buenos Aires reading the newspaper, when I saw this little white puppy approaching me quietly. I had seen her before while having a barbecue…

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department has scheduled a series of free ice fishing clinics for anyone who would like to learn about the latest proven ice fishing techniques. “Our ice fishing clinics will be held from mid-January through February with the possibility that some dates may change according to ice and weather conditions,” said…

By Lee J. Kahrs/Brandon Reporter BRANDON — It takes a village to do great things, and in Brandon that means establishing a new, independent bookstore. Former Briggs Carriage Bookstore co-owner Barbara Ebling and Phoenix Books owner Mike DeSanto have teamed up with the help of a community advisory council to open The Bookstore. The shop,…

With a local woman described as a miracle acting as its ambassador, the 2019 Gift-of-Life Marathon regained its magic and surpassed its goals with a life-saving demonstration of community spirit and love. Buoyed by efforts by 23-year-old Stefanie Schaffer, who was nearly killed in a boat explosion in 2018 and received massive quantities of blood…

By Brooke Geery At Grace Congregational Church in Rutland, music is an important part of the program, but it’s not just church hymns that echo through the tabernacle. The music ministry includes jazz, gospel, folk, music theatre and classical, and at the helm of it all is Alastair Stout. Born and bred in Scotland’s Shetland…

Locals and visitors donned costumes, rode horses and sung carols to celebrate Wassail Weekend, Dec. 13-15 in Woodstock. Despite rainy weather, the holiday spirit was not dampened. Judges gave awards for costumes. Best individual horse and rider went to Sue Miller of Bradford. Best group award went to Cathy Mercurio of Pepperell, Massachusetts with her…

Claremont McDonald’s restaurant manager Roy Thomas won the distinguished Ray Kroc Award for the third time. The awards are an annual performance-based honor that recognize the top performing McDonald’s restaurant managers globally.  The announcement was made at the Coughlin Inc. office in Rutland Tuesday, Dec. 3. Roy Thomas was one of 365 McDonald’s Restaurant Managers…

PAWLET—Staff from the Pawlet Public Library and the Mettawee Community School recently met to solidify their partnership to promote reading through a grant from the Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLIF). The grant program encourages libraries in Vermont and New Hampshire towns of 5,000 residents or fewer to partner with schools and childcare centers to encourage a…