Local News

Vermont State Fair

By Marguerite Loucks Dye and Marguerite Jill Dye In rereading my mother’s account of the Rutland Fair in The Mountain Times from September, 1994, I am amazed at the changes in our society that have altered state fairs across the […]

Read More

Local News

Act 46 by the numbers: Merger votes are in

By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org An overwhelming majority of towns that have voted so far have chosen to unite with neighboring towns to create larger governance structures for their schools. Districts around the state are studying whether to merge with […]

Read More

Featured, Local News

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 […]

Read More

Local News

“Scarecrows” to be auctioned at VFFC fundraiser

[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”8″ gal_title=”Scarecrows””] Photo 1: “Garden Fairy” Photo 2:“Emma’s Garden” Photo 3:  “Ms. Philomena Feathersworth” Photo 4:“Prima vera” By Jimmy Britt RUTLAND—The Vermont Farmers Food Center will be hosting its second annual Harvest Fest, a feast and fundraiser, Sunday, Aug. […]

Read More

Mountain Times Newsletter

Sign up below to receive the weekly newsletter, which also includes top trending stories and what all the locals are talking about!