Saturday, Aug. 28 — CHITTENDEN — The town of Chittenden will be celebrating Chittenden Day on Saturday, Aug. 28 at Barstow School, 223 Chittenden Road. The PTO-sponsored Bobcat Bolt Fun Run begins at 8:30 a.m. with registration opening at 8 a.m. Join us beginning at noon to enjoy a BBQ lunch put on by the…

Aug. 28-29 — LUDLOW — The Okemo Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce is announcing the special activities for the upcoming Best of Vermont Summer Festival, on Saturday, Aug. 28 and Sunday, Aug. 29 (rain or shine) at the Okemo Field on Route 103 in Ludlow. Throughout the weekend attendees will have the opportunity to participate…

By Virginia Dean Last Saturday was an unusually busy day for the village of Woodstock, with hundreds of visitors and locals descending on Elm Street to enjoy the 11th annual Taste of Woodstock — a festival of food, drink, live music, kids activities, dancing and shopping. Sponsored by Bar Harbor Bank & Trust, The Daily…

FAIR HAVEN — Looking for something to do on a Friday night? Fair Haven has a variety of events scheduled now through the month of October for folks of all ages. The Fair Haven Street Market takes place every Friday 4-7 p.m. from now until Oct. 15 and is located at the south end of…

By Brooke Geery Things felt better-than-normal for Chaffee Art Center’s summer Art in the Park, held Aug. 14-15 at Main Street Park in Rutland. On Sunday morning, perfect temps and blue skies created a comfortable environment as customers buzzed around to live music performed by Dirty Read Hearts. Additional local music acts played all weekend…

WOODSTOCK — Billings Farm & Museum is pleased to announce the results of the 2021 People’s Choice awards for its 35th annual quilt exhibition, held July 17 – Aug. 22, 2021. More than 10,000 visitors have viewed the exhibition to date and 1,100 ballots were cast for favorites in the large and small quilt categories.…

POULTNEY — Slate Valley Trails hosted the inaugural Slate Valley Epic Mountain Bike Race on Saturday, July 31. One hundred fifty racers from around the Northeast and beyond came to conquer the 38-mile course of over 5,000 feet of climbing. The weather blessed the event with a beautiful, sunny day — a rarity this summer in…

FAIR HAVEN — To help our neighbors meet some of the financial challenges due to the pandemic, Fair Haven Concerned’s food shelf has increased its hours. That has meant the increased need for volunteer help to staff both the food shelf and the thrift shop. The food shelf shifts are three hours long and are…

Wednesdays, 5 p.m. — MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS — Roll onto Sundog Lane in Middletown Springs on Wednesdays, and one is greeted by pizza, wildflower arrangements, and live music, emerging like an oasis from the greenery. Naga Bakehouse’s "Pizza in the Meadow" runs every Wednesday. Known for its "Vermatzah," hand-made, artisan matzah, Naga Bakehouse serves a variety…

Saturday, Aug. 21 at 10 a.m. — WOODSTOCK — Gear up for autumn gardening! The Billings Backyard Series presents "Putting Your Garden to Bed" with Master Gardener Ben Pauly on Saturday, Aug. 21 from 10–11:30 a.m. After a great season of gardening, how can you set yourself up for success next year? Ben Pauly will…

Thursday, Aug. 19 at 7 p.m. — FAIR HAVEN — The Fair Haven Concerts in the Park has seen some large crowds this summer and truly great performances by all our bands. There was even a Sunday afternoon concert by Enerjazz when the threat of storms cancelled their Thursday appearance. On Thursday, Aug. 19, we…

By Brooke Geery Comic readers, gamers and fans of "Star Wars" and other fantasy have a new reason to leave the house in Rutland, thanks to Jared Goodrich, 31, and his fiancé, Jenna Flood, 32. The couple has been stocking, assembling, and creating a destination shop on Woodstock Ave. in Rutland for over eight months.…

Sunday, Aug. 15 at 2 p.m.—PROCTORVILLE—The Pollard general store, operated in Proctorsville for approximately 100 years, selling a wide variety of products, including window shades, glazed windows, tobacco, sugar, medicines, footwear, shawls, rope, carpets, petroleum products, and food products. Serving both humans and animals, Pollards provided a “compounding” pharmacy service, which made customized medications. Dan…

By Riley Robinson/VTDigger The song was about the world being on fire. And as they rehearsed the musical number on an athletic field in Lyndon, they watched haze from the Manitoba wildfires obscure the mountains, the trees and the moon. At one point, Silas Brubaker, 14, and a couple of other actors sat in a parked car to…

By Ethan Weinstein "Barefoot" Oke O’Brien has been coming to Killington since the ‘60s and has called the town home since 1970. Few know the place like he does. A ubiquitous face around the resort, Oke seems to know everyone, and everyone knows him — or, as he would tell you, knows of him. The…