A preliminary report from Vermont Fish & Wildlife shows that hunters brought home 6,136 wild turkeys during 2020, including 627 turkeys taken during the April youth weekend hunt, a total of 4,791 gobblers taken during the regular spring season, and 718 birds during the fall. “Although 2020 will undoubtedly be remembered as the year of…

2021 marks the 10th anniversary of the arrival of the Pullman Palace Car, Sunbeam, at Hildene. The 1903 meticulously restored wooden rail car came off the line during Robert Lincoln’s presidency of the Pullman Company and while he was building Hildene.  The interpretive exhibit “Many Voices,” located on Sunbeam’s rail station platform, includes the important…

Join us for a “fun”tastic time! Feb. 15-19, 2021—WOODSTOCK—Billings Farm’s Winter Wonders Camp will host youth ages 7-10, Feb. 15-19, 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. for a variety of engaging winter activities, indoors and outdoors. Campers will explore the wonders of winter including making ice globes, studying snowflakes under the microscope and identifying animal tracks. Other “fun”tastic activities include: Making…

A chronicle of the legendary Civil Rights activist and Congressman WOODSTOCK— Billings Farm & Museum’s 11th Annual Woodstock Vermont Film Series features “John Lewis: Good Trouble,” produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Dawn Porter, Thursday through Sunday ahead of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Using interviews and rare archival footage, this timely film chronicles John Robert Lewis’ 60-plus…

Registration for TDS 2021 edition is now open! MIDDLE TOWN SPRINGS—Organizers have been hard at work to organize the 2021 Tour de Slate event and make it bigger and better than ever. The 100 mile ride is back along with more updates to be announced later. This year’s ride will be a hybrid event. Why?…

Uphill Travel routes are open for skinning. Make sure you grab a 2020-21 Uphill Travel pass from the season pass office at Snowshed, and review all of the safety information on Killington Resort’s Uphill Travel page before heading out to earn your turns (killington.com/the-mountain/mountain-info/uphill-travel.) The most crucial safety and etiquette guidelines to keep in mind are: Wear reflective…

RCHS would like to remind you that pets need special care in the winter months. Dogs and cats should be inside when the temperature drops. Make sure that pets who are outside have water that isn’t frozen and is in plastic bowls, as tongues can stick and freeze to metal ones. Wipe your animal’s paws…

Remote working has become popular in recent years, but the “working-from-home” economy boomed exponentially as the world was forced to confront the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom, as of summer 2020, 42%of the United States labor force was working from home full-time. The need for home office spaces has increased as more…

While it’s not fun to imagine getting sick, the Rutland County Humane Society (RCHS) thinks it’s important to plan for it and our pets, just in case. Gather your family around and put a plan together to ensure your animals will be well cared for in the event of an emergency. First, know the facts.…

Short-term power outages can be a minor inconvenience. A long-term power outage can cause a major disruption to daily life. The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s annual Electric Power Industry Report says interruptions in electric service vary by frequency and duration across the many electric distribution systems that serve the country. In 2016, the most recent…

Disasters can happen in a flash, and having a plan in place for common emergency situations can make it easier to handle adverse conditions, particularly when away from home. According to MFASCO Health and Safety, a supplier of first aid supplies and kits, 90 percent of people do not carry first aid supplies or other…

WOODSTOCK— Billings Farm & Museum’s 11th annual Woodstock Vermont Film Series features “Moynihan,” a film about the seminal public intellectual and sociologist, policy specialist, ambassador and long serving Senator. Daniel Patrick Moynihan was a moralist in a political world where morality — the urge to do good – is often overcome by the desire to do well. Over…

Upper Valley residents of all backgrounds welcome for training in citizen action Jan. 11-Feb. 14 — Promoting citizen-driven, community-level action is the goal of the Climate Change Leadership Academy (2CLA), which is accepting applications Jan. 11 through Feb. 14 for its 2021 session. 2CLA is a program of the Upper Valley Adaptation Workgroup (UVAW), a group of…

BENNINGTON—From Jan. 7-15, critically acclaimed, award-winning authors and faculty of the Bennington Writing Seminars will host Writers Reading, an evening reading series during the MFA program’s winter residency, which is being conducted remotely this term. All readings are free, open to the public, and will take place virtually via Zoom. On Thursday, Jan. 7 at…

Final deer harvest numbers will not be available for a few more weeks, but the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Dept. (VTF&W) has already said the final tally will be around 18,000 deer, the second highest total since 2000. Those deer will provide approximately 3.6 million servings of local, nutritious venison. The archery season harvest, which…