AVA Gallery and Lebanon Recreation and Parks invite your to participate in the first #LightUpLeb event on Halloween night, Oct. 31. The goal is to safetly celebrate with the community by decorating Colburn Park for Halloween. They’ll create a safe, socially distanced Halloween. Community members can claim a stone pillar and drop off their Jack-O’-Lanterns…

A myth about black cats: There is no evidence that adopting out black cats around Halloween poses any greater risk to the pets than adopting them at any other time of the year. In most shelters, black cats are the last to be adopted, so saddling them with the additional baggage of taking them off…

Friday, Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m.—RANDOLH— Community theater is a magical thing. Not just a reason for members of the community to come together to create and playfully innovate, but also a way that as audience members, we are linked more intimately with one another. Those who act together in theatrical shows often remain in…

Saturday, Oct. 31 at 2 p.m.—POULTNEY— Revive Church and several area organizations will be hosting a Trunk or Treat Treasure Hunt on Halloween, Oct. 31. from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. throughout the town of Poultney. The hunt for treats will begin at the church where families can pick up a map and clues. Following…

Thanks to Covid-19, masks aren’t just for Halloween this season. But on Oct. 28, the Community of Vermont Elders (COVE) will celebrate the year’s spookiest holiday - and Covid safety awareness - with a virtual awards ceremony for the winners of COVE’s Best Covid Halloween Mask. “We have spent the last seven months struggling to…

By Brooke Geery Rutland The parade may be cancelled, but that’s no reason to stay home. There’s plenty to do in Rutland on this spookiest Saturday of the year. Start your day at the Farmers’ Market in Depot Park. From there, enjoy the Halloween Parade decorated windows, and take a stroll to see the Rutland…

By Curt Peterson On Friday, Oct.16, Hartland residents celebrated the unveiling of the town’s new community pizza oven during the drive-through Farmers’ Market amid a significant downpour. Everyone who asked was served a free slice of pizza baked in the brand new wood-fired oven. “We made twenty pizzas with eight slices each,” Farmers’ Market manager…

Grace Congregational Church in Rutland will offer a take-out turkey dinner with all the trimmings on Saturday, Nov. 14 from 4:30-6 p.m. in their West St. parking lot.  During your scheduled pickup, servers will bring your order to your car to enjoy at home. Tickets will be required at pickup. For $15, enjoy turkey, stuffing,…

Satruday, Oct. 24 at 5:30 p.m.—QUECHEE—Join in on a family-friendly guided tour thats visits different fun, non-scary stations around the VINS Nature Center. You’ll be delighted by Lindsay and her Puppet Pals and treated to a tale or two by the storyteller Simon Brooks. Explore the power of wind at the science station and solve…

A spooktacular, physically distanced event! Sunday, Oct. 25 at 10 a.m.—WOODSTOCK—Billings Farm & Museum will host a family Halloween on Sunday, Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Children in costume receive free admission when accompanied by a ticketed adult. Children are invited to march in a costume parade. Parades will be held at…

Help spread some spooky Halloween cheer! Bring your decorated pumpkins (no candles, please) to Roger Clark Library in Pittsfield during the week of Oct. 26, and library ghouls will place them on the Village Green for all to enjoy! Call or email for details, 746-4067 or pittsfieldvtlibrary@gmail.com.

By Brooke Geery Wilson Castle, a 19th Century baronial estate, 2970 West Proctor Road in Proctor, is a historic home-turned-museum. The haunted property is ideal for this time of year, and accordingly, offers several opportunities to get in the spirit. In downtown Rutland, witness the Castle’s impressive jack-o-lantern display, illuminated nightly from 6-11 p.m. at…

Saturday, Oct. 31 at 7:15 p.m.—RUTLAND—The Paramount Theatre and the Vermont State Fair, two long-standing Rutland not-for-profit organizations, have announced that they are partnering on a fireworks show that will be free for the community on Saturday, Oct. 31 at 7:15 p.m. at the historic fairgrounds located on South Main Street in Rutland. Boo-m! A…

Saturday, Oct. 24 at 9 a.m.—The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont (NAMI Vermont) will offer the Mental Illness and Recovery workshop for peers, family members, professionals, and community members who want to learn more about mental health and recovery. This workshop will be offered on Saturday, Oct. 24, 9 a.m. –3 p.m. via…

The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department has joined the Eastern Woodcock Migration Research Cooperative, an international research collaboration developed to better understand the migratory ecology of the American woodcock along the Eastern seaboard through the use of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) technology. A total of 18 woodcock were captured and outfitted with GPS units in…