KILLINGTON—The Killington Farmers Market season has begun. New for 2020, the Market will be held at Killington Sports on Route 4 every Friday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. through September 25. Attendees of the market should park behind Killington Sports at Route 4. Please follow the suggested one-way flow of traffic through the market…

This is a play on the classic Jungle Bird c. 1978 @ The Aviary bar in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Ingredients: 1.5 oz Tom Cat Gin 0.75 oz Campari 1.5 oz fresh pineapple juice 0.5 oz fresh lime juice 0.5 oz VT Grade A dark, robust maple syrup Preparation:   Combine ingredients in a mixing tin,…

FAIR HAVEN—Once again the Fair Haven Free Library will be creating a Fair Haven community story walk in the Fair Haven park.  The story walk will display a full book on white picket signs spaced through the Fair Haven Town Park during the summer.  Feel free to walk through the park and read the full…

WOODSTOCK— Billings Farm & Museum, gateway to Vermont’s rural heritage, will host its 34th Annual Quilt Exhibition online and onsite from July 18 through August 23, featuring quilts made by Windsor County quilters. The Farm & Museum is open Thursdays through Mondays, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. For over three decades, Billings Farm & Museum has played a…

With the mercury pushing the levels of comfort this summer, you’ll be glad to know that area pools have been given the go ahead to open. But before you grab your suit and head off to jump in the water, there are a few things you should know. First off, come dressed to swim. Many…

ROCHESTER—The “quin-towns” of Granville, Hancock, Rochester, Pittsfield and Stockbridge celebrated this past 4th of July weekend with a new tradition — a reverse parade. Route 100 became the designated parade route, but instead of the floats passing the spectators, the displays and points of interest remained fixed, while the viewers drove by in their cars.…

Let’s play Lingo...Library Bingo that is!  Fair Haven Free Library is offering a fun way to keep your family reading this summer. The game came be played individually or completed by a family.  It’s up to you. The activities are meant for all ages. Stop by the library during one of their pick-up times for a Lingo card,…

MONTPELIER—The Division for Historic Preservation has announced the Vermont State Historic Sites opened on a limited basis the week of July 1. The President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site in Plymouth Notch and the Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell opened Wed., July 1. The Bennington Battle Monument in Bennington, Hubbardton Battlefield in Hubbardton,…

4-H State Day adopted a virtual format this year to allow 4-Hers, including nine enrolled in Rutland County clubs, to showcase their talents and recent project work. A total of 82 club members from 11 counties participated in this University of Vermont (UVM) Extension 4-H event, submitting entries in 16 different categories via video and…

The Division for Historic Preservation has announced the Vermont State Historic Sites opened on a limited basis the week of July 1. The President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site in Plymouth Notch and the Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell opened Wed., July 1. The Bennington Battle Monument in Bennington, Hubbardton Battlefield in Hubbardton,…

MONTPELIER— Vermont’s popular fish and wildlife summer course for teachers and other educators will be held July 12-17, 2020. The interactive field course, which gets educators out into Vermont’s streams, forests and wetlands with some of the state’s leading natural resource experts, will take place at the Buck Lake Conservation Camp in Woodbury. Increased personal…

FAIR HAVEN—Fair Haven Free Library recently announced that it has partnered with the University of Vermont to promote and support the Lake Champlain Sea Grant Watershed Explorers Program. The water specialists, fisheries biologists, and watershed scientists of UVM’s Lake Champlain Sea Grant (LCSG) have turned their attention to reaching out to kids who don’t have…

For more than 20 years, JobsInVT.com has provided job seekers with real, local, quality jobs online — and their successful career fairs have brought seekers face-to-face with recruiters from some of the best companies in Vermont. Now, in support of social distancing, they’ve taken career fairs online. Virtual VT Career Fairs allow job seekers to…

The Old Fashioned Cocktail is the first drink to ever bear the name ‘cocktail’ (c. 1806).  People would order at the bar a ‘cocktail’ made with their spirit of choice mixed with a little sugar, some bitters and citrus twists. Ingredients: 2 oz Tom Cat gin 1/2 tsp demerara syrup (2 parts demerara sugar: 1…

WEST RUTLAND—The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center hosts Artist in Residence Tim Lehmann during the months of June and July. The Montpelier artist is fascinated by the “stark and varied forms” of withered foliage in winter. He has enlarged an elecampane (elfdock) leaf in clay and will translate it into stone while he is in…