May 4–8 — WOODSTOCK—Spring is here and our friends, the pollinators, are too! Join Billings Farm at Home online as they celebrate Pollinator Week, May 4 – 8, 2020. Learn about native pollinators and the vital role they play in our food supply. Where would we “bee” without our pollinators? On Wednesday, May 6, at 1 p.m., get your pollinator…

CHITTENDEN—The Chittenden Public Library is holding an Inspirations of Spring Photo Contest. Grab your cameras and look for Spring! We want to see what Spring looks like near your home. Literal, humorous, beautiful or ironic! We can’t wait to see what you come up with. The Grand Prize winner will receive a new book of their choice.…

CASTLETON—Castleton University will deliver its upcoming summer session online, allowing students to continue their studies from the comfort of their homes. Castleton’s summer session courses run in an accelerated format, ranging from three to eight weeks. Summer Session One runs May 18-June 26, and Session Two is July 6-Aug. 14. Current students can register for…

LUDLOW—The staff at Fletcher Memorial Library is trying to be creative in offering you items to read, listen to or watch. On nice days from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (at least) they will have a book cart outside the rear entrance with bagged books, audio books and movies. Please take and enjoy. They do not want…

School closings, stay home orders, social distancing and other aspects of the coronavirus pandemic have brought Vermont families back together. Our youngest children now need more things to do at home than ever before. The Dolly Parton Imagination Library can help preschool children cope with the “new normal.” Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book…

U.S. Freestyle Ski Team members Hannah Soar and Alex Lewis on board to ride 2,000 miles as a team with Killington Mountain School alumni KILLINGTON— The 10th annual Vermont Adaptive Charity Ride presented by Long Trail Brewing has gone virtual this year due to the Covid-19 outbreak. The event raises critical money for Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports’ year-round adaptive sports…

The Vermont walleye fishing season will open on Saturday, May 2, marking the return of some of the best walleye fishing in New England. Revered by many as one of the best tasting fish in freshwater, the walleye is Vermont’s official warm-water fish.  Excellent spring walleye fishing opportunities are available in several lakes and rivers…

Arts and humanities organizations in Vermont facing hardship due to the Covid-19 pandemic can now apply for emergency relief funding through a new partnership between the Vermont Arts Council and Vermont Humanities. The new Covid-19 Cultural Relief Grant Program is seeded with more than $700,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the…

Tuesday, May 5, 3-7 p.m.—KILLINGTON—The Killington community will be hosting its third grocery giveaway. The Town of Killington, Killington Resort, and Castleton University’s School of Resort Management, will host a grocery giveaway on Tuesday, May 5, from 3-7 p.m. at Castleton Lodge, at 63 Weathervane Drive. Killington Select Board member Jim Haff said, “Because of…

By Gerrie Russell A group of Killington seniors missing their Sunday champagne brunches held one anyway Covid-19 style. Wearing masks, standing six feet apart, Judy Evans, Jean Carvil, Kay Johnson and Gerrie Russell enjoyed champagne, oranges, apples, cheese, crackers and dip outside on the deck. Even the threat of a winter weather advisory didn’t cancel…

Did you know that you can drop off your redeemable bottles and cans at the Rutland County Humane Society (RCHS) and help the animals? Thanks to generous folks in our community, we have a dry and secure shed for supporters to drop off redeemable bottles and cans. GE volunteers and four handy RCHS volunteers made it…

Keeping a small flock of chickens at home to provide eggs and meat has become increasingly popular as people stay home during the pandemic, but many first-time small-scale poultry farmers are discovering that several species of wildlife like the taste of chicken as much as we do. The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department urges poultry owners…

Burlington—A total of 210 Vermont students from 15 schools and five home school families demonstrated their creativity through artwork and stories about trees for the Growing Works of Art contest, sponsored by the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program (VT UCF) as part of its Arbor Day activities. The theme of this year’s contest was…

While it’s not fun to imagine us 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. According…

A successful hunter in Vermont’s April 25-26 Youth Turkey Weekend and the May 1-31 spring turkey season must, by law, report their turkey within 48 hours to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department.  In the past, this could be done at a local reporting station.  This year, because of Covid-19 precautions, hunters are required to…