By Bonnie Kirn Donahue, extension master gardener — University of Vermont Summer can feel fleeting. Drying flowers is a great way to hold onto its essence. Flowers that work well for drying should have either nice color, texture, structure or a combination when dried. It is also important that you find the flower appealing. The…

RUTLAND — Last Friday, Chaffee Art Center hosted its BenchArt unveiling. Rutland mayor David Allaire, Downtown Rutland Partnership director Nikki Hindman and Chaffee Art Center executive director Sherri Birkheimer Rooker spoke about how this project will help further enhance the streets and culture of Rutland. Artists, sponsors and communtiy members mingled on the center's lawn…

Friday, Aug. 27 at 6 p.m.—RUTLAND — The Chaffee Art Center will unveil the 42 Rutland BenchART community art project benches on the lawn of the art center. The project was created as a fundraiser for The Chaffee Art Center. Many of the benches will be permanently placed in locations in downtown Rutland and the…

By Dave Hoffenberg The 8th annual Pie in the Face for Chase was held this past Sunday, Aug. 22, at Dream Maker Bakers in Killington, and it was a huge success. Twenty-two local celebrities took hundreds of pies in the face, raising $22,000 for Chase William Kuehl and the Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation (PMSF). All of…

By Brooke Geery Sadie Boroff, 12, of New Canaan, Connecticut, sat on top of a ramp in the parking lot of the Darkside Snowboard shop watching as a few younger girls practiced their drop-ins. The sun baked down for the fifth day of skateboard camp, and Boroff wasn’t the only one showing signs of fatigue,…

Tuesday, Aug. 31 at 4 p.m.— NORWICH – On Aug. 31, farmers and farm crews from around Vermont are coming together at Honeyfield Farm in Norwich for the NOFA-VT’s sixth annual Farmer Olympics. Farm teams will show off their finely-honed skills in events ranging from physical to cerebral to just plain ridiculous. Past events have…

Aug. 28 - Nov. 14 — MANCHESTER — Our Tangled Choices: Art and the Environment will be on view in SVAC’s Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum from Aug.28 through Nov. 14. We will celebrate the opening of the exhibition with a reception on Aug. 28 from 3-5 p.m. Our Tangled Choices: Art and the Environment…

Aug. 28-29 — WOODSTOCK — Pollinators – the bees, butterflies, birds and moths we see zipping from flower to flower in the summer – are integral for growing close to 90% of our food supply. Billings Farm & Museum’s Pollination Celebration on Aug. 28-29, 2021 highlights this big contribution from such small creatures with hands-on…

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…