Sunday, Aug. 28 at 11 a.m.–PAWLET–Pawlet hosts a Flower Brook Community Watershed event at Edie’s Green in Pawlet, Sunday, Aug. 28, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. This event is free and open to the public–rain or shine. Come hear what Pawlet, Danby, and Tinmouth are doing to protect their towns from future flood events. There will also…

Saturday, Aug. 27 at 10 a.m.—WOODSTOCK—It’s not every day that you turn 100. So, in honor of, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Woodstock, Vermont is celebrating the National Park Service’s centennial anniversary with a party on Saturday, Aug. 27 from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. There will be great fanfare and fun for all ages…

By Adam Federman, VTDigger.org The family-owned Rutland Herald has entered into an agreement to sell the Herald and its sister paper the Times Argus, according to a story posted on the Herald’s website late Wednesday night, Aug. 10. The story ran in Thursday’s print edition. The story, written by the paper’s Editor-in-Chief Rob Mitchell, said…

Saturday & Sunday, Aug. 20 & 21—WOODSTOCK—In an experience that epitomizes Vermont values, ShackletonThomas invites 15 to 20 participants, groups, and families to come and make their own table from sugar maple locally harvested from the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Woodstock, followed by a locally harvested lunch. Events take place on Aug. 20 and …

Thursday, Aug. 18 at 7 p.m.—MOUNT HOLLY— The Limbo Lounge band will return to the Belmont green for the Mount Holly 2016 Summer Concert Series, Thursday, Aug. 18 at 7 p.m.This eight-piece band features keyboard, violin, guitar, bass guitar, drum kit, multi-ethnic hand percussions and vocalists, in performing music from around the world. Rhythm and…

By Amy McClure PITTSFIELD—Two 14-year-old boys—Jackson Ziegler (Pittsfield, Vt.) and Wright Frost (Tunbridge, VT)—recently hiked the entirety of the Long Trail in just 19 days. The Long Trail stretches 272 miles, the length of Vermont, and it merges with the Appalachian Trail for 100 rigorous miles. It is a true test of endurance for any…

Mitchell fires Keays after publishing story, follow-up nixed By Adam Federman, VTDigger.org John Mitchell, the president of the Rutland Herald, fired the top editor at the newspaper on Friday evening, Aug. 5. The Herald’s news editor, Alan Keays, was terminated hours after he authorized publication of a story questioning the newspaper’s financial situation. A follow…

UPDATE: Cooler in the Mountains concert moves indoors This Saturday, Aug. 13, the Cooler in the Mountains concert series featuring Greg West as The Ultimate Aldean Experience will move inside. Although the summer weather has been mostly fine and dry here in Killington, it looks like some wet weather will be rolling through just in time…

Earlier and shorter than dates of past years By Lani Duke Aug. 16-20—RUTLAND TOWN—The Vermont State Fair, once a 10-and-a-half-day blend of competitions, livestock, exhibits, carnival rides, “fair food,” 4-H, and concerts, opens its gates for a much-condensed four-and-a-half-day run Aug. 16-20. Organizers have packed a lot of fun into those summer days, hoping the…

By Paul Holmes A downhill mountain bike racer flies off a wooden plank on “Goat Skull,” a new race trail on Ramshead at Killington Resort, during a Pro GRT race held this past weekend.

Courtesy of Okemo Mountain Resort Beer-pourer Dave gives a sample to a taster at the 2015 Hops in the Hills Beer & Wine Festival at Okemo.

Courtesy of Farm to Ballet Farm to Ballet, a dance project intended to celebrate Vermont’s farming culture while expanding classical ballet’s audience, continues its season in Central Vermont this week.

Courtesy of Chandler Center for the Arts “Peter and John” marks Jay Craven’s eighth narrative film based in New England. It was recently nominated for a 2016 New England Emmy. The film will be screened Sunday at Chandler Music Hall’s Upper Gallery.