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Photo courtesy Karr Group Hayley Jane and the Primates

Courtesy Liz Patnode Liz Patnode expands yoga business to Rutland.

By Karen D. Lorentz KILLINGTON—Bubbles, bridges, boxes, blues, and bumps. All were a big hit with my grandkids who skied Killington for their first time on March 4. It was a day that they had been looking forward to and it didn’t disappoint. Their dad, Jason Lorentz, had learned to ski at Killington in the…

Schools consider free pre-K By Katy Savage Faced with declining enrollment, rising costs, and community need some schools are offering full time preschool for free. Voters in Windsor Central Supervisory Union approved the $50,000 program 926-432 on Town Meeting Day, March 5, as part of the $18 million school budget. “It makes our area attractive…

Saturday, March 16, 1 p.m.—RUTLAND—Kick off St. Patrick’s Day weekend by running or walking in the sixth annual Shiver Me Shamrocks St. Patty’s Day 5K Run/Walk on March 16, at 1p.m. to benefit Come Alive Outside. The first 250 registered runners/walkers will receive a free nordic hat. Every registered runner and walker will receive a drink ticket…

By Penny Inglee The food truck Creole Queens was in Rutland March 4 filming a television show for Food Network.

By Mac Domingus A rider tricks off of a wooden-beast statue in the Stash terrain park during Slash & Berm in 2018.

Photo courtesy Town Hall Theater Tenor Javier Camarena and soprano Pretty Yende at Town Hall Theater will be at 1 p.m.

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Photo by Jeffrey Allen Russell Gulley

Photo courtesy Merchants Hall A drag show is coming to Merchants Hall March 2 at 7:30 p.m.

Photo submitted VINS will host an owl prowl March 1 at 5:30 p.m.

Photo submitted Artisan, handcrafted bowl made by The North Granville Pottery Co., available at The Slate Valley Museums soup and bread night March 1, 2019.

By David Young, courtesy  Killington Resort A young skier practices tricks in a park at Killington Resort. Conditions have been great and local resorts are 100 percent open. Now Killington, Pico, Okemo and Suicide Six look ahead to the spring – where events  and discounts are hallmarks of the season. But don’t get too excited…