By Katy Savage PROCTORSVILLE—An 1850s mill building that’s sat vacant about 20 years is about to become a brewery. Outer Limits Brewing, a 160-seat pub and tasting room offering English beers and wood-fired pizza, is preparing to open next spring. Wesley Tice, 41, and his wife ,Taylor Shaw, 32, purchased the 8,000 square foot building…

By Katy Savage Whenever Molly sees water, she can’t control herself. “She gets really hyper,” said Michael Cimonette. “Whether it’s a pool or a lake, she doesn’t care.” Cimonette, of Pittsford, has to hold Molly, his 1-year-old Labrador Retriever, back from running and jumping out of his truck to get to the water. “She doesn’t…

By Abagael Giles CHITTENDEN—The Vermont Huts Association will build yet another new hut come Spring 2018. The announcement came less than a week after the organization installed the Chittenden Brook Hut at Chittenden Brook Campground, near Brandon Gap, on Sept. 28. On Thursday, Oct. 5, Executive Director RJ Thompson announced at the organization’s birthday bash…

By Katy Savage BENSON—Some days, the pumpkin in Dan and Holly Boyce’s backyard grew 50 pounds a day. In 86 days, the pumpkin grew from the size of a cherry to the weight of a ton. The Boyce’s 2,017-pound pumpkin broke the state record this year for the largest Atlantic pumpkin ever grown. “‘It was…

Saturday & Sunday, Oct. 6-7—WOODSTOCK—Billings Farm & Museum will host its annual Harvest Weekend on Oct. 6-7, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. each day. The weekend features a husking bee and barn dance, plus a variety of 19th century harvest activities and programs for the entire family. A traditional husking bee will begin at noon each day,…

Saturday & Sunday, Oct. 6-7—KILLINGTON—Killington Resort will be busy in the midst of fall foliage with a weekend full of events that will appeal to all ages. Harvest Faire takes place Saturday, Oct. 6 and features complimentary activities for the whole family including horse-drawn hay rides, a bounce house, apple launching and stein hoisting. Attendees are…

By Katy Savage Ninja warriors are coming to town. Allyssa Beird and Joe Moravsky, who compete on the NBC television show “American Ninja Warriors,” are making a special guest appearance for the inaugural WreckTangle Championship at Killington Resort Sunday, Oct. 7 from 12-3 p.m. Morvasky, 29, has been competing on the show for the past…

By Julia Purdy RUTLAND—Some 50 citizens attended a candidates’ forum at the Rutland Public Library Saturday, Sept. 22, sponsored by the Rutland chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Tabitha Pohl-Moore, president of the chapter, said that the focus of the forum was more about the issues than about party…

By Katy Savage As mountain biking trails are being blazed in the area, the sport is also growing in schools. The Woodstock High School Cycling Club launched at Woodstock Union Middle-High School this year under Todd Uva’s leadership. Uva, who has led mountain biking programs at Woodstock’s summer SOAK camp, presented the concept of the…

Staff report KILLINGTON—The U.S. Open of Mountain Biking is returning to Killington next year, Killington Human Resources Director Judy Geiger announced at the annual Killington Pico Area Association meeting, Wednesday, Sept. 26. The mountain biking competition, held Aug. 1-5, drew about 5,500 visitors to the resort in its inaugural year at Killington, Geiger said. Mountain…

Sept. 28-29—KILLINGTON—Wet your whistle with a backdrop of 4,241-feet of Vermont’s finest autumn foliage and enjoy live music, a plethora of fabulous food offerings and over 100 of the finest craft beers in the region. Brewfest returns to the Beast itself, Killington Resort, Saturday, Sept. 29. Since 1995, craft beer lovers have been flocking to the…

Sept. 27, 29—CASTLETON, RANDOLPH—The Vermont Symphony Orchestra ushers in fall with its annual “Made in Vermont” tour, a six-location tour with two stops within the local region this week. Concerts will be held Thursday, Sept. 27 at Castleton University’s Fine Arts Center for a 7 p.m. show; then Saturday, Sept. 29 at Chandler Music Hall…

By Katy Savage WEST WINDSOR—About 300 people attended the opening celebration of the long-awaited Ascutney Outdoors Center on Sunday, Sept. 23. The 3,000 square foot building was designed and built by a number of volunteer community carpenters over the past 20 months at the site of the former base lodge, which burned in 2015. The…

By Katy Savage MENDON—The Mendon Mountain View Lodge will soon house international employees for Killington Mountain Resort. Powdr purchased the lodge from Ski Mendon Properties, Inc. for $600,000 June 14, according to property records. About 60 people will live in the 30-room lodge seasonally, said Killington Resort Marketing and Sales Director Rob Megnin. The lodge…

Friday & Saturday, Sept. 21-22—WOODSTOCK—Join the village of Woodstock for the sixth annual Pentangle Light Garden, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 21-22, 6:30-10 p.m. each night. The Woodstock Village Green is turned into an illuminated light garden wonderland with a series of sculptural garden plots designed by local artists and featuring whimsical and creative uses of…