June 24-26 & June 30 - July 3— BARNARD — Barn Arts will host outdoor performances at the old Feast & Field location across from Fable Farm Orchard on Royalton Turnpike in Barnard this weekend and next weekend. Please allow 5-10 minutes to walk from parking to performance location. Drop off and handicapped parking available.…

June 24-26—WOODSTOCK— Bookstock, "the premier literary festival with a boutique feel and a big heart" will take over downtown Woodstock this weekend showcasing literary luminaries and cross-cultural voices, including Pulitzer Prize winners, poets laureate, National Book Award winners, plus debut and best-selling authors from Vermont and beyond. Features a huge sale of used, rare, and…

Killington Resort has purchased the Hillside Inn as a second employee housing location after renting it for the 2021-22 winter season. In 2018, Killington Resort purchased the Mendon Mountain View Lodge to begin offering housing to employees. This lodge consists of 39 rooms, a full kitchen, a lounge and community space. Due to the increased…

By Curt Peterson Around 262 members of the Windsor Central Supervisory Union (WCSU) community responded to a survey designed to seek opinions about changing the district’s name. The survey was distributed through all the local listservs in the district. Current students, parents of current students, alumni of the district, and employees contributed to the survey.…

By Katy Savage After Donald Gurney, Jr. went missing last week, hundreds of people, police rescue groups and a team of search dogs united to find him. Gurney, 65, who has Alzheimer’s, went missing around midnight Monday, June 13 on Gurney Road in Springfield. Vermont State Police said his truck was left on the side…

By DJ Dave Hoffenberg, commissioner Finally softball has come back to Killington. Games are underway and will be played at the Ada Hall Softball Field behind the Sherburne Library on River Road in Killington every Monday and Wednesday 5:50 and 7 p.m. First Stop vs. Rivershed First game of the season was Rivershed versus First…

By Katy Savage and John McCright Mass. Bay Brewing Company, the parent company of Harpoon Brewery in Windsor, has acquired Long Trail Brewing Company, Harpoon CEO and cofounder Dan Kenary announced Friday, June 17. “As part of the agreement, we will continue to operate the Long Trail Riverside Pub in Bridgewater Corners, but will begin…

By Victoria Gaither June is pride month when LGBTQIA2S, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and two spirits community celebrate being themselves. The significance of June is to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, which lead to a tipping point in the Gay Rights movement in America. For Rutland resident Karly Haven, the…

The Poultney Select Board recently adopted new branding developed by a working group of community volunteers and the content lab at Castleton University. The new brand includes official typefaces, a logo, a color palette, and a new town slogan: “Heart of the Slate Valley.” The logo was developed over the past year as a goal…

Residents are encouraged to attend the June 15, comment on the plan The town of Killington is in the process of updating its Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP). The town secured a grant from the State and has retained Rutland Regional Planning Commission to undertake the update in concert with support from the town. The purpose…

Staff report Lothrop Elementary School in Pittsford went into lockdown on Thursday, June 9 after a threat of violence. Police said a man walked into a Rutland health facility Thursday morning and made a number of threatening statements. Some of the comments made referred to the school shooting in Texas and his desire to carry…

By Ethan Weinstein/VTDigger BRIDGEWATER — At the corners of Barnard, Bridgewater, Killington and Stockbridge rises a hundred square miles of rugged, rocky land. Twenty-five years ago, the four towns banded together, working alongside conservation-minded nonprofits, to form the Chateauguay No Town Conservation Project, with the goal of conserving as much of the 60,000-plus acres as possible.…

Andrew Pearce Bowls of Hartland is celebrating its 10 anniversary this month as a Vermont owned business known and respected world-wide for its unique craftsmanship and design of wooden bowls and wood cutting boards. “This is a milestone that I am extremely proud to have achieved, and I am deeply grateful as I share it…

By Katy Savage The construction of a proposed hut on Silver Lake in Leicester has drawn unexpected controversy from the public. A number of residents attended a public information meeting on Wednesday, June 8. One described the lake as an “oasis of solitude” and many had concerns about development. Don Brush, a neighbor to the…

Housing Trust of Rutland County (HTRC) has relocated to 27 Wales St., Suite 201 in downtown Rutland. HTRC will hold an open house and annual meeting on Thursday, June 30 from 4-6 p.m. The open house and annual meeting are open to the public. Housing Trust of Rutland County’s Open House and Annual Meeting will…