By Veronica Raussin Editor’s note: Veronica Raussin is the community outreach coordinator for Addicted.org. On Memorial Day, millions of American families took  time to honor the memory of those who lost their lives fighting in one of the nation’s wars. It can be challenging for families who recently lost a loved one.  We must…

  Now that Jupiter is in Taurus, things just, well, feel different. The urge to pull inwards, to slow down and to reassess ones’ big picture perspective invites new philosophies and beliefs.  To be honest, we also had the chance to do this to a similar degree while Jupiter was in Pisces. The problem with…

  Thursday, May 25—Barnard—Vermont continues to be home for a wide range of traditional music and dance, a tapestry of people from many places, all with their own traditions. What is now Vermont is the traditional homeland of the Western Abenaki.The state has consistently inspired singers, instrumentalists and dancers, and is deservedly identified for the…

Stars, They twinkle, They shine, When it is dark, Late at night, You’ll see something, Something quite beautiful, An endless skyway of stars, You could be a star, Beautiful as a team, Beautiful by yourself, You can shine, Beautiful and bright, Be yourself, You do you, A star is beautiful and so are you.

By Angelo Lynn Editor’s note: Angelo Lynn is the editor and publisher of the Addison County Independent, a sister publication of the Mountain Times. There’s a lot of wrapping-up to do as the Legislature approaches its final weeks of the session. At bat are recently passed initiatives on Act 250 reform, and the clean heat…

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The Vermont legislature is entering the last two weeks of its scheduled 18-week session. Legislative leaders and most lawmakers believe two more weeks is feasible. However, with several major issues unresolved, some are beginning to cast doubt on the May 12 target. Meanwhile, the speaker is now holding two House sessions daily to allow committees…

Friday-Sunday April 28-30—RUTLAND—Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre, a nonprofit theater group located in Rutland, will present the world premiere of “Going Up the Country.” The play has been adapted from Yvonne Daley’s book of the same name. Performances of this play with music will be held this weekend on Friday, April 28 and Saturday, April 29…

Upper Valley theatre brings a Black queer lens to a hilarious, immersive one-person show April 27 to May 14—WHITE RIVER JCT— JAG Productions is opening its new one-person comedy, “Every Brilliant Thing,” starring Jarvis Antonio Green, April 27 at Briggs Opera House in White River Junction. Green is JAG’s founder and producing artistic director. This is…

With potentially just three weeks left in the legislative session, one of this year’s most controversial bills, the Affordable or Unaffordable Clean Heat bill (depending on your perspective), S.5, cleared the House on Friday after two days of contentious debate. The approval in the House was 98-46, with several members absent, signaling an ominous override…

By Curt Peterson Selectman Jim Haff and Town Manager Chet Hagenbarth presented an update on the Killington Forward project at the April 24 Select Board meeting. Current focus is on two phases of the proposed municipal water system, which is a federal requirement to fund proposed workforce housing, part of the Killington Forward master plan,…

On the morning of Jan. 15 the Castleton Volunteer Fire Department accompanied by surrounding fire departments responded to a devastating fire at the Gilmore Home Center. In addition to the loss of a business anchor, concern immediately presented as to addressing the loss of income of a number of Castleton and Bomoseen citizens and students…

By Brett Yates A plan to provide full-time, nature-based education to three-, four- and five-year-olds in Chittenden has secured a home at Barstow Memorial School. The Barstow Unified Union School Board unanimously approved the concept in a special meeting on April 24. Starting in the fall, the recently christened Fox Hollow Forest School will occupy…

The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Dept. (VTF&W) released the Vermont Master Angler Program 2022 Annual Report on April 12, which showed 1,064 entries and 79 Master Angler award recipients.   Vermont’s wealth of waters and abundant fish populations provide many opportunities to experience outstanding fishing. The Vermont Master Angler Program recognizes the achievements of anglers who catch trophy-sized fish from…

April—POULTNEY—Take a stroll on Main Street and enjoy Poultney’s shops and poetry throughout the month of April!  More than two dozen poems by area poets are on display in storefront windows on Poultney’s Main Street.  A complete list of poems and locations is in the window at Williams Hardware. Start your stroll there and see…