Have you ever wanted to see what the Long Trail is all about? This weekend is your chance to be guided on a day-long hike with a leader. If hiking isn't your thing, Taste of Woodstock, with local food, local chefs, fun music and entertainment is another can't-miss event. Here are our top picks for…

$131,206 grant will include new base for Parent-Child Center RUTLAND—The Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) has awarded Rutland Economic Development Corporation (REDC) a subgrant of $131,206 to develop a health and education center that will house the Rutland County Parent-Child Center (RCPCC). The RCPCC currently operates at 16 Chaplin Ave., but will…

By Julia Purdy RUTLAND— Chaplin Ave. is a short, quiet dead-end street that climbs a gentle hill above Route 7 across from the state fairgrounds. It’s a neighborhood of modest homes of various vintages, some with front porches and the the railroad tracks that are screened by a thick row of deciduous trees. It’s the…

How quickly things change. Just like the Madden Curse, the Mountain Times curse is real. Just ask Killington Resort. The Madden Curse affects football players and the Mountain Times curse is for softball teams. Last week the article headline read, “Killington is back on top.” They were until play resumed and then they lost their…

PLYMOUTH—The Farm & Wilderness Foundation (F&W) and the Ninevah Foundation of Plymouth and Mount Holly have combined to ensure the stewardship of 4,800 acres of land, water, and wildlife habitat in southern Vermont. This affiliation, five years in the making, brings together one of Vermont’s largest summer camps and a distinguished conservation organization, furthering their…

RUTLAND—Seven local high school students are busy preparing for the 54th annual National Leadership and Skills Conference, hosted by Virginia-based SkillsUSA in Louisville, Ky., June 25-29. SkillsUSA is a career training organization that recognizes promising students in the trades, technical fields, and service professions. The theme for this year is “Champions at work, job-ready day…

Saturday, May 5, 5 p.m.—LUDLOW—Okemo Valley TV will hold its seventh annual Derby Gala on Kentucky Derby Day, Saturday, May 5, at Willie Dunn’s Grille at the Okemo Valley Golf Course in Ludlow from 5-8 p.m. The gala serves as the primary annual fundraiser event for Okemo Valley TV, the non-profit community television station and media education…

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By Mary Ellen Shaw Back “in the day” if you wanted to deposit a check or get some cash, you went to the bank, saw a teller, and left with your deposit receipt and cash in your wallet. You couldn’t accomplish either of those tasks from your car or your phone. You had person-to-person contact…

By Katy Savage KILLINGTON—In the first Select Board meeting since voters narrowly approved a $4.4 million budget on Town Meeting Day, board members expressed concerns about errors and omissions in the town report—continuing conversation from an informational meeting prior to the vote earlier this month. “I was embarrassed by the way the budget was presented in…

RUTLAND—At the end of February, the United Way of Rutland County concluded its 2017-2018 campaign. This was the organization’s 75th year of supporting the Rutland County community. Caprice Hover, executive director of the United Way of Rutland County, explained the successful effort in a news release March 19 and at a press event Monday, March…

LUDLOW—With spring on its way, now is the time to mark the calendar with all the best summer events to attend. A new three-day music festival, Okemo’s All Come Home Music Festival scheduled for July 12-14 at Okemo Jackson Gore base area, is sure to be a summer sensation. New England’s premiere tribute-band event will…

By Lee J. Kahrs, The Reporter BRANDON— There are as many opinions as taxpayers regarding a proposed Otter Valley Unified Union School [OVUU] budget that offers the consolidation of schools and programs to save $500,000. The budget After several weeks of ideas, forums and fact finding, on Jan. 10 the OVUU board approved a proposed…

By Roy Pilcher This American tree sparrow is quite puffed up as it sits perched on a piece of weathered wood. Saturday, Feb. 10, 8 a.m. — WEST RUTLAND — Rutland County Audubon Society hosts its monthly bird monitoring walk, Saturday, Feb. 10. Join the group for the 3.7-mile loop around the marsh, or go halfway. Learn…

BARNARD— BarnArts Center for the Arts announces a full 2018 calendar to celebrate seven years of community-based arts programming. BarnArts will stage a series of musical and community events including four theater productions, two of which will be in new venues for the organization: The Grange Theatre and Woodstock’s Town Hall Theatre. First up and…