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'This guy did not look like a bobcat': Rare Canada lynx is captured on video in Vermont
A Canada lynx was spotted in Vermont for the first time since 2018 in a video recorded on Aug. 17 in Rutland County. "Canada lynx are endangered in Vermont and threatened nationally," Brehan Furfey, wildlife biologist and furbearer project leader with Vermont Fish and Wildlife, said in a statement. "That makes any verifiable...
Traveling to die: The latest form of medical tourism
In the 18 months after Francine Milano was diagnosed with a recurrence of the ovarian cancer she thought she’d beaten 20 years ago, she traveled twice from her home in Pennsylvania to Vermont. She went not to ski, hike, or leaf-peep, but to arrange to die.
Harwood Unified Union School District food service staff expand repertoire
Earlier this week five members of the Harwood Unified Union School District food service staff spent a day taking a Mediterranean cooking class, preparing, and sampling some new meals for district students this fall. They were introduced to a melon and mint salad featuring watermelon and cantaloupe with mint dressing....
Music, food, original art set up for the Mad River Valley Craft Fair on Labor Day weekend
Labor Day weekend in Waitsfield means the Mad River Valley Craft Fair at the scenic Kenyon’s Field with live music, food, and over 80 artist booths to peruse. The 53rd annual event is held rain or shine Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Parking is free. Admission is $5; kids 12 and under are free.
Popular skiing destination to be sold to new owners
Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest skiing destination in New England, announced Thursday it will be sold later this year. “We’re excited to announce that Killington and Pico Resorts have been sold from POWDR to a group of local investors that have been in this community for decades,” said Mike Solimano, president and general manager of the resorts, in a video about the sale.
The Mad Birders celebrate two-decades of seeking out local birds
A local group of birding enthusiasts – the Mad Birders – has sought out local birds together for two decades. Each year, the group meets for a series of walks through spring and early summer, when birds are most active while breeding. At that time, “they are their most bright, beautiful, colorful selves,” group member Jeannie Elias said.
Animation team films a story about women’s rights and basketball
A segment of a documentary film utilizing stop-motion animation was recently shot at Waitsfield gallery and studio space FireFolk Arts. The film features the story of Jane Rubel – an athlete who filed a lawsuit against the athletic union of her rural Iowa high school in 1970 after she was denied the right to continue playing on the girls’ basketball team because she got married and had a child.
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