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The Class of 2024 at CHAMPS Hall is preparing for their graduation week, which will conclude with an event on Friday, May 17. This year, the seniors will follow the traditional 'LINE 89' route with an extended path that includes more significant locations. The event will start early, with buses leaving between 8:15 and 8:30 a.m.

🍖🎉 Dive Into the Sizzle: Your Weekend Brazilian Steakhouse Guide! 🎉🍖 🆕 Just Visited: 12 Cuts Brazilian Steakhouse - 🥗 Decent salad bar with staples like prosciutto and salmon. - 🥘 Hot dishes are few but expect some tasty appetizers at your table. - 🥩 Rich meat selection; top picks include garlic sirloin and filet mignon! - 🛋️ Spacious and not too crowded. ❤️ Top Favorite: EG Steak - 🚫 No flaws here! - 🍷 Great wine and desserts. - 🎵 Nice ambiance, especially in the evenings. - 🥩 Filet mignon is super tender! - 🐑 Must-try lamb chops! - 🌟 Service is attentive, almost spoiling. 🥈 Runner-Up: Brasão Brazilian Steakhouse - 🧀 Don't miss the cheese-stuffed beef with delicious cheese pulls! - 🏆 Possibly the best service, like super attentive. - 🤷 Maybe too attentive for some, but hey, top-notch! 💙 Known Chain: Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse - 🌐 Massive chain, can’t go too wrong or too right. - 🧍‍♂️ The Legacy location gets really crowded. 💛 Also Check: Texas de Brazil - 📍 Usually visit the Addison spot. - 🐌 Service can be slow; the wait might fill you up. - 🧀🥔 Love their cheesy potato slices and lobster bisque! Got any questions about these spots or want more deets? Hit me up! 📲 #FoodieFriday #SteakhouseScoop #BrazilianBBQ.

The Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library and the Rec & Parks Department celebrates the fifth year of the popular community StoryWalk path at Mantle Lake Park and returns this year with enhancements. We are grateful to the crew at the Forum, who are supportive of the project and offered to install permanent posts in the ground. Also, one post is dedicated to a new QR code full of helpful information about events in our city.

We got lucky and visited on Vermont Day! Admission was free! Such a lucky break. Anyway come along with us and see the cabinet of curiosities, a living room from World War II Era, some old farm exhibits, trains and much, much more! Such a cool museum!

This week’s Young Writers Project entry is “Words slipping through my grasp,” by Maelyn Slavik, 13, of Burlington. Artwork is “A Library of Secrets,” by Ace Lafountain, 16, of Montpelier. Read the story on VTDigger here: Young Writers Project: ‘Words slipping through my grasp’.

This should be fun. The tri-town conservation commissions’ work to manage invasives, including knotweed, is getting some four-legged help from goats this summer. Adding goats to the mix of tools used by the Warren, Fayston and Waitsfield Conservation Commissions’ efforts will help manage larger more complex knotweed infestations, especially in harder-to-reach stands along the Mad River and its tributaries, according to Warren Conservation Commission chair Jito Coleman.

I think empathy is something we need to understand further,” Janet Dandridge, an artist and resident of Warren, told the Warren Planning Commission at its April 22 meeting. She was asking commissioners for support in developing an interactive public artwork in the town. ----------------------------------- Her idea is to create...

Imagine this: You’re nestled under a cozy Vermont quilt after a day of exploring the stunning Green Mountains. Suddenly, a telltale itch jolts you awake. Flicking on the light, you discover what you dreaded most – bed bugs. This scenario, once a rarity in the idyllic state of Vermont, is becoming an increasingly common occurrence.

It is the nature of the job at Axel’s Gallery and Frame Shop to be around creative people and art every single day. This exposure helps fuel creative exploration. So does seeing and processing, thinking and organizing, feeling and sensing, growing and expanding. We are constantly exploring our environment and our surroundings.

Mad River Valley Arts presents a new show “ALOFT,” a reference to various ‘aerial’ perspectives from natural/wild and human-made artwork which opened on May 2. At the reception, artists talked about their work and the board presented three recognition awards. Various media are represented including mixed-media painting, oils, encaustic, charcoal, photography, fiber arts, mosaic, and historical airborne objects. Artists in the show include Karen Gaudette, Matthew Derezinski, Barrie Fisher, Rob Spring, Dave Banhson, Ray Parker, Mary Admasian, Cara Armstrong, Sandra Grant, Julie Parker, Catherine Gowen, Rute Ventura, Bette Ann Libby, Katie Stubblefield, Dominique Gustin, Aaron Scot Ingham, Art Schaller, and Joe Loccisano.

When Erin Smith’s father-in-law, Dave Sawyer, started building Windsor chairs in 1982, he was focused on staying true to the historic form. He also taught others to create the refined, delicate furniture. Many of the most prominent Windsor chairmakers today learned directly from him, Smith said. Read the story on VTDigger here: Keeping tradition alive means looking to the future, too.

On the heels of a sold out run at Haybarn Theater in 2023, "Act 39", the acclaimed play by Rob Mermin, is now launching a statewide tour, and seeking 2 actors to join the cast:. Actor 1: to play various female-presenting roles (Mistress Death, Marian, hospice nurse, etc.) Actor 2:...

Ryan Miller and Lillian MacNamara—both experienced brewers and cofounders of Freak Folk Bier—are partners in business and life, making the brewery, as Miller says, “a love story interwoven with brewing.”. Both share a love of saison, and Freak Folk began with a focus on special-release saisons and...

The Valley Reporter and Waterbury Roundabout reached out to Vermont’s newly-named Youth Poet Laureate Harwood Union ninth grader Harmony Devoe to find out what makes her tick and why she writes. VR/WR: When did you start writing poetry and why?. HD: I started writing poetry as soon as I...

MONTPELIER - The Vermont Governor’s Council on physical fitness and sports announced the 41st annual Vermont Corporate Cup Challenge and State Agency Race, presented by Union Mutual Insurance Company. The community fitness event will take place in person in Montpelier on Thursday, May 16, and virtually Thursday, May 16, through Friday, May 31.

In which our reporter uncovers, and reviews, a long-lost Rooster Records tape, a Bob Dylan parody cut four decades ago by the retiring longtime Senator from Windsor County. Read the story on VTDigger here: Final Reading: Another side of Dick McCormack.

New Tasty Bites Diner Tempts Barre, with Help from the Vermont Community Loan Fund. Vermont Business Magazine On a pause from a typically busy morning, Barre-based restaurateur Lisa St. Lawrence takes a quick mental inventory of her menu items. “Let’s see: there’s grilled garlic, peppers and onions, pepper Jack cheese, horseradish sauce and local beef from Knight’s Farm - that’s the Tribal Archery Signature Burger,” she says almost dreamily. “Then there’s the Yikes Stripes Signature Burger with bacon, cheddar and local maple syrup, and the Ridge Runner with egg and hot sauce.” She takes a breath and explains her enthusiasm. “I love watching people enjoy their food. It’s a passion of mine.”

Somewhere between Faith Wilding’s 1972 crocheted “Womb Room” installation and the sculptural works of Eve Hesse exists the work of emerging artist Ophelia Arc. Her corporeal crochet sculptures and collaged drawings invite viewers into a psychological web of her own making. Prompted by the concept of “wound dwelling,” coined by author Leslie Jamison, Arc unpacks the trauma of her lived experience, revealing snippets of her life sourced from childhood diaries and family photos. An idealized concept of home meets reality here, where home is as much a physical dwelling as it is an intangible feeling. In revisiting past experiences, Arc...

Utilizing grant funds from Vermont Community Foundation’s Spark Connecting Community Grant and Hunger Mountain Co-op, Central Vermont Council on Aging (CVCOA) has launched a pilot volunteer Garden Companion Program to connect avid gardeners with homebound older adults who need assistance growing a small garden at their homes. This program...