Leisure

Weight loss in Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE- Take Off Pounds Sensibly is a nonprofit weight loss and wellness organization. There are about 100,000 members (male and female ages 7 and older) in thousands of chapters throughout the United States and Canada. All chapter members compete annually for weight-loss honors in...

New course on coding for grades 6-12

VERMONT-Knowing how to code can build a child’s confidence, enhance problem-solving skills, and expand future career opportunities.
To introduce middle and high school students to coding, Vermont 4-H, in collaboration with the University of Vermont College of Engineering and Mathematical...

Celebrating 100 years of the right to vote

Montpelier- To celebrate the 100th year of the passage of the right to vote for women, the Vermont Republican Party and the Vermont Women’s Coalition will sponsor an event at the Vermont Statehouse commemorating the historic passage of the 19th Amendment on Saturday, September 12, at 10 am. ...

Epic Pass discount deadline coming up

DOVER- Mount Snow spokesperson Jamie Storrs reminds Epic Pass holders that the last day to use credits from the curtailed 2019-2020 season is September 17. That is an extension of the original deadline date of Labor Day.
Pass holders should have received discounts for 2020-2021 passes,...

Definitive book recalls 9/11 from the front lines

The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
Garrett M. Graff
Avid Reader Press, 2019 Americans over 30 years old (maybe even a little under), remember exactly where they were and what they had been doing on September 11, 2001 when they heard that an airplane had crashed...

Mary Anne Howland

Responsibility conference

BURLINGTON– Registration is now open for Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility’s 30th annual conference, “Future Forward,” which will be held virtually on September 22.
Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility members, friends, and state legislators will gather for a full-day...

Historical Society opens virtual annual auction

NEWFANE- The Historical Society of Windham County’s annual silent auction will be held online from noon on August 28 until noon on September 4.
The auction, which was originally scheduled for March as part of the society’s annual soup fest and silent auction fundraiser, was canceled due...

Vermont Business Magazine awards Southwestern Vermont Heath Care.

SVHC earns best workplace

BENNINGTON- Southwestern Vermont Health Care received a visit from Vermont Business Magazine representative Jessie Swétel, far right, earlier this month. She delivered an award for being one of Vermont’s best places to work in 2020.
It is SVHC’s sixth consecutive year as an honoree, and...

Nick Crossed

Cyclist rides in honor of suffrage movement

Adams, Ma-Avid cyclist and Rochester, NY, native Nick Crossed will complete a 334-mile ride from the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace museum in Adams to her graveside in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, NY. The ride will take place August 21 to 26.
Since August 26 commemorates the ratification...

Clothing and textiles featured at the Vermont Historical Society Museum in Montpelier.

Governor Kunin exhibit at Vermont museum

MONTPELIER- A Vermont governor, not a first lady, wore a gown to the inauguration for the very first time in 1985. Throughout her decades long career, former Vermont governor, Madeline Kunin, broke this and many other barriers for women in politics. A new exhibition at the Vermont History Museum...