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Academy open house on Friday

WEST DOVER - Vermont Academy at Mount Snow will host an open house on Friday, March 22, from 3:45 to 4:45 pm. This will be a chance to learn more about Vermont Academy at Mount Snow’s programs for the 2024-2025 season.
The event will take place at 248 VT Route 100. Visit vermontacademy.org...

Special Olympics make special appearance at Hermitage Club

The Vermont Special Olympics held their 2024 alpine games at the Hermitage Club at Haystack Mountain last week. The games returned after a five-year pause.

Twin Valley post season awards

WHITINGHAM- Twin Valley Middle High School basketball players were recognized for their efforts during the recently completed season.
The girls’ varsity basketball team finished the season with a 2-19 record. That included winning their final two regular season games. They finished...

Celebrating 100 years of parks

VERMONT - Vermont State Parks is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, marking a century of conserving and interpreting the state’s natural, cultural, and scenic heritage while providing recreational opportunities for residents and visitors alike.
Vermont State Parks’ journey began...

Outdoor rec day a success

MONTPELIER - Over 85 nonprofit trail stewards, outdoor business owners, ski area managers, and municipal leaders came to the Statehouse in Montpelier on Friday, February 16, for the inaugural Vermont Outdoor Recreation Day and to advocate for strategic investment for the future of outdoor...

Skiers ride the J-bar lift at Dutch Hill Ski Area in this undated photo. The former Readsboro ski hill will be included in a talk at the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum that will look at resurrected ski hills in Vermont. File photo

Skiers ride the J-bar lift at Dutch Hill Ski Area in this undated photo. The former Readsboro ski hill will be included in a talk at the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum that will look at resurrected ski hills in Vermont. File photo

Locals to take part in ski hill forum

STOWE - The Red Bench Speaker Series presents, “Lost and Found, How Independent Ski Areas Around Vermont Are Being Resurrected,” Thursday, March 7, at 6:30 pm at the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum.
Vermont was once home to more than 175 ski areas. Today, most of those areas are gone but...

Eagles bump Wildcats in first round

ARLINGTON- The Twin Valley Wildcats were on a bit of a roll, winning their last two games of the regular season. That modest streak, their only wins of the season, nudged them up to 13th place in the Vermont Principals’ Association Division 4 rankings and earned them a first-round playoff game...

Nothing better than a round of golf on snow

DUMMERSTON - Snow Golf is back and better than ever. Play Snow Golf where it was invented and support a great cause. There will be a series of golf challenges and one traditional hole. Take a turn at putt-putt, flop shot, chipping skeeball, tic-tac-toe, longest drive, blindfolded pick-a-club, and...

Girls on the Run offers scholarships

VERMONT- Girls on the Run Vermont, a statewide nonprofit organization for girls in third through eighth grade, has announced the launch of the 2024 Rick Hashagen Limitless Potential Scholarship Awards at the last of three statewide coach training events, held at Essex Middle School on Saturday,...

Museum hosts an evening with skier, climber

STOWE - The Red Bench Speaker Series presents “An Evening with Explorer, Author, and Athlete Jan Reynolds,” Thursday, February 29, at 6:30 pm at the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum.
Reynolds is a world-record-setting climber and skier, Olympic athlete, and award-winning author and...