This Week’s News
‘Going up the Country’ explores Vermont’s Back to the Land movement
Vermont’s renowned hippies—the original “back-to-the-land’ers”—were a rare breed and becoming rarer with each passing day.
Our Creative Kids: Felix Vazquez
ARTIST: Felix VazquezGRADE: Pre-school (with minor coloring help) SCHOOL: WaldorfHOMETOWN: WeybridgeTITLE: The Barking CatMEDIUM: Markers, pencil, and paint on paper
Imagine Zero Music Festival imagines a world with zero pollution
When the music stops and the crowds go home, every music festival looks the same: a grotesque sea of empty water bottles, red Solo cups, and food wrappers.
Guest editorial: Notes from the pulpit
But being shot is most likely to occur here in the United States, where the incidence of gun violence far exceeds any that in other country.
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Sports
Vermont trout season opens April 9
Vermont’s trout fishing season opens Saturday, April 9. Despite lingering snow cover in some areas of the state, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says anglers can still have fun and be successful early in the season if they keep a few strategies in mind.
Proctor boys defeat Twinfield in playdown opener, lose to Rivendell
The Proctor boys opened their playoff schedule on Wednesday, March 2, against the Twinfield Trojans and put on one of their performances of the season, rolling to a 57-36 win.
State Champions! West Rutland battles Proctor down to the wire, 57-56
The West Rutland Golden Horde girl’s basketball team won the school’s second state championship in Division IV girls basketball in the past four years by defeating rival Proctor, 57-56, at the Barre Auditorium this past Saturday.
Otters oust Oxbow, 69-38, in state playdown opener
The Otter Valley Otters ladies basketball team defeated the Oxbow Olympians, 69-37, on Wednesday, Feb. 23 at the House of Noise in the first round of the Vermont State Tournament.
Proctor girls handle OV, 57–42
In one of the more entertaining county games in many years, the Phantom Proctor girls ran their record to an impressive 14-1 with a solid 57-42 win over their neighbors to the north, Otter Valley Union High School, on Wednesday night, February 16.