FOOD & DRINK
Vermont recognizes its school lunch heroes
Child nutrition advocates celebrate the year-round efforts of school nutrition professionals. Vermont Business Magazine In celebration of School Lunch Hero Day, the School Nutrition Association of Vermont and Hunger Free Vermont recognize the dedication, creativity and outstanding service of school nutrition professionals who ensure that Vermont students receive nutritious, healthy meals every day. As part of a national celebration, Vermont’s Essex Westford School District has received the School Nutrition Program of the Year Award.
Vermont’s Island Line Trail | The Bike Ride That Has It All
The magic of exploring a place on two wheels instead of four comes into full focus on Vermont’s Island Line Trail, a bike ride that’s a lesson in the art of going slow. Sure, you could cover this relatively flat, relatively easy distance in a couple of hours, but why? This is a journey made for meandering and stopping. And then stopping again. The views, after all, include both Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains, not to mention sailboats, lighthouses, and killer sunsets. And the sights are as varied as the terrain. You’re in a city. You’re on a paved path. You’re on an island. You’re on…the water? In a sense, yes.
Through flames and floodwaters, Charlie O’s returns to downtown Montpelier
The staple dive bar on Main Street shuttered in October, when a fire damaged the building only months after the summer’s floods ravaged its interior. Read the story on VTDigger here: Through flames and floodwaters, Charlie O’s returns to downtown Montpelier .
90 Vermont high schoolers recognized during congressional art competition
CASTLETON, Vt. — Rep. Becca Balint spent her day at the VSU Castleton campus for the congressional art competition gallery opening and award ceremony. A total of 90 students from 24 schools, representing 12 of the 14 counties in the state, had their artwork displayed before awards were presented.
Tra La - It's May !
Vermont songs by Vermont songwriters, an amazing varuiety of Vermont acoustic musiicians born in the lusty month of May, and much much more!. This program will air on Sunday, May 5th from 7-10 p.m. This week's calendar announcements:. Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present an evening of American...
Turtles Must be Left in the Wild
MONTPELIER, Vt. — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says keeping native turtles as pets is prohibited because it can harm the turtle and pose threats to wild turtle populations. "Capturing a wild turtle and keeping it as a pet, even if only for a short time, is not...
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