Hand Mowing Contest will be featured at Addison County Fair and Field Days.
The Rutland Rampage kicked of their semi-pro football season by beating Pioneer Valley, 19-9.
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U-BOAT—Be a robot geek this weekend and virtually “dive” on a shipwreck in Lake Champlain with the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s ROV or remote operated vehicle. The ROV, similar to the ROV pictured, will explore an undisclosed wreck site.\ Remember those cool underwater robots in the sci-fi mega movie “The Abyss”? The movie’s fictional Big Geek and Little Geek robots closely resemble real-world remote-controlled submersibles called ROVs or remote operated vehicles. Now you can get a closeup look at Vermont’s own “little geek” diving Lake Champlain this weekend. For $22, adults can join a pioneering lake cruise and observe a high-tech ROV explore an historic wreck. Archaeologists on board the Escape will take the curious guests to an undisclosed shipwreck site and then “dive” the robot into the deep water. This ROV event is part of "Messing About in Boats", the annual Small Watercraft Festival at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Aug. 8-9 from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. On Saturday at 11 a.m., explorers
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TEAMWORK—Firefighters from around Vermont are preparing for the 2009 Vermont State Firefighters' Association Annual Meeting and Conference, Aug. 14-16, in Bennington. Pictured are firefighters practicing at last year’s convention in Rutland. Every professional and volunteer fire department in the region will be represented at this year’s convention. For details, call VSFA at 483-2251 Photo by Shawn Pemrick
Organic food gives no health benefits to consumers, according to research for the British Food Standards Agency of published July 30. Shoppers pay more for organic fruit, vegetables, chicken, beef and milk but the food gives no nutritional enhancement to people’s diet. The watchdog stopped short of advising consumers that buying organic produce was a waste of money but its message was clear: choosing to eat organic food will make no important difference to a person’s overall health. Eating a healthy balanced diet is the only important thing, the report concluded. The research—the first
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Bove’s wins national food award Homemade Vermont foods since 1941 Bove’s frozen lasagna has been awarded the National Association of Specialty Food Trades’ prestigious Gold Sofi Award in the Outstanding Pasta, rice and grain category. The all-natural, handcrafted lasagna is a frozen version of the classic that has had customers literally lining up around the block to get a taste at Bove’s famous Café in Burlington, Vermont. A year ago Mark Bove, president and full-time sauceboy, introduced the world to his family’s recipe on the Food Network’s “Throwdown” with Bobby Flay, soon followed by an appearance on the “Today Show”, where Bove prepared lasagna for Hoda and Kathie Lee. The national exposure sent demand for Bove products soaring. “I was making small versions of the lasagna at the restaurant and shipping them around the country,” said Bove. “We just couldn’t keep up with demand this way, which led me to produce the lasagna for retail.” Each frozen Bove’s Meatball Lasagna is produced by hand in Vermont—the same way it was made by Mark Bove’s grandmother, Victoria, in 1941, according to the businessman and chef. Bove’s Cafe, located in Burlington, offers affordable, homemade Italian specialties including their acclaimed lasagna.
Burlington’s Mark Bove on “The Today Show” on NBC-TV recently. The successful chefbusineman’s lasagna was just awarded a national food award. Image courtesy of Bove’s
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