Mount Holly Newsflash 9/7/25

Mount Holly Newsflash

Today's Forecast: A chance of rain showers and patchy fog before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. Southwest wind 2 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

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Latest edition of the Chitchat

Hope you get a chance to get the latest issue of the Rutland Magazine. There is an article about our museum's mammoth tusk and Cider Days. There are many places to pick one up in the Rutland area. I can find them in Hannaford near the weekly papers and Sugar and Spice on Route 4 in Mendon.

Dennis Devereux for the Mount Holly Community Historical Museum Board

Ludlow Rotary Club

34th Annual Chili Cook-off

The Ludlow Area Rotary Club is sponsoring the 34th Annual Chili Cook-off on Saturday, October 11 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The cook-off will be located at the traffic light on Depot Street. Proceeds to benefit The Ludlow Area Rotary Charitable Fund that services Ludlow, Cavendish, Mount Holly, and Plymouth. Admission is $15.00 for adults, $5 for under 12, and $35 for 2 adults and 2 children. It includes chili, bread, ice cream and cider.

Chili entries are welcome from individuals, clubs, and businesses. Entry fee of $10.00 will include a table space and sterno. Participants are responsible for arriving between 10:30 – 10:45 the day of the cook-off. Cash prizes will be awarded in the "People's Choice" category. Awards will be given to the chili entry with the most votes in the "Judges' Choice", "Spiciest", and "Team Spirit" categories. Chili entrants are asked to provide five (5) gallons of chili for this event and we can help with servers if needed.

Please mail your name, address and phone number along with chili entry fee of $10.00 to: Ludlow Rotary Club, PO Box 216, Ludlow, VT 05149. For more info, contact Kevin Barnes 802 558 0479.
We hope to see you there – come join the fun!

Pictured from last years Chili-Cookoff are many of the hundreds of visitors who received "taste checks" from the more than 25 different chili concoctions prepared by area businesses, groups, and individuals. The chilis varied from well-seasoned Tex-Mex versions to a vegetarian one with a variety of dishes in between. To enable each participant to fully enjoy the taste of each chili, cider was available to clean the palate with ice cream at the conclusion.