Farm Dog Certification event attracted a variety of breeds
By Robin Alberti
KILLINGTON—A Farm Dog Certification (FDC) event was held this past Saturday, Aug. 11, at Mosher Farm and
Excavating in Killington. The FDC test provides a series of exercises that represent situations a farm…
KILLINGTON—Martin Wilson is the new Alpine coach at Killington Mountain School.
Wilson, originally of Thunder Bay, Ontario, has more than 20 years of international experience. He comes to KMS most recently from the National Ski Academy in Canada, where he held the role of head…
By Curt Peterson
SOUTH ROYALTON—Two time capsules, discovered encased in a base beneath memorials in South Royalton were opened last Thursday evening, Aug. 9.
Royalton, Select Board chair Larry Trottier, wearing surgical gloves and standing in the gazebo on the South Royalton green, sliced…
By Katy Savage
RUTLAND—Back in the mid-1900s, when Dutch Elm Disease wiped out about 77 million elm trees, Vermont towns started replacing the canopy-like trees that lined streets and public parks with something similar—ash trees.
Now, towns are contemplating how to cut down ash trees…
Unofficial primary election results from Aug. 14 are in.
Incumbent Gov. Phil Scott will face Democrat Christine Hallquist in the general election in November.
Hallquist, who could be country’s first openly transgender governor, edged out Democrat competitors James Ehlers, Brenda Siegel and…
Carol D. Ehmann, 66, passed on Aug. 1 in her home in Chittenden. She was born on Dec. 26 in Flushing, New York, to Henry and Marion Kranichfeld. As part of an active outdoor ski family, Carol spent many of her high school summers building…
By Katy Savage
Cooking was Mason Zeglen’s outlet through hard times.
When his parents divorced, when he was 13 years old, he cooked.
He stirred pots of jams. He canned and preserved vegetables and ate English sugar peas raw from the family’s large vegetable garden…
West Park Road to be paved
KILLINGTON— West Park Road will be paved for 1,200 feet, past Cliff Road, then millings will be applied for the rest of the road. That job, plus half a mile on Killington Road, will cost $176,000. The millings will…
By Julia Purdy
KILLINGTON—Obstacles are multiplying for the town’s installation of 15 solar trackers.
The Killington Select Board discussed the actual cost per kilowatt-hour; the wisdom of taking on long-term debt in which the savings in electric bills would not be felt for some time;…
Have you ever wanted to see what the Long Trail is all about? This weekend is your chance to be guided on a day-long hike with a leader.
If hiking isn’t your thing, Taste of Woodstock, with local food, local chefs, fun music and entertainment…
