Wonderfeet Kids’ Museum to help welcome crowds back to the Paramount Theatre’s stage downtown Wonderfeet Kids’ Museum, a children’s museum in the heart of downtown Rutland, will help to welcome local events back to The Paramount this fall with its ever- popular […]
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Harbor Freight Tools to open in Rutland
Hiring to begin for 25-30 jobs Harbor Freight Tools, a tool and equip- ment retailer, has announced that it will be opening a new store in Rutland. The new store will be located behind Aldi market, Route 7 South in Rutland town. […]
Pine Hill Park celebrates 100 years, continues to serve the public
By Neil P. Allen RUTLAND — One hundred years ago, a Rutland resident had the foresight to donate 273 acres of land on Pine Hill to the city of Rutland to be used as a park and it is still fulfilling that vision […]
“They healed me”: a life changed by fungi
By Ethan Weinstein We’re working on a podcast, My Side of the Mountain, featuring overlooked stories of everyday life. For the first episode, I went foraging with Ian Vair. Listen here: “I didn’t just do this because I […]
Couple overcomes all odds to tie the knot
By Ethan Weinstein Nothing could stop Jessie Gagnon and Earl Kehoe from finally marrying. Kehoe’s stroke hadn’t. Covid hadn’t. And the couple certainly wasn’t going to let the day’s 90-degree heat delay their marriage any longer. So on Tuesday, June […]
Okemo back to the future — summer and winter updates
By Karen D. Lorentz It’s summer, and in a sign of life getting back to normal, Okemo Mountain Resort has resumed summer operations and construction on two lift projects. The mountain opened its adventure zone and mountain bike park on […]
Rutland Mental Health lands $600,000 for youth pilot program
By Emma Cotton/VTDigger RUTLAND — Health care providers hope a new $600,000 pilot program, coming to Rutland this fall, will help reduce mental health crises that send a high number of children and teens to the local hospital. On average, young […]
At Mission Farm, “The Church is called to feed”
By Ethan Weinstein After a 40-year hiatus from farming, Mission Farm in Killington is working the land once again. Their goal: address the community’s needs through food and faith. Led by Executive Director Reverend Lisa Ransom and “Farm Priest” Reverend […]
Killington Select Board sets 2022 tax rate
By Curt Peterson The Killington Select Board met on the afternoon of June 30 and set the official FY2022 municipal tax rate: $.5382. In the 2020 Town Report, the municipal tax rate had been estimated at $.5425, slightly higher than […]
How the KMS outdoor classrooms came to life
Richard Morse and his students used what they had and kept it simple By Shelby Graves, Grade 10 at Killington Mountain School While sitting in school, wouldn’t you want to be able to have the opportunity to learn outside while looking […]