By Katy Savage PROCTORSVILLE—An 1850s mill building that’s sat vacant about 20 years is about to become a brewery. Outer Limits Brewing, a 160-seat pub and tasting room offering English beers and wood-fired pizza, is preparing to open next spring. […]
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Shaftsbury resident runs on fight for human rights
By Katy Savage SHAFTSBURY—A wave from a stranger kept Brad Peacock alive another day. Organic vegetable farming saved his life. At age 19, Peacock was at the lowest point of his life. He had just been discharged from the military […]
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Windsor dems hold pep rally in Hartland
By Curt Peterson HARTLAND—Candidates and their advocates began staking and arranging campaign signs in front of Damon Hall in Hartland early Saturday afternoon, in preparation for the Pasta and Politics annual Windsor County Democrats get-together Oct. 13. Neither Sen. Bernie […]
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Laramie bids for gov
By John Flowers FAIR HAVEN —Twenty-seven years ago, Chuck Laramie had reached his personal abyss. A slave to alcohol and recreational drugs, he was so intoxicated one night that a police officer insisted on driving him home. “He asked me […]
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Scott, Hallquist faced off civilly in Rutland debate
By Curt Peterson RUTLAND—The debate between Republican Governor Phil Scott and his rival Christine Democrat Christine Hallquist was well-managed, informative, and remarkably civil on Oct. 10 at the Paramount Theatre. Outside, a half-dozen protestors complained that five independent candidates were […]
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Rutland City, police corporal agree to keep silent on departure from department
By Alan J. Keays/VTDigger Rutland City has reached an agreement with a Medal of Valor winning police officer that requires officials to keep mum on the details regarding his departure from the department. Police Cpl. Damon Nguyen had been placed […]
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Candidate Charlie Kimbell discusses the issues
By Curt Peterson WOODSTOCK—Charlie Kimbell is the unopposed legislative candidate for re-election representing Woodstock, Reading and Plymouth. The Mountain Times had an opportunity to ask Kimbell about the major Vermont issues on for the 2018 election at the Thompson Center […]
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Water breaks impact Rutland businesses
Staff report Several businesses in the Rutland Plaza were without water on Tuesday, Oct. 16, after pipes broke over the weekend. Wal-Mart temporarily closed Saturday, Oct. 13 after a pipe “blew up” behind it, said Rutland Department of Public Works […]
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New team leads Woodstock Inn & Resort
WOODSTOCK—The Woodstock Inn & Resort Corporation is under new leadership. After Gary Thulander resigned as general manager this summer, the Woodstock Foundation Trustees Director Douglas Horne announced the formation of a new senior management team to lead future enhancement of […]
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Walk to End Alzheimer’s raises $37K
RUTLAND—More than 260 residents from the Rutland area joined the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Sept. 8 in Main Street Park. Participants raised more than $37,000 to fund Alzheimer’s care, support and research programs. Though the amount raised […]