Mountain bikers race downhill at the POC Eastern States Cup held at Killington Resort

By James Kent Just 10 minutes north of Rutland, tucked into the hills of Pittsford, Camp Sangamon offers a summer camp experience that feels like it stepped out of a storybook—treehouses, blacksmithing, sailboats on a shared pond, and cabins dating back to the 1950s. Since 1922, boys from across the country have spent their summers…

By Shaun Robinson and Ethan Weinstein/VTDigger After a drawn-out day of disagreements and false starts, the Vermont Legislature bailed on its plan to wrap up business for the year on Friday, May 30, failing to come to a deal, at least for now, on this year’s landmark education reform bill. So strained were the talks, the House and…

By Polly Mikula The agenda was jam-packed at the final Mountain Views Supervisory Union (MVSU) board meeting of the school year, Monday, June 2. The nearly 3-hour meeting covered a spectrum of issues, but two will have far-reaching implications for the district’s future: namely, the impact of education funding reform on the district’s budget and…

By Karen D. Lorentz Editors’ Note: This is part of a series on factors that enabled Killington to become the Beast of the East. Information is from author interviews for the book Killington, “A Story of Mountains and Men.” The rapid learning with GLM was made possible in part by the use of top-of-the-line equipment.…