Woodstock MS/HS principal says ‘yes,’ three community forums scheduled By Polly Mikula Smartphones — and the social media apps they host — can be harmful to users’ mental health, said the U.S. surgeon general calling for social media platforms to include health warnings for younger users earlier this summer. “Why is it that we have failed…
FIS Ski World Cup returns for 8th year Thanksgiving weekend Killington announced Sept. 12 that tickets for the 2024 Stifel Killington Cup will be available for purchase starting Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 10 a.m. at killington.com. Taking place over Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 29-Dec. 1, the Audi FIS Ski World Cup will once again bring women’s Giant…
By Catherine Hurley/VTDigger It’s already been a great year for hydrangeas, magnolias and lilacs in New England. Now it’s Vermont’s leaf-peeping season and foliage experts predict another strong, colorful showing. “We see a fairly positive set of circumstances surrounding this year’s prospects,” Jim Salge, a former meteorologist at Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire, wrote in his annual…
On Saturday, Sept. 14, Killington’s Dream Maker Bakers made history setting a new world record at the Whoopie Pie Festival with a 1,187-pounder. It was 120 pounds over the previous record of 1,067 pounds set in 2011 by Wicked Whoopies of South Portland, Maine. The festival in downtown Rutland drew over 7,500 people throughout the…