Award is part of state’s $4 million in Brownfield Revitalization Funding Governor Phil Scott and the Department of Economic Development announced Friday, Nov. 3, that the state is committing $4,058,184 from the Vermont Brownfields Revitalization Fund that promotes the productive reuse of contaminated sites to cleanup properties in Rutland City, as well as Hardwick, Barre, Newport,…

  A newly built five bedroom, 5.5-bathroom house with three stories on Trailside Drive sold for a record breaking $3.75 million on Oct. 31.  The 6,048 square-foot home with ski-on,ski-off access to the Great Eastern trail, was listed for $3.5 million on March 1 and sold above asking price on March 10. The home sits…

  By Ethan Weinstein/VTDigger Local and county leaders gathered at the Paramount Theatre Thursday night to confront crime in the city and explain to an often disgruntled audience what they can — and can’t — do to address it. Rep. Tom Burditt, R-West Rutland, summed up the night by pinning responsibility squarely on the Legislature: “The whole…

  Opening day Nov. 3 was among the earliest in the U.S. Killington Resort kicked off the 2023-24 winter season at 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 3, becoming the first resort in Vermont and among earliest in the U.S. to open for skiing and snowboarding. The first turns of the season on Friday were reserved…

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  Natural motivator "Every day, you should do something that scares you a little and excites you a lot." -Eleanor Roosevelt I was ready to wander. My completed book manuscript had been sent to the printer. I packed for a solo trip that I was afraid to take. As a happy, busy grandmother for 10…

  My husband, Peter, and I are fans of both men’s and women’s professional tennis. When the US Open is over in September there is a sharp decrease in the number of matches that we can watch on TV. But after New Year’s Day they return as players get ready for the Australian Open later…

  You could feel the air changing. Even inside the house, I knew that this morning would be different. The air was just that much thinner and my hands were cold as they lay outside my blanket. I could actually feel my fingers stiffening up and had to pull them back inside when I woke up for a…

   On several occasions when I was a teenager, my parents gave me the option of either going on a summer trip to a foreign country or attending a weeklong basketball camp. I always chose the basketball camp. Looking back, I may have been shortsighted with those decisions since my parents took fantastic trips to…

  In late autumn, well past the showy blossoms of summer, even after fall’s late bloomers have faded and the trees have dropped their leaves, there is one shrubby plant still putting on a flower show: American witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana). Four slender, wrinkly yellow petals, about ¾ of an inch long, adorn each of…

  Like little crystals, Falling from the sky, The raindrops sparkle, In the glittering light, Sinking into the ground, Absorbing into the earth, Flowing over the roots of trees, Dripping down leaves, Into the earth, Where it started, Making the earth happy, Letting the planet live, Sharing its kindness, And it’s happiness, With all of…

  The veil between the worlds is thin right now, in more ways than one. For some, what’s been behind the smoke and mirrors for some time has been obvious and apparent. While for others, oblivion continues. Either willfully ignorant or easily led, why can’t you see?  The astrology of the moment does make it…

  Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 4-5 at 3 p.m.—WOODSTOCK—Billings Farm and Museum will present the film, “Whitman Brook: An Apple Orchard and the Nature of Time,” directed by Ben Silberfarb, in the Billings Farm & Museum Visitor Center Theater.  “This film is about life’s pace. It’s about our place in time, environmental stewardship, and it’s a love…

  Thursday-Friday, Nov. 2-3—LUDLOW—Benson’s Chevrolet Inc. in Ludlow has partnered with an amazing team of superheroes without capes to spread more HOPE (Hold On, Possibilities Exist) at Green Mountain Union High School and within the local community. Pat Fish, of Sweethearts & Heroes, will be at Green Mountain Union High School on Thursday, Nov. 2…