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American healthcare is an untreated severe fracture

September 20, 2023
  Dear Editor, Fractures need repair to ensure normal function.  “Comminuted” fractures, in which the bone breaks into multiple pieces, are difficult to repair.  The more pieces there are, the more difficult the repair.  Our healthcare system displays the most severe kind of fracture: shattering into many pieces.  It’s so bad that we don’t even…

Food insecurity is on the rise

September 20, 2023
  Dear Editor, September is Hunger Action Month.  It is a time set aside when individuals and organizations work to help fight food insecurity.  The numbers of families now facing food insecurity continues to rise.  According to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), food insecurity is defined as the lack of consistent access to enough…

Biden’s age vs. his record

September 20, 2023
  By Angelo Lynn President Joe Biden’s age has always been a secondary concern, but rarely has it captured the headlines as it has the past few weeks. Biden is a fit 80; he eats well, is trim, is disciplined and exercises daily. He has a speech impediment, always has, that makes him less articulate…

At Vermont’s flagship public university, growing out-of-state enrollment prompts questions about its mission 

September 20, 2023
  In the last school year, fewer than a quarter of University of Vermont undergraduates were Vermonters, out-of-state enrollments have soared, what does that say about the university’s role in the state? By Peter D’Auria/VTDigger Erik Arnold, a sophomore from Minneapolis, came to the University of Vermont because, among other reasons, he wanted to get out…

Sophie Zdatny to step down as chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges System 

September 20, 2023
  Staff report/VTD For the second time this year, the Vermont State Colleges System is poised to lose a top leader. The system’s board of trustees announced Monday evening that Sophie Zdatny will step down as chancellor at the end of December. She has served in that role since July 2020 and has worked for the state…

Inaugural season of the Killington Junior Golf League dubbed a success

September 20, 2023
  Fall season is now underway; new participants welcome By Arra Derderian, Killington Parks and Recreation Board The inaugural season for the Killington Junior Golf League was a success this summer having nine children between the ages of 9-12 years old participating. The program lasted through July and August. The children had instructional range time provided…

Shrewsbury’s  Evening Song Farm wins conservation award 

September 20, 2023
  Farmers Kara and Ryan Fitzbeauchamp of Shrewsbury won conservation awards, the Vermont Land Trust (VLT) announced Sept. 14.   The Fitzbeauchamps of Evening Song Farm in Shrewsbury won the 2023 Eric Rozendaal Memorial Award. The winners received the awards at the land trust’s annual member meeting in Barnard on Sept. 13.   “We’re delighted to celebrate…

New cannabis shop opens in Chester

September 20, 2023
  The Okemo Valley Chamber recently celebrated a ribbon cutting ceremony with new member Down to the Roots in Chester. Co-owners Scott Blair along with Andi Goldman and Meredith Milliken cut the ribbon along with their team —all dressed in matching plaid shirts — and Chamber Director Carol Lighthall (in back). They also recently held…

Juvenile shoots, kills Waltham woman

September 20, 2023
  School mourns loss of beloved bus driver WALTHAM — A juvenile watching a fight involving two women in a Waltham neighborhood Friday evening, Sept. 15, picked up a gun dropped by one of the women and shot her multiple times, State Police report. , 48, a resident of McKnight Lane in Waltham, was killed…

Slate Ridge standoff continues

September 20, 2023
  Banyai’s arrest warrant expires, Pawlet files additional motions By Ethan Weinstein/VTDigger With the 60-day warrant for Daniel Banyai’s arrest now expired, the town of Pawlet has requested an updated warrant seeking more oversight on the Rutland County Sheriff’s Department and Vermont State Police to ensure that Banyai is detained.  In a motion filed in state…

U.S. Open of MTB returns 

September 20, 2023
  About 500 of the world’s best mountain bike athletes are expected to compete in the Fox U.S. Open of Mountain Biking Sept. 23  in four events — a best whip competition, downhill race, dual slalom, and an enduro race,  “We’re excited to show off the Killington Bike Park. We’ve been putting a lot of…

Killington receives $18.4m USDA loan for Killington Road

September 20, 2023
  By Polly Mikula On Monday, Sept. 18, Killington Town Manager Michael Ramsey, received a letter approving the town for an $18,394,000 loan from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The letter was titled “FY23 Killington Forward – Killington Road Reconstruction Project.” The total note was broken into two loans as each USDA loan…

Turn of the season

September 20, 2023
By Cassandra Tyndall No matter how cold the winter, spring always comes. While this may not be true in the North, it is in the Southern Hemisphere. Regardless of your location on this sphere, the ethos remains the same — that time is circular, rather than linear. The seasons turn. The tide comes in and…

Your weekly horoscope, Sept. 18-24,2023

September 20, 2023
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Mountain Times – Volume 51, Number 37 – Sept. 12-19, 2023

September 15, 2023
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