By Polly Mikula A number of personnel changes have taken place recently in the town of Killington.  On Monday night, Oct. 16, the Select Board accepted the resignation of Chet Hagenbarth who is retiring after over a decade of service to the town. He was the highway and facilities director before being appointed town manager …

  CASTLETON — Last Wednesday, Oct. 11, the Vermont State Police (VSP) released an artist’s sketch of a person of interest in the killing of Honoree Fleming in Castleton a week prior. The sketch depicts an individual who was seen on the Delaware & Hudson Rail Trail at about 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5. The…

4,100 more homes, businesses to get multi-gig fiber internet  RUTLAND—Otter Creek Communications Union District (CUD) was awarded a $9.9 million grant from the Vermont Community Broadband Board on Oct. 11. The grant will help fund construction of a multi-gigabit fiber network through a partnership with Consolidated Communications. By 2025, when complete, more than 4,100 homes…

By Ethan Weinstein/VTDigger Rutland City is now accepting applications for a new revolving loan fund that will provide low-interest loans up to $30,000 per unit to fix up market-rate rental housing. Mayor Mike Doenges set a goal of creating 1,000 housing units in the next five years. “Rutland City stands at a pivotal moment in its…

  On Thursday, Oct. 12 at 3:44 p.m., Rodney Green, 71, from Killington died in a two vehicles crash on US- 4, near Old Turnpike Road in Mendon.  Preliminary police investigation reported that Greene was a passenger riding with Rex Winney, 58, also from Killington. They were traveling eastbound on Route 4 in a 2020 Ford  Fusion.…

By Karen D. Lorentz Tim and Diane Mueller hold the Hall of Fame award made by John Todd of Killington.   By Karen D. Lorentz Diane and Tim Mueller were inducted to the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum Hall of Fame on Oct. 14 at Killington’s spacious new K-1 Lodge. Recognized for transforming Okemo Mountain…

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“October, tuck tiny candy bars in my pockets and carve my smile into a pumpkin,” said Rainbow Rowell. There is a chill in the air and maybe even the smell of wood smoke. The days are shorter and the night’s are cooler. October is considered a time when both nature and people start preparing for…

  A few steps beyond my front door and I am engulfed in a swarm of leaves. The wind lifts their lifeless yet multicolored selves off of the cold ground and they swirl around me. My hair flies all around me, caught up on the energy of the wind. I am part of the experience,…

My nephew came over this past weekend to visit. He’s a great kid with a solid head on his shoulders who’s trying to figure out his next steps in life. With football playing on my TV in the background, the two of us had an engaging hour-long talk that touched on a variety of subjects.   …

  In May of this year, when a cottonwood measuring nearly 3 ½ feet in diameter and more than 100 feet tall fell across a trail in the Saint Michael’s College Natural Area, I saw the event less as a tragedy, and more as a circle of life opportunity. As the saying goes, “Nothing in…

  We have embarked on a magical journey with the hearts and minds of animal spirits. I can’t explain its how and why, but believe it is based on our natural connections. Many things we can’t see are real. Western society and the scientific way have taken much of what is magical away. Modern day…

Roaming around pumpkins, The black cats sit, Smiling, As the pumpkins are carved, Turned into jack o’lanterns. Now the black cats roam, Around art, Creepily watching you, Their eyes follow you, The moon as bright as fire, Whole and beautiful, Shining down on the Pumpkins, Jack o’lanterns, And the black cats, That roam around them.…

A total Solar Eclipse in Libra this week will backlight the eerie yet obvious imbalances of truth, justice and beauty in our personal lives as well as the collective landscape. As a New Moon, this eclipse holds the promise of bright new beginnings. Attached to the South Node, there is a purging or purifying component…

By Victoria Gaither Saturday, Oct. 14 at 3 p.m.—RUTLAND—The leaves are changing colors, pumpkin spice lattes have been on the menu at favorite coffee houses since August... now, finally,  fall sweaters are ready for action. “By August, I am ready for cooler weather to wear my fall outfits,” said Brittany Marie Loyzelle from Rutland County.…