By Curt Peterson Hartland tax rate is up 8% and the education rate is up 6% from last year.  The municipal homestead rate for FY24 is $.6507, and the education rate is $1.8202, for a total homestead rate of $2.4709 per $100 of assessed property value.   Interim Town Manager Martin Dole translated the tax…

  By Curt Peterson Anyone wanting to travel East Mountain Road between Bear Mountain Road and Route 4 (where it connects just east of the Skyeship gondola) in Killington should change plans, Killington town officials said at a recent meeting. That portion of road is still inaccessible. East Mountain Road is accessible now from the…

The Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) announced the recipients of the Vermont Community Leadership Award last Wednesday, July 26. The awards will be presented at VCRD’s 2023 Vermont Community Leadership Summit on Aug. 15 at the Vermont State University Randolph Campus. The Vermont Community Leadership Award is presented each year to celebrate Vermonters who…

  By Shaun Robinson/VTDigger Vermont’s freight railroads took a beating in July’s floods. But rail officials say repairs are happening quickly, and the lines that are still damaged should be back on track soon. “Our entire system was affected,” said Selden Houghton, president of Vermont Rail System.“Hopefully, by next week, we’ll be 100% put back together.”…

  Marianne L. Adkins, 76,  of Wilder, died peacefully on Friday, July 28, 2023, surrounded by her beloved children, sister and close friend, Beth Ann Awezec, in Killington after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She is survived by her three children, Heidi Soos, Amy Soos, Ryan Soos(Brittany), her two adored grandchildren, Connor and Henry,…

  Flooding was likely the culprit that led to fatality Staff report The Vermont State Police (VSP) located the body of a man believed to be missing Appalachian Trail hiker Robert Kerker, 67, of Rhinebeck, New York on Friday, July 28. Police said search crews located Kerker’s body along Stony Brook in Stockbridge about 1.5…

By Katy Savage The Killington Select Board is barring volunteers who quit or spoke negatively about the town from rejoining the fire department under the newly-hired fire chief. “Anyone who signed the letter (published in the Mountain Times, Rutland Herald and social media) or bad-mouthed the fire department through social media is not currently allowed…

  Staff report On Monday, July 31, nearly 100 friends, family and supporters joined “The Killington Paddle Ladies,” who hosted a sunset paddle on Kent Pond to celebrate the life of Barb Wood. Wood, a long time resident of Pittsfield, well-known photographer and former employee of Killington Resort, passed away last Tuesday, July 25, surrounded…

The Vermont State Police is looking for a missing 67-year-old man who was last seen on July 9 at the Inn at Long Trail in Killington. Robert Kerker was reported overdue by his family to the National Park Service on July 24. The Vermont State Police was contacted on the evening of July 24 to…

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By Cassandra Tyndall So much about this astrological moment in time is about returning to the intelligence of the heart. Since antiquity, the heart was considered the mind and was the primary source of all knowing intelligence and infinite wisdom. At some point on the timeline in the not too distant past, following one’s heart…

Many things have changed over the course of my lifetime and that is to be expected. However, they seem to be changing at a rapid clip and this senior can barely keep up! It seems like we all used land line phones forever and now the majority of people have cell phones. You no longer…

  I knew the shape of the box. I could feel it, even though it was wrapped in the traditional Christmas paper and technically looked like all of the other boxes underneath the tree. But my sister and I, we just knew what would be in those 3-inch thick boxes. It wasn’t the right shape for…

  I watched an interview recently that featured a 70-year old man sitting in a wheelchair. He was mild-mannered and well kept and when prompted, spoke openly about his life and experiences. He was born in the United States, but because his father was involved in the military, he found himself growing up in Okinawa,…

  Named for their polka-dot-like markings, spotted turtles have declined throughout most of their range, which stretches from Maine south along the Atlantic coastal plain to northern Florida, and from western New York into the eastern Great Lakes states. This species is listed as threatened or endangered in northern New England states.  While I have…