Staff report The Vermont State Police has identified the officer involved in a fatal shooting that occurred Monday evening, June 19, in Fair Haven. Police said Kenneth W. Barber Jr., 38, of Castleton, was shot and killed by Fair Haven Police Detective Shaun Hewitt around 7:40 p.m. on Monday night on Washington Street. Maj. Dan…

  By Steven Jupiter/The Reporter W.RUTLAND—Residents of West Rutland met last month with representatives from the Housing Trust of Rutland County (HTRC) and their development team to discuss the affordable-housing project that HTRC is proposing for a site in that community.  The conference room at West Rutland Town Hall was at capacity, as dozens of…

After a tumultuous start to Killington’s first hybrid volunteer fire department, the town’s first paid fire chief and assistant chief have departed.  Town Manager Chet Hagenbarth announced June 20 that he accepted Fire Chief Chris LaHart’s verbal resignation on June 14 effective immediately, while Assistant Chief Glenn Burres was fired on June 19.  Paul Ginther…

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By Cassandra Tyndall We’ve reached the halfway point of the astrological year with the Sun’s entrance into Cancer and the Summer Solstice in the North and the Winter Solstice in the South. Thus, this week is ideal for pressing the pause button and reflecting on the six months past and the next six to come.…

  Wednesday, June 21—KILLINGTON—The 8th annual Bike Bum race series begins Wednesday. The popular local race series that’s all about fun and friendly competition is a 10-week race series being held on Wednesday afternoons from 2 p.m. starting June 21 and running through Aug. 23. Riders can sign-up solo or form a team of up…

By Katy Savage Fire Chief Chris LaHart verbally gave a two-week resignation on June 14 after a tumultuous start to his tenure —though Town Manager Chet Hagenbarth said the resignation is not official.  “I have nothing in writing,” Hagenbarth said. “I’m not going to speculate.”  LaHart did not immediately return a phone call on June…

  By Katy Savage After suddenly closing last winter, Baja Burrito is coming back to Kilington. Owner and chef Thomas Bartlett is reopening the restaurant June 21 at the former Taco X building at 2841 Killington Road.   “I’ve never been open in the summer so we’re going to try to put some summer foods…

  Legislative committee listened, delay implementation until July 2024 By Alden Wicker and Emma Cotton/VTDigger In May, a group of builders and architects took a somewhat unusual step: They asked Vermont lawmakers and state government officials to increase regulation and oversight of their own industry.  Requirements created by a new proposed building energy code, they argued,…

  Most Vermont gardeners realize warm-season vegetable crops like peppers, corn, tomatoes, basil and cucumbers aren’t safe in the garden until May 31. Luckily, this saved a lot of vegetables from the frost and freeze damage we had on May 18 around the state. If you did have some warm-season crops planted, they are likely…

  “When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it,” Norman Vincent Peale (author of The Power of Positive Thinking) famously said. Around in circle my feet go, through the phases of the pedal stroke. I pull the pedal backward and upward, my sticky…

  When I was a child, I was always contemplating what I might do if I had one (or several) wishes bestowed upon me. My desires for these wishes changed over time, but they all had a thread of consistency about achieving some level of renown in the disciplines I was interested in. For the…

  Here come real stars to fill the upper skies,  And here on earth come emulating flies,  That though they never equal stars in size, (And they were never really stars at heart Achieve at times a very star-like start...  —Robert Frost, “Fireflies in the Garden” It happens on a warm June evening: in the…

  In a column written back in May by fellow Mountain Times columnist, Dom Cioffi, he told about the various friends throughout his life. That got me thinking about the friends I have made over the years. Some remain in my life but most do not. The word “friend” is used rather loosely by many…