Several Vermont tree champions have been honored by the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program (VT UCF) for their staunch commitment and dedication to protecting and preserving their community’s forests and trees. In addition to the prestigious Vermont Arbor Day award, given to an individual who has made a significant difference in his or her…

The Killington community needs to take extra steps now to prevent bear conflicts from getting worse this spring, Vermont Fish and Wildlife said in a public service announcement. The department has been getting reports from Killington residents of bears getting into garbage and becoming bolder over the past few weeks.  “Now that bears know about…

  In early April, the largest Killington Mountain School squad yet qualified for USASA Nationals at Copper Mountain. Fourteen athletes competed in a variety of disciplines including rail jam, slopestyle, boardercross, slalom and giant slalom. The team had to acclimate to the conditions, including the high altitude at 11,368 feet above sea level as well…

Laetitia Clary Ingrid Jonker, 77, died of metastatic breast cancer on Saturday, April 29, 2023. Clary left us exactly as she wanted, peacefully and comfortably at home with her children at her side.    Clary was born in Hardenberg, the Netherlands, in 1945 and married in 1967. Her husband’s studies and work had the family…

Rutland County Humane Society is set to receive a $10,000 grant  investment from national nonprofit Petco Love in support of its  life saving work for animals. Petco Love is a national nonprofit leading change for pets by harnessing the power of love to make  communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since its founding…

By Katy Savage Killington may soon have the service of two search and rescue teams. Around 12 former members of Killington Search and Rescue (KSAR), who quit or were fired over a dispute with the new fire chief in March have joined Rescue, Inc. out of Brattleboro and expect to be in service to the…

By Curt Peterson Windsor Central Supervisory Union  Director of Finance and Operations Jim Fenn and Butler Bus Co. proposed purchasing four fully electric school buses for the Barnard and Woodstock bus routes last night, and the board approved the project. Thomas Bus Co., a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks N.A., in North Carolina, won a bidding…

Around 108 people attended a community discussion on Thursday, April 27 — the first of what are expected to be several meetings. “It’s been an emotional situation and we all have a lot of thoughts about this,” said Monica Collins, a Rochester resident who led the group.  Collins is the associate director for career services…

By Cassandra Tyndall This week brings the crescendo of the current eclipse season with a Scorpio Full Moon or Lunar Eclipse. Not only does this eclipse round out the current season, it’s also the last Scorpio eclipse we’ll see in about a decade. In any form of healing, whether that be physical, emotional or spiritual,…

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  During the spring fish spawning season, the Dept. of Environmental Conservation (DEC) reminds Vermonters that permitted lake encroachment construction projects (like shoreline stabilization or projects that disturb the lakebed) in public lakes and ponds are typically not allowed from March 15 to July 1. Examples of lake encroachment construction projects that are not allowed during…

By Deborah J. Benoit It’s finally spring (never mind any snow still on the ground). Daffodils have emerged, their buds anxious to open. Soon tulips (Tulipa), perhaps the most anticipated flowers of spring, will grace front yards and town squares.  Tulips are so plentiful that sometimes we take their presence for granted. They’re common flowers,…

Trees, they sway in the breeze, they have twigs, branching out on all sides.  Each branch,  sprouting leaves, leaves of kindness of love for the world, love for the earth, for Mother Nature. People need to give more. More love, especially for the earth. Don’t let things blow away in the wind, hold onto them,…

I lay in my bed, the sun shining through the windows and turning our nighttime fortress into an unavoidable brightness.  The heat is off, but the weather hasn’t quite warmed up yet and I really don’t want to get out from underneath the covers until the sun has actually warmed up the house.   But…