By Katy Savage The Woodstock Economic Development Commission (EDC) unanimously awarded a new childcare center a $94,000 grant on Thursday, April 6, despite complaints and an anonymous letter of concern from parents.  EDC chair Jon Spector and other members said the issues in the community haven’t influenced the EDC’s decision. “In my view that criteria…

Killington and Pico Resort Partners President and General Manager Mike Solimano has been named a recipient of the 2023 Sammy Leadership award, according to an April 10 news release. The 25th annual award honors innovative, inspiring, courageous, and passionate industry leaders making a difference locally and nationally. Recipients are determined based on nominations by members of the ski…

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By Cassandra Tyndall  Careful what you wish for, because you just might get it. I’m sure that’s a phrase you’re familiar with. This week, agreeable Venus shifts signs from where she’s strong, stable and secure to where she’s adaptable, curious and more easily influenced. Sure, the social mood may become lighter and more fluid, but…

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By Elsie Lynn Parini/Addison County Independent There was a moment when Fran Bull decided to be an artist: “I remember sitting on a commuter train back in the ’70s, traveling from Setauket, Long Island, to New York City,” Bull explains in her online biography. “I was in my late 20s, a person of many interests,…

The Future of Vermont action team is launching a statewide youth opportunity initiative, facilitated by the Vermont Council on Rural Development, to embark on a deep engagement process to draw input from youth, community members, parents, advocates, municipal leaders, educators, school administrators, business owners, policy experts, and others to identify strategies and action to advance…

By Glenn Heitsmith  Okemo Mountain Ski Resort buttons up its winter business on Sunday, April 16,  with a strong snowpack and equally impressive customer satisfaction numbers. As guest speaker for the April 4 meeting of the Ludlow Rotary Club, Okemo GM and Vice President Bruce Schmidt described a “tale of two seasons.”  Snowfall for the…

Set in remote County Donegal in Ireland in 1936, Friel’s memory play is placed in the small cottage of the five Mundy sisters, their fallen priest brother, and a wayward Welshman on two days in August at the harvest festival of Lughnasa. Their story is told through the adult eyes of 7 year-old Michael. The…

Saturday, April 15 — GRANVILLE— On Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., do something nice for yourself and help out your furry, four-legged friends. Come on out to the “Hello Spring” fair at the Granville Town Hall, 4157 Route 100N, Granville, Vermont.  This is a fundraiser to benefit Homeward Bound, the Humane Society in Addison County, featuring…

Wednesday, April 12 at 7 p.m.—WALLINGFORD—The Sky Blue Boys, a duo comprised of Willy and Dan Lindner (who formed Banjo Dan and the Mid-Nite Plowboys), will perform at Wallingford Town Hall at 75 School St. in Wallingford on Wednesday, April 12 at 7 p.m.  The duo has built up a large repertoire of wonderful old…

By Karen D. Lorentz When you find yourself talking to a monkey and answering his questions, you know that there’s still a “kid” in you even if you are a senior! And that makes it easy to understand why kids gravitate to this puppet named Hairball.  It jokes around with them, often asking if they…

State Auditor Doug Hoffer released a new audit March 29 examining the Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living’s performance inspecting long-term care homes housing vulnerable older Vermonters. The audit found that across seven years DAIL, as the department is called, was not performing annual facility inspections as required by law and rarely used enforcement…

By Lola Duffort/VTDigger A last-minute amendment tacked on to the Vermont House’s $8.5 billion state budget bill, H.494, would reallocate $20 million set aside for child care to house and provide services for certain unhoused Vermonters now living in hotels. A pandemic-era program housing about 2,800 people experiencing homelessness in hotels ran out of federal funding March 31, and…

We didn’t have time to practice so this first time was going to have to be the best time. Well, you don’t get to really practice anyways because it’s not like you can go in and use the hibachi tables while no one is looking. The only experience you can garner is from watching the hibachi…