By Karen D. Lorentz Bret Williamson has recently expanded the Killington Valley Real Estate team of agents with the addition of Cathy Qualgia and Gary Thompson, two longtime Killington area brokers.  “They were my peers when I began working as a broker at KVRE in 2004,” Williamson said, noting their considerable experience and knowledge.…

By Lola Duffort/VTDigger The session’s omnibus housing bill advanced again on Thursday, April 13, with Act 250 provisions untouched, and those beating the drum of state-level deregulation are beginning to lose hope that they will win any concessions this year. On an 8-4 vote, the House Committee on General and Housing advanced S.100 with few changes, save for…

Staff report A new homeowners ‘association could be coming to Killington. An Act 250 permit for the project, submitted by Moon Dance LLC, has been under review since last August to subdivide a 257-acre parcel into 25 lots off of Falls Brook Road in Killington. A permit was granted in March pending approval from the…

Ski-on, ski-off mountain retreats selling for millions, multiple offers in days, sight unseen By Karen D. Lorentz and Polly Mikula The most expensive house in Killington sold on March 28, for $3.475 million after multiple offers, marking the first single-family home in Killington to sell for more than $3 million. But it won’t be the only…

  A new study by Santa Monica realtors released Jan. 19, revealed the states where house prices rose the most over the past year. It should come as no surprise to anyone in Vermont that they have risen at a rapid pace since the beginning of the pandemic. A new study based on 2022 home values…

Staff report For Will and Alexandra Chou, Killington mountain is their backyard. “Walking the dog is going for an amazing hike in the woods,” Will said. The couple from New Jersey bought a ski-in, ski-out property at Sunrise Mountain Village in Killington in April — a rare find for the area. The Chous are making…

Killington real estate activity slows, but prices break records By Katy Savage Real estate agents are seeing the lowest housing inventory in memory as homes sell for record prices. Heidi Bomengen, the owner of  Prestige Real Estate, said she’s never seen such low inventory. “Never before, since tracking these data, have there been fewer sales,”…

By Julia Purdy Book-burning is always an interesting subject to anyone with any curiosity about history. Hints have filtered down to us about book-burning under Germany’s Third Reich and the destruction of the ancient library at  Alexandria, Egypt. Sometimes pop culture deals with the topic, as in Ray Bradbury’s 1953 novel, “Fahrenheit 451,” which posits…

By Julia Purdy Sleepy Whipple Hollow Road in Pittsford was reduced to one lane as a crowd gathered for the rededication of a roadside monument on Sunday May 7, marking the place where the Crown Point military road of 1759 passed along a small valley on the way to Lake Champlain.  Speakers included Barry Griffith,…

  We shuffle across the top, avoiding the crux of the mound. Instead, we slide around. Looking down at the luscious field below, still we slide around. Not for any particular reason, but perhaps merely to avoid beginning rather than simply diving right in. It’s too awesome to be there, at the start, looking down…

I got out of work the other night and had nothing to do, so I decided to walk nine holes. Luckily, it was the perfect scenario: spring was in full bloom, the temperature was stable, and the course appeared empty.  I walked up to the first tee and did a few stretches and then proceeded…

Hear ye, hear ye! The queens have emerged! We’re talking about bumble bees (genus Bombus). For several weeks each spring, any bumble bee you see is a queen – and very hard at work. She must construct her kingdom. Her mother (the previous queen), and most of her siblings will have perished. Unlike honey bees,…

Sugary water, Dripping, Dripping. Slowly filling up the buckets. Maple sap boiling, Until at last, Sugary syrup, Slowly moving. Delicious, Dripping on your pancakes. Maple sugar fills your mouth with joy. Pure Vermont, Pure love, Pure maple syrup. Maple is love because it’s made with teamwork, Everything’s better when you work as a team.

We all have our limits with certain things. Some people might call those boundaries. I like to call them non-negotiables. Try as we might to be fluid and flexible or in some instances, appear nonchalant, things can get under one’s skin. Something you once saw from a logical standpoint may now feel sensitive or emotional…

Dear Editor, In early May, during a discussion of H.483, a bill that would define Vermont’s response to the Carson v. Makin decision, Senate Education Chair Brian Campion said “Given all the issues we have in this state, this is the biggest most important bill for them? I expected better. I would much rather be…