March 1-2—KILLINGTON—Aspiring Freestyle moguls skiers have a rare opportunity to train with one of the sport’s greatest athletes as Olympic gold medalist and world champion Donna Weinbrecht returns to Killington for her signature Mogul Camp. The camp, designed for intermediate and advanced skiers, offers two intensive days of expert coaching to help participants refine their…

By Abbie Sherman, Killington public works director Construction of the Killington water system, which is visible along Route 4 and the top of Shagback Mountain, is well underway. A summary of the status of Phases 1 and 2 is below, and additional information regarding connection to the water system is available on the town of Killington…

By Pearl Bellomo RUTLAND CITY—On Tuesday, March 4, residents of Rutland City will vote on its next mayor. Will it be a second term for incumbent Michael Doenges or a first term for Rutland City Alderman Henry Heck? The Mountain Times spoke with each candidate to learn more. Q&A with Rutland City Mayor Michael Doenges…

The Laurance & Mary Rockefeller Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation recently awarded $63,500 in grants to 22 organizations in its 2024 competitive grants round. Grants include a combination of awards to organizations supporting arts, social services, youth programming, and public health in Woodstock and its surrounding communities. The fund grants to organizations working to…

By Brett Yates Earlier this month, the Chittenden Select Board approved a motion to start giving out $50 tickets to illegally parked cars on Wildcat Road. The town’s road foreman had already ordered signs that would warn drivers not to leave their cars in the roadway. “People go up there to go cross-country skiing, and…

A Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) decision Friday, Feb. 21, will enable University of Vermont Health Network (UVMHN) to continue providing community-based dialysis services in Rutland as well as St. Albans and Newport.  Since November 2024, the health system has been working with Rutland Regional Medical Center, Northwestern Medical Center, and North Country Hospital to…

By U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders I do not often find myself in the habit of thanking Elon Musk, but he has done an exceptional job of demonstrating a point that we have made for years — and that is the fact we live in an oligarchic society in which billionaires dominate, not only our politics…

Dear Editor,  Mike Doenges has been doing a very good job as mayor and deserves a second term. I have known Mike since he was a teenager; he came to our house to help Art and me with our computer. He was an industrious worker then and continues to be. He is outstanding in the…

Dear Editor, Editor’s note: This letter was originally addressed to the Mountain Views Supervisory Union Board and the communities it serves and is shared by request. As district employees, we were very concerned to see the petition calling for the removal or resignation of Superintendent Sherry Sousa. Confronting racism and swiftly addressing racist incidents are…

Dear Editor, We are writing to the Mountain Views Supervisory Union Board and the communities it serves, to express our support for Sherry Sousa as superintendent of the Mountain Views Supervisory Union (MVSU). As principals and directors within the MVSU, we have worked closely with Sherry towards our goal of creating and maintaining a positive…

Dear Editor, I write this letter as a parent and grandparent, a retired French and Spanish teacher with 44 years of experience, and a current school board chair. After receiving a letter requesting the dismissal of superintendent Sherry Sousa due to a lawsuit settled a year ago, I have engaged with community members, spoken with…

Dear Editor, The most alarming thing about Governor Scott’s education transformation proposal is that it follows the playbook of conservative billionaires who are funding a coordinated effort to dismantle public education. Americans for Prosperity, a political advocacy group founded by the Koch Brothers, recently confirmed this when they singled out and praised Governor Scott’s efforts.…

By Kevin Chu Editor’s note: Kevin Chu is the executive director of the Vermont Futures Project, an independent non-partisan organization pursuing answers to their mission question: How can we use data to support the evolution of Vermont’s economy towards a thriving future full of opportunity for all? Personal growth is universally celebrated. We encourage people…

A record of just over 3,000 elementary and middle school students learned to find and identify signs of bobcat, raccoon, snowshoe hare and white-tailed deer this winter. This success marks the fifth year of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Dept’s Scat and Tracks program. Scat and Tracks is a hybrid outdoor education curriculum that got its start…

By Noah Diedrich, Community News Service Editor’s note: The Community News Service is a program in which University of Vermont students work with professional editors to provide content for local news outlets at no cost. Can Vermont legislators distinguish an AI-generated portrait from a real one? That was the question facing the Senate government operations committee last…