Houston Bernard is bringing his solo acoustic show to Rivershed in Killington, for the first time. He’ll be playing this Friday and Saturday at 6 p.m. and Sunday brunch at noon.  I saw Bernard perform back in September, in a private show that was part of a singer/songwriter festival. He sang a song about his…

By Ruth Farmer Editor’s note: Ruth Farmer is a published essayist and poet. She is sole owner of Farmer Writing and Editing ruthfarmer.com. A few weeks ago, I was in the midst of a busy fall semester — too many student papers, meetings and emails — when a friend sent me a link to the…

Dear Editor, Where is one expected to go and what is one supposed to do, particularly when there is no place located either centrally downtown or elsewhere within easy strolling distance, to go, most especially at night, on the weekend or on an official holiday when one urgently needs to relieve themselves and there is…

Dear Editor, Vermont Senate bill S.5, the Affordable Heat Act, is an attempt to lower Green House Gas (GHG) emissions from heating  buildings in Vermont. A laudable objective. However, the bill goes about this reduction in an extremely complicated and expensive way. It requires fossil fuel dealers to pay for their customers to invest in…

By Bill McKibben Editor’s note: Bill McKibben is an internationally known climate activist and writer who lives in Ripton. I have been arguing for some time now that we’ve reached the point in human history where we should stop setting stuff on fire: coal, oil, biomass, or in this case the “natural gas” that’s burned…

By Victoria Gaither How do you define a community? Webster’s Dictionary defines a community as a group with shared values, interests, and goals.  While that is true, the story of Arlo, the missing 1-year-old dog, and how the Killington community came together to bring him home to his owner, Joseph “Joe” Ceccacci, who was recovering…

The 2023 tax season officially opens Jan. 23, at both the federal and state levels. This is the date that the IRS and Vermont begin accepting personal income tax returns for tax year 2022.  The department offers the following tips to make filing and getting your refund easier and faster:  Wait to receive all W-2…

By Riley Robinson/VTDigger Vermont’s revenues are in boom times, state economists announced Tuesday, Jan. 17, as public coffers are buoyed by what economic adviser Jeff Carr called “epic, unprecedented, off-the-charts” federal money — for now. Those same economists predicted the state’s general fund revenues will drop nearly 9% in the fiscal year that begins July 1,…

By Rep. Jim Harrison The semi-annual revenue update from state economists was presented and adopted last Tuesday, Jan. 17. Both the administration’s and legislature’s outside experts agreed that the unprecedented influx of federal dollars to the state and individuals (a total of $10 billion over the past few years), has definitely helped state coffers. The…

Our 2023 legislative session is off to a fast start. Only two and a half weeks into the session, we’ve already passed our first bill (H.42 which extends remote options for Town Meeting wwand the Open Meeting Law).  Committees are meeting and being brought up to speed on the reports they have requested and the…

Staff report Mikaela Shiffrin became the most decorated women's alpine skier on Tuesday, Jan. 24 when she won her 83rd World Cup race. She broke Lindsey Vonn's record of 82 wins set in 2019. Shiffrin continued her winning streak on Wednesday, Jan. 25, when she won a giant slalom race in Italy, bringing her total…

By Polly Mikula The town of Killington hosted an environmental review public hearing for its proposed public water system as part of its regular Select Board meeting on Monday, Jan. 23. “It’s a brand new public drinking water system for the town and includes all the elements of source, transmission, pumping, storage and distribution,” explained Wayne…

Game wardens are investigating a bald eagle that was shot and killed on Lake Rescue in Ludlow.  “All I can tell you right now is that it is an active investigation,” said Sgt. Carey Timothy on Jan. 24, decling to say more. A conviction results in $1,222 in fines and restitution, along with a three-year…

Karen Bowles (Riggs) 85, of Killington passed away on December 12, 2022. She was predeceased by her husband, George. She is survived by her brother Peter, sisters-in-law Margaret Powers and Lucy Bowles, brother-in-law Raymond Bowles and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. Karen was born in 1937 to Irene Manning Riggs and Oliver Riggs and…

By Brett Yates As Pittsfield officials prepare the annual budget for Town Meeting Day, they expect to use surplus monies – labeled “undesignated funds” — to pay for various capital expenditures, including a new grader for the highway department and improvements to the Town Hall, instead of raising additional taxes to cover them. “We have…