By Merisa Sherman I watch with a gleeful satisfaction as the wood greedily soaks up the stain. The pale color of the pine is overwhelmed by the darkness, like The Nothing taking over Fantasia in the “Never Ending Story.” It seeps across the grain like tentacles as I swipe my brush slowly along the wood.…

By Kimberley Rupe This time of year, it seems as though many organizations take a look back at the past year and all they have accomplished. Reflecting on the past year probably brings up similar themes for many organizations across our region, given the various challenges the world has presented us this past year and…

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By Cassandra Tyndall The term “solstice” is Latin for “sun standing still.” These two major points of the sun’s annual journey are our invitation to pause and reflect on the last six months while casting our gaze on the next. Regardless of whether you’re celebrating winter or summer, you’ll notice that over the next few…

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By Cassandra Tyndall Astrologically speaking, it’s an amazingly quiet week. That said, there will be one area of your life where you’re pressed to strike a balance between the old and the new. This is because 2021’s major influence of Saturn square Uranus becomes active once again. You might notice some frustration or tension rise…

School district outlines donation regulations By Curt Peterson Windsor Central Unified Union School District board member and Policy Committee Chair Lou Piconi (Woodstock) reviewed the proposed naming policy the district hopes to employ when raising funds for the new $80 million middle/high school complex as well as other projects and programs on the drawing boards. …

Governor lifts all Covid restrictions, recommendations remain in place for the unvaccinated  By Hannah Laga Abram Gov. Phil Scott Monday morning lifted all state-mandated Covid-19 restrictions.  The state of emergency, in place since March 13, 2020, will expire at midnight June 15.  The order came after the announcement that Vermont became the first state to…

Resort will host the FIS Ski World Cup on Thanksgiving weekend 2021 and 2022 Staff report On June 10, Killington Resort and U.S. Ski & Snowboard, the national governing body of Olympic ski and snowboard sports in the U.S., announced a two-year agreement for Killington Resort to host the women’s FIS Ski World Cup. The…

By Brett Yates After a months long effort, the Mendon Select Board has abandoned its proposal to restrict gunfire within town limits. “I’m going to say no. I don’t think it’ll work,” Selectwoman Valorie Taylor concluded at the board’s last meeting, Monday, June 14. Negative public opinion appeared to play a major role in the…

By Brett Yates After significant delays and cost overruns, the Rutland City Dept. of Public Works (DPW) expects by November to see the substantial completion of the wastewater system overhaul authorized on Town Meeting Day in 2019, when voters passed a $7.4 million bond to fund a package of four sewerage improvements. At that time,…

By Katherine Lazarus Banyai was permitted to build a storage shed as an accessory building for his permitted house, even after the Environmental Court ordered him to remove the building earlier this year.  Banyai’s neighbors, the Huletts, filed an appeal on the permit, which was heard Thursday, June 10. Richard Hulett Jr., member of the…

By Emma Cotton/VTDigger The administrators of a Facebook group called “Killington Locals” chose a new featured photo for their page on Thursday: two sheep peeking over the backseat of a Volvo.  The picture marked the end of a journey for the sheep in question, who escaped from their new home at Mission Farm on Sunday, June…

In the case of the annual Field Day at the Mettawee Community School (MCS), weather was the mother of invention. With temperatures tipping toward 90 degrees, the traditional game of Duck-Duck-Goose was tweaked for relief, as well as old-fashioned fun. The kids still sat in a circle, but instead of a quick tap on the…

By Polly Mikula On Thursday, June 10, a couple hundred people from the community gathered, in-person, at the Killington Grand Hotel for the semi-annual update. Typically the event draws 600-700 attendees, Mike Solimano, president and general manager of Killington Resort and Pico Mountain, told the crowd. Invitations were limited this year, he added, “but it’s…