Uphill Travel routes are open for skinning. Make sure you grab a 2020-21 Uphill Travel pass from the season pass office at Snowshed, and review all of the safety information on Killington Resort’s Uphill Travel page before heading out to earn your turns (killington.com/the-mountain/mountain-info/uphill-travel.) The most crucial safety and etiquette guidelines to keep in mind are: Wear reflective…

The Rutland Regional Planning Commission (RRPC) in partnership with Enman Kesselring Consulting Engineers recently announced the final design of a stormwater runoff retention system in Pittsford. The goal of the project was to design a system to capture, treat, and infiltrate stormwater runoff from the drainage area that includes the Lothrop School, associated parking lots,…

Driving past The Sharon Academy High School, folks will notice a change: Integrity Energy of Bethel has installed 48 solar panels on the south-facing slope above the driveway. The Sharon Academy (TSA) expects that these new solar panels will provide approximately 40% of the high school’s annual energy usage. “This project is a win-win,” explained…

By Brett Yates Days after Congress allowed a national paid sick leave mandate for private- and public-sector workers affected by Covid-19 to expire, Rutland City’s Board of Aldermen approved new rules ensuring continued coverage for local municipal employees through at least March 31. Further extensions may occur, depending on “how everything is going” with the…

RCHS would like to remind you that pets need special care in the winter months. Dogs and cats should be inside when the temperature drops. Make sure that pets who are outside have water that isn’t frozen and is in plastic bowls, as tongues can stick and freeze to metal ones. Wipe your animal’s paws…

Due to two VAST employees not feeling well, VAST is temporarily closing its office. If you need something from the office like trail signs, visit vtvast.org, under the forms tab and fill out the form and email it to Ken Brown. His email is on the form. If you need anything else from the office…

Remote working has become popular in recent years, but the “working-from-home” economy boomed exponentially as the world was forced to confront the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom, as of summer 2020, 42%of the United States labor force was working from home full-time. The need for home office spaces has increased as more…

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By Brooke Geery 2020 will go down in infamy as a year remembered more for the bad than the good, like 1929 or 2008. For that reason, we’ve opted to save our Year In Review until we were sure it was actually over. Now, in this first week of January, let’s look back on the…

The top live shows I attended in the region this past year By DJ Dave Hoffenberg 2020 was an incredible year, like none other. I’ve never seen the world look forward more to a new year like everyone did for 2021. Don McLean sang about “the day the music died” in his hit song “American…

While it’s not fun to imagine getting sick, the Rutland County Humane Society (RCHS) thinks it’s important to plan for it and our pets, just in case. Gather your family around and put a plan together to ensure your animals will be well cared for in the event of an emergency. First, know the facts.…

By Cassandra Tyndall One of the highlights this week, and of this month, is the movement of action-planet Mars into Taurus. Thanks to an extremely long and rare trip through Aries, this is the first time in nearly six months we’ll have the opportunity to change the direction of our goals, plans and projects. Fast…

By Jack Lyons/VTDigger Soon after Vermont’s first wave of Covid-19 deaths subsided in May, another wave of death quickly began to climb: traffic collisions. Crashes at one point surpassed the death toll of the coronavirus, and killed 62 people in the state in 2020, up from 47 the year before. Vermont roads have had less traffic…

By Paul Costello As we come out of the crucible of the pandemic and look to a new year, we need more than recovery, we need to work together to advance renewal and resilience for our communities and economy. The Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) has been asking Vermonters what recovery will look like.…