KILLINGTON—Police have yet to find two baby goats that were stolen from Hinterland Organic Farm in Killington overnight Sunday, July 7. The two 7-month-old miniature billy goats were tethered to a 150-pound weight, which was also stolen, said Killington Police Chief Whit Montgomery. “We don’t have much to go on at this point,” Montgomery said.…

Poultney voters defeated an article 549-302 on Tuesday, July 9, to loosen zoning bylaws and let a Dollar General come to town. The article would have let property owners bypass the Development Review Board by permitting mixed commercial and light industrial uses in the village. “It would have significantly reduced the oversight,” Poultney Planning Commision…

By Dave Hoffenberg Head to Friday Night Live to see O-Town and Aaron Carter. O-Town is Jacob Underwood, Dan Miller, Trevor Penick and Erik-Michael Estrada. I had the pleasure of speaking with Underwood to find out what's been happening since they were all on “Making the Band,” the fact that Simon Cowell owes his TV…

Q&A with Rye Matthews By Julia Purdy Vermont Hydroponic Produce on Whipple Hollow Road in Florence has been acquired by Northeast Hemp Commodities, maker of Methodorganics health products. The landscape along the Castleton River now features acres and acres of neat rows of sprouted hemp plants emerging from their black plastic beds. The Mountain Times…

KILLINGTON—Police have yet to find two baby goats that were stolen from Hinterland Organic Farm in Killington overnight Sunday, July 7. The two 7-month-old miniature billy goats were tethered to a 150-pound weight, which was also stolen, said Killington Police Chief Whit Montgomery. “We don’t have much to go on at this point,” Montgomery said.…

Poultney voters defeated an article 549-302 on Tuesday, July 9, to loosen zoning bylaws and let a Dollar General come to town. The article would have let property owners bypass the Development Review Board by permitting mixed commercial and light industrial uses in the village. “It would have significantly reduced the oversight,” Poultney Planning Commision…

By Curt Peterson BRIDGEWATER—In 2018, Bridgewater wrote 12 percent of all traffic citations in the state. The topic is a bone of contention among members of the three-person Select Board, and a hot topic among the town’s 936 residents and handful of businesses. “Being Vermont’s biggest ticket writer does not enhance Bridgewater’s reputation,” said Lynne…

Staff report WOODSTOCK—The Norman Williams Public Library’s heating and cooling system failed, so library staff and volunteers are offering home delivery of books, DVDs and magazines, for free. “We can deliver right to our patrons at home,” said Norman Williams Public Library Director Amanda Merk. The library has long offered home delivery at the request…

Staff report The Green Mountain Trails in Pittsfield are becoming part of the Rochester Area Trail Alliance. The RASTA board voted last week to add the GMT network, which features 25 miles of trails, to its chapter. “We thought it was a pretty good, natural fit,” said RASTA President Angus McCusker, who made the announcement…

By Curt Peterson HARTLAND­—Todd Heyman and Suzy Kaplan have created Fat Sheep Farm and Cabins in Hartland to emulate the popular European farm-stay destinations — where guests live and work on a real farm and pay for the experience. Accommodations are all new since 2017 when their first farm-stay visitor occupied one of the five…

By Ed Larson Just before 10 a.m. on Monday, July 1, workers from Fabian Construction unearthed what they believed was a human skull at a construction site on Green Hills Lane, in Rutland City. The work was being done partially on the roadway and on property owned by Central Vermont Motorcycles. John Center, of Fabian…

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By Katy Savage A Woodstock organization is trying to get more residents in the expensive town by helping people buy homes. With an anonymous $500,000 grant, the Woodstock Community Trust is buying homes, fixing them and selling them at a reduced rate. Jill Davies, a Woodstock Select Board member who spearheaded the idea in December…

By Katy Savage The shuttered Green Mountain College has hit the market with no sales price. The private liberal arts college in Poultney, which was founded in 1834, is listed for sale by Colliers International in Boston. V/T Commercial owner Tony Blake, who is representing the property locally, is looking for bidders. There is no…