Saturday, April 25 at 8 a.m. — RUTLAND — The Vermont Sports Medicine Center's 23rd Annual 5k Run/Walk, one of the most popular road race events in the region, will be held on Saturday, April 25. The race starts and ends at Vermont Sports Medicine Center at 5 Albert Cree Drive in Rutland and will take place in rain,…

April 29-30 — RUTLAND — Rutland Regional Medical Center offers a variety of community programs to promote health and wellness. Join a four part-series designed to help make lifestyle changes to improve overall health and well-being. The workshops feature the basics of nutrition, exercise and evidence-based lifestyle changes. Attendees will learn how to create an effective weight-loss…

Tuesday, April 28 at 6 p.m. — POULTNEY — While some Americans have benefitted by the economic rebound following the Great Recession of 2007, real wages (income after inflation) for most workers have been flat for the past five decades. Meanwhile, according to a 2014 study by the Economic Policy Institute, chief executive pay as a multiple of the…

Wednesday, April 29 at 7 p.m. — RUTLAND — The LIVE in HD from the 92nd Street “Y” Speaker Series continues, addressing the long standing programmatic desire of the Paramount to bring notable Speakers (from a wide spectrum of fields) to the offerings at The Paramount. This new Speakers Series from one of the outstanding multi-faceted arts and…

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Cal Garrison (a.k.a Mother of the Skye) writes weekly horoscopes for The Mountain Times. If you would like an emailed notification sent to you weekly, sign up for the newsletter, below.         Horoscopes for April 9 - April 15, 2015 Aries March 21 - April 20 If you only knew. It's too bad…

By Polly Lynn KILLINGTON — On Saturday, April 11, the annual Bear Mountain Mogul Challenge took place on Outer Limits at Killington Resort. This year, the qualifying run and finals both took place on Saturday, rather than spanning the weekend, perhaps for the enjoyment of the fans who set up elaborate “tailgate” parties on the…

Iron Chef contender John Durney wears aviator goggles and camouflage, the official dress of team Farrell Distributing / Long Trail Brewing, while preparing bacon for their featured dish. The winning dish, "Some like it hot" included massive shrimp and flaming drinks Costumes, drinks and exotic dishes highlighted the night By Polly Lynn KILLINGTON — The…

By Amy Ash Nixon, VTDigger.org The House-proposed statewide property tax increase is lower than the rate of growth that the Legislature passed last year. The state needed to generate $50 million to support increases in statewide education spending for the current year. And it needs $16 million in new taxes for school spending in fiscal…

RUTLAND— On April 9, the Vermont State Police Drug Diversion Unit was notified of a possible case involving the sale and diversion of prescription narcotics involving Jami Baker, age 49 from Rutland City. Through the course of the investigation, it was revealed Baker was receiving a regular prescription for narcotics from a physician in Whitehall,…

Submitted Dennis Duby RUTLAND—On March 30, the Vermont State Police responded to a report from the Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility in Rutland of an inmate making suspicious phone calls and writing suspicious letters. Correctional staff were concerned accused murderer and inmate Dennis Duby, age 32, of Pittsford, may be contacting his ex-wife, violating his…

Chart courtesy of the town of Killington By Polly Lynn KILLINGTON — Questions were raised at Killington’s 2015 public information meeting in March about voter participation since the town moved to adopt Australian balloting in place of floor voting on Town Meeting Day. The Selectboard decided to research the issue. Looking at voting results from…

Submitted Kevin Kareckas CASTLETON — Taking his Castleton degree overseas shortly after walking across the stage at graduation, graduate student Kevin Kareckas will head to Poland to teach English at a local university for a full academic year after earning a spot in the prestigious Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Program. “I have always had a…

KILLINGTON — On Friday, April 10, Killington Resort announced a significant infrastructure investment. Primarily focused on expanding summer activities, Killington’s current wave of investment exceeds $3.5 million. The new summer attractions will be located in the Snowshed base area, Killington’s new summer epicenter for outdoor activities. At the center of these attractions, the Snowshed Express…

Killington Selectboard considers Complete Streets policy to aid in goal of becoming a premier resort community KILLINGTON — On Tuesday night, April 7, the Selectboard met with Jon Kaplan, Bicycle and Pedestrian Program Manager with the Vermont Agency of Transportation, and members of Vermont Local Roads Program to discuss new state legislation called “Complete Streets”…