Dear Editor, In her commentary, “Earning and Learning,” Patricia Moulton, president of Vermont Technical College lays out her plans to improve education outcomes and help students. A very noble undertaking. However, she begins her commentary with the same fundamental flaw, the same misconception the same falsehoods that the secretary of education, the deputy secretary of…

Dear Editor, The fall and winter can be a busy time full of fun activities and travel, but the same activities that bring joy can also negatively impact patients in need of lifesaving transfusions. In fact, right now, the American Red Cross is facing a severe blood shortage and has issued an urgent call for…

By Emerson Lynn When Amazon announced last week that instead of building its second headquarters in one city, it would locate within the metropolitan areas of two of the largest cities on the East Coast — New York City and Washington, D.C. — it was telling us something. Both locations have neighborhoods with populations larger…

Dear Editor, One of Rutland’s most selfless people was honored this past weekend, in a well-deserved ceremony celebrating literally thousands of hours of volunteerism devoted to the greater-Rutland community. The  Loyal Order of Moose honored Bobby Poquette, who recently received the national Moose organization’s highest honor, the Moose Pilgrim Degree of Merit. The honor is…

Dear Editor, As we mature we begin to be more understanding of the fact of our mortality. In the last year my wife, Zip, and I have witnessed the loss of several of our closest traveling mates in our annual trips around the sun. Now, without enough time to share, we have lost another voyager…

By Katy Savage KILLINGTON—Nina O’Brien had a pit in her stomach. She made it down her first run of the slalom race in 30th place with 15 racers to go at the Kilington World Cup Sunday, despite foggy weather, making it nearly impossible to see the course.  If she maintained her spot, she’d have a…

Suicide Six Ski Area at the Woodstock Inn & Resort has invested $400,000 to upgrade its snowmaking infrastructure for the 2018/2019 season with the installation of 10 new TechnoAlpin snow producers. For the first time, snow production on “The Face,” the mountain’s signature trail, and the ski and snowboard learning center, will be fully automated.…

By Russell Jones BRANDON — In a surprise announcement Thursday, Nov. 15, Babcock Solar Farm, LLC, filed documents that put an end to its proposed 2.2 MW solar project that would have been built near Park Street and Country Club Road in Brandon.  The formal initiative requested an order of dismissal for the project from the…

Whatever Forrest Forsythe set his mind to; he did zestfully and fully, immersing himself in his interests so deeply that they led him into one career after another and all around the world. Forsythe, who recently celebrated his 90th birthday and lived in Lincoln, MA, died peacefully on Nov. 18, 2018. Forrest was born to…

By Katy Savage WOODSTOCK—The school board voted to make significant changes to the elementary schools on Monday, Nov. 19. The board voted to temporarily integrate Prosper Valley School with Woodstock Elementary starting next fall and it voted to move half of Reading students to Woodstock next year. Reading will serve grades K-3, while grades 4-6…

Hundreds of lineworkers are working around the clock, and so far, have restored power to more than 75,000 customers after a heavy wet snow storm slammed Vermont starting Monday night. In all, more than 97,000 customers have lost power during this storm and in some areas, the outage totals continue to come in with new…

The National Weather service in Burlington has issued a winter storm warning, calling for up to 10 inches of snow in Windsor and Rutland County. The wind is also expected to gust as high as 35 miles per hour.

A combination of snowmaking and strong early-season snowfall allowed both Stowe and Okemo Mountain Resort to open earlier than in most prior years— Friday, Nov.16. Stowe offered top-to-bottom skiing and riding with over 2,000 vertical feet of continuous terrain off of the Four Runner Quad chairlift on Mount Mansfield—Vermont’s highest peak. Open trails on Mount…

International Ski Federation gives green light to Killington Cup Race Killington  received a positive snow control announcement on Thursday, Nov. 15 from FIS (International Ski Federation), the governing body of the Audi FIS Ski World Cup. According to FIS: “This is to inform you that the Ladies' Audi FIS Ski World Cup races in Killington…

By Katy Savage Kristen Anderson drove four hours from Connecticut to Killington to ski every weekend of the winter. “I dreaded going back on Sundays,” she said. “I could feel myself getting anxious – and I’m not an anxious person.” After experiencing Killington’s hospitality by visiting the restaurants and services for 10 years, Anderson decided…