March 8 - 9 — RUTLAND — Rutland Youth Theatre invites interested actors to come out for auditions for Disney’s Mulan Jr. - the Musical, on Sunday, March 8 from 3 - 6 p.m. or on Monday, March 9 from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Auditions will be held at Rutland Youth Theatre in the Courcelle Building on…

RUTLAND — Rutland Recreation and Parks Department will begin two new programs this week: indoor sports and tot trop-in. The 2015 indoor season at Giorgetti Arena will begin the week of March 9 with programs including youth indoor lacrosse, soccer, field hockey and flag football; as well as adult indoor leagues including field hockey, women’s 30+…

Tuesday, March 10 at 6:30 p.m. — RUTLAND — Your body is the most important piece of equipment for any sport you play and golf is no exception. On Tuesday, March 10 from 6:30 - 8 p.m., join Matthew Gammons, MD and Tyler White, ATC of Vermont Orthopaedic Clinic’s iSPORT Program, as they discuss injuries common to…

Anne and Bill Mercier, owners, and their staff at Mountain Meadows Lodge have been hosting weddings and group events since 2006.  Dave Wright of Killington is operations manager, PV Hall, also of Killington, is the sous chef, and Lauren Davie, from Woodstock is the wedding coordinator.  MML is an ideal setting for family and friends…

Killington Selectboard Forum Executive Summary   To educate our members on the upcoming Selectboard election, the KPAA held a candidate forum on Thursday, February 26.  Each candidate was given 10 minutes for an opening statement followed by four questions developed by the KPAA that they were given to each candidate in advance.  Following the four…

February 27, 2015 Dear Killington Residents, We are writing to further explain our budget proposal (Article 3) and the financial status of the Town to address questions and misinformation that have been circulated in the last few days. The reality is that Town finances, while not ideal, are the deliberate result of how we, as…

WATERBURY – With continued uncertainty over whether or for how long Congress will approve funding for the Department of Homeland Security, Gov. Peter Shumlin and Vermont public safety officials today outlined impacts of a shutdown for Vermont. If funding is not approved by midnight tonight most divisions of the federal agency will suspend operations. While…

By Justin Lemanski Athletics Reporter The Saints are on their way to USCAA national tournament, March 4-7, 2015. You can follow the tournament on social media using #USCAAbball15. Women’s basketball The Lady Saints will face Penn State-Fayette in the opening round of the USCAA national tournament at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 5, 2015. Fayette has an…

By Amy Ash Nixon, VTDigger.org Attention turned to class sizes and student-staff ratios as the House Education Committee continued to fine tune its education reform bill Monday, Feb. 23. Brad James, education finance manager for the Vermont Agency of Education, showed committee members tables detailing student-staff and administrator-student ratios in Vermont’s schools. “We have extraordinarily…

By Polly Lynn KILLINGTON — Parliament Funkadelic (aka P. Funk, aka George Clinton) performed at the Pickle Barrel, Thursday, Feb. 19, as part of their international tour. Sir Nose, with his signature low-hanging white fuzzy pants, large-brimmed hat and abstractly large nose, was a popular character on the Killington stage. P-Funk is famous not only…

By Cristina Kumka RUTLAND — The following information regarding the positions of Rutland mayoral candidates Incumbent Chris Louras, Dave Allaire and Kam Johnston came directly from the election season’s first mayoral debate held at the College of St. Joseph in Rutland Feb. 18. What makes a healthy community? Dave Allaire, longtime Rutland Board of Aldermen president, said Feb.18,…

By Stephen Seitz February is almost done, and that means town meeting is around the corner. This year it is on March 3. Towns in Windsor County and across the state will choose their officers and decide on their budgets, among other things, that day. Woodstock Town Clerk Jay Morgan said, as always, he’d like…

1) Why are you running? I’m concerned about the numbers and presentation contained in our annual reports that do not reflect accurate information. I believe it’s painting a rosier picture than actually is. I’ve always been about providing accurate information for the voters in the town of Killington to make an educated vote. 2) In…

1) Why are you running? It’s been an honor to serve our town and I want to work with our board to continue the progress we’ve made. In the six years that I have been on the board, I’ve worked with six different Select Board members and two town managers. By continuing to serve on…