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…

By Christy Lynn Members of The Mountain Times gather around “Best Ad Designer” Maxx Steinmetz, who holds up two first place awards won at the Advertising, Circulation and Marketing awards ceremony in Boston, Friday, Feb. 20. Pictured (l-r): Jason Mikula, Erica Harrington, Lindsey Rogers, Maxx Steinmetz, Polly Lynn, and Kyle Finneron. Staff report The Mountain…

Thursday, Feb. 26 — KILLINGTON—The Sherburne Women’s Club will again be presenting a candidates’ forum prior to the 2015 Board of Selectmen election. The Forum will take place on Thursday, Feb. 26, at the Killington town offices (lower level) on River Road. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the forum will begin promptly at 7…

Thursday, Feb. 26 — KILLINGTON —  On Thursday, Feb. 26, The Killington Pico Area Association will host a Killington Selectboard Candidate Forum at the Killington Welcome Center to educate our members on the upcoming Selectboard election. Candidate Jim Haff will speak from 10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. and Candidate Chris Bianchi will speak from 10:30 a.m.…

Staff report Brandon Two one-year seats on the Brandon Select Board are up for vote this year. Incumbents Ethan Swift and Doug Bailey will face challenger Dennis Reisenweaver. The remaining two years of Maria Ammatuna’s Select Board seat is also up for vote. Seth Hopkins, a member of the Budget Committee, will face Richard Baker,…

Robert Gensburg, lead attorney in the landmark education funding decision Brigham vs. State of Vermont, testified before the House Education Committee on Thursday. By Amy Ash Nixon, VTDigger.org As the House Education Committee gets to work on the finer points of a committee bill aimed to tackle both governance issues and cost concerns, an important…

RUTLAND – PEGTV, Rutland County’s public access television station, will be broadcasting a live mayoral forum between candidates Christopher Louras, David Allaire and Kam Johnston. The debate will air on PEGTV channel 21 at 7 p.m. Current Mayor Christopher Louras and his opponents David Allaire and Kam Johnston will answer questions from moderator Tom Donahue…

Editor’s note: The Mountain Times receives many questions from readers every week about Killington Resort and Pico Mountain operations. In order to best answer some of the most common questions we will pose them directly to Mike Solimano, president and general manager for Killington Resort and Pico Mountain, who has agreed to respond in an…