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First Wednesdays Talk in Rutland Cancelled and Rescheduled

February 4, 2015
Rutland ~ The Vermont Humanities Council‘s First Wednesdays lecture with Dartmouth professor Jane Carroll, scheduled for tonight, Wednesday, February 4, at Rutland Free Library at 7:00 pm has been has been rescheduled to Wednesday, June 3. The talk,“Knight to Queen: Chess, Courtly Life, and the Game of Love in the Middle Ages,” is part of…

Lady Saints host deep Albany College of Pharmacy team

February 4, 2015
The Lady Saints will host Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in a USCAA basketball matchup on Feb. 5, 2015. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences are 11-4 overall and hold a 3-1 conference record. They are a team that has a deep lineup without one dominant player. They have three players who…

Fighting Saints men host Albany College of Pharmacy

February 4, 2015
The Fighting Saints men’s basketball team will be at home, matched up against Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences on Feb. 5, 2015. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences sits at 4-10 overall, with a 3-1 record in their conference. They are a USCAA Division II team, therefore this game will affect seeding…

Getaways 2015

February 3, 2015
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Saints men look to turn transition buckets into a win

February 2, 2015
By: Justin Lemanski, Athletics Reporter Vermont Tech’s men’s team  is 5-5 in the Yankee Small College Conference and will be looking to get a win to put themselves over .500 for the season. They are led by guard Jamal Hughes, who is averaging 19.7 points per game while shooting a team-high 58 percent from the field.…

Lady Saints look for win to maintain No. 1 ranking

February 2, 2015
By: Justin Lemanski, Athletics Reporter On the women’s side, Vermont Tech is 6-15 overall and 5-5 in the YSCC. They are led by senior Paige Wells, who is averaging 13.1 points per game. Vermont Tech will be looking to move up in the conference with a win against the USCAA leading Saints. The Lady Saints…

Basketball preview: Fighting Saints Men on the road at Berkeley-NYC, Feb. 1

January 30, 2015
By Justin Lemanski Athletics Reporter The Fighting Saints men will be on the road against Berkeley-NYC at noon Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015. Berkeley-NYC is in the USCAA, so this game will effect CSJ’s overall ranking within the league. Berkeley is currently 11-4 with a 5-0 home record, and will be looking to continue a 4-game…

Fighting Saints men’s basketball preview: CSJ vs. Pine Manor, Jan. 31 at 1 p.m.

January 30, 2015
By: Justin Lemanski Athletics Report The Fighting Saints men will be squaring off against Pine Manor at home at1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31. Pine Manor is an NCAA Division III team currently sitting at 7-8 overall. Pine Manor is a team that can score, averaging 96.1 points per game. Their depth consists of 19 total…

Video: 2015 Winter Death Race

January 29, 2015
Bobby Lanctot of the Mountain Times interviewed three men who were DNQ's (Did Not Quit) Marco, from Texas, Jeff, North Carolina, and Rob, from New York. These three were the last to finish at 6am on Monday morning,there journey began at 9pm Friday night, in sub zero temps that reached 30 below zero. No prizes…

Video: WCW Ski Bum Race Series Week #5

January 29, 2015
Video by Tim Buttner  

Horoscopes for January 22 – January 28, 2015

January 28, 2015
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 January 22 - January 28, 2015 Aries March 21 - April 20 You see enough about what's going…

Drones to aid ski area operations?

January 28, 2015
One of many topics discussed at NSAA Winter Conference By Karen D. Lorentz Ski areas need to have a drone policy and offer a culture of friendliness and helpfulness to ensure their futures. These were just two of the important takeaways from the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) Eastern Winter Conference and Trade Show hosted at…

Shumlin has tough words for schools, public safety leaders

January 28, 2015
By Cristina Kumka RUTLAND – Attendees of a legislative luncheon held at the Southside Steakhouse in Rutland Monday Jan. 26 were met with harsh words from Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin on how publicly-funded education and police dispatch should be reformed. Coming off a narrow November election, Shumlin told the 135-person crowd of local and state…

Auditor reports state land leases to ski areas are outdated

January 28, 2015
By Laura Krantz, VTDigger.org Vermont’s ski industry has outgrown the terms of decades-old leases of state land that were designed to help resorts grow and now result in lucrative deals for booming resorts, a state audit  released last week found. By most measures, the public-private partnership between resorts and the state is successful, but the…

Russian World Cup freestyle skiers train on new Highline course

January 28, 2015
By Polly Lynn KILLINGTON — Glenn Eddy, freestyle program director at Killington Mountain School, has known the head mogul coach for the World Cup Russian ski team, Stephen Fearing, for 20-something years so he was glad to welcome the team to train on the new freestyle course that KMS built on Highline. This year’s World Cup…