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Haff, Bianchi face off for selectman

January 28, 2015
By Stephen Seitz KILLINGTON – Killington voters will be choosing between two familiar faces when the pick a selectman in March. Both incumbent Selectman Chris Bianchi and former Selectman Jim Haff turned petitions in for the position, according to Town Clerk Lucrecia Wonsor, who added that the other incumbents also turned in petitions prior to…

Rutland cheerleaders earn second place at national championships in Dallas, Texas

January 28, 2015
Won Best Use of Stunts and Superior Showmanship for the Advanced Small Coed division By Polly Lynn On Jan. 24 and 25, the Rutland Raiders cheerleading team competed in the National Cheerleading Association Senior and Junior High School National Championships in Dallas, Texas. They finished just 2.06 points behind Radford High School of Honolulu, Hawaii,…

Teen rolls truck, escapes injury

January 28, 2015
BETHEL — On Jan. 23 at approximately 4:30 p.m., the Vermont State Police were dispatched to a single vehicle rollover crash on North Road in Bethel near Cleveland Brook Road. When troopers arrived they found the operator had been transported from the scene by a friend. Contact was made with the operator Jacob Forcier, age 19 from…

Beaglemania takes over the Statehouse

January 28, 2015
By Amy Ash Nixon, VTDigger.org Hang on, Snoopy, some in Vermont want to make the beagle its state dog. Sen. John Rodgers, D-Essex/Orleans, has introduced S.25, which would establish that “The State Dog shall be the beagle,” effective July 1. If passed, the bill would put Vermont in a league of nearly a dozen other…

Q&A with Mike Solimano

January 28, 2015
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…

“50 Shades! The Musical Parody”

January 28, 2015
Tuesday, Feb. 3 • 7 p.m. Don’t restrain yourself! Submit to “50 Shades! The Musical Parody” today. This sexy and hilarious send-up to “Fifty Shades of Grey,” the novel, has audiences rolling on the floor and dancing in the aisles. Now it’s your turn to experience the show that has sold-out audiences across the country…

World Cup Wednesday Ski Bum Race Series: Jan. 21, cumulative team standing after week #4

January 28, 2015
Watch this weeks video Here 1. Clock Tower = 593 2. More Cray = 581 3. Ramrod = 572 4. First Stop = 558 5. Clock Tower 2 = 555 6. Gorillas In The Mist = 543 7. Highline Bomber = 534 8. Ambassador A = 542 9. KMS 2 Black Bear = 529 10.…

K-town Showdown features big air, rails

January 28, 2015
KILLINGTON — On Saturday, Jan. 24, Killington Resort hosted the K-town Showdown on Dream Maker Terrain Park, Bear Mountain. The event featured grom divisions, open to female and male athletes ages 14 and under as well as open men’s and open women’s divisions all in both skiing and snowboarding categories. Results: Grom Skiing 1. Max Tarricone…

Okemo superpipe makes season debut

January 28, 2015
LUDLOW–Okemo Mountain Resort’s Amp Energy Superpipe made its season debut on Tuesday, Jan. 20. Measuring 500 feet in overall length, the Amp Energy Superpipe has 18-foot high walls and a span of 54 feet between decks. The slope angle is 16 degrees, achieved with a depth of 14 feet of snow under the bottom of…

VSP announces promotion of Captain Ingrid R. Jonas

January 28, 2015
Effective Jan. 11, Lieutenant Jonas of Waterbury was promoted from Lieutenant, Commander of the Internal Affairs Unit, where she has served since 2012, to Captain. Captain Jonas is the first female to hold that rank in the Vermont State Police. Her new assignment is Commander of the Staff Operations Section. On Jan. 21, Vermont State…

Killington Aquatic Club celebrates swimmers’ success

January 28, 2015
KILLINGTON—Killington Aquatic Club’s competition swim team competed on Jan. 18 at Norwich University. Swimmers Bailey Peters, Justine Peters, Heidi Alf, and Logan Sudol competed in five individual swimming events. Bailey Peters, a national-level swimmer, received first place overall among the 15-to-18-year-old boys, where he won the 100 Fly, 100 Free, and 200 Individual Medley. Peters…

Fermented foods: the surprising missing link to health

January 28, 2015
The following is an interview with Christina Cunningham, massage and bodywork practitioner at Chrysalis Healing Arts in Fair Haven. The Mountain Times: What does it mean to be a fermentationist and nutrition coach? Christina Cunningham: In 2012, I wanted to evolve my bodywork business, Chrysalis Healing Arts, to include coaching programs designed for folks who…

Gen-Y: Oscar, the undecided voter

January 28, 2015
By Brett Yates A popular Fox News meme is the notion that the American entertainment industry (to which Fox News itself, as a serious journalistic enterprise, of course does not belong) is outrageously, disgustingly liberal in its politics. This may reflect a certain truth—a truth about artists, not about the CEOs of the multimedia conglomerates…

The Movie Diary: A shot in the dark

January 28, 2015
By Dom Cioffi I did some research recently to see if I could determine whether anyone had discovered what the world’s first sport was. Unfortunately, the answers I found were far from conclusive.  Some believe that the Aztecs of ancient Mexico invented the first game, a precursor to modern soccer that was played with balled-up…

Rockin’ the Region with Duane Carleton

January 28, 2015
By Dave Hoffenberg About three years ago I started this article and my first ever interview was with Duane Carleton. That’s about how long the process was for Carleton in making his latest album, “A Girl Like That.” I got to speak to the Local Legend about the making of this album and then had…