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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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—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…