By Holly Sullivan, Community News Service  Editor’s note: The Community News Service is a program in which University of Vermont students work with professional editors to provide content for local news outlets at no cost. The Senate Committee on Education is revising a bill that aims to improve Vermont’s literacy rate — a number that’s been…

By Dan Smith Editor’s note: Dan Smith is the president & CEO of the Vermont Community Foundation. What if young men in America and Vermont attended college or continued their training at the same rate as the state’s young women? What if boys and men did not commit suicide or die from overdose at rates…

  S.213 helps proactively protect our communities before the next flood By Kathy Urffer Editor’s note: Kathy Urffer, of Brattleboro, is the river steward for Connecticut River Conservancy in Vermont. As river steward for Connecticut River Conservancy, I can’t stop thinking about rivers. Since the 2011 Tropical Storm Irene, as an organization we have been racing…

By Luke Groff, VTF&W Vermont Fish & Wildlife is asking drivers to slow down and be cautious when traveling at night in early spring or to take alternate routes to avoid driving near ponds and wetlands where salamanders and frogs breed. Vermont Fish & Wildlife is asking drivers to slow down and be cautious when…

By Paul Holmes Killington received 27 inches of snow in two days Saturday night through Monday, March 11. Skiers, riders and pups rejoiced!

Photos by Victoria Gaither Killington welcomed back the Red Bull Slide-In Tour on Sunday, March 10.  X Games gold medalist and snowboard-style king Zeb Powell returned to the slopes at Killington with another stacked roster of Red Bull athletes, including: Alex Caccamo, Jesse Augustinus, Brantley Mullins, Brooklinn Khoury, Luke Eich, Kelly Wakasa, and Jamad Finn. The schedule of…

Sept. 22, 1960 - March 12, 2024 Patty Ann Job (McGrath) was born in Rutland on Sept. 22, 1960 the youngest of Frederick R. and Patricia E. Job’s six children and the only born and bred Vermonter. She died Tuesday, March 12 at the Rutland Regional Medical Center of Ovarian Cancer. She was 63 years…

April 18, 1968 – March 6, 2024 It is with great sadness we share the passing of Erica Hurd at home with family at her side. Erica bravely fought the most aggressive type of breast cancer for three years. Her participation in research studies brings hope for a better future. Erica was born in Nashua,…

By Polly Mikula Voter turn out was “huge” this past Town Meeting Day, March 5 — even a record in some towns in the Mountain Views Supervisory Union (MVSU) district. Reading had the highest percent of its registered voters turn out, at 59%. All other district towns were also higher than average at over 45%. Primary…

By Curt Peterson Last week, Killington voters approved Article 5 authorizing a study into the ways the town might leave the Mountain View Supervisory Union and either join “a Rutland SU” or become a total “choice town.” At Monday’s very short Select Board meeting, March 11, Debbie LeBlond asked Town Manager Michael Ramsey to clarify…

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Tuesday, March 19 at 6 p.m.—CAVENDISH—The Cavendish Community and Conservation Association’s (CCCA) Walk and Talk Committee will host a talk by noted astronomer Claudio Veliz about the upcoming total solar eclipse on Tuesday at the Cavendish Fletcher Community Library, 573 Main Street in Proctorsville. Safe, solar-filtered glasses will be handed out to attendees, complete with…

“Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn,” said Lewis Grizzar. March can be a bit dismal as many await the end of a long winter and the coming of spring. It’s like winter is holding on tight but spring is trying to get its foot in the door. We have…

The only light was coming from the street lamp, giving my car an almost ethereal glow. Snow was falling from the sky, as it had been for the past few hours while I worked my final shift at Liquid Art. It was one of those nights where so much snow was falling, the plow trucks…