By Dom Cioffi If you’re a parent and your son or daughter plays a sport, there’s a good chance that you’re going to find yourself involved in practice at some point.  I had already been coaching for years when my son began to enter the world of child athletics. He determined that baseball and basketball…

Look who’s turning 20: it’s Moguls Sports Pub. Come wish them a happy anniversary this weekend as they celebrate 20 years in Killington. Moguls has always been about the locals and building friendships in the community and that’s how they want to celebrate; with their friends. I, DJ Dave will kick off the festivities on…

Dear Editor, As a real estate broker in the area, I am concerned about the soft market we have struggled with throughout the state, outside of Chittenden County. It is my belief that issues relating to real estate values are rooted in job losses and high tax rates. Since 2010 the state of Vermont has…

Dear Editor, I have Huntington’s. It is a neurologic disorder that attacks my brain. I was just informed of this while going to nursing school. My mother had Huntington’s and when school started to become stressful I would notice symptoms arise. The neurologist at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center told me I could not continue with…

Dear Editor, Francis Legayada, and voters, I would like to take this opportunity to directly respond to the content of your letter to the editor last week. You report that I “kowtowed” to party leadership voting to raise your taxes multiple times. In 2013, the proposed tax revenue bill received a “no” vote from me,…

Dear Editor, As the only woman candidate running for state representative from Rutland City, I am writing in support of electing and sending Sherri Durgin Campbell to Montpelier to represent the interests of the Rutland community. Sherri Durgin Campbell knows well the plight of women and will be better able to shine the light on…

Dear Editor, After a visit with Job Tate, candidate for Vt. House of Reps (Mendon, Chittenden, Killington, Bridgewater) I am convinced that he would serve the district very well. Tate has an infant son and is very concerned about the things this young child will be facing with Vermont on its current path. Tate is a veteran,…

Dear Editor, An interesting kerfuffle popped up in the comment section of VermontDigger.com’s recent article, “Feliciano claims Shumlin wants to take over Medicare” (see reprinted article, this issue). First, some thought the way the headline was phrased cast doubt on the “claim.” However, Act 48 as passed–which Shumlin signed and his party and the Progressives…

Editor’s note: this question and answer segment was compiled by the St. Albans Messenger, a sister paper to The Mountain Times. It is republished here with their permissions. If you could summarize your accomplishments as governor into four bullet points what would they be? Growing jobs and economic opportunity – We’ve created thousands of new…

By John Flowers Some of the state’s political pundits are claiming next month’s general election ballot provides little chance for upsets or even tight races. Burlington Progressive Dean Corren wants to prove the pundits wrong. The Middlebury College graduate (class of 1976) is stumping for votes in hopes of unseating incumbent Lt. Gov. Phil Scott,…

By John Flowers Vermont Lt. Gov. Phil Scott has won a few races during his lifetime, primarily as a stock car driver at the Thunder Road SpeedBowl. But the Berlin Republican is currently focused on winning a different kind of race — for re-election as lieutenant governor against Progressive Dean Corren of Burlington. Scott, 56,…

KILLINGTON – Is Vermont prepared to handle the Ebola virus should it come here? Dr. Harry Chen, M.D., acting secretary of the Vermont Agency of Human Services, addressed that question at the 25th annual Vermont Health Care and EMS Preparedness Conference, held last weekend at the Grand Hotel at Killington Resort. Chen said the risk…

Oct. 23-27: Corn maze, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at Hathaway Farm, Rutland. Oct. 24: Halloween Wildlife Festival, 5 p.m. at Edward F. Kehoe Conservation Camp, Castleton. Oct. 24-25: Pittsford Haunted House, 6:30-9 p.m. on Plains Road, Pittsford. Huge and scary ! Oct. 24: Wilson Castle Terrorealm, 7-10 p.m. at Wilson Castleton, Proctor. Oct. 24, 25, 31:…

RUTLAND – The biggest blood drive in America, Rutland’s record-breaking Gift-of-Life Marathon, is about to become the longest. The revamped “Gift-of-Life Marathon — 12 Days of Giving” will run from Dec. 2 to 16 at sites throughout the Rutland region, and will be the longest blood drive in U.S. history. “The GOLM will change significantly,…

By Cristina Kumka RUTLAND — A man who spent years studying open-air drug markets in places where mothers put their babies to bed in bathtubs out of fear of flying bullets said Rutland has “much promise” in its fight against drugs. David Kennedy, the director of the Center for Crime Prevention and Control at one…