Courtesy of Killington Police Chief Whit Montgomery The Killington Police Department responded to 55 total incidents, Sept. 2-30. Date, Time, Type Location Sept. 30 at 2:58 p.m. Assist - Public Roaring Brook Rd Sept. 29 at 8 p.m. Traffic Stop Route 4 / Killington Pass Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. Traffic Stop Route 4 /…

KILLINGTON—Killington Mountain School now has a chapter of the National Honor Society, and five KMS students were recently inducted into this longstanding organization, which recognizes outstanding high school students. Sophie Norton, Ava Mattsson, Cassidy Bebo, Piper Jenne, and Myles Frendel are the first group of KMS students to be inducted; the group recently received certificates…

On Sept. 27 and 28, cyclists riding for the Killington Mountain School competed at the Rapha Super Cross in Gloucester, Mass., known around New England as the biggest cyclocross race in the region and the start of the 2014 Verge New England Cyclocross Series. Cyclocross is an endurance sport combining bicycling and running on an…

By Lani Duke New addiction treatment center? Dartmouth College medical student Jeff DeFlavio recently announced his plans to open a opiate addiction treatment alternative on Baxter Street in Rutland. He had opened a similar clinic in Claremont, N.H., in March, and has since opened another Recover Together clinic in Lebanon, N.H. His business plan also…

By Lani Duke Castleton College partners with Paramount Theatre CASTLETON — Castleton College recently announced a growing partnership with Rutland’s Paramount Theatre, aimed at expanding arts and cultural offerings for students and the community. Two Soundings events showcased in the Paramount this fall mark the first-ever collaborative programming events, a partnership more than seven years in…

Dear Editor, Thank you for the terrific exposure you gave The Fresh Air Fund in The Mountain Times this year by featuring our Volunteer Host Family Program in your community paper. This year we celebrated our 138th summer of serving New York City children. The coverage continues to support our volunteer leaders’ efforts to recruit…

Dear Editor, The future of the Gift-of-Life Marathon has been up in the air ever since the greater Rutland community crushed the national one-day blood drive record last December. No one ever dreamed when the GOLM started that this community would accomplish even half of what it has done, in terms of blood donations and…

Dear Editor, Come November, I’ll be taking great pride in my steps up to the ballot box; I can already envision the ink from the felt pen staining the box next to William Tracy Carris’ name. No question. I first met Tracy when he joined the Planning Commission in 2010. The volunteer commission was undergoing…

Dear Editor, The Fair Haven Concerts in the Park committee thanks everyone involved in making the 2014 summer concert series a success. We continue to be overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from local businesses and our many loyal supporters. We thank the town of Fair Haven for its generous support of the concerts. Our…

Dear Editor,  We were pleased by what we heard at the elementary school consolidation meeting in Bridgewater on Sept. 30. As taxpayers, we are very supportive of the proposal to consolidate K-6 education with Pomfret and Woodstock. It is prudent and fiscally responsible. From a long term sustainability standpoint, it is in the best interest of our towns.  As parents, we…

By Lee H. Hamilton Members of Congress are home now, campaigning for the upcoming elections. Their messages are all over the map, and for a good reason: they have very little to brag about. The Congress that just recessed until after the elections makes the 80th—the one that Harry Truman blasted as “do-nothing”—look like a…

By Brett Yates OK, deep breaths—don’t panic. I can say with at least 70 percent certainty that you show no signs of having Ebola. Still, it’s important to be wary of the deadly virus that is currently sweeping West Africa—and perhaps soon the universe. Sure, the disease is survivable and containable within any nation with…

By Madeline Bodin At the University of New Hampshire’s organic dairy research farm near Durham, N.H., even the heat for the wash water is organic and locally-sourced. The heat comes from the farm’s composting facility, a building that looks like an eight-bay garage but actually contains cutting-edge composting technology, as well as a whole lot…

By Robin Alberti This week I had to let go of my 14-year-old dog, Maple. She came from a German Shepherd mom and unknown father. She picked me out when she was 9 weeks old, trampling all the other puppies in the puppy room at the Deschutes County Humane Society in Oregon, to put her…

By Julia Purdy Editor’s note: This is the first of two articles tracking the effects of marijuana legalization on public safety.  In December of 2012, four days apart, limited recreational use of marijuana became legal in both Washington State and Colorado. Proponents of legalization in both states had succeeded in placing the measure on their…