The American Lung Association urges everyone to test their home, businesses Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer and the State of Lung Cancer report reveals that it is detected at high levels in about 21.7% of homes in Vermont. During January for National Radon Action Month, the American Lung Association in Vermont is…

  Scam reports to the Attorney General’s Consumer Assistance Program (CAP) totaled 3,212 in 2023. The “computer tech support” scam took the No. 1 spot on the list, totaling almost 25% of the top scams reported. Phishing scams involving financial institutions, where a scammer tries to lure victims into clicking malicious links or tricking them…

Following a veto by the governor of a bill to increase legislative pay last year, Sen. Tanya Vyhovsky of Chittenden County, along with Senators McCormack and White of Windsor County, introduce a bill to reduce the governor’s pay to equal that of a part-time legislator on a weekly basis. The governor’s salary (set by the…

By Curt Peterson Hartland’s popular, successful community nurse program is administered by Aging in Hartland, (AiH), a non-profit group of volunteers dedicated to helping Hartland seniors remain independent and safe in their own homes. But many other towns, including Killington, currently have no community nurse program. The proposed Senate bill S.231 and partner House bill…

  Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast announces the opening of a donor milk depot and dispensary at Sage Willow Midwifery located on Main Street in Manchester Center in the Red Clover Community Wellness collective space.  The nonprofit milk bank collects milk from mothers who have more supply than their babies need. They screen donors, then pasteurize,…

Submitted   Mission Farm in Killington has been awarded a grant of $4,000 from the Laurance and Mary Rockefeller Fund and a grant of $15,000 from the Vermont Arts Council.  The Laurance and Mary Rockefeller grant will help to create durable and informative signs throughout the Mission Farm property.  “Currently, there is nothing that welcomes…

David Francis Minard   David Francis Minard, 78, of Killington died peacefully Sunday morning Jan. 7, 2024, with family by his side. He was born on Nov. 9, 1945 in Rutland.  A detailed obituary will be printed in the next edition of the Mountain Times (on stands Jan. 24) and a celebration of life will…

Following many years of research and writing, John Swanson is finally able to see his book in publication. Swanson, a resident of The Gables in Rutland, has released his book, “War Tears: A Journey from Vermont to Gettysburg,” as an eBook and paperback on Amazon’s Kindle. In February it will be available as a hardcover…

By Brooke Geery, Killington Resort On Thursday, Jan. 11, Deirdre Morris was wished happy trails from the team at Killington Resort as she retired from her position as hospitality controller. Her career at The Beast began some 40 years ago in 1983 as the Southside Food and Beverage Manager, responsible for Bear Mountain, Skyeship and…

By Alissa Frame, UVM 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. For RJ Thompson, the seed of outdoor recreation started sprouting early on. He grew up camping with family and…

By Katy Savage Courtesy Pittsford Village Farm| Architectural renderings of the planned renovation at Pittsford Village Farm, located in the center of  Pittsford. Plans include a child care center in a portion of the 19th-century farmhouse. Baird Morgan has been interested in the farmhouse in the center of Pittsford for the past 30 years. His…

Program supports relocation, recruitment, and retention of residents in Vermont On Wednesday, Jan. 10, the Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing (VDTM) announced that 12 partner organizations were approved for grant funding from the inaugural Grants for Relocation Outreach Work (GROW) program. The grants support local, regional, county-wide, or state-wide organizations conducting new resident relocation, recruitment,…

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  Winter memories from the ‘50s and ‘60s My classmate from first grade through high school, Pat Maroney Embree, shared some wonderful winter memories with me from the ‘50s and ‘60s. As I read her email it prompted me to ask a couple of other old friends what they recalled from that era. It was…

  My dad always kept a chapstick in the driver’s side door of any vehicle he ever owned. And he must have kept one in a pocket somewhere, because I can vividly remember him being able to pass me a chapstick whenever I asked him for one. No matter where we were, my dad was…