Submitted     Opening date for applications is Jan. 15 The University of Vermont’s Vermont Pitch Challenge is a new entrepreneurial-focused competition that gives high school students from across the world in grades 10-12 a chance to pitch innovative and impactful business plans — all while competing for individual cash prizes and full tuition scholarships to…

  Attorney General Charity Clark has declined to prosecute Fair Haven Police Detective Shaun Hewitt for charges related to the use of deadly force in a shooting incident involving Kenneth Barber, Jr. on June 19, 2023. The Rutland County State’s Attorney’s Office also declined to prosecute the case after completing its own independent review.  Based…

By Master Sgt. Donald R. Allen via U.S. Air Force U.S. Air Force loadmasters and pilots assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, load passengers aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III in support of the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan on Aug. 24, 2021.   Rutland among five cities…

Submitted By Katy Savage Most of a former Woodstock Union High School snowboard coach’s claims that his free speech and due process rights were violated against the school board, superintendent and state were denied by a U.S. District Court judge on Dec. 28. Judge Christina Reiss denied Coach David Bloch’s motion seeking irreparable harm and…

  By Curt Peterson The Woodstock Town Select Board hosted a public information session on Dec.19 in part to quell growing fears over an anticipated hike in state and local taxes.  Ben Ford, finance chair of the Mountain Views Supervisory Union (MSVU), state Rep. Tesha Buss, and state Sen. Alison Clark were there to answer…

Courtesy U.S. Ski & Snowboard Stratton Mountain snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis, pictured here in 2019, has won more than 30 World Cup events and six overall championships.    Stratton Mountain Olympic snowboarder Jacobellis rises after a fall to rewrite her life story By Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Stratton Mountain School alumna Lindsey Jacobellis was 20 years old when, predicted…

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  Submitted Skiing presents challenges to all skiiers.   By Tony Crespi At the top of Killington’s Skyepeak a skier smiles. An onlooker appears apprehensive. Another skier gasps. Sadly, such reactions are not uncommon: this skier has one leg and one ski. For those not fully aware of the kind of skiing options open to…

Living the Dream By Merisa Sherman   Last week was probably one of the most difficult ski weeks I have ever experienced in my life. I’ve skied in that much precipitous weather for one day, maybe two. But an entire week of water pouring off the brim of your hood — this was a week…

By Dom Cioffi Once the presents were opened, the wrapping paper was discarded, the food was served, the dishes were cleaned, the relatives had exited, and the decorations were taken down, my wife and I sat in our living room and discussed the holiday. We both agreed that it was an exceptional year, but also…

By Colby Galliher It’s deep in winter, and a nor’easter is dumping snow outside. In between the howling winds you hear a boom! Maybe a heap of snow fell from the roof, you think, or a giant icicle crashed from the eaves. A few minutes later, another boom pounds through the blizzard’s gales. It’s closer…

Mountain Meditation Marguerite Jill Dye   A dear friend of mine keeps a gratitude journal to write down the good things that transpire—like a heart-to-heart talk with a friendly neighbor, a courteous driver, a fall she avoided. Gratitude grows blessings. It’s a high vibration that attracts the same back to it like a magnet. When…

  Icicles sparkle, As they hang from shining rocks, Now falls, beautiful.    

Happy Gregorian New Year! A change in the calendar year is always so much more than an old year ending. It offers the chance, the hope, the possibility of what you want to bring into your sphere being closer than it was before.  Even if you awaken from slumber on Jan. 1, having seen better…

Submitted   By Rep. Michelle Bos-Lun, D-Westminster Editor’s note: Michelle Bos-Lun is a secondary school teacher in her second term representing Westminster, Rockingham and Brookline in the Vermont House. I recently submitted a bill to create the Vermont State Mushroom after consulting with some important stakeholders: the elementary students of Windham Elementary School and the…