In response to the results of the last vote on May 9, and valuable community feedback during the school board meeting on May 13, the Slate Valley Unified Union School District will hold its fourth vote in an attempt to pass the budget on May 30. It will be a revote on the third FY25…

The Agency of Transportation produces this weekly report of planned construction activities that will impact traffic on state highways and interstates throughout Vermont. Hartford: Monday, May 20, through Friday, May 24, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., multiple concrete mixers will be moving in and out of the project area at either end of the…

By Victoria Gaither For spring skiers, Killington’s Superstar is like honey to bees. Skiers come from all over to bump that one strip of trail that starts in November and ends in late May or June 1, when possible. A gathering of personalities hanging out at the Roaring Brook Umbrella Bar, many occasionally popping up…

Drilling and blasting will continue this week at the intersection of Route 4 and Killington Road in Killington. A detour remains in place via West Hill Road. Monday, May 20, there was a brief break in the blasting, but Tuesday onward will see one blast per day between the hours of 11 a.m. and 1…

In Week 3 of the Killington Street Hockey League season, May 6, the Superstars schussed the Comets with a big third period comeback led by Ziva and Kelvin Fisko. They netted some late game goals to put the Superstars over the Comets. Ben Reed and Preston Bigelow played tough for the Comets, both notching some…

Peter Michael Gish (“Mike”), age 98, died on March 3, 2024. Mike was born on March 2, 1926, in New York City to Carl K. Gish and Helen Baldwin Gish. He grew up in Westport, Connecticut and attended Staples High School. Mike joined the ROTC in 1943 and matriculated to Dartmouth College. Upon learning that…

Jimmy LeSage, 74, founder and director of New Life Hiking Spa in Killington passed away on the morning of May 12, 2024, at VITAS Hospice in Naples, Florida, of natural causes with his devoted wife, Kathleen, by his side. While many knew him as the founder and director of New Life Hiking Spa in Killington,…

“This award recognizes a specific nurse for delivering the compassionate, expert and extraordinary care all our Rutland Regional nurses are known for,” RRMC stated on its website. “Nurses may be nominated for the DAISY Award by patients, families, colleagues, physicians and staff.” The DAISY Award was established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes who died…

The Homeless Prevention Center held its third annual Spring Sprockets and Walk-Its event Saturday, May 4, at Pine Hill Park. The event raised $12,791 for homeless families in Rutland County. In addition to the rides and walks participants could take part in a bike repair clinic and enjoy a fresh smoothies blended with a smoothie…

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced May 15 that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has paused plans to consolidate USPS facilities through a process called mail processing facility reviews (MPFR), which threatened to move mail sorting operations from Essex Junction and White River Junction sorting hubs to Connecticut. This move likely would have further slowed mail operations across…

Realtors from across Vermont, including Kyle Kershner, broker/owner at Killington Pico Real estate, met with members of the U.S. Congress on May 7 to advocate for private property rights, fair and affordable housing and the American dream of home ownership.  Kyle Kershner is the National Association of Realtors federal political coordinator to Sen. Peter Welch…

Chamber & Economic Development of the Rutland Region (CEDRR) has received a grant in the amount of $66,524 in collaboration with Stafford Technical Center (STC). The work-based learning and training program grant is provided by the Vermont Dept. of Labor. The funding will support student stipends to work in career fields for which they have…

Vermonters are again facing steep upward premium growth for 2025 due to the cumulative impact of hospital costs, drug prices and state health care policy choices. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont projects that these trends will continue and will require rate increases of 16.3% for individual health plans and 19.1% for the small group…

As part of his investigation into the outrageously high price of Ozempic and Wegovy in the U.S., U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a stunning new report May 15 exposing the potential of weight loss drugs to bankrupt American health care. In the report, HELP…

By Kate Kampner, 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. When Peter Stickney walks along his cow paddocks in the morning, he notes the scattered patches of greener grass across the…