By Katy Savage Growing up, Spencer Wood didn’t know he had a disability. Wood, a Pittsfield native, was diagnosed as a baby but his parents didn’t tell him until he was 10 and they didn’t let his disability get in his way. “We didn’t want it to be a crutch,” his mother Barb Wood said.…

By Liz DiMarco Weinmann Despite the predictions of grumpy groundhogs and other miscreant mammals (plus Buzz the Hornet at NVU-Lyndon), who declared we are not done with winter, we can take solace in the fact that the calendar decrees March 20 as the first official day of spring. And, this year March 2 marks the…

Vermont’s largest city votes to restrictions on short-term rentals By Jack Lyons/VTDigger After more than two years of drafting and debate, the Burlington City Council passed regulations Tuesday night that seek to rein in the city’s short-term rental industry. In an 8-4 vote, councilors banned short-term rentals that are operated anywhere besides the host’s primary…

Mar. 5 - May 1 — MANCHESTER — Spring is coming early to SVAC’s Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum, in an annual celebration of preK-12 student art that will be on view from Saturday, Mar. 5 through Sunday, May 1. For the first time, SVAC is pleased to announce that Art from the Schools 2022…

Wednesday, Mar. 9 at 12 p.m. — VIRTUAL — The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will present a live virtual program for New England residents on Wednesday, Mar. 9, from 12-1 p.m., as part of its ongoing efforts to rescue the evidence of the Holocaust. As event chair, former Museum Council Member Michael P. Ross…

Trucker convoy in D.C. planned for this week Approximately 100 Vermont Army National Guard soldiers will support security operations in Washington D.C. beginning this week, according to a news release Feb. 23. Soldiers from Headquarters Company, 572nd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain) will lead Vermont’s contribution to the physical security task…

Saturday, Mar. 5 at 6 p.m. — FAIR HAVEN — Revive Church will host “Christ in the Passover: A Seder.” This powerful dinner event, led by Kevin Smyth of Jews for Jesus, will help us discover the link between the Jewish feast of Passover and the last supper Jesus shared with his disciples. Join us…

By Alan J. Keays/VTDigger Many are higher, some a bit lower, while others stayed flat. That’s what researchers found in a new survey of local police spending proposals facing voters in many communities across Vermont on Town Meeting Day — showing an overall increase of 3.6%. The analysis, conducted by the University of Vermont’s Center…

Killington Resort announced the advancement of Megan Canty to director of human resources, March 1. “We’re thrilled to be able to promote from within as we continue to build a strong, passionate team. Megan will, no doubt, make immediate contributions to Killington and Pico in her new role. She brings a wealth of experience to…

By Elayne Clift Editor’s note: Elayne Clift, who writes about women, culture and social issues from Saxtons River. It is now more than two months into the new year, and it’s likely that resolutions we made in earnest then have already been ignored. That’s OK. We can forgive ourselves for being overly resolute. These are…

By Brooke Geery Pico played host to the second edition of 2021/22 Mini Shred Madness last Saturday, Feb. 26. Despite warm temps in the leadup melting out much of the snow, the park crew was able to put together a special setup at the bottom of the Exhibition trail for the kids to enjoy, with…

Dear Editor, As our current legislative session proceeds to debate bill after bill that impacts every citizen’s life, an unreported threat to democracy has clearly emerged that nobody seems willing to acknowledge: that only the privileged few are consistently heard in matters of state government. In this day and age of remote telecommunications, affluent urbanites…

The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources awarded Farm & Wilderness, a Plymouth-area summer camp and conservation non-profit, a $50,000 Clean Water Initiative Program grant for planning and permitting the removal and site restoration of Rockefeller Dam in Plymouth. The removal of the Rockefeller Dam and site restoration will improve water quality in Woodward Reservoir, through…

Dear Editor, In her recent piece “The problems with net metering,” Annette Smith mischaracterizes the net-metering program that for decades has helped make installing solar power more affordable by allowing Vermonters to send any excess solar electricity they generate back to the grid in exchange for a credit on their electric bill. Who are the…

Staff report Rutland City’s Town Meeting results are delayed after the city ran out of ballots. Rutland City Clerk Henry Heck ordered about 25% more ballots this year in anticipation of high turnout, likely driven by a large turnover of school board candidates. But, this is the first time in 14 years he ran out.…