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Zack’s Place to host annual Turkey Trot

November 23, 2022
Thursday, Nov. 24 — WOODSTOCK — The Zack’s Place Turkey Trot, a 5K run and walk held on Thanksgiving Day, was first established in 2007, and has become a dependable annual fundraiser. Zack’s Place Turkey Trot’s first run saw almost 200 people join; in 2021, there were over 1,500 and $94,000 was raised. Zack's Place in Woodstock…

Vermont to receive $4 million in settlement with Google over location tracking practices

November 23, 2022
Vermont will receive $4 million from a multistate settlement with Google over its location tracking practices related to Google account settings. The settlement also requires Google to be more transparent with consumers about its practices, including giving users detailed information about the types of location data Google collects and how it’s used. The multistate settlement…

DCF announces seasonal policy for emergency shelter program 

November 23, 2022
To help ensure Vermonters who are homeless and don’t have adequate financial resources can seek temporary housing in hotels and motels during harsh winter weather, the Dept. for Children and Families has announced the seasonal policy for emergency shelter. As outlined in the 2022-23 Adverse Weather Conditions Policy: Between Dec. 15, 2022-March 15, 2023: Expanded eligibility…

Fastest technical ski racers prepare for Heroic Killington Cup

November 23, 2022
Shiffrin starts the ski season on the right foot, winning two more reindeer in Finland Staff report As the women’s World Cup athletes prepare to race Superstar in Killington next weekend, Mikaela Shiffrin is off to a strong start.  She won back-to-back slalom races Nov. 19-20 in Levi, Finland. Shiffrin, 27, broke Lindsey Vonn’s record…

Whitcomb steps down from Aldermen, Cupoli steps up

November 23, 2022
By Katy Savage Board of Aldermen member Matt Whitcomb resigned Nov. 17, becoming the third member of the board to resign this year. Whitcomb is starting a new job as director of ambulatory care at New London Hospital in New Hampshire and said in his resignation letter that he won’t have time to manage both…

A person may well be biologically transgender from birth

November 23, 2022
By Seth Steinzor Editor’s note: Steinzor lives in South Burlington and is a poet, woodworker and retired attorney. He worked for 32 years in the Vermont Attorney General’s Office. The uproar over a trans student on the high school volleyball team in Randolph evokes memories for me of my own involvement in our society’s complicated,…

There’s enormous potential for beavers and flow devices

November 23, 2022
Dear Editor, By some miracle, we have an animal called a beaver that builds, maintains and improves rich wetlands. However, damming behavior also creates challenging and sometimes expensive beaver-human conflicts. Partly because of their rarity, which has been increased greatly by development, wetlands like those that beavers create have enormous value. They are critical habitat…

Meat grown from animal cells is safe, less cruel

November 23, 2022
Dear Editor, In a landmark ruling destined to save billions of animal and human lives, the Food and Drug Administration has ruled that meat cultivated from animal cells is safe to eat. The ruling was granted to Upside Foods, funded by Bill Gates and Richard Branson, but also by meat industry giants Cargill and Tyson…

There is a better way to post private property

November 23, 2022
Dear Editor, Vermont should adopt the Purple Paint Law (PPL) to replace the annual posting of private property. The PPL allows landowners to “post” their property with stripes of purple paint applied according to specific instructions on trees or fence posts. Most states stipulate the stripes must be vertical and not less than eight inches…

Bomoseen herbicide application still in works

November 23, 2022
Dear Editor, The battle over proposed herbicide use in Lake Bomoseen has not ended, despite what some community members may assume. The LBA / LBPT ProcellaCOR permit application was not withdrawn. It is simply on “technical hold” while the boards of directors of those organizations belatedly try to rally support for their plan. They have…

Ambassador Coordinator Shea Dunlop comes around full circle

November 23, 2022
By Karen D. Lorentz The pandemic has changed many, many lives and, unfortunately, often not for the better. So when you come across a story of how it made a difference for someone in a positive way — and brought a talented worker to Killington — it’s a refreshing bit of news! Shea Dunlop was…

A sea-change in expectations

November 23, 2022
Editor’s note: Angelo Lynn is the editor and publisher of the Addison County Independent, a sister publication to the Mountain Times. Since Election Day, Americans have seen a sea-change of political fortunes and attitudes: from the conservative Trump-supporters who expected the red wave to push Democrats from power and hobble President Joe Biden’s next two…

Glenn Reinauer named Killington ambassador of the year

November 23, 2022
By Karen D. Lorentz In 2022, Glenn Reinauer was voted ambassador of the year by his peers, a great honor as there can be many nominations among the 200-plus ambassadors each year. Killington ambassadors are dedicated volunteers who enjoy skiing or snowboarding so much that they commit to spending at least three weeks (21-23 days)…

Put on your Santa cap for giving Tuesday, Nov. 29

November 23, 2022
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann Giving Tuesday, which falls on Nov. 29, began in New York City in 2012, as a way to intensify awareness of nonprofits, as well as generate gifts and loyalty during the holidays. Today Giving Tuesday is a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of donors. While Giving Tuesday itself has…

Outdoor recreation leads economic recovery across all communities in Vermont, according to new report

November 23, 2022
As Vermonters receives the first snowflakes of the season, new national and state data shows that Vermont continues to lead the nation in outdoor recreation as a key linchpin of the state’s economy. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account (ORSA) released data on the economic impact of outdoor recreation in…