South Burlington, VT – March 11, 2020 Following guidance from Special Olympics International, Special Olympics Vermont (SOVT) announced that the upcoming Winter Games, scheduled for March 22-24 at Killington Pico Resort, as well as the Unified Champion Schools Snowshoe Tournament, scheduled for March 25, are cancelled, in an effort to ensure the health and safety…

Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger   By Anne Wallace Allen/VTDigger Brooke Olsen-Farrell, the school superintendent in the Slate Valley, usually meets with other members of her regional superintendents group once a month. But these days, members of the Southwest Superintendents Association – which extends from Bennington to north of Rutland – check in with each other several…

Screening at Entry and Digital Information Session Aim to Increase Information and Awareness BENNINGTON, VT—March 12, 2020—Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), part of Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC), is continuously working to minimize the spread of COVID-19, while providing safe care for all patients. The most recent actions include the launch of a COVID-19 hotline…

VERMONT: As of March 13, 2020 2    -    People who have tested positive in Vermont 97   -    People who have tested negative 212    -    People who are being monitored 70    -    People who have completed monitoring IN USA:  According to nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html

Venues around the state are grappling with cancellation of events in hopes of keeping the public safe from the corona outbreak. The following are the local announcements that have been made so far. March 21-22 is a big weekend for maple syrup, and unfortunately, Maplefest events have been cancelled, including those in Poultney and at…

As a global operator of 37 ski resorts, Vail Resorts is monitoring the rapidly evolving impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) from all angles. In a press release Friday, March 13, the resort said: "Unwaveringly and without question, our top priority is the health and wellbeing of our guests and employees. We are fortunate to have strong…

With the outbreak of COVID-19 declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, everyone is on high alert. This includes area schools. According to interim Superintendent David Wolk, Rutland Schools are taking many precautions to prevent the spread of the disease. They are deep cleaning in classrooms, schools and school buses. This weekend, they will…

In an effort to help prevent the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and to protect our residents and participants, Rutland Rec Center has made the decision to cancel the following programs and events.  All decisions made are with the best interest of the community’s health and safety in mind. A household credit will be applied…

KILLINGTON— In an email to Members of the Killington Mountain School Community, Head of school Tao Smith wrote, in part: "KMS is responding to the changing dynamic with one primary goal; protecting our children and employees, their extended families and loved ones to the very best of our ability. We have been in consultation with…

March 13, 2020- While Billings Farm & Museum is closed for general visitation, as scheduled, until April 10, the health and safety of Billings Farm & Museum staff and visitors is of the utmost importance. In an effort to protect the welfare of our staff, patrons, and community from the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak during our scheduled Woodstock Vermont Film Series showings…

March 13-14—KILLINGTON— On March 13-14, the Summit Lodge in Killington will offer a series of events blessed with the luck of the Irish. At O’Dwyer’s public house, you won’t stop dancing the jig with live music from 3:30 p.m. to close on Friday and 12 p.m. to close on Saturday. County Down and Fiddlewitch will…

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Dear Editor, Listening to Gov. Phil Scott on Vermont Public Radio recently as he mounted objection after objection to proposals to combat climate change, I kept thinking, “He’s missing something!” For every proposed climate solution suggested to him by callers and the moderator, his answer was, “This will hurt rural and working Vermonters.” Of course,…

Dear Editor, I was quite taken aback by the quote from Windsor Central Supervisory Union Superintendent Mary Beth Banios in the March 4 Mountain Times in response to Killington’s School Board Representative Jim Haff’s lobbying Killington residents to vote “no” on a rather dubious presented (by Banios) $21 million budget. Her quote is below: “It…

By Marilyn Miller I have been the executive director of the Vermont Automobile Dealers Association, more recently known as the Vermont Vehicle and Automotive Distributors Association (VADA), since 1984. From a change in our organization’s name to reflect an expanded membership to autonomous vehicles, I and the entire industry have seen a lot of change…