Survey is coming to Vermonters’ mailboxes this fall  Vermonters and their children who have been to a doctor’s office in the last six months may receive a survey about their health care experience in their mailbox this fall. This will be a chance to offer valuable feedback and help identify opportunities for providers to improve care. Every…

By Curt Peterson On Oct. 5 WCSU board secretary Rayna Bishop posted a request for bid proposals for snowplowing three district campuses: Prosper Valley in Pomfret, Woodstock Elementary, and the Woodstock Union High School/Middle School. The bid deadline is Oct. 28. The topic is timely because a two-year moratorium on state penalties for school district…

The Killington Police Department announced the appointment of Officer Christopher Roy, in a news release Oct. 14. Roy was hired last month but his first day on the job was Saturday, Oct. 8. Officer Roy began his career in 2008, with the Bennington County sheriffs department, where he worked as a deputy performing patrol duties…

By Mary Ellen Shaw The morning host of a local radio station who is fairly new to Rutland said he sees signs on buildings for businesses that are no longer open. He named a few of them and invited people to tell him what they miss about not being able to go to these places.…

Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21-22, at 7:30 p.m.—WOODSTOCK— Deemed a “must see” in theaters, "Top Gun: Maverick" (PG-13) will be playing this weekend at Woodstock Town Hall, presented by Pentangle Arts. After more than 30 years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing…

By Bill McKibben Editor’s note: Bill McKibben is an internationally known climate activist and writer who lives in Ripton. I am writing this dispatch from a southbound train, which left Middlebury at midday and is making its way — not too fast, not too slow — through Rutland and toward Penn Station in New York…

By Merisa Sherman Brrr, it has been getting chilly lately. I know, because I am sitting here snuggled up in my favorite down puffy coat getting warm by the remnants of the Killington Block Party bonfire. It’s still going strong this morning after reaching to the treetops last night. Whereas last night, it was surrounded…

Friday, Oct. 21 and Tuesday, Oct. 25 — VIRTUAL — "Food for the Rest of Us" examines how getting back to the land is tied to other movements such as Black Lives Matter, Idle No More and Time's Up. "Food for the Rest of Us" is a feature film that presents four stories of people…

By Julia Purdy There are some knockout foliage drives along major highways in southern Vermont. Route 4 through the Sherburne Flats north from West Bridgewater and over Sherburne Pass into Mendon rewards leaf-peepers year after year, as does Route 7 up the Valley of Vermont through Dorset and Danby. But back roads offer immersive foliage…

Got a great business idea? Consider starting your business in Woodstock, suggests Start Up Woodstock, which is offering a chance to win a $30,000 incentive grant. The organizations mission is to attract new business to town. "After having an open competition, we will award a grant of up to $30,000 to a successful applicant to…

By Merisa Sherman We let the dogs lead the way, frolicking and bouncing as is their want when they are just 10-month-old black labradors. A full zest for everything they can possible sniff along the way but always wanting to keep mom in visible range. This young gentleman never ventured further away than a retractable leash would…

I got a call from a coworker a few months ago that started a chain of events that I have oddly become accustomed to. The coworker is someone I have known for several years but don’t normally conduct business with. He’s close to my age, holds a high corporate position, and is well-respected in our…

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, is the form students need to fill out to get any financial aid from the federal government to help pay for higher education. Each year, over 13 million students who file the FAFSA get more than $120 billion in grants, work-study, and low-interest loans from the…

By Rachel Sargent Mirus If the enemy of my enemy is my friend, then surely the friend of my enemy is my enemy. This inverted cliche is one way to characterize the tangled relationship between ash trees and the ash-tree bolete. The ash-tree bolete (Boletinellus merulioides) is a fan-shaped brown mushroom with an off-center stem.…

Friday and Saturday, Oct. 14-15 at 7 p.m. — WOODSTOCK — The YOH Theatre Players of Woodstock Union High School and Middle School (100 Amsden Way, Woodstock) will present "Radium Girls" by D.W. Gregory at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 14 and Saturday, Oct. 15. Marcia Bender is the director of The YOH Theatre Players.…