By Katy Savage Despite consolidating schools and restructuring staff to find savings, the Windsor Central Supervisory Union budget is up slightly. The $18 million budget, to be presented to voters on Town Meeting Day,  is up about .73 percent from the previous year, though the individual tax rates will vary between each town. Some towns…

By Alan J. Keays/VTDigger and Polly Mikula RUTLAND — Two are vying for Rutland City’s mayoral post, and several more are challenging seats on the city’s Board of Aldermen this Tuesday,March 5, Town Meeting Day. The two candidates on the ballot for the city’s mayoral job are incumbent David Allaire, who was elected to his…

By Russell Jones CHITTENDEN — The Barstow Unified Union school board has proposed a budget increase of less than 1 percent for the 2020 fiscal year. The .78 percent increase, making a proposed budget of $4.77 million, equals an increase of $36,886 for the next year and is mostly due to contractual increases in salaries…

By Katy Savage Two candidates are vying for a three-year seat on the Woodstock Select Board. Eden Piconi is running against incumbent John Doten, Jr. a 27-year veteran of the Board. Piconi, 49, grew up in Woodstock before moving away for college. She and her family lived in Pennsylvania for 20 years until she moved…

By Angelo Lynn Sen. Bernie Sanders launched his second run for president this past Tuesday with an appeal to continue the revolution he started in 2016 when he had the audacity to challenge the presumed Democratic designee Hillary Clinton. He was the rebel then, the long-shot candidate with the white-tasseled hair, still heavy Brooklyn accent,…

Dear Editor, In the aftermath of last Thursday’s electoral vote at the State House, the talk being bandied about by some members of the Vermont Legislature that they should give up their power to elect the state’s national guard adjutant general over to the governor is dangerously myopic in lieu of the threatening situation taking…

Dear Editor, My name is Lisa Ryan and I am running for reelection to the Board of Aldermen. My experience as a member of the Board of Aldermen since 2017 has been one of personal and collective growth. I have learned just how important it is to not only stay true to my beliefs and goals,…

Dear Editor, I am writing in enthusiastic support of Lisa Ryan’s reelection to the Rutland City Board of Aldermen. I have known Lisa Ryan since she was a student in the Rutland City Public Schools (RHS 2007) and recognized her strong character and sense of service even as a young woman. Lisa holds a BA…

Dear Editor, When I first bought a ski house in Killington in 2001, I never dreamed that in 2015, my wife, Rebecca, and I would decide to move up to live here full time with our two sons. There’s no question that Killington is a great place to live, but it has its issues (like…

Dear Editor, Hello taxpayers of Killington, it’s Jim Haff. I’m not on the ballot this year, surprise! But a good friend of mine, Chuck Claffey, is on the ballot, and I’m asking you to help Chuck become the next Select Board member for the Town of Killington. Chuck works for Nat West Financial as a…

Dear Editor, I have had many conversations with hundreds of people including local school leadership in regard to the current state of education in Vermont. I have written many commentaries that have been published in newspapers throughout the state as well as having met with the Governor and other officials. The state’s response as is…

Killington Resort charges into spring with its Nor’Beaster Spring Pass and a jam-packed event series as the longest season in the East extends towards Memorial Day. The Nor’Beaster Spring Pass is available for $219 (through March 8, or for $229 thereafter) offering unlimited skiing from March 15 ‘til close. “There’s a reason The King of Spring…

By Marguerite Jill Dye “The power that made the body heals the body,” Dr. Joe Dispenza affirmed, after being hit and thrown by a semi truck during a triathlon. He replaced his fear by visualizing the reconstruction of his spine, which instructed his body to heal his spine, one vertebra at a time. He recovered…

By Dom Cioffi My family and I are currently on a ski trip in Aspen, Colorado. It’s funny, just writing those words sounds entitled. Saying you’re on a ski trip to Killington is one thing, but a ski trip to Aspen is a whole different animal. The fact is, I could never afford a vacation…

By DJ Dave Hoffenberg Tuesday, March 5, is not only Town Meeting Day, it’s also Fat Tuesday  or Marti Gras!  To get you in the mood, the Pickle Barrel has the Funky Dawgz Brass Band on Thursday, Feb. 28. You can expect a high energy, dance, funk and hip-hop infused party. I had the pleasure…