By Karen D. Lorentz Thousands of kids who were born in Vermont and grew up in the Rutland Region learned to ski at nearby Pico or Killington. Many of them ended up working in the ski industry, most in far-flung states. A few actually ended up making their living working at Killington and/or Pico. The…

By Curt Peterson Five Guys opened on North Main Street Feb. 13.

June 21, 1956 - Jan. 30, 2019 Sarah Ann Noecker was an avid outdoors woman. An expert skier, she was a pass holder at Killington for over 30 years and a Killington Mountain Ambassador for the past several seasons. Killington was her winter home where she also mountain biked and golfed. Noecker skied in the…

Staff Report After about five years, Hobby Lobby is closing its Rutland store. A Hobby Lobby store manager said Tuesday, Feb. 19 that the store will close March 9. The store currently has about 20 employees. The manager said they have been offered jobs at nearby Hobby Lobby stores, but declined to say more. It’s…

By Curt Peterson Preston Bristow of Woodstock was shocked to get a job he never applied for. “The Town of Killington decided to downsize it’s town planner and zoning administrator to half time and I was available, with the skills to start immediately, and no need to relocate,” Bristow, 65, announced on his Facebook page.…

The morning of Feb. 3 began as many others have this season for the Castleton University alpine ski team: a successful first run by the women had the Spartans sitting atop the team leaderboard with five racers among the top 10 individuals. The men’s race got off to a quick start for the Spartans as…

Staff Report A yurt in the woods of Hartland has become one of the state’s most popular Airbnb rentals for the ski season. The yurt, 30 feet in diameter, with 700 square feet of space, is off a long driveway, surrounded by trees with no cell phone service. The yurt is heated by a wood…

By Cal Garrison a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week’s horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Leo Moon, on the day that the Sun enters Pisces, and Chiron crosses the Aries Point. With President’s Day also just behind us, things are in a state of embroilment that makes it hard to know…

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Editor’s note: these were first circulated in the mainstream press in 1964, since many have noted that it’s relatively easy to find seemingly meaningful patterns relating any two people or events. Even so, we think these are interesting. Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.…

Late February and early March are prime time for ice fishing, according to the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. “The warmer days and cold nights we normally have in late February and early March offer some of our best ice fishing of the year,” said Vermont Fish & Wildlife Commissioner Louis Porter.  “For safety reasons,…

The 2019 Vermont personal income tax season has opened. The IRS and the State of Vermont began accepting income tax returns on Jan. 28. This year, the federal and state due date for returns and requests for extensions is April 15. Many of the changes come as a result of Act 11, Vermont’s response to…

By Casey O’Meara A great deal of attention is paid to personalizing learning for students. Often this results in matching student interests with paths to meet curricular requirements. Some students have a variety of interests and they work within the confines of curricular requirements to explore these areas. Other students feel they don’t have anything…