By Lawrence Zupan “If you drive a car, I’ll tax the street, If you try to sit, I’ll tax your seat. If you get too cold I’ll tax the heat, If you take a walk, I’ll tax your feet…  TAXMAN!” Though that’s from a 1966 song by The Beatles (“Taxman”), with our Legislature plotting to…

Dear Editor, Each year the staff and volunteers at Black River Good Neighbor Services collect food and toys during December and distribute them to deserving families throughout the area. This distribution dates back to well before the creation of BRGNS, but our staff and volunteers are proud to continue the tradition and to serve our…

Dear Editor, By the time you are reading this we hope that the government shutdown has ended. But if not, the folks at Black River Good Neighbor Services in Ludlow want to remind any government employee who is having trouble meeting financial obligations that we stand ready to help with food or heating assistance. We…

By Josh Decatur On July 1, 2018 Vermont became the ninth state to allow the legal possession and consumption of cannabis for adult use. In other words, cannabis is now legal in Vermont. Under current law, any Vermonter 21 years of age or older can cultivate up to two mature and four immature plants and…

By Scott Giles Nearly every conversation about the economic future of our state begins and ends with the need for greater workforce development and for Vermonters to get the education and training required for the available jobs today and the ones coming down the line. Economists project that by 2020, nearly seven out of 10…

By Katy Savage Gov. Phil Scott highlighted the education and the economy in his 32-minute state address, Thursday,  Jan. 10. Coming off a contentious year, where the session extended a month while Legislators debated a tax increase, and in the midst of a national government shutdown, Scott talked about the importance of politicians working together.…

Submitted Bengy Adler is the owner of Skinny Pancake, opening its tenth location in Quechee, in February.

By Erica Allen Studio This home in Killington received the peer choice award for its unique architecture at the annual AIA Vermont ceremony Dec. 13. The home was designed by BirdseyeVT, an architecture firm in Richmond. Vermont.

By Rep. Jim Harrison Last Wednesday, Jan 9, marked the beginning of the new legislative biennium. Voters returned all statewide office holders, including Gov. Phil Scott, and the Legislature voted to have House Speaker Johnson and Senator Ashe head up their respective chambers again. What is different is the overall makeup of Legislators with majority…

By Sen. Alison Clarkson It is always exciting to begin a new biennium in the Vermont State House. And, the 2019 launch of the first year of that two year legislative period was no exception.  While our leadership remained unchanged – returning Gov. Phil Scott; Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman; Senate President Pro Tempore Tim Ashe…

By Dom Cioffi My son has been playing and taking drum lessons for quite some time. This percussion adventure started prior to Christmas a little over two years ago when his cousin agreed to forego a drum kit that was collecting dust in the corner. I loaded the kit into my truck and brought it…

By DJ Dave Hoffenberg Martin Luther King weekend is one of the premiere party weekends in Killington and on that Sunday the Wobbly Barn has chosen to go with a premiere band, Big Bang Baby (BBB). They’ve been playing there since 2004 and they keep getting better. BBB is one of my favorite bands that…

By Dirk Van Susteren A sampling of the empty beer bottles, some considered artifacts, on display at Harpoon Brewery’s Tap and Beer Garden in Windsor. At center, is a bottle of Catamount from Vermont’s first craft-beer brewery that opened in 1987 in White River Junction.

By Polly Mikula Towns across the state are putting final touches on their budgets and articles in preparation for the Town Meeting Day vote, March 5. In Killington, the town is bracing for what is likely going to be a fairly significant municipal tax rate increase, due to retiring past debts (left over from Tropical…

By Katy Savage KILLINGTON— The Select Board’s consideration to borrow $14 million next year to pay for future costs over a 10-year period has been thwarted. Town Manager Chet Hagenbarth told the board Tuesday, Jan. 8, that the town can’t borrow the large sum of money up front because the Vermont Municipal Bond Bank requires…