If you don’t receive it by Oct. 10, call your town clerk By Juliet Schulman-Hall/VTDigger Roughly 440,000 mail-in ballots are being sent to voters, according to Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos. The mailing began the last week of September and will continue this week. Voters should expect to receive their ballots for the Nov. 8…

By Dom Cioffi I traveled to Europe last week for a work event — my first trip abroad since the craziness of the pandemic. The outbound flight was uneventful for me other than being fortuitously bumped into business class, which allowed extra legroom and a wider, more comfortable seat. Business class also comes with a…

Community Care Network’s Rutland Mental Health Services has been awarded a multi-year planning, development and implementation grant from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to become a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). The four-year, $3.9 million grant to Rutland Mental Health Services began Oct. 1. The CCBHC-PDI grant program is…

Starting Oct. 1, Green Mountain Power (GMP) customers can save $200 when they switch from fossil fuel for cooking and install a new electric induction cooktop or range. Induction technology heats up and cools down faster than fossil fuel and provides great temperature control, all without carbon emissions and indoor air pollution . The new…

By Elise Tillinghast During a late summer walk, I noticed that the common milkweed in our back field is becoming not-so-common. Once vigorous patches of the milky green plants have dwindled, engulfed in a sea of Canada goldenrod. Goldenrod is a habitat rock star, and during this walk, I counted at least 13 moth, wasp,…

By Polly Mikula “There’s a lot to managing a rental property,” said Ryan Flynn, a Pinnacle homeowner and member of the rental committee. “Ultimately we want to ensure that we we are providing our owners and our guests with the very best experience when they come to Killington.” Unlike other condo associations in Killington, Pinnacle…

By Marin Howell & John S. McCright Twenty months after Ripton residents decided to leave the Addison Central School District, on Thursday they voted to rejoin the other six towns in the ACSD as a full member. The tally was 148 in favor to 89 against, with three spoiled ballots. Around 56% of the town’s…

By Erin Petenko/VTDigger The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revised its Covid-19 guidance to allow health care facilities in certain areas to drop mask mandates for patients, visitors and staff. But for the time being, the state’s largest medical providers, University of Vermont Health Network and Dartmouth-Hitchcock, are planning to keep mask…

By Mary Ellen Shaw Once you have lived through several decades you will realize that various aromas have a connection to a certain time period in your life. One of the earliest aromas that I can remember was the delicious scent of a pot roast that my Aunt Nora cooked for Sunday dinners. Back in…

By Curt Peterson Zanni Lacey and Lindsay Rose hosted a Renaissance Faire-like grand opening event for their ZBotanical business on Sept. 17. Hartlanders wondering what’s happening at the long-vacant Shepherd’s Woodworking location north of Webster Road on the Hartland-Quechee Road, couldn't stop guessing. “We cultivate, plant and wildcraft (harvest in the wild) botanicals which we…

By Tiffany Tan/VTDigger One of Vermont’s biggest employers is poised to buy a portion of the former College of St. Joseph campus, where it’s planning to set up new offices, a training center and employee housing. Casella Waste Systems signed a purchase and sale agreement with Heritage Family Credit Union last week to buy most…

Patrick Cody, executive director of Okemo Valley TV (OVTV) was honored with the presentation of the Ludlow Rotary Club (LRC)’s annual Ludlow Community Service Award. Rotarian Art Randolph, in presenting the award to Cody, cited the many years of coverage of area town meetings presented by OVTV along with the local programming promoted by the…

By Curt Peterson “Windsor Central Unified Union School District” is confusing (and it’s a mouthful) even for those who’ve written it hundreds of times. That’s only one reason the district’s configuration and enrollment growth working group (CEGW) is trying to find a new district name as part of their rebranding efforts. Why change the WCUUSD…

RUTLAND – More than 120 residents from Rutland and surrounding communities participated in this year’s Rutland Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday, Sept. 24 at Main Street Park. Participants raised more than $28,000 towards the care, support and research efforts of the Alzheimer’s Association. “We are so grateful to have had so many community members share in…

When buying local art, you get more than just the thing It was a classic Vermont autumn morning, with just enough chill in the air to remind you to stand in the sunshine to soak up the warmth. After an almost frosty evening, the perfectly blue sky was a welcome sight and the few trees…