By Mike Faher/VTDigger Vermont earned high marks on a new federal study of hospitalizations and deaths due to cardiovascular events like heart attack and stroke. The state had the nation’s lowest death rate in 2016 for cardiovascular events deemed “preventable” in the study, issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vermont also fared well in hospitalization…

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Sept. 27, 29—CASTLETON, RANDOLPH—The Vermont Symphony Orchestra ushers in fall with its annual “Made in Vermont” tour, a six-location tour with two stops within the local region this week. Concerts will be held Thursday, Sept. 27 at Castleton University’s Fine Arts Center for a 7 p.m. show; then Saturday, Sept. 29 at Chandler Music Hall…

By Gal Garrison a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week’s Horoscopes are coming out in the aftermath of the Fall Equinox, under the light of a Libra Sun and a Full Aries Moon. Over the years I have written about this Cross Quarter so many times, I am not in the mood to write about…

Wednesday, Sept. 26, 6:30 p.m.—RUTLAND—On Wednesday, Sept. 26 at 6:30 p.m., Phoenix Books Rutland will host Rick Winston for a talk on his new book, “Red Scare in the Green Mountains.” What happened in Vermont when the anti-Communist fear known as the Red Scare swept the country? Quite a bit, as it turns out. Winston explores…

By Katy Savage WEST WINDSOR—About 300 people attended the opening celebration of the long-awaited Ascutney Outdoors Center on Sunday, Sept. 23. The 3,000 square foot building was designed and built by a number of volunteer community carpenters over the past 20 months at the site of the former base lodge, which burned in 2015. The…

By Katy Savage MENDON—The Mendon Mountain View Lodge will soon house international employees for Killington Mountain Resort. Powdr purchased the lodge from Ski Mendon Properties, Inc. for $600,000 June 14, according to property records. About 60 people will live in the 30-room lodge seasonally, said Killington Resort Marketing and Sales Director Rob Megnin. The lodge…

By Evan Johnson BRANDON — A proposed 2.2-megawatt solar array just minutes from downtown Brandon is back for consideration. A New Jersey-based solar developer has completed a petition for a certificate of public good, according to documents available at the Public Utility Commission. That same developer had proposed a similar solar farm nearby this past…

By Curt Peterson POMFRET—Congressman Peter Welch, who is running for re-election this November, met with recreational cyclists in the ski shop at Woodstock Inn’s Suicide Six Ski Resort in South Pomfret to discuss outdoor recreation, a significant part of Vermont’s economy. Outdoor recreation is a large and growing producer of local business revenue. A 2010…

By Lani Duke RUTLAND—Although it seems that Rutland City has frequently released stormwater runoff with sewage into Otter and East creeks, Public Works Commissioner Jeffrey Wennberg said overflow frequency and duration are far less than in the past. New infrastructure in the Northwest Neighborhood gets much of the credit for keeping stormwater out of the…

By Alan J. Keays/VTDIgger RUTLAND—The Rutland Town Selectboard has approved a $60,000 settlement with the municipality’s former administrator, who filed a wrongful termination lawsuit after he was fired last year from his job of more than three decades. The board voted on the settlement this week to resolve the federal lawsuit brought by Joseph Zingale.…

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What do bets on the ice melt date in Joe’s Pond and apple blossom notes of Vermont farmers have in common? Both contributed to the creation of the first-state-in-the-nation Vermont Climate Assessment. The 2014 Vermont report combines local data from University of Vermont and state scientists in partnership with the National Climate Assessment (which provides…

Friday & Saturday, Sept. 21-22—WOODSTOCK—Join the village of Woodstock for the sixth annual Pentangle Light Garden, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 21-22, 6:30-10 p.m. each night. The Woodstock Village Green is turned into an illuminated light garden wonderland with a series of sculptural garden plots designed by local artists and featuring whimsical and creative uses of…

KILLINGTON—The Select Board has appointed a new town manager with a familiar face. Chet Hagenbarth, who has been an interim town manager since April, was appointed to the town manager position in a meeting Monday, Sept. 16. Hagenbarth has worked in the Killington town office since 2012. He was the highway and facilities director until…