GAYSVILLE— Janis Albrecht, 60, a long time resident of Gaysville, passed away peacefully May 10th 2018. She was born December 22, 1957, raised in Fairfield CT and graduated from Andrew Warde High School in 1975. Janis moved to Vermont shortly thereafter. A Nationally Registered EMT since 1989, Janis served on the Stockbridge First Response Team…

By Dom Cioffi I spent this past week in Boston. I was there with a couple of my coworkers attending a marketing conference. Our goal was to pick up some valuable knowledge concerning the future of online marketing, which is changing rapidly. It was unseasonably hot and humid in the city, with each day we…

By Becca Zidik Crisp air and cool nights signify the change in seasons, a time that we all look forward to. Instead of the cliche PSL (pumpkin spice latte) or cinnamon apple cider, consider a refreshing glass of Clown Shoes beer! Straight from Ipswich, Mass., this craft brewery will be featured at The Foundry for…

By Marguerite Jill Dye We welcomed our friends from Avignon, France, Colette and Jean-Paul Pascal, with a fête. We explored our region on “Very Vermont” excursions and hikes. One lovely day at Silver Lake, Judy took Colette on her first kayak trip. We hiked Bear Mountain, Pico Peak, and the Appalachian Trail alongside Kent Pond.…

By Mary Ellen Shaw When you have lived long enough in the City of Rutland to remember the days of cows and horses then you know that you have been around for awhile! Back in the 50s there was still some farmland in the city. One piece of property that had that designation was about…

On Aug. 21, 2018, Eugene Oler (a.k.a. Olow), former resident of Pinnacle Condominiums, 201 Old Mill Road, Killington, passed away at the Vermont Veterans’ Home, 325 North St., Bennington. Born on Feb. 11, 1927 in New Haven, Connecticut, he was employed by McKesson & Robbins, Bridgeport, Connecticut. In 1944, he joined the U.S. Navy stationed…

Purchasing power parity, or PPP, is a simple idea with a tongue twister of a name. When two countries have PPP, a basket of goods costs the same amount in both countries after the exchange rate has been factored in. The Economist developed an entertaining measure of PPP. It’s called “The Big Mac Index.” The…

By Polly Lynn Mikula KILLINGTON— This past Sunday, Sept. 9, 33 local celebrities took hundreds of pies in the face and raised $22,000 for Chase William Kuehl and the Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation (PMSF), a new record for the event. Last year, the event raised $15,000. The pieing took place at Moguls Sports Pub on Killington…

By Katy Savage HUBBARDTON—Kurt Schneider calls his campsite Restoration at Cattail Cove. It sits on an edge of his lakeside property in Hubbardton, surrounded by trees and occasional blue herons at the edge of the water. It features a queen-size, extra thick air mattress, beneath a 10-by-10-foot wall tent. There’s a wood stove, a shower,…

By Julia Purdy RUTLAND—The developers of the proposed Starbucks restaurant on North Main Street appeared before the Rutland Development Review Board (DRB) and observers Wednesday to present updates to the project and request a conditional use permit to operate a retail store in conjunction with the planned restaurant. The project has encountered public opposition in…

By Marguerite Jill Dye MIDDLEBURY—About 500 crowded onto the Middlebury Green to hear Senator Bernie Sanders and friends speak about labor issues, education, health and child care, discrimination, and the importance of the upcoming elections in Vermont and the nation. The annual Labor Day Rally in Middlebury followed a similar rally in White River Junction…

RUTLAND—On Saturday, Sept. 8, Punk in the Park celebrated its 13th year with live music from a dozen bands starting at noon at the gazebo in Main Street Park. Time Out Timmy (pictured above) was joined by Jonee Earthquake Band, Augrah, Steel Sorrow, The Tommy Guns, Cruel Miracle, Humdinger & the Bucksnort, Marko & The…

By Curt Peterson WOODSTOCK—Replacement of Bridge No. 51 over Kedron Brook on Route 4 in Woodstock began in April and was completed on June 7, five days ahead of schedule, according to an email from Communications and Public Involvement Coordinator Megan Savage for the Montreal Infrastructure Consulting firm WSP. “And the project came in under…

About a week after school started, Woodstock Union High School was put into a lockdown Tuesday morning after a student posted a perceived threat on Snapchat. Woodstock Police Chief Robbie Blish declined to give more details regarding the threat, pending investigation. “In today’s environment, the school, appropriately, was abundantly cautious,” Blish said. WUHS Principal Garon…

By Curt Peterson READING—The Windsor Central Modified Unified Union School District Board (WCMUUSD) voted to remove one full-time teacher from Reading’s faculty, necessitating grade reconfiguration and inspiring several teachers and parents to protest at the board’s August meeting. Reading voters, notoriously ambiguous about joining the consolidated district, first accepted, then rejected, then accepted the merger…