By Rep. Jim Harrison, R-Bridgewater, Chittenden, Killington & Mendon It’s that time of the session, where the Senate committees are busy reviewing and amending House passed bills and the House is doing the same with Senate bills. While sometimes both bodies pass the same version of a bill, often there are differences, which will need…

The Vermont Agency of Transportation notifies the traveling public that Route 103 from Rockingham to Clarendon will be resurfaced this spring and summer. This project will proceed through Rockingham, portions of Chester, Cavendish, portions of Ludlow, Mount Holly, Wallingford, Shrewsbury and Clarendon. The contractor, Pike Industries, will begin preliminary construction activities the week of April…

About 89 Stafford Technical Center participated in the SkillsUSA Leadership Conference at various locations in and around South Burlington April 4-5. Students competed to demonstrate personal, workplace and technical skills. Stafford Technical Center garnered 33 medals total in individual and group competitions, including eight gold medals, 18 silver medals, and seven bronze medals, according to…

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By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week’s Horoscopes are coming out under the light of an Aquarius Moon, with all kinds of aspects to consider. Let’s dissect a few of them just to make sense of things that might complicate our reactions and experience if we don’t pay attention to what’s going…

By Rep. Jim Harrison, R-Bridgewater, Chittenden, Killington & Mendon With six weeks left on the schedule for the 2018 legislative session, we got a glimpse this past week of the potential stumbling blocks prior to conclusion. With new gun legislation largely behind us (S.55 was sent to the governor and two other measures relating to…

By Alison Clarkson, Senator, Windsor County Both bodies of the Vermont Legislature have now passed three major measures to improve firearm safety in our state. These bills: S.221, H.422 and S.55, are designed to keep guns out of the hands of those who intend harm to themselves or others, domestic violence abusers, and those with…

By Dom Cioffi My son has enjoyed the last week off due to spring break. During the last seven days, he has successfully accomplished nothing. At least I thought he accomplished nothing, until he came to me with a strange problem. “Dad?” he queried while holding his hand up in front of my face. “I…

By Marguerite Jill Dye The other night, I couldn’t sleep. I was worrying and my husband was snoring. I crept downstairs and caught Stephen Colbert’s interview with Sean Penn. His face was drawn and his hair was disheveled. He’d taken an Ambien after a red-eye flight and looked like an exhausted, absent-minded professor. As he…

Killington Resort’s annual Bear Mountain Mogul Challenge competition, being held Saturday, April 7, is a rite of spring ushering in the season with soft bumps and a big tailgate party as amateur bumpers take to the slopes of Outer Limits. The top 32 men and 16 women advance. Photo by Jerry LeBlond

By Karen D. Lorentz KILLINGTON—With 151 total property sales, “2017 was a record-breaking year for real estate sales in Killington, surpassing the number of sales at the peak of the market in 2006,” reported Kyle Kershner, broker/owner of Killington Pico Realty. The year 2006 saw 139 total sales, including all types of properties from land…

By Mike Polhamus, VTDigger Residents’ worries over pesticide use by a mosquito-control district in Rutland County have Vermont Law School clinicians asking the state to hold off on issuing a permit allowing application of chemicals that kill adult mosquitoes. Some residents who live within the Brandon-Leicester-Salisbury-Goshen-Pittsford (BLSG) Insect Control District say the “adulticide” chemicals the district…

Thursday, April 5, 7 p.m.—RUTLAND—International recording artist and performer Woody Pines will be performing live at the Chaffee Arts Center in Rutland on Thursday, April 5. Starting at 7 p.m., Pines makes his Chaffee debut with a solo performance. This will be the second installment of a new music series at The Chaffee, that will continue the…

Thursday, April 5, 6:30 p.m.—RUTLAND—On Thursday, April 5 at 6:30 p.m., Phoenix Books Rutland will host Peter Shea for a talk on his new book, “The New Atlas of Vermont Trout Ponds: A GPS-Compatible Guide.” The book includes regional maps, stocking information, boat access descriptions, wild trout populations, and more useful information for the Vermont angler. Peter Shea…

Saturday, April 7, 6 p.m.—CHITTENDEN—The Chittenden Day Committee is again hosting a community dinner on Saturday, April 7 at 6 p.m. at the North Chittenden Grange Hall, 3 Lower Middle Road. Known as the fireworks dinner, because it raises funds for the fireworks on Chittenden Day, this meal is a hearty one with turkey and ham with…