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Shiffrin honors youth racer
December 1, 2017
By Evan Johnson Gabriella Kolev beams over the awards bouquet given to her by Mikaela Shiffrin. By Evan Johnson For the youngest ski racers, watching the World Cup was an opportunity to see their heroes perform. Speaking at a press conference after winning Sunday’s slalom race, Mikaela Shiffrin said she saw a bit of herself…
Parade kicks off Saturday morning
December 1, 2017
By Evan Johnson Pete Davis and KMS athletes lead the parade in a practice of a war chant to be performed in the stadium, Saturday morning. By Evan Johnson While many of the spectators for the day’s Giant Slalom races were busy finding parking, or enjoying their second cup of coffee, a group of approximately…
Germany’s Rebensburg stays strong for Giant Slalom win
December 1, 2017
Courtesy of Killington Resort VIKTORIA REBENSBURG By Evan Johnson Saturday saw temperatures reaching a high in the mid-40s by 2 p.m., meaning soft, bright conditions on the upper portions of Superstar before dropping into the bottom third on Preston’s Pitch, which lay in flat light. Germany’s Viktoria Rebensburg was third out of the starting gate…
Mercury enters retrograde in time for holidays
December 1, 2017
By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week’s Horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Pisces Moon, in the wake of Thanksgiving and the annual, Black Friday greed-athon. There is so much going on it’s hard to know what to focus on, and just as hard to figure out how to talk about…
Horoscopes for November 22nd – 28th, 2017
November 30, 2017
Cal Garrison (a.k.a Mother of the Skye) writes weekly horoscopes for The Mountain Times. If you would like an emailed notification sent to you weekly, sign up for the newsletter, below. Want to hear more from Mother of the Skye? Check out Mother's Celestial Inspirations for a deeper look into this weeks horoscopes Mother of the Skye…
Budgets in development for town departments
November 30, 2017
By Evan Johnson Killington’s offices have been busy preparing budgets for the coming fiscal year. At a town Select Board meeting Sept. 21, managers from Green Mountain National Golf Course, Killington Police Department, library, town listers and planning and zoning departments presented their progress on budgets for fiscal year 2019. The operating and capital budgets…
November 29, 2017
November 29, 2017
A recap of last year
November 22, 2017
© Reese Brown Mikaela Shiffrin took first place in Slalom in the 2016 FIS World Cup race at Killington. By Evan Johnson With big crowds and world-class performances by some of skiing’s elite, the return of World Cup racing to Killington and the East Coast was one for the history books. Some 30,000 spectators made…
Ski celebrities to speed down Superstar
November 22, 2017
By Reese Brown U.S. Alpine racer Resi Stiegler on-course at Killington. By Karen D. Lorentz For those who don’t follow ski racing, the FIS World Cup series is quite a big deal. It’s a rare opportunity to see the best in the world compete in various ski disciplines right here in Killington. Prior to last year,…
Olympic dreams add excitement to World Cup action
November 22, 2017
By Evan Johnson In addition to the thrill of competing in the World Cup, American athletes will also keep their sights set on the 23rd Winter Olympic Games, scheduled for PyeongChang, South Korea, between Feb. 9-25. There will be a maximum of 22 athletes representing the United States in the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, with…
Neptune’s coming turnaround
November 22, 2017
By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week’s Horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Sagittarius Moon, on the eve of the Sun’s entrance into the same sign. When the Sun and the Moon come together in the same degree of the same sign, it means that the Moon is “New.”…
Horoscopes for November 15th – 21st, 2017
November 22, 2017
Cal Garrison (a.k.a Mother of the Skye) writes weekly horoscopes for The Mountain Times. If you would like an emailed notification sent to you weekly, sign up for the newsletter, below. Want to hear more from Mother of the Skye? Check out Mother's Celestial Inspirations for a deeper look into this weeks horoscopes Mother of the Skye…
Forerunning a World Cup race
November 16, 2017
By Evan Johnson At last year’s World Cup race at Killington, before the top ski racers plunged down Superstar, a crowd of some 15,000 in the base area on both days of racing cheered for three young Vermonters from the Killington Mountain School, who ran the course before any of the other international racers, a…
Killington Receives Positive Snow Control for Audi FIS World Cup Race November 24-26
November 16, 2017
Courtesy of US Ski & Snowboard
Two singer-songwriters join forces to perform at Brandon Music
November 15, 2017
Friday, Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m.—BRANDON— Touring the globe, living their musical dream, folk/Americana singer-songwriters, Caroline Cotter and Emily Scott Robinson will share the stage at Brandon Music on Friday, Nov. 17. Cotter and Robinson met in 2015 while Cotter was touring through Chattanooga, Tenn., where Robinson was living and writing songs. The two connected through…