By Erin Mansfield, VTDigger.org The executive director of the Vermont Lottery will leave his post Oct. 14 to take a job in Chicago. Greg Smith has been running the Vermont Lottery, a state agency headquartered in Berlin, since the summer of 2014. The agency announced his resignation Sept. 27. Under Smith’s tenure, lottery ticket sales…

Best values, rates as selection tightens, brokers say By Karen D. Lorentz The prices are good, interest rates are low, and the inventory selection is good but beginning to decrease, according to real estate brokers in the Killington area, who are very busy. Many credit a buyer’s market and good values for vacation properties with…

By Adam Federman, VTDigger.org RUTLAND — A settlement between Rutland City and the Agency of Natural Resources seeks to put to rest differences over the remediation of Moon Brook. The agreement signed Thursday, Oct. 6, dismisses an earlier appeal filed by the city challenging the agency’s designation of Rutland as a small municipal separate storm…

“It takes a village” to pull off an event of this caliber, organizers say By Karen D. Lorentz Editor’s Note: This is part five in a series on Killington hosting the Audi FIS World Cup Women’s Giant Slalom and Slalom races on Nov. 26-27, 2016. While volunteers have flooded Killington with applications to support the…

Dear Editor, The other day I googled “Killington cartoons” and an interesting link came up. It was about the cartoonist Tim Newcombe, who drew a cartoon in the 80s lampooning Killington Resort’s quest to alter Vermont laws to allow it to use recycled sewage to make snow. Killington sued him and the papers that printed…

Dear Editor, I have been on the Killington School Board for over 10 years and this is my first letter to the editor. I am writing to invite you all to a meeting that will be held on Monday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. at the Killington Elementary School library. The School Board is holding…

By Tad Montgomery So, we have a petulant progressive farmer who is purportedly trying to plant himself firmly into the position of lieutenant governor in Vermont. One might say this is going a bit against the grain of politics as usual in our fair state, but anyone who has ever felt their oats in the…

By Lee H. Hamilton This campaign year has been full of twists and turns. We don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow, let alone on Nov. 8. So talking about what comes afterward seems premature. But it’s been on my mind a lot, because I’m worried. This specific worry is not about who wins the…

By Angelo S. Lynn The political bomb that dropped over the weekend did not, as many expected, explode at Sunday night’s second debate between Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Rather, it hit Friday night with the release of a video in which Trump speaks lewdly and openly about his boorish…

By Adam Federman, VTDigger.org RUTLAND — Denise Thompson and her family are the last remaining tenants in three properties that were seized at the start of the month as part of a civil forfeiture case that will see the homes turned over to a nonprofit devoted to community redevelopment. Thompson was given an extra week…

Feral Cat Day is Oct. 16 at the Rutland County Humane Society (RCHS). Rutland County is fortunate to have volunteers caring for hundreds of cats at feral cat colonies throughout the county every day. These volunteers love the cats and find great joy and satisfaction in knowing they are part of something worthwhile. RCHS is…

By Patricia Minichiello A new playground is coming to Rutland Town in the next few months, town officials said recently. “We have just received a grant to build a playground at Northwood Park,” said Mike Rowe, recreation director for the town. He spoke briefly about the project and said that it will require volunteers from…

KILLINGTON—"Spell exhilarate,” said the moderator of the Killington Elementary School vs. Barnard Academy Spelling Bee competition last week. Nervous energy filled the specials’ room at KES on Thursday morning, Oct. 6, as the start time approached. But the excitement of a spelling bee exhilarated many simultaneously. Congratulations to Barnard Academy as they move on to…

By Julia Purdy HUBBARDTON—“Kit” Carson Davidson died Thursday, Sept. 28, 2016, at age 92, but he remains in spirit in the uplands of the Hubbardton home he called “Taconic Mountains Ramble.” This unique corner of Rutland County has been enjoyed by locals and world travelers alike, and its transfer Oct. 5 to the state of…

CASTLETON— On Thursday, Oct. 7, more than 600 Rutland County high school sophomores participated in a “financial reality fair” at Castleton University. The fair, which acted as an interactive financial literacy tool for students, was sponsored by Heritage Family Credit Union and was part of the fourth annual Sophomore Career Summit, sponsored by the Rutland…