By Adam Federman, VTDigger.org RUTLAND — Business organizations are urging local political and community leaders to resolve their differences on the question of refugee resettlement for the good of the city’s reputation. The Rutland Economic Development Corp. and the Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce released a joint statement Wednesday, July 27, urging the Board of…

KILLINGTON – In June of 2013, the Town of Killington officially transitioned from a constable department to a police department when Whit Montgomery was named as its first chief of police. Since that time, the town has enjoyed the benefits of this transition, the most recent being a financial benefit for residents, according to a…

Courtesy of Dave Hoffenberg RON WHITE Ron White is bringing his awesome comedy show to the Paramount Theatre on Thursday, Aug. 4 at 8 p.m. I didn’t see his show live but I did have the pleasure of interviewing him. It was like a comedy show phone call. White is looking forward to coming back…

Dear Editor, Vermonters of all political persuasions want to see our state move forward. But many Vermonters have felt like they’ve been left behind, and rightly so. So many are grappling with the growing crisis of affordability our state is facing. And the majority in Montpelier has responded by throwing more taxes and fees at…

Dear Editor, Even though it is currently summer, winter sports are still always on my mind. This is why I was very happy to read in The Mountain Times this past week that the VCRD held a public forum regarding sustainable business practices and Vermont’s “climate change economy.” As somebody who loves the snow and…

Dear Editor, As a financial official, I could list many reasons for choosing Bruce Lisman for Vermont governor over Phil Scott, in the Aug. 9 primary. Lisman has extensive financial experience and management skills which are needed in the governor’s office. The next governor will have a huge task in repairing our state government as…

Dear Editor, When I spoke face to face with Bruce Lisman and suggested that Vermont needed to go on offense, so to speak, to expand our economy, instead of taking incremental defensive measures, I saw that he was really listening. In fact, growth of new businesses was never far from his thoughts in our lengthy…

By Rob Roper Before Peter Shumlin became governor, he famously said that there was no more tax capacity left in Vermont. We were “tapped out.” Since then, Shumlin and majorities in the legislature have passed hundreds of millions of dollars worth of new taxes and fees. Despite this, the state still deals with a consistent…

By Jon Margolis, VTDigger.org Vermont’s campaign for governor is getting a bad rap. “Boring, boring, boring” seems to be the general consensus of the political insiders and the professional chatterers alike. In fairness to the insiders and the chatterers, there is evidence to support their assessment. The campaign doesn’t have much political sex appeal. Neither…

By Dom Cioffi I knew as soon as I hauled my son’s travel trunk into the cabin that things in the summer camp world had changed dramatically. I had no sooner made it through the door when my senses picked up an oddly refreshing pine forest odor coupled with a temperature fluctuation of about 20…

By Lani Duke One-room schoolhouse gets third lease on life PAWLET—The Pawlet Historical Society has found a new home in the renovated Chris Monroe Chapel in Mettowee Valley cemetery, on Cemetery Hill Road off Route 30 and next to the Pawlet post office. On exhibit is a display curated by George Bouret on the history…

By Lani Duke New hires, promotions RUTLAND—Bernadette Robin begins a new job as business development and marketing director at Visiting Nurse Aassociation and Hospice of the Southwest Region, starting Aug. 8. She spent the previous two years as Rutland Regional Medical Center communications specialist, and nearly 10 years as director of annual giving for the…

The world is very safety conscious these days and that is a good thing. When I look back into the 1950s, and before, I wonder why some of us are even here! Many of the houses on our street had “garages” in the cellar. Ours was one of them. We always had a full-size car…

Because the bloated incoherent March blockbuster “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” was the worst Batman movie in history, and because DC Films has saddled us with Zack Snyder’s increasingly braindead direction through at least 2019, and because for the first time since 1993 an animated Batman movie—“Batman: The Killing Joke”—was just released theatrically (albeit…

Proposed network will link resort trails with Forest Service KILLINGTON—Construction on the first three miles of an extensive mountain bike trail network in Killington will begin following a formal groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, Aug. 5 at 10:30 a.m. The event will take place off Route 100 North, approximately 0.25 miles north of Lakewood Drive. When…