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Courtesy  Dirty Girl Mud Run KILLINGTON — Dirty Girl Mud Run returns to Killington Resort Saturday, July 9. The 3.1 mile, 14-obstacle course is “a muddy event built to inspire fabulous females to run, walk, climb, jump, and laugh their way, hand in muddy hand, to an unabashed sense of accomplishment,” according to godirtygirl.com. This is the…

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By Julia Purdy The geometry of the bridge contrasts with Otter Creek’s natural environment. On Monday, June 20, drivers waiting at the light at West Street and Route 7 in Rutland were forced to make room for a 100-foot flatbed truck, escorted by police, bringing fully-assembled components of the Ripley Bridge from Casco Bay, Maine.…

By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org The State Board of Education has decided to draw up guidelines and rules for communities interested in pursuing an alternative path to complying with Act 46 changes to school governance. And one thing is clear: For places hoping to keep things as they are, the bar is going to be…

By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org Revisiting a controversy from the initial round of Act 46 mergers, the State Board of Education has made clear that school districts merging under the later phases of the law will face the same prohibition on combining systems that operate a school and those that tuition students for the same…

By Karen D. Lorentz The most recent news to hit Vermont indicates that state regulators are paying greater attention to the details of EB-5 projects in the aftermath of the problems besetting certain Northeast Kingdom EB-5 projects. They are also meeting with success in their investigations of fraudulent use of EB-5 funds. The developer of…

RUTLAND—Baxter Street Park has opened, according to a news release Friday, July 1. “Thanks to many hours of effort from community members and the Rutland Recreation Parks staff the Baxter Street Park is now open,” wrote Cindi Wight, director of Rutland Recreation. An official grand opening event is scheduled for Thursday, July 14, from 6:30…

RUTLAND — On Tuesday, July 5, Rebecca Allen Hougher, president of the Descendants of the Green Mountain Boys, presented Greg Cox, president of the Vermont Farmers Food Center, with a plaque honoring the VFFC for their revitalization and advancement of our Vermont heritage as workers of the earth and promoters of healthy farm to market…

By Jay Diaz and Lia Ernst The ACLU of Vermont has received a significant number of complaints about law enforcement actions at the Rainbow Family of Living Light gathering in Mount Tabor. The Rainbow Family is a loosely knit, leaderless group of people from all over the country who, since 1972, annually gather in a…

Rep. Dave Sharpe By Rep. Dave Sharpe As the chair of the House Education Committee, I have long been disturbed that nearly all Vermonters graduate high school, but only about half continue their education beyond high school. This trend spells disaster: by 2020, two thirds of jobs in Vermont will require some post-secondary education. We…

Dear editor, With the weather warm upon us, family travel and college and high school schools out on vacation, the need for blood is critically low – but the Gift-of-Life Mini Marathon Blood Drive is fast approaching. The annual summer blood drive, the offspring of Rutland’s national-record-setting Gift-of-Life Marathon, is set for July 19 from…

Dear Editor, There’s a vocal segment of  Vermonters who consistently decry what they see as “the liberal” tendency to spend “other people’s money” on social programs. I ran across this most recently in comments supporting gubernatorial candidate Phil Scott’s public statement that he’s pretty sure that $50 million can be cut from Medicaid. That’s an…

Dear Editor, I haven’t fully made my mind up yet about the national election, but there’s a weird similarity between the presidential campaign and the politics of Rutland, Vt. Without a doubt the presence of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump (both totally unlikely candidates) have demonstrated that change is in order. Both spoke clearly on…

Dear Editor, I am writing regarding the Rainbow Family of Living Light Gathering of the Tribes that has been setting up in the Green Mountain National Forest in Mount Tabor. I am a California native who has travelled to Vermont in order to volunteer my time and labor at the gathering. Rainbow Gatherings mean a…