A new study analyzing traffic stops in Vermont shows that black and Hispanic drivers are pulled over, searched and arrested far more often than whites, yet white drivers are more likely to be carrying contraband. Released June 30, the independent study of racial disparities in traffic stops and outcomes by Vermont State Police between July…

  Submitted ETHAN  MUELLER By Karen D. Lorentz Ethan Mueller, president of Crested Butte Mountain Resort and senior vice president of Triple Peaks, LLC, has relocated to New London, N.H., which is close to the company’s Mount Sunapee and Okemo Mountain Resorts. “My job hasn’t changed with the move,” Mueller told the Mountain Times, noting…

By Lani Duke Rutland HS students to attend national music conference RUTLAND CITY—Two Rutland High seniors won acceptance to the National Association for Music Education conference to be held in November in Grapevine, Texas. Violist Ryan French, 17, and violinist Nova Wang, 16, will spend three days in classes and rehearsals before participating in a…

By Lani Duke Students learn local community arts CASTLETON—Students in Castleton’s master of arts in arts administration program recently spent a week learning about local community arts. Launched this summer, the low-residency program emphasizes practical applications. Enrollment currently totals nine students. Two are Castleton alumni; the others come from from across the country. During their…

A man once called Lake Champlain’s loudest advocate is being honored for his tireless devotion to Vermont’s most important body of water. James Ehlers, executive director of Lake Champlain International, was recently presented with the GMP-Zetterstrom Environmental Award for his unwavering efforts to protect and improve Lake Champlain, according to a news release June 30.…

SHARON– The board of The Sharon Academy (TSA) in Sharon, Vt., voted unanimously at its annual meeting Saturday, June 25, to adopt an open enrollment policy. The policy takes effect immediately for all grades, 7–12. “The board has affirmed as official policy what is already our practice– embracing all applicants,” said Head of School Michael…

KILLINGTON — Last Wednesday, June 29, at 9 a.m. the Killington Select Board gathered for a special meeting at the Town Offices. Board Members Chris Bianchi and Ken Lee were present as well as Town Manger Debby Schwartz and Chet Hagenbarth, highway and facilities director. Additional members of the community present, included Steve Finer, Jim Haff, Vito…

By Polly Lynn KILLINGTON — The town of Killington put out a survey mid-June asking interested parties to weigh in on the town’s slogan, which appears on the welcome signs. Its current slogan, “Heart of the Green Mountains,” remained the favorite according to the survey results. “Everyone who lives, visits, or just loves Killington,” was…

Town Manager Debby Schwartz to meet residents for Wednesday walks on the Golf Course beginning July 13 KILLINGTON – Residents of Killington are invited to join Town Manager, Debby Schwartz, for Killington Connects, a new series of morning walks with coffee, select Wednesday mornings during July and August. Killington Connects will give residents the opportunity to…

This was a great week. I have been taking it easier for a week or so at the Rutland climbing gym to let some de-gloving issues heal on my fingers, but I have been getting into bouldering to keep my strength up. When there is no one at the gym to belay me, I just…

  Recently I looked back way beyond the days of my own yesteryear. A coffee meeting with two cousins took me back to the late1800s. One cousin, Betty, lives in Rutland so I see her often. I barely remembered my other cousin, Kathie, as I had not seen her since I was about 10 years…

  By Scott Funk It would be more accurate to call it “ old time no medicine ,” for in the world Boomers grew up in, there was precious little medicine in the medicine cabinet. In the medicine chest at our house, there was a battered box of Band-Aids, a bottle of mercurochrome, and a…

By Carolyn Lorié Unlike the majority of birds, brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) do not start life surrounded by their own kind. The females do not build nests, but instead add their eggs to the clutches of other birds—usually one per nest, but sometimes several. Host birds generally do not recognize the dumped egg and will…

I write this column on my younger brother’s 20th birthday—happy birthday, Zach! For me, naturally, this occasion of my younger brother’s aging out of adolescence has led, with predictably anxious self-centeredness, to reflections on my own increasingly ancient status within a youth culture with which I still sort of identify: I’m old enough now to…

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