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“All in the Family,” Part II; Triple Peaks’ Ethan Mueller moves East
July 7, 2016
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…
News Briefs: Rutland Region
July 7, 2016
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…
News Briefs: Lakes Region
July 7, 2016
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…
Ehlers wins GMP-Zetterstrom Environmental Award
July 7, 2016
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 Academy announces open enrollment, no preapplication
July 7, 2016
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 Select Board approves $900,000 Operating Note and $3,000 for fire station site investigation
July 7, 2016
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…
Killington votes to keep slogan, survey results are in
July 7, 2016
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…
Killington Connects aims to facilitate conversation
July 7, 2016
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…
Mountain biking—beginner to intermediate to advanced in a day
July 7, 2016
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…
Looking Back; Way back to the 1800s
July 7, 2016
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…
Aging in Place; Old time medicine
July 7, 2016
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…
The Outside Story; How do cowbirds learn to be cowbirds?
July 7, 2016
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…
Should we stop celebrating birthdays?
July 7, 2016
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…
Okemo hosts Vermont Symphony Orchestra
July 6, 2016
Courtesy of Okemo Mountain Resort Okemo Mountain Resort’s Jackson Gore Inn will host the Vermont Symphony Orchestra on Friday, July 8 at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 8 at 7:30 p.m. — LUDLOW —Okemo Mountain Resort’s Jackson Gore Inn will welcome the 2016 TD Bank Summer Festival Tour of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra on Friday, July 8…