By Merisa Sherman I could tell she was a little nervous. You could see how small she made herself, her little arm wrapped around her mom’s leg as she peered around from the back. She wanted to be there and didn’t want to miss anything, but at the same time she wasn’t quite sure what…

June 24-26—WOODSTOCK— Bookstock, "the premier literary festival with a boutique feel and a big heart" will take over downtown Woodstock this weekend showcasing literary luminaries and cross-cultural voices, including Pulitzer Prize winners, poets laureate, National Book Award winners, plus debut and best-selling authors from Vermont and beyond. Features a huge sale of used, rare, and…

By Angelo Lynn Editor’s note: Angelo Lynn is the editor and publisher of the Addison County Independent, a sister publication to the Mountain Times. In combing through some of the graduation speeches heard or read in the past few weeks, I’ve come to appreciate these rites as a community ritual of renewal and inspiration —…

By DJ Dave Hoffenberg If you haven’t seen Breanna Elaine yet, I recommend doing so. I’ve seen her twice now, at The Foundry and Still on the Mountain Distillery, both places she’ll play again in the future. She plays mostly originals with some covers mixed in. I heard her do Jewel’s “Who will Save your…

By Curt Peterson Around 262 members of the Windsor Central Supervisory Union (WCSU) community responded to a survey designed to seek opinions about changing the district’s name. The survey was distributed through all the local listservs in the district. Current students, parents of current students, alumni of the district, and employees contributed to the survey.…

Killington Resort has purchased the Hillside Inn as a second employee housing location after renting it for the 2021-22 winter season. In 2018, Killington Resort purchased the Mendon Mountain View Lodge to begin offering housing to employees. This lodge consists of 39 rooms, a full kitchen, a lounge and community space. Due to the increased…

Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos announced Friday, June 24 as the official start of early voting for the Vermont statewide primary election, to be held on Tuesday, Aug. 9. “Early voting options have proven to increase both voter access and voter participation in our civic process,” said Condos. “Our democracy is stronger when we…

Dear Editor, Although unstated, Steve Briggs’ June 14 question, printed in the Mountain Times, was probably directed at me. He asks “If the little person in the womb is not alive, why must an abortion provider kill him or her?” I’m reminded of the reaction of the physicist Wolfgang Pauli to something he read: “This…

By Tiffany Soukup Distinctive features differentiates this rodent If you’ve never seen – or heard of – the southern bog lemming, you’re not alone. Although this small mammal scurries through our landscape year-round, it is elusive by nature. So elusive, in fact, that the southern bog lemming (Synaptomys cooperi) is listed as a species of…

By Katy Savage After Donald Gurney, Jr. went missing last week, hundreds of people, police rescue groups and a team of search dogs united to find him. Gurney, 65, who has Alzheimer’s, went missing around midnight Monday, June 13 on Gurney Road in Springfield. Vermont State Police said his truck was left on the side…

By DJ Dave Hoffenberg, commissioner Finally softball has come back to Killington. Games are underway and will be played at the Ada Hall Softball Field behind the Sherburne Library on River Road in Killington every Monday and Wednesday 5:50 and 7 p.m. First Stop vs. Rivershed First game of the season was Rivershed versus First…

By Dom Cioffi No parent ever wants to receive a phone call from the police regarding their child. It’s what nightmares are made of. This past weekend, I received one of those calls. It was late Saturday morning and I was putzing around the house doing chores when my phone rang. It was my son…

Dear Editor, I just returned from the public informational meeting about the “hut” which is proposed to be built at Silver Lake, and I find myself both more opposed to the project than I was before I attended, and somewhat disillusioned. First, the reasons that I initially opposed the project were all confirmed, in spades.…

By Katy Savage and John McCright Mass. Bay Brewing Company, the parent company of Harpoon Brewery in Windsor, has acquired Long Trail Brewing Company, Harpoon CEO and cofounder Dan Kenary announced Friday, June 17. “As part of the agreement, we will continue to operate the Long Trail Riverside Pub in Bridgewater Corners, but will begin…

By Kevin Theissen The last couple of years have been challenging for everyone, including small businesses. As it seems we’ve come out of the pandemic, business owners were hoping that the worst of its economic impact would end as well. Not so fast, however, as rising interest rates and inflation now must be dealt with…