Submitted Monica Schmelzenbach RUTLAND–Mount Saint Joseph Academy Senior Monica Schmelzenbach is the second female student-athlete at MSJ ever to score 1,000 points in basketball, after the legendary Kim Levins (MSJ ’87). She scored her 1,000th point during MSJ’s 60-24 win over Woodstock on Wednesday night, Feb. 17. She made the basket that put her in…

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By Kim Peters Hunter Cameron, placed second in the J.V. State Championship meet. By Kim Peters RUTLAND — This past weekend, Feb. 20-21, wrestlers represented Rutland High School well at the J.V. State meet.  Hunter Cameron, a freshman at RHS, weight class 145 pounds, won his first two matches beating a wrestler he had lost to…

KILLINGTON — Being held over the weekend of Feb. 27 - 28, Killington’s Slash and Berm is a two-day benefit banked slalom event held at Killington’s Stash Park to bring the East Coast snowboarding community together. Snowboarders will gather at Killington’s “The Stash” terrain park to take advantage of the natural terrain and all the creative…

KILLINGTON — No, it’s not this winter’s ski season; it’s the winter swim season! The competitive Killington Aquatic Club Winter Swim season was good!  This past weekend, Feb. 20-21, Killington Aquatic Club swimmers Heidi Alf, Justine Peters, Nova Wang, Sophia Nisimblat, and Ethan Courcelle competed in a qualifying time meet in Andover, Mass. The meet saw…

By Karen D. Lorentz Ski areas in central Vermont have long been at the forefront of ski industry innovation and technology, from pioneering ski lifts to making snow. From building the nation’s first rope tow in Woodstock in 1934 to installing the first T-Bar at Pico in 1940, to the world’s first four-passenger gondola at…

By Michael Bielawski, Vermont Watchdog Lawmakers seeking to control education costs in Vermont are discussing how many special education teachers is too many. The House Education Committee on Feb. 11 invited Michael Giangreco, professor of education at the University of Vermont, to offer advice on budget and resources for special education students. Giangreco, whose expertise…

By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org The nonprofit that provides health insurance for education employees and retirees in Vermont is making some significant changes to try to stay relevant amid calls from Legislators to move school employees onto the state health insurance exchange. The federal health care law says small school districts must shift onto Vermont…

On Feb. 18, the Community College of Vermont (CCV) announced a new partnership with the Vermont Department of Libraries (VTLIB) to place CCV student interns in six Vermont libraries as job-hunt helpers for Vermont residents. These libraries include the public libraries in Barre, Brattleboro, Newport, Rutland, St. Johnsbury and Winooski. The interns will work with…

By Mike Faher, VTDigger.org In 2011, after years of work, the Massachusetts Legislature approved a major overhaul of the state’s alimony law. There was not a single dissenting vote, “and it’s very rare that happens,” said Steve Hitner, the man who led the effort. Now, a group led by Brattleboro businessman Rick Fleming is attempting…

By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org After hours of wrangling Monday, Feb. 22, a Senate committee narrowly approved a bill to legalize recreational marijuana — paving the way for the legislation to come up before the full Senate this week. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved S.241 by a slim majority of 4 to 3. But some of the committee’s…

At an annual meeting of the nation’s governors, Gov. Peter Shumlin led a successful bipartisan effort to create nationwide prescribing protocols to reduce the availability of Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A.) approved opiates in America. The protocols, which are likely to include restrictions on the number of opiates that can be prescribed, will be developed…

By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week’s Horoscopes are coming out under the light of a full, Virgo Moon, with the Sun newly ensconced in the early degrees of the sign Pisces. This is the point in the yearly cycle when the snake meets its tail and new beginnings emerge out of…

Courtesy of KMS Jud Bartlett speaks at the KMS guidence evening. KILLINGTON — Killington Mountain School hosted a College Guidance Night on Friday evening, Feb. 12, led by Middlebury College Admissions Officer, Karen Bartlett, who spoke about the college process from an admissions perspective. Karen Bartlett was joined by her husband, Jud, an alum of both…

Courtesy of PEGTV Host Tom Donahue will update the community as the election results come in on Tuesday, March 1 on PEGTV channel 21. Tuesday, March 1 at 7 p.m. — RUTLAND — PEGTV, Rutland County’s public access television station, will be broadcasting live high definition election night coverage on PEGTV cable channel 21 on Tuesday, March…