CASTLETON — The New Year has arrived and it’s time to put those New Year’s resolutions into action. The Castleton Community Center offers many ways to promote health and wellness. The following programs are free and transportation can be provided for those who qualify, so there is no excuse not to get started. As always check…

KILLINGTON — The Foundry at Summit Pond has launched a full slate of entertainment for the winter season, including regular appearances by the area’s most popular musical talent.  Killington’s favorite ivory tickler Frank Chase teams up with Smokin’ J (Blue Jay Way’s drummer Terry J) every Tuesday through Thursday starting at 5 p.m. for a unique…

By Roger Crowley for VTDigger

Submitted Photo One: A map showing the 139 counties at risk. Photo Two: A map of bee abundance across the U.S. Photo Three: Taylor Ricketts and Insu Koh The first national study to map U.S. wild bees suggests they’re disappearing in many of the country’s most important farmlands — including California’s Central Valley, the Midwest’s…

Courtesy of VermontVacation.com Vermont’s New Year’s Eve celebrations often include vibrant fireworks displays. STATEWIDE — The Green Mountain State is host to traditional New Year’s Eve festivals full of fireworks, torchlight parades and fanfare, but there’s also an array of unconventional celebrations. From VermontVacation.com, here are Vermont’s top 16 events to ring in 2016. (Please check…

By Morgan True, VTDigger State Police process the scene at 101 Elmwood Avenue in Burlington where officers fatally shot a man during a drug raid. By Morgan True, VTDigger BURLINGTON — Police shot and killed a man during a drug raid at an apartment just north of downtown Tuesday evening, Dec 22, according to Vermont…

Vermont’s minimum wage will increase from $9.15 to $9.60 on Jan. 1. The measure is part of legislation that Gov. Peter Shumlin signed to raise the wage each year until it reaches $10.50 in 2018. The legislation signed in June 2014 raised the minimum wage from $8.73 to $9.15 in 2015. After rising to $9.60…

By Richard Podlesney A tractor trailor skids and slides across all three lanes of traffice on Route 4 in Killington. The road was closed for hours. By Polly Lynn KILLINGTON — Slippery roads led to a Tractor Trailer accident that closed Route 4 on the west side of Killington at the base of the Sherburne…

Dear Editor, I’m a ninth generation Vermonter so while I might be proud, I think history has shown that we’re very capable of governing ourselves, even when our approach is different from those of other states. In response to the op-ed by Julia Purdy “Vermont ‘exceptionalism’ is naïve,” I ask: Was it naive to help…

By Lee J. Kahrs This Christmas may feel a bit off, edgier than Yuletides past. It’s not just the unseasonably warm December we’ve been having, or the lack of snow. Oh, it’s the climate, all right, but there is more than one. Yes, Virginia, it may be climate change in the environmental sense, but there…

By Lee H. Hamilton You know who I feel sorry for? Today’s politicians. You’ll laugh at this, but hear me out. This is a very tough time to be a politician—whether running for office or trying to lead while holding office. The people who have undertaken to represent us face circumstances that make campaigning and…

Dear Editor, In 2007, the Killington Growth Initiative (KGI), a community group composed of business leaders, local government and residents, identified key challenges before the town, including a depressed economy, decline in cultural activities, lack of sustainable year-round economy, poor communication, and a strained relationship between Killington Resort and community members. KGI worked with the…

Dear Editor, One of the biggest frauds being perpetrated on this country is the attempt by our national leaders and some misguided individuals right here in our own state of “what’s yours is mine” Vermont, is none other than climate change. The climate has changed continually since God rested on the seventh day, after the…

Dear Editor, On Oct.16, 2012, the first homemade meals were made for “Feed the Freezer” and started a project that is now three years old and feeding thousands of people in Rutland County. Feed the Freezer volunteers cook and provide nutritious homemade meals (such as casseroles) that are frozen, then distributed to food shelf participants…

By Erin Mansfield, VTDigger Bruce Lisman Gubernatorial candidate urges others running to disclose financial records By Jasper Craven, VTDigger.org Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Lisman is worth $50.9 million, according to newly released tax and financial data from the campaign. Lisman spent four decades on Wall Street, primarily with Bear Stearns, and ended his career as…