Charlene Palfey, a Castleton University graduate and now the founder of Skin and Tonic Skincare is a skin health connoisseur. She answered some basic questions about skin science and starting her business locally. Q&A Mountain Times: What are the biggest misconceptions you’ve encountered regarding skincare and what types of products we should be using? What…

To follow up on the post-injury introspective I wrote about in my past column, here is a comparative study with a different injury, more comprehensive but slightly less acutely catastrophic. On Thursday March 22, 2012, I finished a contracting job at 3 a.m., got about four hours of sleep, and saddled up to catch a…

I don’t know if you’ve ever eaten at Chipotle: the company operates a single restaurant in Vermont (in Burlington), but with roughly 2,000 locations worldwide and billions in yearly revenue, the fast-casual Mexican chain has reigned for the past decade as the trendiest large-scale dining enterprise in the United States. Chipotle Mexican Grill is Taco…

By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org Three Act 46 school district mergers were approved Tuesday, Dec. 15, by the State Board of Education (SBE) at a meeting in North Clarendon. The Agency of Education expects citizens to vote on 15 mergers before July 1, 2016. Unification plans put forward by the Rutland South Supervisory Union, the…

By Karen D. Lorentz Leslie and Scott Smith with Mike Solimano in front of the Preston’s sign opening night. A grand opening celebration for the new Preston’s Restaurant in the Killington Grand Resort Hotel took place on Friday Dec. 11, just two days shy of Killington Resort’s 58th opening anniversary. On hand to share in…

Victim suffered gunshot wound in right arm, alleged shooter turned himself in to police RUTLAND — The Vermont State Police continue to investigate a drive by shooting that took place at the Green Mountain Shopping Plaza in Rutland Town on Dec. 19 at 8:19 p.m. The victim, a 45-year-old female from Rutland City, had just left…

Submitted Generous attendees of the 29th annual Ted Arbo holiday toy party brought gifts to give to children in need. The pile of toys was on display in front of the band for all to see. KILLINGTON—For the past 29 years Killington weekender Teddy Arbo has hosted a holiday toy party to collect toys for…

By Stephen Seitz LUDLOW — The Coolidge Project (or “Coolidge I”), a 20-megawatt solar project developers hope to build in Ludlow, is wending its way through regulatory approval. It would be the largest solar project in the state by far; currently the next largest is 3.6 megawatts in Essex Junction. That project is comprised of…

By Polly Lynn Mill River Union High School and Rochester School (pre-K through 12) will welcome new principals next year as Andy Pomeroy and Cathy Knight have recently announced that they will be stepping down from their respective schools. “As many of you know I have been driving 90 minutes one way to get to…

By Steve Costello With war, terrorism and violence topping the news pages and newscasts on an almost daily basis, social media and ordinary conversation of late has been rife with disillusionment. For anyone discouraged by national and world affairs, one need look no further than the recently completed Gift-of-Life Marathon for a homegrown antidote. Tuesday’s…

Dear Editor, It is with a heavy heart I report to you that the Southwest Freedom Riders will be dissolving at the end of 2015. It’s been a long, strange, wonderful journey through the last 15 years. We have done our best to help as many people as possible, and really make a difference—locally, state-…

Dear Editor, Santa would like to thank the elves at Boss Office Works for helping to get all my letters out to the community children this year. I couldn’t have done it without you! Sincerely, Santa Claus

Dear Editor, This week world leaders and 200 scientists have decided on a plan to address climate change, the largest problem humankind has ever had to deal with. We Vermonters also are addressing the same social dilemma. It is simple: either we rest on our laurels and just wait to see what the world will…