RUTLAND—Community College of Vermont (CCV) is partnering with GE Aviation and Adecco Staffing USA, part of the world’s largest recruitment and workforce solutions provider, to offer a Certified Production Technician (CPT) course in Rutland, which began last week. This course is the first step in establishing a manufacturing pipeline to help GE address a skills…

KILLINGTON — For the second year, Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports, will participate in the nationally recognized charitable giving campaign, #GivingTuesday on Dec. 1. It will harness the generosity of an anonymous Vermont Adaptive family participant, who has gifted a matching gift challenge of $20,000 to be used to leverage additional funds. Last year, the same…

By Gov. Peter Shumlin For most of the last two decades, Vermont’s prison inmate population has been rising. Between 1997 and 2008, it grew by 86 percent. Projections made in 2007 said that Vermont’s inmate population would grow to 2,619 by November 2015. After years of work to reform Vermont’s criminal justice system that trend…

By Debby Haskins, executive director, Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM-VT) Early last summer, the Vermont Department of Health formed a broad-based task group to conduct a health impact assessment for legalizing marijuana in Vermont. On Oct. 29, the group gave a progress report on the first steps, which included a survey of 185 published scientific…

Dear Editor, The Friends of the Sherburne Memorial Library thank the businesses and the library patrons who purchased wreaths in the library’s fundraiser this fall. The money that was collected will provide additional programing and other extra purchases for the library. The community support is truly appreciated. Pat Kent and Judy Findeisen, Killington wreath coordinators

Dear Editor, While President Obama is pardoning two turkeys for Thanksgiving, every one of us can exercise that same presidential power by choosing a nonviolent Thanksgiving observance that spares a turkey’s life. And here are some good reasons: You can brag about pardoning a turkey, like Obama. You truly are what you eat. Who wants…

Dear Editor, Lately I have been very concerned with the amount of misinformation that travels throughout town about the issues the town offices and selectboard are dealing with or have dealt with. This creates roadblocks to truly solving our challenges in an efficient and economical manner. Much time seems to be spent correcting the inaccurate…

KILLINGTON — On Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, Pico Mountain will open for the 2015-16 winter season with the third iteration of a special promotion to provide food for low-income Vermonters, teaming up with local nonprofit organization BROC-Community Action in Southwest Vermont, which provided over 40,000 meals to Vermonters in need last year. By partnering with…

Projects will bring affordable housing, jobs and flood protection to nine communities New jobs in Brattleboro, and new, energy-efficient affordable housing in White River Junction and Addison County are among the nine projects receiving more than $2.4 million in grants from the Vermont Community Development Program (VCDP), announced Friday, Nov. 20. “From Brattleboro to Barre,…

Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 4:30 p.m. — WOODSTOCK — We’ve all noticed that some meetings leave you feelings energized while others are draining. Conducting great meetings may require a focus on something that has nothing to do with the meeting’s explicit purpose. “Elevating the social field” is what a new generation of organizational theorists are calling this…

To ensure Vermont highways remain safe, the Vermont State Police will be participating in the national “Click It or Ticket” campaign; as well as Operation C.A.R.E. (Combined Accident Reduction Effort) over the holiday from Nov. 25-29. Vermont has experienced 48 traffic fatalities so far this in 2015. By using high visibility enforcement coupled with education,…

On Friday, Nov. 20, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders launched his sixth annual State of the Union essay contest, calling upon Vermont’s high school students to address what they view as the major issues facing the United States. The U.S. Constitution calls for the president to “give to the Congress information of the State of the…

All Vermont fourth graders can get a free Christmas tree cut from national forest land RUTLAND – Gov. Peter Shumlin announced Monday, Nov. 23, that for the first time in Vermont history, the State House Christmas tree will come from federally managed land within the 400,000-acre Green Mountain National Forest (GMNF). The 32-foot balsam fir…

RANDOLPH — PoemTown Randolph organizers are excited to announce the third annual celebration of poetry in Randolph throughout April, National Poetry month, and are seeking submissions from Vermont poets as the centerpiece of the month-long event. PoemTown Randolph 2016 presents a public opportunity for Vermont poets to share their work. Throughout the month of April, posters…

By Robin Alberti The Clear River Tavern staff this season is made up of Buffy Stevens, Taylor Stugart (Head Chef), Jesse Stugart, Asia Hickory, Paul Grindel,Whalen Layne and Doug and Kathianne Mianulli. PITTSFIELD—The Clear River Tavern is under “new” management. Doug Mianulli has been an institution and bartender at The Clear for 16 years, and now…