By Dom Cioffi When we look back on the “Great Pandemic of the 2020s,” we’ll undoubtedly remember it as a two-year halt to normality. There’s no doubt that things got weird on multiple fronts once Covid-19 entered the picture. From politics to religion to healthcare to education to sports, it seems like every facet of…

Saturday, May 7 — The Vermont walleye fishing season opens on Saturday, May 7, marking the return of some of the best walleye fishing in New England. Excellent spring walleye fishing can be found in several Vermont lakes and rivers, including Lake Champlain and its tributaries — the Missisquoi, Lamoille and Winooski rivers and Otter…

By Sandra Dee Owens Once upon a time, I was 52 years old. One morning, as I bent over to sock a raised foot, I noticed I was less steady than the day before. And just like that, I felt a new and lesser level of balance try to insert itself into my life. I…

By Katy Savage Wonderfeet Kids’ Museum is moving from Center Street in Rutland to Green Mountain Power’s Energy Innovation Center on Merchants Row, tripling the size of the museum to 9,000 square feet and expanding programming. “We’ve been in the building we’re currently in for seven years,” Wonderfeet Executive Director Danielle Munroe said. “We truly…

By Jon Groveman Editor's note: Jon Groveman is a policy and water program director for the Vermont Natural Resources Council. Vermont’s Act 250, our one-of-a-kind statewide land use program, is often synonymous with the state’s environmental ethic. Act 250 has served Vermont well for more than 50 years, mitigating the impacts of large-scale development on…

By Editor, In 1972, Richard Nixon signed into law, the Clean Water Act which gave the United States the lofty charge of making any navigable waters “fishable and swimmable” again, by 1983. It is in my opinion one of the great and most virtuous laws ever passed in the United States. A great deal has…

Dear Editor, For the last 17 years, I have worked as a fuel and propane delivery driver serving the residents of Vermont. I am just one of the many drivers and employees in the home heat industry working to make sure you and your loved ones stay warm during the long, dark and cold Vermont…

Dear Editor, The American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) tournament will be returning to the Green Mountain National Golf Course in Killington next month. The event will return to a full field this year with some of the best national and international junior golfers from June 20-23. As we know, Green Mountain National is one of…

Dear Editor, Have you noticed all the litter on the roadsides? Litter is even floating in our rivers and lakes! It makes us look like we don’t care about our state. Guess what, it’s just not Vermonters who are littering; it’s also visitors from other states! However, it is our responsibility, as Vermonters, to clean…

Dear Editor, Now that we are retroactively able to change our gender identity on Vermont birth certificates the next logical step is to allow change of our ethnic identity as well. Sen. Elizabeth Warren can be Native American, all the white people who ran Black organizations (along with would-be rappers) can be Black. There should…

By Curt Peterson Killington Recreation Director Sarah Newell described her department’s “growing pains” to the Select Board at its April 25 meeting. She’s asked for an additional $22,500 in her town budget for FY2023 to fund a full time recreation program coordinator position. Newell told the Mountain Times she expects new programs that the coordinator…

April 29 - May 1 — ARLINGTON — Arlington Common, a hub for community, wellness and creativity, will host the 1st annual Battenkill Fly Fishing Festival on April 29, 30 and May 1 at its two-acre campus located in Arlington’s downtown. The community campus is located less than half a mile from the Battenkill River,…

By Brooke Geery On Thursday and Friday, April 21 and 22, all current employees of Killington Resort were invited to pull up to the gas pumps outside the vehicle maintenance building, where various members of the Resort Leadership Team (RLT) — from Pico and Summer Operations Manager Rich McCoy to Director of Marketing & Sales…

First of three webinars for caregivers is Wednesday, April 27 Most older drivers are very safe drivers. But the fact is, as all of us age, we may experience changes in vision, physical fitness and reflexes — changes that can affect our driving. By understanding these changes and the risks that come with them, we…

April 29 - May 1 — RUTLAND — The enormously popular Vintage Market Days will return to the Vermont State Fairgrounds April 29 – May 1, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Last spring, the event drew over 9,000 people in three days. Vendors from across the country will display a wide variety of vintage…