By Dom Cioffi Many, many years ago, I was ushered into the Christian faith as an altar boy at my local church. It was a rite of passage along with catechism classes and Sunday services. I started out carrying ritualistic items like candles and chalices and eventually graduated to performing more important tasks for the…

Rutland's VFFC received $37,348 to purchase a new cargo van fit with refrigeration The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets announced April 21 $300,000 in sub-awards to five regional nonprofit food hubs as part of a Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) award. This investment will support Vermont food hubs with critical infrastructure needs, allowing…

By Karen D. Lorentz For high school juniors and seniors — and their parents — spring is a time for pondering college and potential careers. For males and females who love snow sports, Vermont has two universities that offer bachelor degrees in mountain resort management with high job placement rates. But where historically females didn’t…

Sarah Ann “Sally” Bridges, 79, of Lakewood, Colorado, and formerly of Killington passed away on April 8. Sally Bridges was born on Dec. 30, 1942, in Brooklyn, New York. Originally from New York,she was a longtime resident of Killington, Vermont, and held town positions as an assessor and justice of the peace. She operated Bridges…

Saturday, April 30 — LUDLOW — After a two-year hiatus due to Covid, the Ludlow Rotary Club has announced the resumption of its annual “Penny Sale” on Saturday, April 30 in the Ludlow Elementary School’s gymnasium at 6 p.m. This will be the 64th edition of this traditional event that features hundreds of prizes donated…

By Curt Peterson Killington selectmen have made Daryl Arminius’s appointment as town planner official. Arminius was most recently town planner in Charlotte for four years. “It was simply the job that drew me to Killington,” he told the Mountain Times. “The advertised job description looked far more interesting than the many other planning and zoning…

Rutland County Habitat for Humanity held a groundbreaking on April 23 at the home site for a new Habitat for Humanity house on Hickory Street in Rutland city. The property on Hickory Street is one of three lots donated by the Rutland Housing Authority. Josh and Rose Tabor will live in the house and will…

Change for a healthier lifestyle can be hard but did you know that there are workshops to support you!? There are many small steps you can take to improve your health. MyHealthyVT.org has free programs that are evidence-based to support you in learning how to manage and improve your own health. The programs are designed…

By Isabella A. Johnson Editor's note: Isabella A. Johnson is working toward her master’s degree in public health at the University of Vermont. As a graduate student in public health, it becomes increasingly clear how fortunate I am to live in Vermont and share the landscape with abundant wildlife that contributes greatly to biodiversity. Many…

Dear Editor, Where are all the geese? Where is all the honking and splashing on Otter Creek, the signs of spring that usually come as a relief from the existential dread of yet another winter with temperatures too warm, mud season too soon? They’re usually so reliable that I don’t even note the date of…

Dear Editor, We are so excited to have passenger rail service between Burlington and New York, but people need to beware of the new faster trains and recognize their danger. Please remind your readers over and over, and readers, tell your friends and neighbors, stop walking along the local railroad tracks. It may have seemed…

Dear Editor, Proposition 5 is framing abortion as the exercise of reproductive freedoms and rights, but is the absurdity here not giving you pause? The legislative majority has declared through Prop. 5, that this constitutional amendment is needed because Vermonters’ reproductive rights are at risk. Since when are reproductive rights at risk in Vermont? Fact…

Dear Editor, In response to George de Luna’s letter in the Mountain Times on April 20, I want to thank you for providing the critical information he conveyed in his letter and which your readers yearn so desperately for your paper to provide. As central Vermont’s most esteemed free weekly news publication, the Mountain Times…

Dear Editor, Sen. Moynihan said, “You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.” Mr. de Luna thinks that his opinions are facts in an opinion piece published in the Mountain Times on April 20. He was unable to address a single fact about Trump I presented. Mr. de…

Friday, April 22, at 6 p.m.—VIRTUAL—Celebrate Earth Day with renowned activist and author Winona LaDuke as she presents “Rights of Nature.” A Q&A to follow speaker’s presentation. LaDuke is a Harvard-educated economist, environmental activist, author, hemp farmer, grandmother and a two-time former Green Party vice-president candidate with Ralph Nader. LaDuke specializes in rural development, sustainable…