By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week's Horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Capricorn Moon with a bevy of aspects that will see me talking about the same old thing, if I don't find something better to do. Because the Halloween cross quarter is right around the corner, I'd…

Cal Garrison (a.k.a Mother of the Skye) writes weekly horoscopes for The Mountain Times. If you would like an emailed notification sent to you weekly, sign up for the newsletter, below. Want to hear more from Mother of the Skye? Check out Mother's Celestial Inspirations     Horoscopes for October 22 - October 28, 2015…

The North Ridge Triple sags with the weight of full chairs, Sunday. Snowmaking and natural snow set the stage for the longest season in the East KILLINGTON – Killington Resort kicked off its 2015-16 winter season at 12 noon on Sunday, Oct. 18, becoming the first North American resort to open for skiing and snowboarding.…

Submitted The Oola VW bus carries written dreams nationwide. PROCTOR—Last week the Oola Dream Tour 1970 VW surf bus visited Proctor, Vt., to collect dreams. “Our goal is to collect the dreams and aspirations of thousands of Americans, in the form of thousands of stickers attached to the outside of our vintage VW surf bus,”…

Submitted Gary Roth, chief of the Killington Volunteer Fire Department By Polly Lynn KILLINGTON — The Killington Volunteer Fire Department has invited community members to tour their facilities on Killington Road every Tuesday in October. With one more public opportunity, Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 6 p.m., they hope anyone who has not yet had the…

$700,000 to aid employers, in the Northeast Kingdom and Bethel/Royalton area On Oct. 19, Gov. Peter Shumlin recommended using funds from the Vermont Enterprise Fund to attract over 120 jobs – more than 50 in the Northeast Kingdom and up to 73 in the Bethel/Royalton area. In addition to the jobs, the $700,000 in awards…

KILLINGTON—Rick Davis, co-founder of the Permanent Fund for Vermont’s Children, announced both the finalist and winner of Vermont’s first Early Educator of the Year Award on Oct. 16, at the annual conference of the Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children (VAEYC) held at the Killington Grand Hotel. The award winner, Geralyn (Gerri) Barrows,…

We would like to thank all of our friends for all the love, support and kindness through this difficult time. We are all so very blessed to live in such a special place, filled with so many special people. With sincere gratitude and love, Nancy Gaede, Kately, Wayatt, Chuck, Brett and Matt

Submitted Yannick and Fiona Gomes By Karen D. Lorentz Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a series on graduates of the Killington School of Resort Management program of Green Mountain College. See the Oct. 8 story for details on the program. They have different jobs at Killington, but Yannick Gomes and his sister…

By Anne Galloway, VTDigger.org Ratepayers will pick up most of the tab for a natural gas pipeline under a new agreement between the state and Vermont Gas. The deal with the Department of Public Service allows the Gaz Metro subsidiary to recover up to $134 million of the cost of the 41-mile pipeline from customers.…

By Steve Costello As many of your readers may recall, I enjoy perusing “Aesop’s Fables” from time to time, and look for lessons that apply to life, work and community. Three recent events, a speech by incoming Rutland Police Chief Brian Kilcullen, a conversation with filmmaker Art Jones, and an Associated Press article about Rutland’s…

By Rob Roper A recent article about the new school district consolidation law, Act 46, quoted a state legislator whose reaction seems to be representative of many parents, local school board members, students, and law makers who value and hope to preserve Vermont’s 150-year-old school choice tuitioning system: “I don’t think we can still have…

Dear Editor, It’s been some time since I last wrote. I’ve been waiting for answers to my questions. The question seems to be simple: why does the town of Killington have two sets of books for financials? I’ve asked our town manager in the beginning of this barrage of letters to the editor, his first…

Dear Editor, There have been several issues before the Select Board recently, both old and new that I would like to continue to update the community on: Road signs and maintenance as well as the search for a new town manager. First, as we have all probably heard by now, our town manager Seth Webb…

By Wendy Reese As an appointed Pittsfield Select Board member, one of my greatest concerns in our town is dissemination of information, particularly when it comes to town business. While we post about meetings in three public locations and we have the minutes and agenda on the town website, you have to be proactive to…