By Lani Duke Infrastructure failure continues to perplex Underground drinking water lines must be replaced this year, says Rutland City public works commissioner Jeff Wennberg. There are more than 100 miles of them, the oldest laid down before Abraham Lincoln was elected but still supplying water to some residences. Rutland’s oldest water pipes were laid…

RUTLAND—Drum Journeys of Earth (DJE) held a Halloween parade planning meeting on Saturday, Sept. 26 at Rhythm Hall on the second floor of the Howe Center in Rutland. Drum Journeys of Earth and its students are widely known for leading the Rutland Halloween parade as the Drumming Skeletons. Those hoping to join in on the…

Vermont Business Magazine has selected Nicole Densmore, youth sports director at the Rutland Recreation and Parks Department, as one of Vermont’s “Rising Stars.” A panel of judges choose Rising Stars based on their contribution to their place of employment as well as to the community in which they live. The accolade is made to only…

By Wendy Reese U.S. Forest Service presentation Jay Strand and Christopher Mattrick of the U.S. Forest Service, Rochester Ranger District, shared information on the proposed Robinson Integrated Resource Project (IRP). In the upcoming months, public meetings will be held to take comments, questions, and requests for the management plan that will begin in 2018. Electric…

BETHEL — Saturday, Oct. 3 at 12:13 p.m. Vermont state police responded to a collision involving two vehicles at the intersection of Route 107 and Route 12S in Bethel.  A 1996 Ford Ranger driven by Miles Fleming, age 24 of Springfield, was traveling east on Route 107. A second vehicle, a 1993 Honda Accord driven by…

By Stephen Seitz WOODSTOCK — The deadline is fast approaching for Woodstock area schools to get grants from the Woodstock Union High School Endowment Association. The organization, which serves schools not only in Woodstock but also Killington, Barnard, Bridgewater, Pomfret, and Reading, is accepting grant applications through Oct. 15. “We give grants out twice a…

By Lani Duke New face on campus POULTNEY—AmeriCorps Volunteer Liz Bourguet has joined the staff at Green Mountain College as the new native plant land manager on campus. She is working with students and faculty to promote native plant species while controlling invasive plants both on campus and at the 85-acre Lewis Deane Nature Preserve…

  International Safe Walk to School The annual Safe Walk to School event took place on Wednesday morning, Oct. 7. KES students and parents departed at 7:35 a.m. from Casey’s Caboose parking lot to walk the path through the woods up to school. Field trip to OMYA and the Vermont Marble Museum On a recent…

Oct. 10 and 11 — WEST PAWLET — The eighth year of the Share the Warmth clothing drive will be held at the Mettawee Community School, 5788 VT Route 153, in West Pawlet on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 10 and 11 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m both days. First come, first served. Please bring your own shopping bags. Imagine walking into…

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KILLINGTON — On Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015 at 10 a.m. Rutland State Police and Killington Rescue responded to a report of an unconscious male who had a medical event while riding his bike on Route 4 in the town of Killington. Thomas Hagemann, 59 of Houston, Texas, was riding his bike with friends when he collapsed…

Courtesy of Rutland Health Foundation Photo One: The first place low gross was the Vermont Orthopaedic Clinic team. Pictured (l-r): Matt Howland; ATC Mike Dorion; Dan Cole, PA-C; Matt Gammons, M.D.; and Jim Russell, M.D. Photo Two: The first place low net team was from BKD. Pictured (l-r): John Henry Hubert, Ernie Bove, M.D.;  Kevin Markowski;  Bill…

By Robin Alberti Fall Soccer for girls and boys, ages from pre-kindergarten to 6th grade, is underway.  The Pre-kindergarten 2nd grades practice on Saturday mornings, with 30 minutes of practice followed by 30 minutes of friendly scrimmages. Killington’s 3-6 grades has four teams, u10 girls, u10 boys, u12 girls, and u12 boys. The first week of…

Courtesy of KMS While no one won this grand prize, it was a fun prop for photos. KILLINGTON — With perfectly sunny skies and warm temperatures Friday, Sept. 18, the annual Killington Mountain School golf tournament continued its perfect record of beautiful weather yet again. This year, 18 teams took to the course for the 10…

Hunters traveling outside Vermont to hunt deer or elk need to keep in mind that the regulation designed to protect Vermont’s wild deer from chronic wasting disease remains in effect, according to a reminder from the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal disease of the brain and nervous system…