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…

It was a big week in sports for College of St. Joseph, led by the baseball team who won the YSCC fall championship on Oct. 3 after defeating Southern Maine CC. Softball got a big win in its semifinal game against Southern Maine, but were unable to get the victory against NHTI in the championship.…

QUESTION: Steve and Ann are playing in a tournament. On the 16th hole, Ann strokes her ball into the rough. When she gets to the ball, she deems the ball unplayable. However, she then discovers the ball is lying in ground under repair. She lifts the ball deeming the procedure commits her to proceed under the…

By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week’s Horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Void-of-Course Moon, that kept us on hold until the wee hours of the morning, Tuesday. Sitting in the last Decan of the sign Cancer, running on the heels of hard hitting aspects to both Uranus and…

WOODSTOCK — Curling is one of the faster growing sports in the US right now. After the Winter Olympics coverage this past year many wanted to give it a try. Now Central Vermont locals or visitors have that chance. There are many local people in the Upper Valley who curl regularly and they want to show…

“Pool of death” solidifies; records set throughout By Maxx Steinmetz The second week of Rugby World Cup 2015 has been proving to be as exciting as to be expected, though no major upsets have taken place such as Georgia’s victory over Tonga and — more famously — Japan’s win over South Africa in the first…

Town Manager will step down to take new position advising internet startups Select Board announces public search for replacement After six years with the Town of Killington, Town Manager Seth Webb, announced he was stepping down to take a new position in the private sector. Webb has accepted the position of Managing Director at New…