The residential market in New England flourished in July, with all six New England states experiencing impressive double-digit growth in sales year-over-year. Throughout the region, sales are up 17.8 percent, pending sales are up 19.9 percent and average days on market are down 9.7 percent. In total, 21,108 home sales were recorded in July, accounting…

Submitted Robert DeCormier (left) performs with Pete Seeger (right) many years ago. By Christopher Biddle The Vermont choral group Counterpoint has recorded “All Mixed Up!” an album of songs written by folk music legend Pete Seeger. The songs were arranged by the group’s founding artistic director and Mt. Holly resident Robert DeCormier, a longtime friend…

Courtesy of Sara Gilbert, business development director for NeighborWorks of Western Vermont NeighborWorks is taking down this house to make room for the park. RUTLAND — The Rutland City Recreation and Parks Department and NeighborWorks of Western Vermont are creating a new mini park at 65 Baxter Street in Rutland City. The park will be…

SPRINGFIELD—Shortly after midnight on Aug. 21, the Springfield Fire Department responded to a fire alarm at 80 Main Street in Springfield, a senior housing building. Upon arrival crews found a fourth-floor apartment unit filled with smoke. Two residents were transported to Springfield Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police reported. Damages are estimated to be around…

Drivers reminded to yield, slow down when approaching emergency scenes RUTLAND TOWN—On Wednesday, Aug. 19, at about 4:30 p.m., the Vermont State Police responded to Route 7 just south of Carriage Run Road in the Town of Rutland for a report of a single-car accident. The police found a motor vehicle had rolled over just…

Dorr Drive saga continues Site issues have continue to drive back the opening of Dorr Drive; the road remains closed north of the River Street intersection through the end of September. Crews began pouring concrete on the bridge deck on Aug. 20. More work must wait until all the concrete is poured and then the…

Charging cars and the economy FAIR HAVEN—Fair Haven has joined the growing list of communities with an electric vehicle charging station, fully operational as of August 7. The charging station is located at the south end of the town green on Main Street. Officials are optimistic that it will help bring a little more business…

Courtesy of MemorEvents Young race fans present Modified driver Jimmy Ryan with a cake during the Thomas Dairy Kids Club “Bake a Cake” event at Devil’s Bowl. Quenneville tightens Devil’s Bowl standings with third Modified win WEST HAVEN – Vince Quenneville Jr. is keeping things interesting at Devil’s Bowl Speedway.  The veteran stock car driver…

Linemen work throughout the summer on improvements to mountain operations. Pictured (l-r) Tim McGuire, John Darrah and Skip Poljacik. Summer ops work continues By Robin Alberti When folks visit Pico and Killington resorts, whether it is in the summer or winter, they often run into mountain employees who welcome them with smiles and helpful information…

QUESTION: Toni and Vern are playing is a tournament. On the 9th hole, Vern steps on his ball mark in the act of repairing it. He incidentally presses down a spike mark on his line of putt. Vern is unsure if he incurred a penalty for touching the line of putt. Toni says “ depends.” Is she correct? ANSWER: Vern…

The Outback, shown here in yellow, is a black diamond trail from the top of Killington Resort. By Tony Accurso The Outback, also known as trail 11, is a 2.7 mile machine built black diamond trail at Killington Resort. This trail consists of narrow, fast singletrack which winds back and forth as it descends Ramshead Mountain.…

Killington Resort’s terrain park supervisor and head excavator gives an insight into the process By Polly Lynn Killington Resort is in its second year of a five-year build-out of its mountain bike park, which it is building in partnership with Gravity Logic, a design/build company specializing in new flow track trails, making the experience accessible…

I realize that the thought of consuming hot broth at this point of the season is less than pleasant–but hear me out. Bone broth is the most powerful beautifying “supplement” out there. Loaded with minerals and collagen, this super easy liquid (or gelatin if made correctly and chilled), has the ability to repair digestive issues…

By Tiffany Soukup This past winter I spent three months exploring East Africa, traveling through ten different countries and covering over 8,077 miles. I was continuously impressed with how much local guides knew about their surroundings, in particular the human uses of various plants. In some instances we could not walk more than ten feet…

This week was fun, a long run, a short fast run, and a whole bunch of burpees, and otherwise uneventful, without much to report. The long run was pretty easy, just shy of 12 miles. I ran the Sherburne Trail, up the Hershey Highway to Pico Peak, back down the Hershey Highway to the trail,…