RUTLAND — Michele Havens, pharmacist was honored as Rutland Regional Medical Center’s Clinical Employee of the Quarter and Susan Edwards, transcription application quality analyst, was honored as the Rutland Regional Non-Clinical Employee of the Quarter. Employees are nominated for the award by their colleagues based on their commitment to exemplary service, exceeding expectations in their…

RUTLAND—College of St. Joseph will add a public safety administration major to its growing list of undergraduate offerings, beginning this year. This 127-credit, career-focused degree program will provide students with knowledge about the nature and causes of personal and property offenses in the private, corporate, and public emergency setting. In addition, the program will provide…

RUTLAND–BROC-Community Action in Southwestern Vermont announced July 30 that it received a $11,257 grant through the United Way of Rutland County’s Community Impact pilot program. The grants are dedicated to specific projects addressing mental health and dental health needs in our county. The priorities were chosen by a committee of community representatives with various expertise…

CASTLETON—On July 29, Castleton University announced the receipt of more than $1.4 million from the United States Department of Education to continue the TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) program that provides Castleton students with the academic and other support services needed to be successful in college. Castleton will receive approximately $292,000 annually for five years…

FAIR HAVEN — On July 21, Heritage Family Credit Union announced the hiring of AVP Branch Manager Jim Oberg. Oberg will oversee operations of the Heritage Family Credit Union Fair Haven branch, located at 67 Washington Street. Oberg has more than ten years of experience in the financial services industry, including his most recent post as…

By Lani Duke Rent-a-cop Rutland Town's Select Board is updating its contract to farm out the town's police officers on a contracted basis. The officers may work an extra 20 hours a week outside their regular hours; the town receives $62.50 an hour to cover not only its cost at an overtime rate or $37.50…

Submitted DONAVON FRANKENREITER This Saturday, Aug. 8, head to Snowshed Base Lodge at Killington Resort to listen to the cool jammin’ sounds of Donavon Frankenreiter, part of the Cooler in the Mountains concert series. He is really excited to be coming back to the mountains of Killington. I told him about the new adventure center…

So the general plan is paying off.  I am avoiding listening to the dirty little must-go-faster demons in my brain stem, and I am achieving gains without injury or the crushing fatigue that I encountered in my road training in previous months. The training schedule that I am experimenting with is short run, long run,…

When I read about the recent engagement of Polly Lynn and Jason Mikula, co-publishers of The Mountain Times, it brought back memories of my own connection between “true love” and fish! In case you missed the article, Polly and Jason got engaged on the banks of the Madison River in Cameron, Montana, while on a…

By Karen Lorentz Editor’s Note: Country Roads is an occasional column about people, places and things Vermont. Living on a country road in Vermont, I am a big fan of the John Denver hit, “Country Roads,” especially the phrase “to a place I belong.” When we were new to full-time living in Vermont on a…

I recently took a bold step into the future: I’ve “cut the cord”—that is, I no longer have cable TV service. I did this in part to save money and in part due to pressure from various magazine articles about how “millennials” are increasingly “cutting the cord,” relying on Internet streaming to fulfill their entertainment…

  By Declan McCabe In peaceful streams, aquatic macroinvertebrates such as crayfish, stoneflies, and caddisflies travel over and under submerged rocks, foraging for other invertebrates, leaves, and algae. When rain falls, their world turns upside down. At first only the surface is disturbed, but before long, runoff reaches the stream and increases its flow manyfold.…

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 July 30 - August 5, 2015…

By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week's Horoscopes are coming out under the light of an Aries Moon. Redoubled by the fire of the Sun in Leo, and amped up by the power of the Lughnassah Crossquarter filling the matrix with the kind of energy that only shines down on us during…

KILLINGTON — The 2015 best of three League Championship between the Killington Deli Team and “Clearly” Moguls was an epic battle for the ages. This was a rematch of last year’s championship and once again it went all three games. Game one CM’s pitcher Ronzoni Hacker started out hot delivering a first pitch strike to…