By Jerry LeBlond KILLINGTON — Sunny skies and mostly clear weather greeted cyclists for the annual  Stage Race based in Killington over Memorial Day weekend. The event brings thousands of cyclists and their families to town for the early season event. Check out the Killington Stage Race videos Here

Submitted Rutland Garden Club’s flower show submission. By Polly Lynn See the Winning Arrangements May 30-31 — PROCTOR — The Rutland Garden Club, celebrating its 100th birthday, will present a standard flower show entitled “Songs of the Seasons,” Saturday and Sunday, May 30-31, at the Vermont Marble Museum. This will be the first Rutland Garden Club…

By Robin Alberti Photo One: Roy Pilcher Photo Two: Roy Pilcher AND STEVE COSTELLO RUTLAND—A Rutland man who has devoted four decades to protecting birds and the environment was presented the GMP-Zetterstrom Environmental Award Friday, May 22. Roy Pilcher, who founded Rutland County Audubon and has served as president and in other lead roles for more…

Courtesy of the Mountain Times Archives Toga party-goers ham it up, donning attire for this event. By Polly Lynn Have you ever lived, worked or played in the Killington area? Do you ever wonder what happened to your favorite ski buddies, bartenders or bosses? Earlier this spring a local group of self-proclaimed Killington “old-timers” began…

Courtesy of College of St. Joseph Muffie Harvey rides her horse in front of St. Joseph Hall. RUTLAND—College of St. Joseph Food Service Director Muffie Harvey is preparing to hoof it across Vermont once again as she and her new horse, Joe, raise money for breast cancer research with “Ride for a Cure.” Her journey…

By Stephen Seitz Sixth grader Chloe Fuller leads the Neshobe Flower Girls as they decorate the monument in Brandon Memorial Day. By Stephen Seitz BRANDON – All across the area, Vermont towns observed Memorial Day with speeches, parades, prayers, and, in Brandon, the Neshobe School Flower Girls, who decorated a monument in the center of…

BRIDGEWATER — Vermont’s Secretary of State , Jim Condos, held a celebration Tuesday, May 19, for the winners of the Vermont Secretary of State’s Annual Civics Poster and Essay Contest. Contest winners, their teachers and their families were invited to visit the State House, the Vermont Historical Museum and a Vermont State Archives exhibit, after which…

Photo courtesy of KMS Jeff Juneau KILLINGTON—Killington Mountain School’s Snowboard Program Director and Head Cross Team Coach Jeff Juneau was named USSA SkiCross Eastern Representative. In this role, Juneau will work to assess the needs of the sport in the interest of both athlete and sport-development. Juneau will serve as a liaison between the Eastern region and…

Dear Editor, On Sunday, May 17, ARC Rutland Area again offered a Spring Fling dance for over 60 members, parents and friends of ARC Rutland Area for a fun afternoon of socializing, munching and dancing. Music was provided by Steve Smiel with support from John Saltis and everyone had their fill of pizzas, grinders, beverages…

Dear Editor, I apologize for sending this legislative wrapup so late! I was cut military orders early last week and after the session ended late Saturday night I had to rush home, pack and be at Camp Hinds in Raymond, Maine for muster on Sunday afternoon. I had hoped for better wifi and cell phone service but we’re pretty…

By Jack Hoffman In addition to pushing up property taxes in many towns, the education reform bill passed in the closing days of the session violates a fundamental principle of fairness in Vermont’s education funding system: towns with the same education spending per pupil have the same homestead tax rates. Before Gov. Peter Shumlin decides…

By Lynn R. Webster As a physician and author of the forthcoming book “The Painful Truth: What We Can Do About the Largest Invisible Epidemic in America,” I hope to provide a few insights that may help as we work toward a safer world that is free of opioid abuse. Here are six steps we…

By Dr. Stephen Pitmon Vermont has a great deal to be proud of when it comes to dental health care. We are one of America’s healthiest states. In fact, 88 percent of our children received dental care last year–the highest such rate in the nation. And, only 4.3 percent of Vermonters live in an underserved…

By Erin Mansfield, VTDigger.org Gov. Peter Shumlin signed into law Wednesday, May 20, a bill that makes permanent a series of protections in the state’s death with dignity law, otherwise known as physician-assisted suicide. The law passed the Legislature in 2013 and became Act 39, but the procedural requirements and additional safeguards in the bill…

Submitted Jarvis Green May 29-30 — WOODSTOCK – Jarvis Green and Cantare Con Spirito are thrilled to present “An Evening of Opera and Spirituals” in collaboration with ArtisTree Community Arts Center, Friday and Saturday, May 29-30 at 7:30 p.m. at ArtisTree. The audience is invited to a pre-performance reception at 6 p.m. on Friday May 29. The…