Submitted JULIA FORD LUDLOW–Okemo Mountain School is pleased to welcome Julia Ford, member of the 2014 U.S. Olympic Alpine Ski Team, to its board of directors. Ford’s roots are grounded in Vermont and Okemo Mountain Resort, where she learned to ski and later attended Okemo Mountain School. “We are delighted to have Julia’s enthusiasm and…

Submitted Pictured (l-r): Elizabeth Bushey (Mill River), Ian Dansereau (Mill River), Zachary Hyde (RHS), Max Bushman (Stafford Technical Center), Beccalynn Dugan (Stafford Technical Center), Haley Andrulat (RHS), Olivia Lyons (RHS), Maricate Mangan (RHS), Kyra Traska (MSJ), Kyle Anagnos (MSJ), and Jillian LeBlanc (Proctor). RUTLAND — The 2015 Rutland South Rotary Club Scholarship recipients are a…

Courtesy of Killington Elementary School Preschoolers spend a day as Kindergartners. KILLINGTON — Children in the preschool at Killington Elementary School, known as P@K, have had an opportunity to visit and enjoy the kindergarten room they will attend in the fall. Since the P@K is housed in the elementary school building, K/1 teacher, Melissa Knipes, is…

BARNARD—Sometime overnight between April 20-21, someone removed a sculpture of a fish made from horseshoes from Route 12 next to Silver Lake and across from the Barnard Store. The sculpture belongs to a group from Barnard called "Barnarts.” The sculpture is valued at approximately $2,000. Anyone with information about who removed the sculpture or its…

Submitted Pictured (l-r) Graham Farrington, Lily Gubbins, Anna Gnodde, Joseph Tsouknakis hold their winning posters. The Pomfret School has four winners in the annual Vermont Drinking Water Week poster contest, sponsored by the Vermont League of Cities and Towns. Third and fourth grade students submitted posters addressing this year’s theme: “What do you know about…

Fish go with the flow By Tim Traver There are times when fish appear telepathic. Consider the uncanny way a school of bait fish moves as one to avoid a predator, or the way goldfish in their lighted bowl turn towards the glass when someone walks into the dark room. Researchers often describe this ability…

RUTLAND — Mount St. Joseph Academy’s annual spring golf tournament at the Proctor-Pittsford Country Club will take place on Friday, May 8. This popular event is now held in memory of John Valente (MSJ ‘64), who was the longtime organizer of the tournament. All proceeds from the day help make an MSJ education more affordable for today’s…

KILLINGTON–Green Mountain National Golf Course will open for the 2015 golf season on Friday, May 1 while skiers and riders are still hitting the slopes at Killington Ski Resort. “Where else can you golf in the morning and then ski all afternoon except for the Town of Killington?” asked Dave Soucy, GMNGC’s head golf professional…

“The number of muzzleloader season antlerless deer permits have been reduced significantly from the 17,050 issued in 2014 to 9,650 for this year, because of reductions in deer numbers caused by two severe winters in 2014 and 2015,” said Mark Scott, director of wildlife for the Fish & Wildlife Department. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife…

Senator Sanders ‘I’m Running’ Promising to fight "obscene levels" of income disparity and a campaign finance system that is a "real disgrace," independent Sen. Bernie Sanders said Wednesday he will run for president as a Democrat, The Associated Press reported. Sanders on Thursday announced he would seek the 2016 nomination “in a bid likely to…

By Justin Lemanski Fighting Saints baseball had a busy week as they played eight games, coming out with a 8-1 record as they draw closer to the YSCC conference tournament and USCAA national tournament. The Saints are currently hold the number eight spot in the USCAA poll for a bid into the national tournament, where…

By Lani Duke Castleton students take a different kind of final exam CASTLETON—Students in Castleton College's community health and women's health issues classes took their final grade exam outside the classroom, collecting DNA from people who registered to be on the international bone marrow donor list. Instructor Deb Choma believes this final exam is "much…

CHESTER—On April 18 at about 11 p.m. the Chester Fire Department responded to a reported fire at 2703 Green Mountain Turnpike in Chester, owned by Meredith Paul of Portsmouth, R.I. A passerby had called in the fire and, upon arrival, fire personnel found the home to be completely engulfed in flames. They called for assistance…

The in-between time By Rev. Lee Alison Crawford About a month ago, I finally got outside on snowshoes to create walking paths up in the woods behind Church of Our Saviour on Mission Farm Road in Killington. Up until mid-March, the temperature simply prohibited a leisurely walk outside; even with layers and layers on, I…

By Lani Duke Center Street Marketplace plans move forward RUTLAND—Plans continue for developing the Center Street Marketplace as the Rutland Regional Planning Commission (RRPC) gathers lease agreements with the surrounding property owners. One holdup had been that the federal government required longer-term leases than had initially been contracted, said Susan Schreibman, assistant director of the…