By Katy Savage The Castleton Select Board unanimously decided Monday, May 9 to oppose the use of herbicides to control milfoil in Lake Bomoseen. Castleton joined the towns of Hubbardton and Fair Haven, which have also publicly opposed herbicides after outcry from residents. Castleton board members planned to write a letter urging the Lake Bomoseen…

Thirty-seven competitors from five states went head-to-head racing down the whitewater of the White River in Stockbridge on Saturday, May 7. It was the first annual Peavine Whitewater Race—a fundraiser for Ridgeline Outdoor Collective. After a mass start at the Route 100 bridge near Ted Green Ford, paddlers in a wide variety of solo and…

By Peter D’Auria/VTDigger The Vermont House gave final approval on Monday, May 9 to a bill intended to ban racist and offensive school mascots, overriding objections that the legislation would erode school districts’ autonomy. S.139 would direct the Vermont Agency of Education to create a state policy for school branding, including mascots, slogans, logos and…

Green Up Day is a 52-year-old Vermont tradition that spans generations of volunteers and continues to impact our landscape and quality of life. This Saturday, May 7, grab a friend and your green Green Up bags and head out to beautify a local roadside. “Many residents have been contacting the Green Up Vermont office, concerned…

By Katy Savage Wonderfeet Kids’ Museum is moving from Center Street in Rutland to Green Mountain Power’s Energy Innovation Center on Merchants Row, tripling the size of the museum to 9,000 square feet and expanding programming. “We’ve been in the building we’re currently in for seven years,” Wonderfeet Executive Director Danielle Munroe said. “We truly…

By Brooke Geery On Thursday and Friday, April 21 and 22, all current employees of Killington Resort were invited to pull up to the gas pumps outside the vehicle maintenance building, where various members of the Resort Leadership Team (RLT) — from Pico and Summer Operations Manager Rich McCoy to Director of Marketing & Sales…

By Katy Savage About 50 people attended a public meeting at the Paramount Theatre Monday April 25 to discuss a redesign of Center Street in Rutland. Consultants Dubois & King, Inc. presented three options —making Center Street a pedestrian-only street, making it open to one-lane traffic or keeping it as a two-lane street with design…

By Katy Savage The chair of the Woodstock Planning Commission resigned on Friday, April 22 in the midst of a discussion about an amendment to the town’s zoning regulations to allow on-farm restaurants in residential areas. Sally Miller, who had been chair of the Planning Commission for 23 years, said recent public hearings have been…

By Brett Yates In January, Covid-19’s infectious omicron variant prompted the Pittsfield Select Board to postpone the annual town meeting. It will finally take place on May 3 at 6 p.m. at the Town Hall, where residents will transact business from the floor. Pittsfield voters will consider 10 articles. For the first time, they will…

Two Star Wars-themed Jedi Trails events planned Saturday and Sunday in Poultney and Rutland By Victoria Gaither This year, Come Alive Outside, along with partners Partners for Prevention, Slate Valley Trails, and Pine Hill Park, are joining forces to connect Star Wars fans to outdoor recreation. In celebration of all things Star Wars, fans of…

By Karen D. Lorentz For high school juniors and seniors — and their parents — spring is a time for pondering college and potential careers. For males and females who love snow sports, Vermont has two universities that offer bachelor degrees in mountain resort management with high job placement rates. But where historically females didn’t…

By Curt Peterson Two large well-drilling rigs were headed for a water source site behind the Mountain Times offices recently, but the bridge to cross the Ottauquechee River appeared to be strained as the first truck made the trip. The second truck waited in the newspaper’s parking lot until Mosher Excavating was able to reinforce…

By Katy Savage RUTLAND — Sen. Patrick Leahy visited the Paramount Theater on Monday, April 18 as the theater embarks on a $5.5 million expansion project. Leahy helped the Paramount secure $500,000 from the federal government through the Save America’s Treasures grant program, which was established in 1998 to support the nation’s premier cultural resources.…

By Katy Savage The question to allow cannabis retailers in Castleton failed for the second time in a revote on Wednesday, April 13. The article failed 290-275, which was less of a margin than the original vote on Town Meeting Day, when it failed 351-306. Janet Currie, the former chair of the Castleton Planning Commission,…

KILLINGTON—Killington Resort announced Tuesday, April 19, that it will open its bike park, 18-hole golf course and Adventure Center on Saturday, May 28. “We are excited to offer a full summer line-up of events again this year, with crowd favorites including the Cooler in the Mountain Concert Series and Killington Brewfest,” said Mike Sutcliffe, events…