By Katy Savage The Rutland High School’s mascot is back to the Rutland Raiders following a 6-5 school board vote on Tuesday, Jan. 11. The controversial Raiders mascot, deemed racist by some, was changed to the Ravens in October 2020, […]
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Local News, Sports
Cobras capture 1st at the Royal Classic
After 22 months of training and only a couple quiet competitions, Rutland’s Cobra gymnastics team attended a traditional gymnastics meet (while masked) at the Royal Regal Classic in Essex Jan. 15-16. The 2021-22 team consists of 53 girls competing under […]
Covid-19 updates, Local News
Covid outbreaks force schools to close
Staff report Some local schools are so short of staff due to the Covid outbreak they temporarily closed. Several schools in the Orange East Supervisory Union closed the week before Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Oxbow High School in Bradford […]
Business, Local News
Hartland-based nonprofit supports rural entrepreneurs
By Curt Peterson Five years ago popular Hartland politician and businessman Matt Dunne founded the Center of Rural Innovation (CORI) in a yoga center in downtown Hartland to help rural towns strategize successful development in the tech-driven 21st Century economy. […]
Featured, Local News
Woodstock Trustees vote to require face masks
By Katy Savage Face masks are required in all public areas in the Woodstock Village, regardless of vaccination status in Woodstock, after a 4-1 Trustee vote on Jan. 11. Trustees Daphne Lowe, Seton McIlroy, Bill Corson and Jeff Kahn supported […]
Local News, Obituaries
Willem Jewett remembered as energetic and personable lawmaker
By John Flowers/Addison County Independent Though former State Rep. Willem Jewett retired from the state Legislature in 2016, the Ripton Democrat continued in private life what he’d become synonymous for during his 14 years in the Vermont Statehouse: helping other […]
Local News, TIF
Killington town answers frequently asked questions about its proposed TIF district
Editor’s note: After two public meetings, Nov. 29 and Jan. 4, regarding the proposed Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district in Killington, the town has compiled answers to frequently asked questions. These were updated on Jan. 10. At the meeting Jan. […]
Local News
Rutland recycles houses, too
By Julia Purdy Editor’s note: This story follows up on “Rescuing Rutland neighborhoods, one house at a time,” dated April 12, 2018. Around 2017, the city of Rutland launched an innovative plan to convert vacant or blighted city-owned properties to […]
Featured, Local News
Steve Finer retires from Killington Fire & Rescue, RRMC after 38 years
By Virginia Dean For the last 38 years, Steve Finer has dedicated his time to helping those in need in the greater Killington-Rutland community. Now, he will be retiring as a volunteer from the Killington Fire and Rescue and the […]
Local News, News Briefs
Vermont Adaptive names volunteers of the year
More than 400 highly-trained volunteer instructors make Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports’ mission of empowering individuals with disabilities possible. Out of a dedicated pool of volunteers, Vermont Adaptive program coordinators recognized this year’s three Volunteers of the Year at off-snow […]