By Laura McComb On a crisp sunny morning in early spring, in September 2007, I was sitting very relaxed in the huge garden of a weekend house in the suburbs of Buenos Aires reading the newspaper, when I saw this […]
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Remembering Edwin D. Abrams, 84
Edwin D. Abrams, fair housing champion, happy husband, devoted father and passionate skier of Vero Beach and formerly Boston, Massachusetts, died Friday, Nov. 29, at 84 years young. Known by all as Ed, he is survived by his loving wife […]
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Remembering Jake Burton
Vermont snowboard legend birthed a passion that lives on Jake Burton Carpenter died Wednesday, Nov. 20, surrounded by family and friends. On Nov. 9, Jake sent the following email to his employees: “You will not believe this, but my cancer […]
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Peak Performance owner Fred Coriell, dies at 67
‘He cared more about other people’ By Katy Savage Fred Coriell, the beloved owner of the Peak Performance Ski Shop in Killington who had a passion for developing youth interest in ski racing, died Saturday after a battle with cancer. […]
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Obituary: Kurt Burdack, age 68
Kurt A. Burdack, 68, passed away peacefully Thursday, Oct. 31, at Rutland Regional Medical Center. His family will celebrate his life privately. Family and friends will meet at Killington Peak at a later date. He was born in Orange, New […]
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Helga T. Cognato, 74
Helga Thune Cognato – age 75 She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., July 6, 1943, daughter of Henrik Thune and Martha Elisabeth Thuestad Thune. Helga enjoyed spending childhood summers in Brightwoods, Long Island with her cousins and was a graduate of […]
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Kathleen M. Groom, 76
Kathleen “Kay” Marie Sullivan Groom, 76, of Killington passed away at home on Christmas morning Dec.25, 2018 Kay was born April 24, 1942 to Eugene and Dorothy Sullivan of Chicopee, Massachusetts. She was raised in Chicopee and attended and graduated […]
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Jerry Hickory, 71
Jerry Laurence Hickory, 71, died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018, at the Veteran’s Hospital in Tampa, Florida. Hickory was born in Bethel. He was born to Phyllis Howard Hickory and Harold Hickory on Sept.5, 1947. He grew up in Bridgewater and […]
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R. Scott Giguere, 54
Loving son, brother and partner, devoted father R. Scott Giguere died peacefully at his home in Killington on Nov. 22, surrounded with love, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Since the inception of Killington as a ski area, Giguere […]
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Obituary – Janis Albrecht
GAYSVILLE— Janis Albrecht, 60, a long time resident of Gaysville, passed away peacefully May 10th 2018. She was born December 22, 1957, raised in Fairfield CT and graduated from Andrew Warde High School in 1975. Janis moved to Vermont shortly […]