By Angelo Lynn/Addison County Independent In a surprise outcome, the Otter Valley Unified Union School District budget was defeated, 522-462, by voters in the Brandon-area district on Town Meeting Day, March 1. The district’s proposed budget presented a 7.8% jump […]
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Sherburne Trails now groomed for fat bikers
The Sherburne Trails, located on Route 100 in Killington, which were first opened for the winter season in 2020-2021thanks to a new agreement with the Green Mountain National Forest (GMNF), will now be groomed for fat bikes. The Sherburne Trails […]
The weather is sweet for local sugarmakers
By Victoria Gaither The start of the sugaring season in Central Vermont never gets old for locals. In fact, for Rutland residents Art and Cindy Trevino, warmer temperatures and the end of February is the time to pull out the […]
Stefanie Schaffer memoir release party postponed til March 29
By Victoria Gaither Stefanie Schaffer is exceptional, not because she survived an accident in the Bahamas that left her a bilateral amputee, but because she has the guts and determination that only a person who suffered such a personal loss […]
MT: Some action before the Legislature is off for the town meeting recess
By Rep. Jim Harrison A few years ago, Pat and her sister Carol were helping my father-in-law clean out his house for a move. They came across a desk and file cabinet that were labeled MT. They wondered what that […]
Big fire destroys Tarkey’s Lodge on Lake Dunmore
By Steve James and John S. McCright, Addison Independent SALISBURY — Rob Kenna looked kind of helpless outside his home off West Shore Road in Salisbury last Monday afternoon, Feb. 21. He didn’t have his glasses, he didn’t have his […]
Local municipalities make changes to face mask policies
By Katy Savage As the threat of Covid-19 apparently dwindles, local towns and organizations are rescinding their face mask policies. The Woodstock Village Trustees and Select Board unanimously voted to no longer require a face mask in public buildings during […]
Killington sees highest option tax earnings ever
By Curt Peterson Killington Treasurer Lucrecia Wonsor said the town will receive $156,624 from the state as the town’s share of the rooms and meals and alcohol option tax paid during the fourth quarter of 2021, (paid Nov. 13 through […]
New 72-unit hotel proposed in Killington
31,000 square foot building on Nanak Way is reimagined, Act 250 permit pending By Curt Peterson A new hotel is proposed for the site behind Hillside Inn on Nanak Way in Killington. The owners made a presentation to the Development […]
Pittsfield native readies for paralympics
By Katy Savage Growing up, Spencer Wood didn’t know he had a disability. Wood, a Pittsfield native, was diagnosed as a baby but his parents didn’t tell him until he was 10 and they didn’t let his disability get in […]