By Virginia Dean After an initial delay to the Rutland community of its all-new aircraft, the Tecnam P2012 Traveller, Cape Air airline continues to work on validating policies and procedures for the new prop plane. “This is typical for a newly certified aircraft,” said Cape Air spokesperson Trish Lorino. The delay in the Tecnam’s introduction…

Staff report People from all over New England flocked to Woodstock last week to catch a glimpse of a rare South American bird. The bird, a crested caracara, which is native to Cuba, South America and Mexico, was affectionately named “Carl” on the Vermont Birding Facebook group. It’s unclear what brought the caracara so far…

By Marion Pickielnok Twin City Lanes in Barre hosted the Vermont High School Bowling Team Championship on March 7.  It wasn’t hard to find great bowling and unbelievable excitement. Each match winner was decided by the team winning 4 out of 7 games. Playing into the quarter finals  were No. 9  White River Valley defeated,…

If you’ve driven by the United Church of Ludlow on the corner of Elm and Pleasant Streets lately,  you may have wondered what all the scaffolding was about. The church is excited to realize a long-held dream of making the building accessible to all. A new addition to the rear of the church, will provide…

Vermont State Game Wardens located a deceased red fox on Feb. 23 off Webster Road in Pomfret. The fox had been illegally caught in a snare.  Upon completion of their investigation, the wardens charged Neil Lamson, 73, of Pomfret with four criminal counts of trapping violations. Lamson is scheduled to appear at the Windsor County…

Killington Resort hosted the 2020 FIS Freestyle Ski NorAm Cup Moguls Finals March 7-9. Over the last few years, the mogul course on Highline has undergone significant work to meet FIS specifications for high-level competitions. The Freestyle NorAm Tour is the highest levels of ski competition in the country. The weather and the quality of…

By Ed Larson Rutland City has come to a settlement agreement with former Rutland City Fire Chief James Larsen. City attorney Matt Bloomer explained that under the chief’s employment agreement, a termination for lack of “efficient service” could occur at the will of the mayor.  Mayor David Allaire utilized that section of the contract to…

Staff report After six people died of coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, in Washington state last week, local officials have been preparing for an outbreak in Vermont. There were no confirmed cases in the state as of Monday, March 2, but officials are expecting residents will become sick. White River Valley Supervisory Union Superintendent Brooke…

By Curt Peterson The day before voters were asked to approve the Windsor Central Supervisory Union budget totaling $21 million, board member Jim Haff asked Killington residents to vote against that budget. He told voters at the Killington public informational meeting March 2 that it’s nearly certain an unrecognized $1 million deficit will be uncovered…

By Virginia Dean For those investing in winter rental properties, it may not come as a surprise that a recent study indicates that Killington and Ludlow have topped the charts in profitable revenue for the last two years, according to property management company Vacasa of Portland, Oregon. The company had calculated data on nearly a…

By Anne Wallace Allen/VTDigger Veterinarian Susan Johnson used to work with 15 large alpaca farms. Now Vermont’s down to just a few. But an Ascutney farm, Cas-Cad-Nac, is doing the alpaca business in a big way. It has 250 super-premium alpacas, half-ownership in a fiber mill, and a mail-order alpaca meat business. And this autumn, it…

By Lola Duffort/VTDigger The Heritage Credit Union now owns the former College of St. Joseph campus. The bank moved to foreclose on the property in January, according to CEO Matt Levandowski, and the school surrendered the deed over to Heritage on Tuesday, Feb. 25. The school had an outstanding balance with the bank of $4.5 million.…

The course was well worn after 40 racers balanced their bikes and carved around slalom gates at Suicide Six ski mountain in South Pomfret.Here’s how the top cyclists finished by age group/division: Grom- 12 & Under 1. Jack Cote 2. Fisher Lillie 3. James Cote Youth 13-18 1. Simon Phipps Women’s Open 1. Sofie Redemanti…

A controversial $60 million bond for a new middle school and a slew of other improvements to buildings within the Slate Valley Unified Union School District was rejected by voters on Town Meeting Day, March 3. A proposed $26 million school budget also failed. Slate Valley towns include Fair Haven, Castleton, Benson, Hubbardton, West Haven and…

Fair Haven voters narrowly rejected a 1% local option tax to pay for waste water treatment facility upgrades 417-414 in unofficial results on Tuesday, March 3. The $1.6 million municipal budget was approved 445-351 as was a $50,000 expense for road paving 658-175.