Bridgewater has a new Select Board member. Voters elected Brian Bontrager over Bruce Page in a 91-34 floor vote on Tuesday. Bontrager, a former school board and planning commission member, was elected to Mary Oldenburg’s seat, after Oldenburg resigned following 17 years of service. Bontrager, who owns Bontrager Custom Builders, will serve on the board…

Incumbent select board member John Doten, Jr. defeated challenger Eden Marceau-Piconi 436-310 on Tuesday. Woodstock voters unanimously approved the $3.9 million budget from a floor vote on Saturday March, 2.  The budget will raise the tax rate approximately 1.6 cents per $100 assessed value, or 3.7 percent. Two climate change articles were also approved at…

Incumbent Rutland Mayor David Allaire won re-election for his two-year seat against Michel Messier 1707-657 Tuesday night. Messier also lost in a bid for city treasurer 1963-429 to incumbent Mary Markowski. All of Rutland city's municipal and school budgets passed as did all the articles. Voters approved about $10 million in bond payments to address sewage and road…

Newcomer Chuck Claffey widely defeated incubment Patty McGrath 202-110 votes at Town Meeting Day Tuesday, March 5. McGrath has lived in Killington for 28 years and served as selectwoman for six. She said earlier contention on the board is no longer an issue and the town is moving toward fiscal sustainability. She wants to continue…

High winds battered the region earlier this week, setting a new record for February at the summit of Mount Washington in N.H. On Monday, Feb. 25, the Hays Chart (above) recorded a gust of 171 m.p.h.– more powerful than a Category 5 hurricane! The previous monthly record was 166 m.p.h. set in 1972. Mount Washington is…

By Kim Peters Killington Aquatic Club is finishing strong in their competitive swimming season.  The swim team had 17 athletes compete at a qualifying meet, Regionals, at the end of February. The season is coming to an end, but not until Sophia Nisiblat competes at the AGE group meet March 3 at Worcester Polytech Institute…

Killington Resort will host the sixth annual Slash & Berm Burton Snowboards event March 8-10. Snowboarders will gather at Killington’s Stash terrain park to take advantage of the natural terrain and all the creative elements the mountain has to offer to benefit the Burton Chill Foundation. The action will start on Friday with a Shop…

For the third year in a row, Green Mountain Power earned a spot among the top10 most innovative energy companies in the world, landing at number 5 in energy as Fast Company released its prestigious list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2019. GMP joins companies like Apple, Stitch Fix and Peloton on the…

  By Curt Peterson The Killington Select Board presented plans for the proposed new Public Services Building at a special meeting in the fire house Tuesday, Feb. 26. On March 5 voters will be asked to authorize borrowing up to $4,775,000 to finance construction on a Killington Road parcel the town has already purchased. Chief Roth…

By David Young, courtesy  Killington Resort A young skier practices tricks in a park at Killington Resort. Conditions have been great and local resorts are 100 percent open. Now Killington, Pico, Okemo and Suicide Six look ahead to the spring – where events  and discounts are hallmarks of the season. But don’t get too excited…

Two Killington Select Board candidates vie for seat By Curt Peterson KILLINGTON—A dozen hardy souls braved a whiteout snowstorm Monday, Feb. 25, to hear the two candidates for Killington Select Board’s one open seat answer questions. Mike Coppinger, executive director of the Killington Pico Area Association, moderated the event held at the Welcome Center and…

By Katy Savage Despite consolidating schools and restructuring staff to find savings, the Windsor Central Supervisory Union budget is up slightly. The $18 million budget, to be presented to voters on Town Meeting Day,  is up about .73 percent from the previous year, though the individual tax rates will vary between each town. Some towns…

By Alan J. Keays/VTDigger and Polly Mikula RUTLAND — Two are vying for Rutland City’s mayoral post, and several more are challenging seats on the city’s Board of Aldermen this Tuesday,March 5, Town Meeting Day. The two candidates on the ballot for the city’s mayoral job are incumbent David Allaire, who was elected to his…

By Russell Jones CHITTENDEN — The Barstow Unified Union school board has proposed a budget increase of less than 1 percent for the 2020 fiscal year. The .78 percent increase, making a proposed budget of $4.77 million, equals an increase of $36,886 for the next year and is mostly due to contractual increases in salaries…

By Katy Savage Two candidates are vying for a three-year seat on the Woodstock Select Board. Eden Piconi is running against incumbent John Doten, Jr. a 27-year veteran of the Board. Piconi, 49, grew up in Woodstock before moving away for college. She and her family lived in Pennsylvania for 20 years until she moved…