Police are investigating a threat at Green Mountain Union High School Monday, Feb. 4. Chester Police Chief Cloud said in a press release that had been directed against the school through Facebook. Cloud was working with the state police to investigate the situation. He said Tuesday morning that the person who made the threat lives…

Police are warning drivers that snow squalls are causing difficult roadway conditions Wednesday night. Snow squalls in many areas, particularly along Interstate 89 in central Vermont, are causing extremely limited visibility on the roads.  Blowing snow also creates icy conditions.  Motorists are asked to avoid unnecessary travel and to slow down and leave plenty of…

Photo by Blotto Brock Crouch catches some air in a Peace Park.

Submitted After five years as minority owners, Ann and Joshua Eckler celebrate purchasing Trailside Inn on Route 100 north in Killington from former partner, Joe DeSena.

Photo by Katy Savage For transfer students Claire Sherman, Kaleigh Kennedy and Serena McKenzie this semester will be their last.

By Curt Peterson ECFiber and Brownsville Butcher and Pantry jointly hosted an open house on Friday, Jan. 18 that might be called “a match made in heaven.” The occasion was ECFiber’s introduction of a new “internet café” within the former Brownsville General Store. West Windsor, of which Brownsville is a part, is one of 24…

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 from Holy Name Girls Academy in 1959. In her teenage years, Kay discovered an innate…

Editor’s note: this question has been submitted to the Mountain Times on behalf of some members of the Killington community, who wish to remain anonymous. Each week until Town Meeting we will select a question and pose it to the appropriate expert in that community in order to clarify facts. If you have a question…

By Julia Purdy RUTLAND— Last fall Rutland neighborhood streets glowed with the golden foliage of ash trees, but since October, 75 streetside ash trees have been removed, Public Works Commissioner Jeff Wennberg told the Mountain Times Jan.23. That was the target number for 2018, with an equal number slated for 2019, and 45-50 trees in…

By Elizabeth Gribkoff/VTDigger Vermont’s Department of Environmental Conservation is recommending the Legislature change the state’s recycling laws so that commercial haulers will not have to pick up compost from all households when new rules take effect in 2020. But they’re recommending that the ban on putting food scraps in the trash be left intact. The Legislature…

By Curt Peterson Rutland Mayor David Allaire says Rutland has reduced drug-related crime in the last decade, and credits a “hub and spoke” strategy with the success. “Hubs” are outpatient treatment centers to which drug crime offenders are referred, Allaire said. Rutland Regional Medical Center’s West Ridge Center is one of several area hubs. Financial…

  Staff report Police said a 6-month-old girl was found dead at a day care in Rutland Thursday, Jan. 24. Rescue personnel found 6-month-old Harper Rose Briar of Pittsford unresponsive at the in-home day-care on North Street in Rutland after a 911 call around 3:15 p.m. Thursday. The child was transported to Rutland Regional Medical Center, where…

Staff report As enrollment declines and costs rise, Green Mountain College in Poultney announced Wednesday it will close this spring after 185 years. President Robert Allen posted a note on the college's website Jan. 23. "We have not been able to assure the economic sustainability of the college," Allen wrote. "Financial challenges are impacting liberal arts…

By Anne Galloway/VTDigger Frigid temperatures hurt turnout for the third annual Vermont Women’s March at the Statehouse in Montpelier, Saturday, Jan. 19. Still over 500 marched at the capital.

By Kurt Wehde Will Novak, center, visited Okemo from Phoenix to crash a bachelor party in ’80s-style ski gear.