By Brett Yates Days after Congress allowed a national paid sick leave mandate for private- and public-sector workers affected by Covid-19 to expire, Rutland City’s Board of Aldermen approved new rules ensuring continued coverage for local municipal employees through at […]
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VAST office closed until further notice
Due to two VAST employees not feeling well, VAST is temporarily closing its office. If you need something from the office like trail signs, visit vtvast.org, under the forms tab and fill out the form and email it to Ken […]
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2020 Year in Review
By Brooke Geery 2020 will go down in infamy as a year remembered more for the bad than the good, like 1929 or 2008. For that reason, we’ve opted to save our Year In Review until we were sure it […]
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David H. “Chip” Garland, 70
David H. “Chip” Garland, Jr. of Killington, died suddenly on Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. Son of the late David H. and Ruth M. (Curley) Garland, Chip Garland is survived by his siblings Tom and his wife Carol of Northwood, New […]
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Hannibal “Dee” DeLorenzo, 94
Hannibal DeLorenzo was born in Orange, New Jersey on May 2, 1926 and lived in Sparta, New Jersey until he passed on Dec. 21, 2020. He served in the US Coast Guard during WWII. Dee, as he was affectionately known, […]
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Reading PTO treasurer is accused of embezzlement
By Curt Peterson On Monday, Jan. 4, Wade Mullins, 37, was arrested by the Vermont State Police (VSP) on suspicion of embezzlement. The police report cited evidence that Mullins misappropriated approximately $10,000 between 2014 and 2020 while serving as Reading […]
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K-1 construction on pause until next winter
By Katy Savage Construction of the new 58,000 square-foot Killington base lodge won’t resume until next winter, for an anticipated opening in 2022. The new three-story building was originally targeted to open in November 2020, in time for the Audi […]
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Seager announces candidacy for mayor of City of Rutland
He becomes second to challenge Allaire for top city job Matthew Godnick Seager, Rutland City resident, educator, small business owner and entrepreneur announced his candidacy for mayor of the City of Rutland on Dec. 30. He is the grandson of […]
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Killington ranked best in the East
By Katy Savage Killington Resort has been named one of the country’s best and took the top ranking for Eastern resorts. The resort ranked No. 11 nationally on The American Ski Index by Koala, which scored 450 ski resorts across […]
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Mettawee School District continues FY22 budget deliberations
The Mettawee School District Board conducts an online meeting at 6:30 p.m., Monday, Jan.11, to finalize its work on the proposed Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) budget. The spending level agreed to at this meeting will be submitted to the residents […]