ROCHESTER— Cold planing will begin this week at the intersection of Route 73 and Bingo Road. They will move this operation east, towards the intersection of Route 73 and 100. Slope stabilization along Route 73 will continue through next week. Expect […]
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Wonderfeet Kids’ Museum adds new board members
RUTLAND—Wonderfeet Kids’ Museum in Rutland has announced the appointment of Lorrie Byrom, Francesca Bove, Paul Gallo and Tricia Huebner to its board of directors. Lorrie Byrom is the owner-director of Camp Betsey Cox for Girls, a long-standing girls’ summer camp […]
MKF Properties purchases two downtown Rutland properties
RUTLAND —MKF has purchased 72 Merchants Row, adjacent to the Green Mountain Power (GMP) Energy Innovation Center, and MKF and GMP plan to connect the two buildings to share amenities including conference rooms and the EIC’s rooftop terrace. MKF has […]
Killington Resort Announces Free Skiing and Snowboarding on June 1st for first time in 15 years
Vermont resort boasts longest ski and snowboard season in Eastern North America Vermont’s Killington Resort to offer lift serviced skiing and snowboarding in June for the first time in 15 yearson Thursday, June 1, 2017. June skiing is available on Superstar, the […]
Sanders failed to get Montanan country singer a seat in the U.S. House
By Jasper Craven, VTDigger Rob Quist, a Democratic poet cowboy from Montana strongly supported by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., lost in a special election for the state’s sole House seat, Thursday, May 25. Quist’s Republican challenger, Greg Gianforte, won […]
Ancient site found near proposed solar development in Rutland Town
By Julia Purdy RUTLAND TOWN—Vermont has dozens of explored ancient sites that date as far back as 10,000-13,000 years and feature cookfires, refuse dumps, implements and workshops, points, pottery, charcoal and bones, shells, petroglyphs and even burials. Many more lie […]
George Vincent Lyons, age 92
George Vincent Lyons, 92, died Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at Rutland Regional Medical Center. George Lyons was born in Troy, N.Y., May 25, 1924, son of Emma C. Ahearn and William J. Lyons. He was a 1941 graduate of St. […]
Jungle Book coming to downtown Rutland
Phoenix Books funds sculpture, honoring Vt. author Rudyard Kipling RUTLAND—Work on the first carving announced in a planned series of historical stone sculptures in downtown Rutland will begin in August—but organizers say the “second” sculpture will be completed before the […]
Scott vetoes pot bill, says he’s open to compromise
By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger Gov. Phil Scott became the first governor in the country to veto a bill that would legalize marijuana. Scott announced Wednesday, May 24, he will send the bill, S.22, back to the Legislature. However, the governor […]
Gov. Scott appoints Kevin Mullin to chair Green Mountain Care Board
By Erin Mansfield, VTDigger RUTLAND—Sen. Kevin Mullin, R-Rutland, is stepping down from his position as state senator to become the top health care regulator in the state. Mullin, 58, of Rutland Town, will be the chair of the Green Mountain […]