Benefits will start being issued in mid-November On Nov. 3, Gov. Peter Shumlin, Vt. Agency of Human Services Secretary Hal Cohen, and Vt. Dept. of Children and Families Commissioner Ken Schatz announced that the average Low Income Home Energy Assistance […]
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Backcountry forum excites crowd of winter snowsports enthusists
By Evan Johnson ROCHESTER — At last week’s Vermont Backcountry Forum in Rochester, vice president of the Rochester Area Sport Trails Alliance (RASTA) Zac Freeman was describing the group’s recent work near Randolph, maintaining a network of glades spread along […]
Rutland, Windsor County voters stick with incumbents for Senate seats
By Polly Lynn Rutland County county voters re-elected three republican incumbents for the state Senate seats: Kevin Mullin, Peg Flory and Brian Collamore will all return to Montpelier. Mullin received the highest vote totals with 14,553, followed by Flory with […]
Scott’s gubernatorial win attributed to his popularity, focus on economic issues
By Mark Johnson, Jasper Craven and Anne Galloway, VTDigger.org Republican Phil Scott won the race for Vermont governor Tuesday night, defeating Democrat Sue Minter by a wide margin. He cruised to victory despite the state’s left-leaning electorate and a controversial […]
Killington fire chief wins Skydiver National Championship
KILLINGTON – Killington resident Gary Roth recently won gold in advanced eight-way formation skydiving at the 2016 U.S. Parachute Association National Skydiving Championships at Skydive, Arizona, held Oct. 20-29, according to a Nov. 8 press release. Roth won the event […]
Scott races to victory in governor’s race
By Angelo Lynn In Vermont, the news was only slightly better, with Democrat incumbents winning the statewide seats as expected, but Republican Phil Scott beat Democrat Sue Minter, 53 percent to 44 percent, with 3 percent going to Liberty Union […]
12th annual Wheels for Warmth raises $52,000 for fuel assistance, recycles 2,500 unusable tires
MENDON—Vermont’s Wheels for Warmth program is ready to roll out heating assistance funds for this winter, thanks to its 12th consecutive year of strong community support. Preliminary numbers for 2016 show the program collected a total of $52,000 for emergency fuel assistance […]
Carnage comes to Killington
By Stephen Seitz KILLINGTON—Once again, the gaming event Carnage Con came to Killington Mountain Resort the first weekend in November. “We’ve been coming here for four years now,” said Robert Rousse of Springfield, one of the convention’s organizers. “We were […]
Killington Selectboard discusses library roof, marketing, budgets, Nov. 1
On Tuesday, Nov. 1, the Killington Selectboard held a regularly scheduled meeting. Here are a few of the highlights, per the meeting minutes reported. Library Roof update Town Manager Debby Schwartz reported that the contract for the library roof has […]
Rutland Mayor lays budget increase at board’s feet
By Adam Federman, VTDigger.org RUTLAND — The onus is on the Board of Aldermen to cut municipal spending in order to avoid a tax rate increase, Mayor Chris Louras told the Board in a letter Tuesday, Nov. 1, accompanying his […]