KILLINGTON—Killington Mountain School’s full-term students and staff returned to campus the first week of September, and the 2014-2015 season kicked off with a roster of community-building activities. A few weeks prior, a group of students had come up to KMS […]
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Cristina Kumka hired as PEGTV program coordinator
RUTLAND — PEGTV, Rutland County’s public access television station, is pleased to announce County News 802 Producer Cristina Kumka has accepted the position of program coordinator for PEGTV’s government channel 21. Kumka will continue to produce and host County News […]
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Billings Farm announces 2014 “People’s Choice” quilt awards
WOODSTOCK — Billings Farm & Museum, gateway to Vermont’s rural heritage, announces the results of the 2014 “People’s Choice” awards for the 28th Annual Quilt Exhibition held Aug. 1–Sept. 21. Over 15,000 visitors viewed the exhibition and nearly 2,000 ballots […]
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Pentangle hires new managing director
WOODSTOCK–Pentangle Arts’ Board of Trustees recently announced the hire of Alita Wilson in the new position of managing director. Pentangle’s former executive director, Gary Wood, will remain on staff as the artistic director, working part-time from his home in Florida. […]
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Lothrop Elementary motivates students to recycle shoes
PITTSFORD–On Friday, Sept. 5, Lothrop Elementary, in partnership with ShoeBox Recycling, introduced a school-wide shoe recycling program. Students, faculty, families, and community members are all encouraged to participate by discarding gently-used shoes in the ShoeBox recycling bins placed in the […]
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Race for the Cure celebrates 22 years at Hildene
Saturday, Sept. 20 — MANCHESTER — The 2014 Komen Vermont Race for the Cure®, on Sept. 20, will be the 22nd race held at Hildene Meadows, in Manchester. After this year’s race, Komen will be folding its tents and heading for new […]
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Remembering Erling Omar Omland, age 98
Vermont ski legend – skiing 90 years By Heather Burke For 90 years, he skied the mountains of Pico, Vail, Mt. Hood, Italy, Norway and Dartmouth. Erling Omar Omland (1917-2014) was among skiing’s biggest champions, he will long be remembered for […]
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Spoken from the heart
Governor Shumlin, musicians and recovering addicts shared their stories from the heart at the Vermonters for Vermonters benefit concert RUTLAND — On Sunday, Sept. 7, community organizations, musicians, recovering addicts, Governor Shumlin and community members gathered at the Grand Stand […]
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The Vermont State Fair concludes
Two cows poke their heads out of a barn Sunday afternoon at the Vermont State Fair in Rutland. The 10-day fair saw many ups and downs with opening day being the best since 2009, but with Fair attendance lacking overall […]
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Vermont Department of Taxes to publish lists of delinquent taxpayers
The Vermont Department of Taxes will begin issuing lists by end of the year of 100 individual taxpayers and 100 business taxpayers with the highest amounts of unpaid tax debt, the state announced Sept. 8. A new law, Act 174, […]