By Curt Peterson Lisa Ransom, vicar at The Church of Our Savior at Mission Farm since 2020, says the original mission for Mission Farm, expressed in 1895 when Elizabeth Wood Clement gifted the 180-acre property to the Episcopal Church, […]
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Greg Hiltz retires from Killington snowmaking after 45 years
By Brooke Geery Not many people can say they’ve covered New York’s Central Park with snow, but Greg Hiltz can. A select few people can say they’ve pulled off making enough snow for a World Cup course in one night, […]
Crowdfunding campaign launched for ‘Poultney Downtown Mural Initiative’
$3,250 goal to receive a 2:1 matching grant POULTNEY—Realizing an action goal from Poultney Comes Together, a 2019 community workshop, Poultney residents will soon be able to enjoy public murals downtown thanks to a recently launched crowdfunding campaign. The campaign […]
Four nonprofits receive grants
Four local nonprofit organizations received $5,000 grants from Heritage Family Cares 4 You’s (HFCares4U). The 2023 recipients were Community Cupboard, Vermont Farmers’ Food Center, Vermont Achievement Center and Northshire Day School. People who donate at least $15 annually […]
Alpine Bike Works to offer bike shipping service
Alpine Bike Works in Killington is now the first east coast retailer authorized to ship Giant bicycles direct to customers across the country. The new program was announced in early April and allows select retailers who meet the […]
What Americans don’t know about Nonprofits, Vermonters probably do
One evening last week, I received a phone call from one of our region’s most thoughtful volunteer fundraisers, a soft-spoken community leader I admire tremendously. After we discussed the purpose of her call — to secure hosts for an […]
VINS releases rehabilitated red-tailed hawk
By Curt Peterson About a dozen of Ed Finley’s neighbors and friends were gathered by their vehicles on a Clay Hill Road meadow in Hartland to witness release of a red-tailed hawk that had been rehabilitated at Vermont Institute […]
Mark Foote becomes Killington’s first full-time paid firefighter
Mark Foote, 30, became the department’s first full time paid firefighter (other than the chief), as well as the head of the EMS program at the end of April. “My medical first response kind of career, if you will, […]
Glenn Burres named assistant chief
Glenn Burres, 58, was named Assistant Fire Chief, a 25 to 30-hour a week part-time position in the beginning of April. Burres moved to Killington about 16 years ago after retiring as the deputy chief of a fire department […]
Killington Fire and Rescue hires two
The new municipal dept. now employs three plus volunteers, seeks growth to ensure shorter response times By Polly Mikula KILLINGTON — Over the past three years, fire and rescue services in Killington have undergone some of the most radical […]