By Corey Gambardella, Okemo Terry Fortuna smiles on a sunny day outside Jackson Gore at Okemo Resort. Submitted Terry Fortuna (left) and her husband Bob enjoy their time with grandkids. By Karen D. Lorentz Born in […]
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Forest Service invites public to review the Telephone Gap Project preliminary environmental assessment
Courtesy USDA Map shows trails and visual vistas (lookouts) within the Telephone Gap area as well as the site of a newly proposed hut. The proposal includes new trails for hiking and biking (listed right). Courtesy USDA Open […]
Bears are becoming active earlier in the spring
VTF&W: Take steps now to prevent bear conflicts The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Dept.has begun to receive reports of bears coming out of their dens and is urging Vermonters to take steps now to prevent conflicts with bears over […]
Seven 5-year-olds celebrate ‘graduation day’ at RFL
A group of 5-year-olds recently experienced their own “pomp and circumstance” ceremony recently at the Rutland Free Library (RFL), Saturday, March 2. After their 5th birthday, the boys and girls aged out of the Dolly Parton Imagination Program Library (DPIL) […]
Vermont’s revenue for January exceeds projections by $38 million, 11.7%
The General Fund, Transportation Fund and Education Fund all exceeded their monthly consensus cash flow targets, corresponding to the annual fiscal 2024 consensus forecast update as adopted by the emergency board at its January 2024 meeting. Revenue collections for the […]
Vermonters continue to be sheltered following the new hotel/motel rate
By Mike Dougherty/VTDigger The Travel Inn in Rutland was one of at least 75 motels in Vermont where state agencies housed people who would otherwise be homeless. The Dept. for Children and Families (DCF) has announced the successful continuation […]
Vermont Campus Voting Challenge launched
Colleges and universities can now participate in the Vermont Campus Voting Challenge, a new nonpartisan initiative announced Jan. 25 by Vermont’s Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas, in partnership with the nonpartisan nonprofit “All In” Campus Democracy Challenge. All […]
University of Vermont announces new logo, branding
By Ethan Weinstein/VTDigger Courtesy UVM The new logo (above) will replace the steeple logo from the ‘90s. “Going forward, UVM will unify its brand message under a refined V logomark outlined by a shield,” wrote the University of Vermont’s strategic communications […]
Hartland Town Meeting goes smoothly
By Curt Peterson The approximately 200 attendees at the Hartland Town Meeting Tuesday, March 5, approved all nine pertinent Articles on the warning. Select Board chair Phil Hobbie told the Mountain Times, “I think things went surprisingly well. John Broker-Campbell, […]
Vt. Supreme Court rejects Daniel Banyai’s appeal
By Ethan Weinstein/VTDigger The Vermont Supreme Court on Friday, March 1, upheld contempt sanctions imposed on Daniel Banyai, owner of the former Pawlet weapons training facility Slate Ridge. The court heard oral arguments in the appeal in January. Banyai, who faces an ongoing […]