By Bob Giolito Volunteers search for missing skiers/riders via the Bucklin Trail in Mendon. By Victoria Gaither and Polly Mikula On Saturday, Jan. 20, multiple groups of skiers and snowboarders, including six juveniles (two of whom were 5 years old), ventured past Killington Ski Resort boundaries and ended up lost in the backcountry, in an…

By Alissa Frame, UVM Community News Service Editor’s note: The Community News Service is a program in which University of Vermont students work with professional editors to provide content for local news outlets at no cost. For RJ Thompson, the seed of outdoor recreation started sprouting early on. He grew up camping with family and…

By Katy Savage Courtesy Pittsford Village Farm| Architectural renderings of the planned renovation at Pittsford Village Farm, located in the center of  Pittsford. Plans include a child care center in a portion of the 19th-century farmhouse. Baird Morgan has been interested in the farmhouse in the center of Pittsford for the past 30 years. His…

Program supports relocation, recruitment, and retention of residents in Vermont On Wednesday, Jan. 10, the Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing (VDTM) announced that 12 partner organizations were approved for grant funding from the inaugural Grants for Relocation Outreach Work (GROW) program. The grants support local, regional, county-wide, or state-wide organizations conducting new resident relocation, recruitment,…

  Submitted       Cannabis retail stores could be coming to Killington if voters approve the measure on Town Meeting Day, March 5. The Killington Planning Commission held a public hearing Jan. 3 to establish zoning that would limit where retail stores can be. The commission proposal allows cannabis stores only on Killington Road…

By Glenn Russell/VTDigger Gov. Phil Scott arrives in the House chamber to deliver his State of the State Address before a joint session of the Legislature at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Thursday, Jan. 4.   The governor outlined challenges and opportunities for the state in the coming year. And having already started working with…

Three-year campaign dedicated to Anne and Joe Jones doubles race-training capacity, adds snowmaking By Polly Mikula A-Slope at Little Pico snowmaking campaign celebrated its completion with over 100 community members attending the dedication ceremony, Saturday, Jan. 6. The campaign was dedicated to the life, leadership and legacy of Vermont ski racing pioneers Anne an Joe…

Act 127’s new weighting formula, allows up to 10% increase with 5% cap on the equalized tax rate; rising property values aren’t capped By Curt Peterson and Polly Mikula Courtesy Ben Ford, MVSU  The chart above show the projected FY25 tax rates for each district town; the $1.5984 rate in the first row is the…

Submitted By Katy Savage Most of a former Woodstock Union High School snowboard coach’s claims that his free speech and due process rights were violated against the school board, superintendent and state were denied by a U.S. District Court judge on Dec. 28. Judge Christina Reiss denied Coach David Bloch’s motion seeking irreparable harm and…

  By Curt Peterson The Woodstock Town Select Board hosted a public information session on Dec.19 in part to quell growing fears over an anticipated hike in state and local taxes.  Ben Ford, finance chair of the Mountain Views Supervisory Union (MSVU), state Rep. Tesha Buss, and state Sen. Alison Clark were there to answer…

Courtesy U.S. Ski & Snowboard Stratton Mountain snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis, pictured here in 2019, has won more than 30 World Cup events and six overall championships.    Stratton Mountain Olympic snowboarder Jacobellis rises after a fall to rewrite her life story By Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Stratton Mountain School alumna Lindsey Jacobellis was 20 years old when, predicted…

Submitted By Katy Savage Most of a former Woodstock Union High School snowboard coach’s claims that his free speech and due process rights were violated against the school board, superintendent and state were denied by a U.S. District Court judge on Dec. 28. Judge Christina Reiss denied Coach David Bloch’s motion seeking irreparable harm and…

  By Curt Peterson The Woodstock Town Select Board hosted a public information session on Dec.19 in part to quell growing fears over an anticipated hike in state and local taxes.  Ben Ford, finance chair of the Mountain Views Supervisory Union (MSVU), state Rep. Tesha Buss, and state Sen. Alison Clark were there to answer…

Courtesy U.S. Ski & Snowboard Stratton Mountain snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis, pictured here in 2019, has won more than 30 World Cup events and six overall championships.    Stratton Mountain Olympic snowboarder Jacobellis rises after a fall to rewrite her life story By Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Stratton Mountain School alumna Lindsey Jacobellis was 20 years old when, predicted…

         Submitted Emily Macrae stand among marijuana plants at Sunkissed Farm.     By Curt Peterson For some time now the buzz in Hartland and Windsor has been “What are all those huge tunnel barns across from Simon Pearce?” Passersby are looking at the rapidly growing agricultural operations of Sunkissed Farm, owned…