The Killington Sharks 8 and Under freestyle relay team won its heat at the District meet July 27, at White’s Pool in Rutland. Pictured (l-r) Willow Kimball, 8; Ro Cash, 7; Esmé Mikula,6; and Steven Geiger, 7. The state race will be held Aug. 3-4 at the Upper Valley Aquatic Center in White River Jct.

By Curt Peterson and Polly Mikula “Participating in the reassessment is the most fiscally responsible thing you can do,” said Town Manager Michael Ramsey as he opened the Killington informational meeting on the upcoming reappraisal of Grand List properties, Tuesday, July 23. “We don’t want others to come in and assume we all have golden…

The Vermont Farmers Food Center (VFFC), Rutland Regional Medical Center (RRMC), and Community Health Clinics of the Rutland Region (Community Health) are celebrating the Farmacy Project’s 10th year this month. Farmacy, which began at VFFC as Health Care Shares, is a produce prescription program that provides fresh locally grown produce to people facing chronic diet-related…

Killington Road reopened to two-way traffic Friday afternoon, July 19. The event was commemorated with a ribbon cutting ceremony and short procession of town and state rep vehicles. “We wanted to get the word out that Killington Road has reopened,” said Selectman Jim Haff. “However, the former detour up West Hill Road is also still…

By Polly Mikula An electrical fire at the ShackletonThomas furniture and pottery headquarters in the Bridgewater Mill broke out last Friday afternoon, July 19. Firefighters rushed to the scene and swiftly put out the blaze with the help of a recently updated sprinkler system. No one was inside the ShackletonThomas portion of the building when…

Runner Elle Purrier St. Pierre, rugby player Ilona Maher and rower William Bender will represent the U.S. By Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Vermonters are famous for skiing and snowboarding off with Winter Olympic medals. But three athletes with Green Mountain State ties are aiming to sprint, grand slam or speed their way into Summer Games history. Montgomery runner Elle…

“A Very Vermont Christmas” will premiere on the Hallmark Channel, Saturday, July 20 By Adam Davis One night about five years ago, Killington resident Steve Kent told his partner Pam Rice that she had seen so many Hallmark Channel Christmas movies that she should try writing one herself. That playful remark became a challenge to…

By Curt Peterson The saying “Lightning never strikes the same place twice,” was proven false in Hartland this week when bolts hit Cobb Hill barn, on a 275-acre farm in Hartland, twice at the same time. At 7:14 a.m., it was reportedly raining here and there, but no signs of a storm. Kerry Gawalt and…

Detour ends in time for Wine Fest weekend By Polly Mikula By Polly Mikula The town of Killington celebrated the reopening of the base of Killington Road with a ceremonial ribbon cutting, Friday, July 19. On Friday, July 19, at 2 p.m. Killington Road reopened to two-way traffic ending the three month detour up West…

By Curt Peterson On Monday night, July 8, the Killington Select Board approved the recreation department’s recommendation of awarding Vermont Integrated Architecture (VIA) of Middlebury a contract to create a master plan for the full recreation facility. The recreation master plan is a comprehensive study of the facilities at the Johnson Recreation Center in town…

Town is tops in Vt for homestead rate, non-homestead rate; third for school rate By Polly Mikula Last Wednesday, July 3, the state Dept. of Taxes published the list of tax rates for all Vermont towns. Killington topped the 260 municipalities listed for education homestead tax rate ($3.1981) and non-homestead rate ($2.6571) — not a…

By Curt Peterson The Green Mountain Club (GMC) bestowed their President’s Award to Woodstock resident Preston Bristow at their June 15 annual meeting. The non-profit organization, founded in 1910, has focused on finishing the Long Trail’s hiking route for the entire length of Vermont, “From Bolton to the Canadian Border,” Bristow said. “Only about 3%…

By Adam Davis Drivers on the Killington Road have certainly noticed the newly renovated Apres Inn. The new business bears little resemblance to its predecessor, the Happy Bear Motel. New owners Casey and Brett McManus have taken painstaking efforts to revitalize the motel with a complete makeover of the interior and exterior while keeping it…

By Juan Vega de Soto/VTDigger On July 10 last year, heavy rains that had begun the night before unleashed catastrophic floods across Vermont.  This Wednesday, exactly a year later, torrential downpours may once again threaten the state with flooding, according to a forecast issued Monday, July 8, by the National Weather Service.  The culprit? The collision of Tropical…

By Polly Mikula The flood of July 2023 devastated many local communities; among them Ludlow suffered greatly. Now, nearly a year later, Shaw’s supermarket celebrated it grand reopening Friday, June 28, at 9 a.m. at it’s downtown store located at 213 Main Street. Having lost all its inventory and sustained significant damage the parking lot,…