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,…

Staff report A Rutland teenager was killed and two others were seriously injured in a crash at 5:52 a.m. Sunday morning, June 30 in Mendon. State Police Corporal Mark Busier from the Rutland barracks issued the report later that day.  The single-vehicle crash occurred on Notch Road near South Mendon Road. The 2000 Volkswagen Jetta…

Downtown Rutland’s Paramount Theatre was one of eight Vermont recipients to receive Northern Regional Border Commission (NBRC) Catalyst grants totaling $7.9 million. Phil Scott, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Peter Welch, and Congresswoman Becca Balint, along with NBRC, made the announcement Thursday, June 27. The $1 million grant is a portion of the total project cost…

RAISE grant adds to $19.1 million received to date for municipal water and the reconstruction of Killington Road By Polly Mikula The town of Killington was awarded $25 million by the federal government to engineer and construct Phase 2-4 of its Killington Forward development. The town received the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity…

Slate Valley passes budget after $524,000 cut Staff report Slate Valley Unified Union School district successfully passed its budget, Tuesday, June 18. It was the district’s fifth attempt. The $30.5 million budget was approved 930-794 after roughly $524,000 was cut since it was first put out to voters on Town Meeting Day in March. The…

Killington Resort’s 10-week concert series kicks off this Saturday, June 29 with Ben Goldsmith, from 3-5:30 p.m. This summer, the Cooler in the Mountains free concert series returns to the K-1 base area at Killington Resort. The move from Snowshed base area will enable the resort to expand its learn-to-mountain bike area on Snowshed.  The new venue is…

By Curt Peterson The Mountain View Supervisory Union FY2025 budget passed with 60% of the vote on Town Meeting Day. But the district’s $99 million bond for a replacement of the aging Woodstock Middle and High School complex, failed by about 10%. Ben Ford, MSVU board vice-chair and chair of the finance committee, told the…

By Curt Peterson Introduced as “America’s most popular governor,” Phil Scott addressed the Chamber & Economic Development of the Rutland Region (CEDRR) Legislative Breakfast Monday, June 24.  Fresh from a record-making veto override session — both the most vetoes and most overrides — Scott sounded a lot like the fifth-term re-election candidate he is. “I…

“With the second drill on site, expect two blasts a day,” wrote Markowski Excavating, Inc. in a news release before the week began. “First one will be around 10:30-12 noon and the second will be around 1:30-3 p.m.”  Traffic will be stopped on Route 4 during the blasts. Markowski will continue to haul blasted rock…

The legislation funds Vermont’s schools, increasing the average property tax bill by 13.8% By Ethan Weinstein/VTDigger The Vermont Legislature overrode Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of the annual property tax legislation that funds the state’s public school districts, solidifying an average projected property tax increase of 13.8%. The vote passed 103-42 in the House, and 22-7 in…

Bill is hailed as a compromise between advocatesfor housing and environmentalists By Carly Berlin Lawmakers have voted to override Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of a marquee housing and land-use bill that makes broad reforms to Act 250, Vermont’s signature development review law.  That means H.687, a bill that seeks to balance promoting housing growth and environmental conservation,…