By Katy Savage The Killington Mall has a new owner. Robert “Sal” Salmeri, the owner of Moguls Sports Pub and Restaurant, bought the building on Killington Road for $475,000 at an auction on Tuesday, May 21. “Call it a pet project of mine,” Salmeri said. “I’ve liked that building for years. It’s part of Killington…

By Julia Purdy The West Street neighborhood in Proctor will soon have their corner store back—with some differences. Jenn and Chris Curtis are preparing to open The Market On West Street in Proctor, formerly known as the West St. Market, before Memorial Day. The front has been refreshed and painted in cheerful sunshine-gold with green…

Saturday & Sunday, May 25-26—WOODSTOCK—Billings Farm & Museum will host Sheep Shearing & Herding on Saturday and Sunday, May 2-26 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. This event showcases herdsman Jim McRae’s team of Border Collies herding sheep in the farm fields during narrated programs at 11:30 a.m., 1:30, and 3:30 p.m. both days. Each day, the farm’s Southdown ewes will be sheared for spring at…

Killington student Toby Borzekowski prepares for nationals By Katy Savage For 30 years, Woodstock Union High School teacher Gordon Ladd has led the school’s speech and debate team from championship to championship. The team has won the state championship eight times in his 30-year career and has been runner up 10 times. This year, the…

By Curt Peterson Ask any maple syrup farmer – the 2019 maple syrup season was somewhere between “excellent” and “okay.” Production-wise, syrup farmers say the 2019 season was very good, but not the best ever. “We didn’t make as much syrup as last year,” Reid Richardson of the Richardson Family Farm in Hartland said, “but…

By Polly Mikula It’s been a wet and cold spring and the snow that fell Monday night on the mountain tops was certainly not a welcomed sight. With May Day and Mother’s Day celebrations behind us and Memorial Day in sight, we should be donning our open-toed shoes, not thankful that we didn’t take off…

By Katy Savage Eli Smith is a homeless veteran by choice. Smith, 39, sold all of his belongings three years ago to hike to all four corners of the country and raise awareness about post-traumatic stress disorder. Smith started his trip on foot in November 2016 before switching to a bike in 2017 due to…

Staff report The historic Benson Village Store has closed due to a fire last week. “My guess is that it will be declared a total loss,” said Benson Fire Chief Tom Newmann. The fire started around 2 a.m. April 29. Store owner James Tillman, who lived upstairs, was asleep at the time, Newmann said. “Before…

Staff report RUTLAND—The state police have deemed a fire that left 10 people displaced “suspicious.” The Rutland City Fire Department arrived at the fire at 75 Main St. in Rutland around 5 a.m. May 1 and found a two car garage  near the house heavily involved in fire. “There was a heavy volume of fire…

By Polly Mikula The Butternut Inn will be the new home for Castleton University’s School of Resort Management program in Killington, according to a letter of intent signed by Jim Haff and his wife Mary, with Castleton University. Haff, the owner of the Inn and member of the Killington Select Board, made the announcement to…

Courtesy of Bread Loaf An architechual rendering of the new K-1 Lodge at the top of Killington Road as seen from the slope-side. Construction will begin this spring.

Courtesy of the Kavouksorian's Peter and Joann Kavouksorian

Courtesy of Killington Resort Chandler Burgess a.k.a. King of Spring

Photo courtesy Cobra Gymnastics Eliza Dopkins

Courtesy Killington Resort Festival goers sample beer in the on-snow event, the Vermont Brewers Festival.