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Chet Hagenbarth named Killington town manager

September 21, 2018
KILLINGTON—The Select Board has appointed a new town manager with a familiar face. Chet Hagenbarth, who has been an interim town manager since April, was appointed to the town manager position in a meeting Monday, Sept. 16. Hagenbarth has worked in the Killington town office since 2012. He was the highway and facilities director until…

IDF World Cup tour returns to Killington 

September 19, 2018
High-speed showdown Staff report Sept. 21-23—KILLINGTON—Skateboard and luge racers will bring top talent to the region for the Killington IDF World Cup, Friday, Sept. 21 through Sunday, Sept. 23. The track down East Mountain Road in Killington is the fastest race course in the world with speeds reaching upwards of 70 mph on skateboard and 83 mph on…

Killington cracks down on VRBO ‘hotel’

September 19, 2018
By Katy Savage KILLINGTON— The town of Killington is cracking down on at least one short-term rental. Town Planning and Zoning Administrator Dick Horner sent a letter to the owner of a property listed on website, Vacation Rentals by Owner (VRBO), Aug. 2, explaining the owner is violating town zoning bylaws. The property, located at…

$22,000 raised at fifth annual Pie in the Face for Chase

September 12, 2018
By Polly Lynn Mikula KILLINGTON— This past Sunday, Sept. 9, 33 local celebrities took hundreds of pies in the face and raised $22,000 for Chase William Kuehl and the Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation (PMSF), a new record for the event. Last year, the event raised $15,000. The pieing took place at Moguls Sports Pub on Killington…

Local makes camping a luxury with Tentrr

September 12, 2018
By Katy Savage HUBBARDTON—Kurt Schneider calls his campsite Restoration at Cattail Cove. It sits on an edge of his lakeside property in Hubbardton, surrounded by trees and occasional blue herons at the edge of the water. It features a queen-size, extra thick air mattress, beneath a 10-by-10-foot wall tent. There’s a wood stove, a shower,…

Developers of Starbucks seek DRB approval

September 12, 2018
By Julia Purdy RUTLAND—The developers of the proposed Starbucks restaurant on North Main Street appeared before the Rutland Development Review Board (DRB) and observers Wednesday to present updates to the project and request a conditional use permit to operate a retail store in conjunction with the planned restaurant. The project has encountered public opposition in…

New Italian restaurant opens in Ludlow

September 11, 2018
Vail purchase creates buzz in business industry By Katy Savage LUDLOW—A new Italian eatery is set to open next week. La Tavola Ristorante  will be open on Route 100 with an extensive wine list, full bar, authentic Italian menu and lounge. The owners, Fernando and Soa Uva, and manager Tony Lavalle run Tavola’s in Provincetown,…

ArtisTree Music Theatre Festival continues with ‘The Fantasticks’

September 11, 2018
Sept. 13-29—SO. POMFRET—The ArtisTree Music Theatre Festival continues with its second show of the season, “The Fantasticks,” the longest running musical in history! Performances will be held Sept. 14-29 (with a special preview performance on Thursday, Sept. 13) at the Grange Theatre on Stage Road in South Pomfret. “The Fantasticks” is the longest-running musical in the…

Retreat opens with tribute to family

September 5, 2018
By Katy Savage WOODSTOCK—Over a bridge and up a long, private driveway, a 1700s farmhouse sits alone among hills of green grass. There are private mountain biking and hiking trails out the front door and a private swimming pond with beach to the side. This 186-acre property is special to Stacey Gerrish, who inherited it…

Working to renew foundations in Killington

September 5, 2018
By Sue Durant KILLINGTON—On the “flats” of Killington, a small gray granite church and a couple of old red buildings nestle between the Ottauquechee River and a tree-filled mountainside. The scene looks like a postcard of an era gone by. On Mission Farm Road in front of the church, a bronze plaque identifies the site…

Give or take a pie in the face, for a great cause

September 5, 2018
By Dave Hoffenberg KILLINGTON—On Sunday, Sept. 9, Moguls Sports Pub will host the fifth annual Pie in the Face for Chase charity benefit from 1-7 p.m. It’s time again to pie local celebrities and raise money for Chase William Kuehl and the Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation (PMSF). Kuehl is one of only 1,500 children worldwide diagnosed…

Fresh Shakespeare skits make debut in Plymouth

August 30, 2018
Saturday, Sept. 1, 12 p.m.—PLYMOUTH NOTCH—The Stand Up Shakespeare Company presents one free performance at the Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site in Plymouth Notch, on Saturday, Sept. 1 at 12 noon. The annual “Shakespeare Alive! A Bard-Based Variety Show” returns for an all-new, never-before-seen collection of scenes, skits, soliloquies and songs! Stand Up Shakespeare is a…

Base Lodge Bluegrass Festival takes the stage at Suicide Six

August 30, 2018
Friday, Aug. 31, 5:30 p.m.—SOUTH POMFRET—Suicide Six Ski Area and ArtisTree Community Arts Center bid a celebratory farewell to summer with an outdoor bluegrass festival at the ski area’s base lodge on Friday, Aug. 31. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with free lift rides available for concertgoers until 6:15 p.m. Musical performances kick off with the festival opener…

Lightning strikes golf club building

August 29, 2018
By Katy Savage CASTLETON—The Bomoseen Golf Club is open despite losing all of its equipment in a fire Aug. 8. “Basically, we lost everything we needed to run the golf course,” said General Manager Jim Bassett. Three lawn mowers, weed trimmers, tools and golf carts that were kept inside a maintenance building are gone, said…

Glimmerstone Quarry future hangs in the balance

August 29, 2018
By Julia Purdy CAVENDISH—Tierney Road has become the focus of contention among neighbors over the proposed reopening of a small rock quarry at the end of this mile-long town road that climbs a wooded hillside. Brightly-colored signs reading “Stop the Tierney Road Quarry” stud the roadside, with a few exceptions. Quarry opponents maintain that the…