Sustainable Eats is just one of the restaurants you can try for free By Brooke Geery Whether you realize it or not, everyone has been affected by Covid-19. From the homebound seniors who spent a year watching cable news, to the young professionals who didn’t realize having a beer on a bar patio was the…

By Merisa Sherman I awoke to a deafening silence. The birds of spring, so vocal in their morning song, had vanished. In fact, there was no noise at all — an eerie silence had overtaken the earth. It was almost as if a sound absorbing blanket had been spread over the earth while we had…

By Katy Savage With some restaurants, inns and bars being forced to close last year, option tax revenue is down by 50% or more in some towns, but many of them will be able to make up some of that with the help of a federal Covid-19 relief bill. Part of $2.7 billion in federal…

KILLINGTON—The Greater Killington Women’s Club (GKWC) sponsors two annual $1,000 awards which are given to graduating high school seniors from the towns of Killington or Pittsfield (who attended for at least the last two years of high school). The application deadline for the Community Service Award is Thursday April 15, 2021. The Pat Zack Community Service Award is…

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By Julia Purdy Just at the time in 2020 when, thanks to stimulus money, I could seriously consider owning my own front door again, well-maintained (if older) homes in my admittedly modest price range were suddenly out of reach — overnight, it seemed — if not entirely missing from the inventory, anywhere in Vermont. This…

By Curt Peterson The Killington Planning Commission discussed creating a “new town center” on Killington Road on Feb. 3. Its hope is to qualify for Tax Increment Financing (TIF) from the state, a program by which the town might “claw back” education taxes paid because Killington is designated a “gold town.” According to commission member…

By Rep. Jim Harrison On Jan. 6, the Vermont Legislature convened for the start of the 2021-22 biennium. Normally the first week has its share of tradition, as well as some pomp and circumstance, with the swearing in of all 180 lawmakers along with the State’s constitutional officers and the Governor’s Inaugural address, which are…

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Wednesday, March 6, 4 p.m. —KILLINGTON— Join Vermont’s outdoor recreation industry at a Vermont Outdoor Business Alliance (VOBA) Roundtable on Wednesday, March 6 from 4-7 p.m. at the Killington Grand Resort Hotel in the Northstar II room. The event is free and open to the public. Pre-register at vermontoutdoorbusinessalliance.org/news. From 4-6 p.m., there will be a…

Bernard Kerr of Hampshire, England is one of the riders competing in the US FOX Open of Mountain Biking Aug. 1-5 in Killington. "I ride because I love having fun," he said. "I know that sounds silly but I just want to be outdoors and do what I love and for me, bikes is that. It's…

Town also signs contract with golf course management company, lends $250,000 to golf pro shop

Resort unveils new/upgraded lifts, improved terrain, and more summer attractions By Polly Lynn Mikula KILLINGTON—On Thursday, March 1, approximately 400 people gathered in the Oscar Wilde Ballroom at Killington Grand Resort for a “Resort Update” presented by Mike Solimano, president and GM of Killington and Pico. The turnout was impressive, with many local business people saying it…

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