Jack Walther Zuckerman, 83, of Saratoga Springs, New York, and Killington, died peacefully surrounded by his family on Nov. 12, 2021. Jack was born on May 12, 1938 to the late Josef and Henrietta Schattner Zuckerman in Vienna, Austria at a time when the world was making it very difficult to exist as a Jew.…

By Tiffany Tan/VTDigger Like many law enforcement agencies around the country, the Rutland Police Dept. has been having difficulty recruiting new police officers. Filling its 13 open positions is expected to be so challenging that Rutland Mayor David Allaire has suggested funding only half of them in the next fiscal year as a way to…

How tax incremental financing revitalized St. Albans: a model to follow By Polly Mikula St. Albans and Killington may not have a lot in common, as far as Vermont towns go. St. Albans is a city of about 7,000 (with the town of St. Albans hosting another 7,000 just outside the city boundaries) located just…

By Curt Peterson The Windsor Central Unified Union School District policy committee experienced a “Robert Frost moment” Monday night, as deliberators found themselves at a divergence of “two roads,” trying to decide which one to follow. Committee member Kelly Welsh (Barnard) wondered if other issues, such as gender identification, social equity, economic status and religion,…

Nearly $11,000 to benefit kids, food shelves Staff Report According to the town of Killington there is $10,869 still available in the Covid Relief Fund, which was originally seeded by a GoFundMe campaign and a donation of $60,000 from Killington Resort. Allocation for the fund balance was expected to be approved at the Select Board…

Saturday, Nov. 20—KILLINGTON— There’s a new restaurant in town and it’ll be opening for the first time this Saturday, Nov. 20 in Killington. The grand opening event will feature Gracie Grace & the Good Boys at 4 p.m. and Aldous Collins band at 7 p.m. Rivershed is located in the former Peppino’s restaurant (747 Killington…

By Ariadne Will A proposed solar power project has stalled as the parcel on which DG Vermont Solar, LLC is hoping to build a 2.2 megawatt project has been put up for sale. The land off Adams Road that the project hopes to develop was put up for sale by owner the day after Pittsford’s…

The Killington-Pico Rotary Club recently presented a check for $2,000 to Missy Karr of Parents and Educators Aligned for Killington Students (PEAKS) in support of the new playground for Killington Elementary School. Rotary Club President Janina Curtis worked with Missy Karr in preparing a grant application from Rotary District 7870. The grant for $1,000 was…

By Curt Peterson Seniors at Woodstock High School asked the Windsor Central School District (WCSD) board for help with a situation they feel is disruptive and reflects poorly on them and their school at the Nov. 1 district board meeting. Genevieve Morel, one of three students who represent their peers at WCSD board meetings, said…

By Liz DiMarco Weinmann As the days become colder in New England, the phrase “right at home” may conjure up a warm, comfy, and secure place, where we scrub off the day, slip into our oversized loungewear and thick socks, and hunker down under cozy coverlets. For many low- and moderate-income families in Vermont, however,…

Barstow Memorial School’s Grade 3 class exceeded its goal of collecting socks for those in need. Students had set a goal of collecting 450 pairs of socks to be distributed to homeless shelters, children in foster care and families in need. In the end, they not only exceeded but shattered that goal. When all of…

By Ethan Weinstein KILLINGTON—The line for the first chair of the season snaked well beyond the rope maze, stretching up the stairs and onto the grass at K-1 on Friday, Nov. 5. The mass of chilly smiles — braving the cold, bluebird November morning — waited impatiently, more than eager to load the gondola then…

It’s the first step in a major infrastructure plan to support Killington Village, Killington Road and affordable housing development By Polly Mikula The Killington Select Board approved a Public Infrastructure Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) letter of intent (LOI) at its regular meeting Tuesday night, Nov. 2, and it was submitted to the Vermont Economic Progress…

By Brett Yates As Chittenden officials aim to determine whether the town must take major steps to deal with recurring flooding on Wildcat Road, a Nov. 8 Select Board meeting showed some disagreement among locals about the cause and extent of the problem, as well as resistance to the two potential solutions presented thus far.…

By Brett Yates Pittsfield has won a grant from the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) that could help pay for a new storage shed for winter road sand, but the grant wasn’t for as much as hoped for. If the Pittsfield Select Board chooses to accept the grant, the state will hand over $56,000 of…