By Ethan Weinstein At the State Fairgrounds drive-in, Chamber and Economic Development of the Rutland Region (CEDRR) celebrated its first year with a video highlighting the organizations work since its founding last October. Lyle Jepsen, CEDRR’s executive director, was the night’s virtual emcee. “This movie is about the people we call neighbors, about your family…

If you’ve spent any time in downtown Rutland over the last few years, you’ve undoubtedly noticed many beautiful additions to the Downtown Rutland Sculpture Trail. From Martin Freeman, the first black president of an American college, to Olympic skier Andrea Mead Lawrence, to turn-of-the-century poet Julia Dorr — whose likeness was recently unveiled near the…

By Ariadne Will PITTSFORD — A proposal to place a single wind turbine on Grandpa’s Knob, a prominent 1,600-foot summit in the Taconic Range in West Rutland, was met with 90 minutes of public outcry at Pittsford’s Select Board meeting last Wednesday, Oct. 6. Sam Carlson, who works in community relations for Grandpa’s Knob Community…

Though limited, RVs could provide the best option for winter shelter By Ethan Weinstein Keith wasn’t home on Sept. 8 when two people, introducing themselves as friends of Simon Dennis, walked into his campsite off A Street in White River Junction. His buddy Mike was around though, and he let the strangers walk through camp,…

After 30 years Jim Avery will say goodbye to Otter Valley By Angelo Lynn BRANDON — At a school board meeting Tuesday night chock full of budget preparations, concerns of Covid cases at school and impending testing program to keep students in school and healthy as much as possible, plus a shortage of available teachers,…

Tickets benefit the Killington World Cup Foundation KILLINGTON—Killington Resort announced that tickets for the 2021 HomeLight Killington Cup will be available for purchase starting at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, at killington.com. Taking place Nov. 27-28, the Audi FIS Ski World Cup will once again bring the women’s giant slalom and slalom races to Vermont…

By Alan J. Keays/VTDigger Police say they believe they have recovered the remains of a Weathersfield woman who had been missing since July. The Weathersfield Police Dept. had been leading the investigation into the disappearance of 50-year-old Tonia Bushway. As part of the investigation, Weathersfield police on Wednesday, Oct. 6 sought help from the State…

By Katy Savage The Woodstock Economic Development Commission wants to make Christmas a month-long event in Woodstock. The commissioners discussed making Woodstock a go-to “Christmas town” in 2022 at their meeting on Oct. 7, with the Wassail Parade at the center. The existing weekend-long Wassail event draws thousands of visitors. The Wassail Parade, a Currier…

Cody Ahonen, 28, of Mt. Holly, was arrested by agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on Sept. 20, following the death of his girlfriend, Brittany Bouthiette, by gunshot to the head in a parked vehicle in Killington Sept. 15, according to a press release from the U.S. Dept. of Justice for…

By Emma Cotton/VTDigger RUTLAND — The Dunklee Pond Dam is gone, bringing relief to safety officials and the local ecosystem. Where a pond once was, a section of the Tenney Brook now trickles through new riverbanks where workers have removed 4,000 cubic yards of sediment — enough to fill 644 dump trucks. Built in the…

By Brett Yates Since July, the Pittsfield Select Board has endeavored to determine how to respond to a townswoman’s complaints about a noisy rooster on Lower Michigan Road, near the corner of Route 100. At the board’s Oct. 7 meeting, first-time testimony by the bird’s owner appeared to reassure elected officials that a neighborly resolution…

Fast Tracks is available beginning Nov. 1 KILLINGTON—Killington Resort announced Tuesday, Oct. 12, the launch of Fast Tracks, a new, daily upgrade that offers exclusive access to 10 dedicated fast access lift lines. Developed by Killington Resort owner and adventure lifestyle company Powdr, Fast Tracks will be available to purchase in advance beginning Nov. 1…

The Vermont Agency of Transportation (AOT) is inviting Vermont elementary schools to name the state’s big orange snowplows. “Many of us saw the news coverage that went viral last year about the tradition in Scotland of naming their snowplows. While keeping Vermont’s roads safe for winter travel is serious business, naming the plows sounded like…

By Brett Yates In 2004, the town of Chittenden purchased the 138-acre Rutland Grammar School woodlot with the hope of using timber revenue to boost municipal finances, but for 17 years, the land has gone untouched. That could soon change. On Oct. 11, Select Board member Bob Baird asked for permission from the rest of…

Rutland Middle School forfeits soccer game after student's racist slur By Ethan Weinstein When Woodstock Middle School’s boys soccer team took on Rutland, Sept. 29, what should have been another day on the pitch devolved into verbal abuse, culminating in a Rutland player using an anti-Black epithet against a Woodstock player. The next day, a…