The 'Base Camp at Bear Mountain' development includes 156 units, capacity for 872 occupants By Curt Peterson Killington/Pico Ski Resort Partners’ application to Killington's Development Review Board (DRB) went smoothly until questions came up about safety and fire protection. When Selectman Jim Haff and DRB members Roger Rivera and Vito Rasenas raised those issues, the…

By Brett Yates The town of Mendon expects to receive $99,992.68 in aid from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the $1.9 trillion stimulus package signed on March 11 by President Biden. The first payment will occur within 60 days of the law’s enactment, followed by a second payment one year from that date. While…

Pinwheel gardens are sprouting up this month to bring awareness to child abuse and how healthy relationships within families, schools and communities can work to eliminate child abuse and neglect. Community Health is among local organizations participating in the awareness campaign. “Child abuse awareness is as important as ever during the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Jill…

By Ralph Pace Don Stevens, chief of the Nulhegan Bank of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation, spoke to members of the Ludlow Rotary Club during its recent weekly meeting. During his comments, Stevens described the historical background of the Abenaki, its geographic location in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Canada, and the influx of southern tribes from…

By Curt Peterson After two years as Killington town planner and zoning administrator, Preston Bristow has submitted his resignation to Town Manager Chet Hagenbarth to be effective April 30. He submitted the letter Monday, April 19. Bristow, 67, a long-time Woodstock resident, said he really likes the town and all the people he has dealt…

RUTLAND—In only their second competition of the season, the Cobra gymnasts trusted their training and delivered their routines at the Vermont state championships April 10-11 in Essex.  The 40-member team is divided into five different levels of the USA Gymnastics Xcel Program. Following strict Covid policy, each gym in Vermont was assigned a different time to…

The Rotary Club of Rutland partners with private donors and three Rotary Clubs in Australia and Khon Kaen Rotary in Thailand on Bridging the Silence, a global grant to establish a community-based screening program for the Khon Kaen Region to screen for hearing impairments in infants. The $63,000 global grant includes funding from the Rotary…

Victims identified as Charlotte grandparents, 3-year-old grandson OK Police received a call at about 12:30 p.m. Monday, April 19, from several men who were fishing along Lewis Creek in Charlotte near the covered bridge off Spear Street and Lewis Creek Road. They reported two bodies in the water. First responders arrived at the scene and…

The Attorney General’s Office announced April 12 that it has concluded its review of the non-fatal officer-involved shooting incident that occurred on Dec. 6, 2020, in West Haven, Vermont. The Attorney General’s Office is declining to prosecute Vermont State Police Trooper Craig Roland for charges related to the discharge of his firearm at Reginald Book,…

On April 15, at approximately 5:15 a.m., troopers from the Vermont State Police-New Haven Barracks responded to a report of gunshots fired into a residence on West Road in the town of Whiting. Troopers arrived on scene and met with the occupants of the residence, none of whom had sustained any injuries. Troopers then canvassed…

On April 14 at 1:32 p.m. Vermont state police responded to Tony’s Used Auto on Route 5 North in Hartland for a report of stolen auto parts from vehicles parked on the property. Parts from five different vehicles had been stolen within the past two days, most likely overnight Tuesday into Wednesday, April 13-14. Police…

Nominations for the Vermont Public Places Awards program will be accepted until May 7. The awards recognize beautifully or well-designed interior or exterior public spaces, connecting green corridors and networks of spaces that promote positive public uses and benefits. Landscape architects, planners, municipal officials, architects, engineers, non-profit and community groups and others wishing to submit a nomination…

The VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region, (VNAHSR), one of the state’s largest providers of skilled home health and hospice services, announced March 29 that its board of directors has appointed Sara C. King as chief executive officer. She will replace Ron Cioffi, RN, CEO who is retiring in June. King assumed the leadership…

The Vermont state police is investigating the deaths of two people whose bodies were found inside a vehicle this weekend in the driveway of a private residence in Vershire. Based on preliminary information received Monday, April 5, from the Vermont Chief Medical Examiner’s Office, the deaths do not appear suspicious. Police received an emergency call…

On Wednesday, April 7, 2021, Rutland Regional Medical Center (RRMC) held its annual meeting of the corporators virtually, for the first time. With close to 100 participants, the hour-long meeting featured various reports, special presentations as well as the election of new corporators and members of the hospital’s board of directors. The meeting including a…