At the recent annual meeting of BROC Community Action the 2020 Community Action Recognition Award recipients were announced. Those awarded were: Richard Wobby Since 2005 Richard Wobby has been a driving force behind the Wheels For Warmth initiative. The concept was launched by his lifelong friend, Governor Phil Scott. Wheels for Warmth has raised $558,000…

By Curt Peterson On Dec. 1 the Killington board of health voted unanimously to pursue a public health order (PHO) regarding an alleged septic system failure 287 Estabrook Road, a short-term rental property belonging to Killington Mountain House LLC (KMH) and Vincent Connolly. A Dec. 15 public hearing will determine whether the PHO will be…

High school senior Netanel Crispe is raising funds to restore and preserve the oldest Jewish known cemetery in Vermont, though many Vermonters are completely unaware of its existence. The East Poultney Jewish Cemetery  was first purchased by the Poultney Jewish community in 1873, and the Jewish cemetery marks the burial place of Vermont’s first Jews…

By Susan Durant Tim Owings and the Mission Farm Bakery have been part of the charm of Mission Farm for the past 23 years. Many a passerby remembers when the bakery was also a café offering simple fare for locals to stop by and enjoy.  More recently, Owings has maintained the bakery as a wholesale…

By Polly Mikula and Katy Savage On Friday, Dec. 4, Governor Phil Scott announced that the season for youth winter sports would continue to be postponed due to surging Covid cases in the state. Scott originally announced the ban Nov. 24. Recreation and club sports activities have been on hold since Nov. 14, when the…

On the Friday after Thanksgiving, the Cavendish Community Fund held what is hoped to become an annual event. According to Fund president Doug McBride, the drawing, held at Crow’s Bakery in Proctorsville, was for several arts prizes and capped off a successful 2020 fund-raising effort in the community. The Community Fund was created in 2007…

Generous Rutland County Humane Society (RCHS) supporters have offered to donate $12,000 if the community will match it by Dec. 31, 2020!  What a great opportunity to help the homeless animals in Rutland County.  Every dollar helps and before you know it, we will have reached $12,000, and then it will be matched dollar for…

By Emma Cotton/VTDigger On the flanks of the Green River in southwestern Vermont, the site of an environmental group’s next restoration project is easy to spot. Near Sandgate’s town offices, the river, traveling west, takes a 90-degree turn to the south. The current collides with a steep hillside, and the curvature of the water has gradually…

Three Vermont communities have each received $3,000 in grants from AARP Vermont to jump start Winter Placemaking demonstration projects that focus on creating public spaces and streets that are safe and accessible for everyone. Proposals from Burlington, Wilmington and Poultney were selected from a host of applications for the initiative. This is the third year…

Reginald Book, 70, of West Haven was taken into custody on Dec. 6 after a nearly-12 hour standoff with Vermont state police. He is facing charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and simple assault. The first two charges arise from Book’s use of his vehicle in an attempt to run over…

Rutland Regional Medical Center was recently recognized by the national safe sleep hospital certification program as a “Cribs for Kids Silver Safe Sleep Leader,” for its commitment to best practices and education on infant safe sleep. The National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program was created by Cribs for Kids®, the only nation-wide infant safe sleep…

Hundreds of community members from across the country rallied around Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports’ #GivingTuesday 2020 fundraising campaign last week, raising more than $135,000 for the organization’s year-round adaptive sports and recreational programs and athlete scholarships. Generosity prevailed even during a pandemic, as the organization had its best #GivingTuesday results since it began participating…

By Gerrie Russell Since 1838 the Sherburne United Church of Christ, better known as The Little White Church, has served as a place of worship in Killington. It is located on Route 4, a little set back from the road. In fact, if you are traveling too fast, going either East or West, you will…

By Meghan Brown, CCV Kyle Wolfe refused to let his past dictate his future. In 2007, he was trying to figure out what he wanted to do with his life. He took two classes at CCV but failed both due to his substance use disorder and criminal deviance. After years of substance abuse and a…

An 18-year-old from Barre has been charged with multiple offenses in connection with an incident involving deer decoys. Three Vermont Fish & Wildlife state game wardens were conducting a deer decoy operation in Plainfield in the early morning of Nov. 12, in response to multiple complaints of poaching activity in the area. At 12:57 a.m.,…