By Katy Savage KILLINGTON—A new taco restaurant is coming to Killington this fall. The owners of Taco Experiment in Poultney plan to open Taco X in the former Killington Diner in time for the Killington World Cup over Thanksgiving weekend. Partners Annie Gorin, Dave and Dan Sesko, John Harper and Adam Lindberg, who opened their…

By Curt Peterson Chiho Kaneko refers to herself as a “resident alien” — the chef has retained her Japanese citizenship since moving here in 2001 and now lives in Hartland. “There is no such thing in Japan as ‘dual citizenship,’” she explained to a group of people in a presentation about the evolution of Japanese…

Rupert receives $264,762, Poultney $136,333, Bethel $124,286 Vermont’s congressional delegation announced Wednesday, Oct. 30, that the Vermont Fire Academy and fire departments throughout the state have received more than $2 million through 16 federal grants. The awards are part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program, which helps fire departments,…

Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 9:30 a.m.—KILLINGTON—Castleton University has held a series of Information Sessions and Experience Days at its new Resort & Hospitality Management campus in Killington over the past month. Experience Days are a great opportunity for interested prospective students to experience the day-to-day activities of students in Castleton University’s Resort & Hospitality Management…

By Brendan Crowley You wake up to the sound of an alarm. It’s early. You don’t want to go to work, you’re tired, yet you muster up the energy to roll out of bed, get ready, and drive to work. The commute may be a challenge. There’s traffic, you’re still exhausted, and the car ride…

By Curt Peterson The volunteer speakers at Rutland’s Veterans’ Town Hall Nov. 3 were men who served in wars in Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan. They didn’t speak about heroism, or the excitement of combat, about brotherhood or about victory against the enemy — they told personal stories mostly about personal damage and about the hell…

Leslie Smith, the daughter of Killington founder Preston Smith, was inducted into the Middlebury College Hall of Fame on Nov. 2. Smith, a member of the Middlebury College class of 1983, was Middlebury’s first four-time All-American. She finished second twice in the Giant Slalom at the AIWA National Championships (1980, 1982), and placed fourth in…

Staff report In an overtime game, Green Mountain Union High School’s fourth seeded boys soccer team in Chester defeated No. 7 Mill River 4-0 Saturday, Nov. 2 to take the D-III title at Hartford’s Maxwell Athletic Complex. This was Green Mountain’s boys’ soccer team’s first state title in the school’s history. “It was awesome,” Athletic…

Kurt A. Burdack, 68, passed away peacefully Thursday, Oct. 31, at Rutland Regional Medical Center. His family will celebrate his life privately. Family and friends will meet at Killington Peak at a later date. He was born in Orange, New Jersey, on May 1, 1951, son of Arthur Walter Burdack and Bernadine Betty (Karg) Burdack.…

Staff report The KPAA has a new employee. Krista Neary, 26, started her new job as communications and volunteer director of the Killington Pico Area Association, replacing Sarah Newell, who left to become the town recreation and after school program director. Neary will be responsible for updating the KPAA website and social media pages in…

Area schools continue to be tested this week By Katy Savage Killington Mountain School is awaiting test results from a second water test after an initial test on Sept. 26 found elevated chemicals in the water supply. The test found Killington had 27.2 parts per trillion of PFAs, which is above the state limit of…

By Julia Purdy On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Rutlanders will buy their stamps and check their mailboxes in the U.S. Postal Service’s new lobby, located in the adjacent building locally known as the postal annex. Instead of climbing the marble steps to the older building, they will turn the other way and enter the postal annex…

  The Federal Emergency Management Agency visited Vermont Tuesday Nov. 5 to assess damage from floods and winds on Nov. 1. Vermont Emergency Management Director Erica Bornemann has requested the Preliminary Damage Assessment to determine if the state qualifies for a federal major disaster declaration following the storm. Teams from the state and FEMA will…

After an appeal process, the federal government denied Killington a grant for a Tropical Storm Irene project, but decided to pay for another project. The town will have to pay FEMA back $137,000 for replacing a culvert on Stage Road following the storm in 2011, but the town won’t have to pay back $196,000 it…

By Xander Landen/VTDigger Some Vermont hemp farmers are in a “panic” over hemp regulations proposed by the federal government this past week that would strictly regulate the amount of THC — the psychoactive chemical found in the plant when it’s harvested. The rules, released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday, Oct. 31, would bar farmers…