By Mac Domingus A rider tricks off of a wooden-beast statue in the Stash terrain park during Slash & Berm in 2018.

John F. Jack McDonald, “Jack Mac,” (born Feb. 4, 1958) died March 4 in his home. He  graduated from Enfield High School in Enfield, Connecticut in 1976, where he was the captain of his hockey team. McDonald graduated from Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire and worked for Chrysler Credit Corp in Springfield, Massachusetts, then the…

By Karen D. Lorentz “Man wasn’t meant to play with water in winter. It’s a difficult task,” said Dave Lacombe with an ironic smile and a sense of humor. It’s a point that Dave Lacombe liked to stress to snowmakers working for him 30 years ago. It still holds true today, he said, evincing a…

Staff report Gymnasts from Killington, Manchester, Proctor, Pittsford, the greater Rutland area and parts of New York state compete as part of the Cobra gymnastics team, based in Rutland. The team recently traveled to Williston and North Adams, Massachusetts, for competitions taking top podium spots at each. In Williston’s Green Mountain Invitational, Level 7 and…

The Department of Vermont Health Access announced recently that enrollment in Vermont’s individual health plans increased to 34,396 in January, up nearly 1 percent from the prior year. The number of subsidized members and unsubsidized members both increased relative to the prior year. Due to increased federal subsidies for those who qualify, the average subsidized…

By Anne Wallace Allen/VTDigger Lawmakers in the House Ways and Means Committee are looking at restoring a deduction on health expenses that was removed from the tax code last year. A proposal sponsored by Rep. Kate Webb, D-Shelburne, would restore the deduction, with the full amount that is deductible at the federal level allowed as a…

By Katy Savage Chester is one of nine communities getting new electric vehicle charging stations with the help of a $25,000 grant. Two charging stations, to be installed on Cobleigh Street in late summer, will be able to recharge four electrical vehicles at once. Chester Executive Assistant Julie Hance said that electrical vehicles and sustainability…

Wednesday, March 6, 4 p.m. —KILLINGTON— Join Vermont’s outdoor recreation industry at a Vermont Outdoor Business Alliance (VOBA) Roundtable on Wednesday, March 6 from 4-7 p.m. at the Killington Grand Resort Hotel in the Northstar II room. The event is free and open to the public. Pre-register at vermontoutdoorbusinessalliance.org/news. From 4-6 p.m., there will be a…

By Alan J. Keays/ VTDigger A Vermont man is among the more than 100 people facing solicitation of prostitution charges stemming from an investigation in Florida that made headlines after reports that New England Patriots football team owner Robert Kraft had been charged. Lee McChesney, 84, of Pawlet, was listed among the men who would…

Killington hosts Stay to Stay potential new residents By Katy Savage KILLINGTON—Robin Parks has been thinking of moving to Vermont for over a year. The single 46-year-old from Idaho likes the politics, the air and the outdoors. There’s only one problem. “It’s expensive to live in a blue state,” Parks said. “That might be the…

Pittsford voters approved a $970,000 bond request to make public water system sewer improvements. The vote was approved 240-165 on Tuesday and the expense will include new sewer mains, a pump station and other improvements. Several seats are still vacant after Town Meeting. No one ran for an open grand juror seat or a library trustee…

Mendon incumbent Moderator Christopher Corsones was re-elected to his seat on Tuesday after defeating challenger Rich Carlson 70-49 on Town Meeting Day. The one-year town moderator position was the only contested seat in the town.    

Wallingford voters agreed to appoint a constable instead of electing one in the future. The article passsed 227-144 on Tuesday. Bruce Duchesne defeated Mark Tessier for a three-year select board seat  185– 158. John McLallen defeated Bill Brooks for a two-year select board seat 190-180. Jill Stone Teer was named delinquent tax collector over Lee Perry 225-129…

Tim Guiles defeated Dennis Reisenweaver for an open three-year select board seat in Brandon on Tuesday. Guiles won in an Australian ballot vote 400-242. Voters re-elected incumbents Brian Coolidge and chair Seth Hopkins to one year terms on the elect board. All articles also passed in Brandon. Voters approved a $2.6 million budget to be…

Timothy Hammond defeated incumbent Nicole McPhee 474-375 for a two-year school board seat in Rutland town. Rutland voters approved all special articles, including a $235,000 bond to improve elementary  school safety on Town Meeting Day. The bond passed 526-322. Voters also approved a $7.9 million school budget 550-331 and a $986,277 general fund budget 774-122.