By Julia Purdy Logs harvested in Northwood Park await transport to a sawmill. By Julia Purdy RUTLAND TOWN— A logging operation scheduled for last winter at Northwood Park in Rutland Town has begun and is anticipated to be “wrapped up by the end of January if the weather holds like this without a lot of…

By Thana McGary Margery Salmon, Marsha Booker and Steven LaMonde search for and identify birds in Rutland.

Courtesy Killington Resort One of Killington’s three new tunnels gets built.

By Polly Mikula Killington has significant debt. Town Manager Chet Hagenbarth said the town has accumulated about $2.2 million worth of debt. Hagenbarth also projects about $14 million of future expenses, including the construction of a new $4 million public safety building, about $1.2 million in golf course upgrades, $3 million in recreation expenses and…

By Seth Butler Teo Zagar, a former state representative from Barnard is taking on the film industry. By Curt Peterson Barnard filmmaker Teo Zagar is working on an epic project—a film documentary about Dorothy Thompson, her husband Sinclair Lewis, and Lewis’s 1935 novel, “It Can’t Happen Here.” Following the 2016 election, Zagar, then 38, read…

Submitted It’s no fun to be sick, especially with the flu! But the season is upon us. Protect yourself! The year 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the 1918 influenza pandemic, known more infamously as the “Spanish flu.” That pandemic killed 675,000 Americans and more than 50 million people globally. Since then, efforts to improve…

The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets  began accepting applications for registration to grow and process industrial hemp for the 2019 registration year on Jan 4. The registration process is now online. Hemp growers and processors have separate registration applications and the forms provide VAAFM the opportunity to collect information about the hemp industry…

New England RE/MAX INTEGRA recently released its 2018 HMO Report that shows Vermont showed strong gains in home values with a balanced market anticipated heading into 2019. Agents are keeping an eye on the national economy, anticipated increases in interest rates as well as the national real estate market. The annual report evaluated data from…

Public Safety Commissioner Thomas D. Anderson and Tax Commissioner Kaj Samsom said a tax examiner employed by the Department of Taxes has been arrested by the Vermont State Police on suspicion of embezzling more than $15,000 from the state of Vermont by altering a single taxpayer’s return information in fall 2018. Chelsea Hoadley, 26, of…

Staff report The Slate Valley Unified School District is considering a new middle school to create better learning opportunities in the face of declining enrollment and rising costs. The Slate Valley Innovation Committee has been studying the possibility of a middle school since October, based on results from a community survey that shows the need…

Staff report The skiing was so good, Okemo Mountain Resort had to scramble to find employees after the holiday period ended on Wednesday, Jan. 2. Resort officials anticipated ski visits to drop off after New Year’s Day, but the mid-week days following the holiday turned out to be as strong as they were during the…

By Curt Peterson After a 10-day trip to Israel, Woodstock Police Chief Robbie Blish said he noticed one big difference between Israel and the U.S.: Israels’s “willingness to spend the extra money needed to have desired security.” In Israeli shopping malls, he said, 43 percent of the complex’s budget is dedicated to security – in…

UPDATE: Everett Simpson, the man suspected of abducting a woman and child in New Hampshire and then sexually assaulting the woman at a Vermont hotel, was taken into custody following a car chase Sunday evening outside Philadelphia. HARTFORD— The FBI, the Vermont State Police and the Hartford Police Department are actively searching for a dangerous man…

By Russell Jones/Brandon Reporter BRANDON — The Girl Scouts began in 1912 when Juliette Gordon Low organized the first troop of 18 girls in Savannah, Ga. Now, 3.7 million members strong, the Girl Scouts of the United States of America have helped mentor and develop strong female leaders such Lucille Ball, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day…

The Vermont Farmers Market Association has named Jack Crowther as its Person of the Year for 2018. Crowther has been an editor for the Rutland Herald and worked hard to highlight the connection of clean water and food to health. He’s donated countless hours and resources to the Vermont Farmers Market Association farmacy ( VFFC’s…