By Lola Duffort/VTDigger Renovations are planned at the Slate Valley union district high school. The school board will be asking voters to approve a big construction project on town meeting day. The school board in the Slate Valley Unified School District, which straddles Addison and Rutland counties, has endorsed a multi-school project that would renovate the…

By Virginia Dean In the last 30 years, the Long Trail Brewery has come a long way in more ways than one— from a modest brew house tucked into the basement of the Old Woolen Mill in Bridgewater Corners to a farmhouse-turned-pilot-brewing facility with pub and restaurant, from the original name of Mountain Brewers to…

PITTSFIELD—New for this season, the Vermont Huts Association has announced that the Shrek’s Mountaintop Stone Hut will be joining its network of seven huts across Vermont. The cabin, which sleeps two to four and is located on the summit of a small mountain in the Green Mountain Trails network in Pittsfield, features a wood stove,…

By Ed Larson Students and faculty of Rutland’s Mount Saint Joseph Academy pulled together to collect 2,644 food items, which were transported to the downtown Rutland shopping plaza and provided to the Stuff-A-Bus holiday food campaign. The food will go to assist the BROC food shelf and other community food shelves over the holiday period.

KILLINGTON – Killington Resort on Thursday, Nov. 21, received a positive snow control announcement from FIS (Internal Ski Federation), the governing body of the Audi FIS Ski World Cup. “This is to inform you that the Women’s' Audi FIS Ski World Cup races in Killington (USA) are confirmed following the official snow control from today…

By Curt Peterson The Windsor Central Unified School District Board’s “new build committee” met for the first time on Nov. 6. Woodstock representative Ben Ford told the Mountain Times the committee’s mission is “to advance our endorsement of the new building option.” Ford outlined options for financing the razing of the existing Woodstock High School/Middle…

Staff report The Village Ludlow Electric Light Department dedicated a substation to the late Howard Barton Jr. on Friday, Nov. 8, who spent 35 years working at the electric department. Barton was an active community member who died of a heart attack while mountain biking near his home in Ludlow on June 2, 2018. He…

“Paleoindians at Jackson Gore,” the short (20-minute) documentary produced in collaboration between community access station Okemo Valley TV, the state archaeologist and UVM’s Consulting Archaeology Program, received a first place Nor’easter Award for Historical Documentary from the northeast regional chapter of the  Alliance for Community Media, a national advocacy and membership organization representing community access TV stations. The…

Charity’s Chris Karr offers suarbush to First Chair Syrup for ultra-local brand KILLINGTON—Colton Blackman and his wife, Katie, have been sugaring for five years in what started off as a hobby. Now, 15 buckets and a turkey boiler have evolved into 800 taps and growing. First Chair Syrup has announced that the company will relocate…

Donovan digs in his heels By Colin Meyn, VTDigger Gov. Phil Scott issued a directive to state agency heads Wednesday, Nov, 13, allowing members of the public to use personal devices to replicate government records during inspection at no charge. The governor had previously issued the same advice informally. On Nov. 13, his secretary of administration, Susanne Young,…

Gov. Phil Scott signed an executive order Nov. 15 to ensure the accuracy of the 2020 census count. “A complete count of our population is essential for the fair representation of Vermonters at all levels of government,” said Scott. “The results of the Census inform important decisions of federal and state government, impacting our ability…

By Elizabeth Gribkoff/VTDigger The Waterbury Reservoir, an 850-acre body of water shaped like an upside down T west of Route 100, is one of Vermont’s most beloved spots for boating, fishing and family swimming. But the 81-year-old dam, which could put more than 10,000 people and 1,200 buildings at risk if it failed, is among those…

By Julia Purdy A quiet, little-known pond on North Main Street that once furnished ice has finally met its inevitable end, literally giving way to eventual stream and habitat restoration as well as relieving public worry about safety. On Friday, Nov. 1, Markowski Excavating of Florence began the process of removing, one by one, the…

By Ed Larson The company contracted by Rutland to do electronic water meter billing for the next 15 years has notified Rutland and approximately 30 other communities that they are shutting down and terminating all existing contracts. FATHOM Global Water Management notified the cities and towns it serves with an email on Tuesday, Nov. 12,…

Two new pizza restaurants are coming to Killington. The Nite Spot, LLC, owned by Moguls owner Sal Salmeri and Ramunto’s Brick Oven Pizza, owned by Donald Billings, who owns the Roots restaurant in Rutland and  Crux and the Mountain Merchant in Killington, are opening ahead of the Killington World Cup over Thanksgiving weekend. Both owners…