By Curt Peterson Oliver Szott calls his company Barnard Newspapers. Oliver is 13 years old and he’s been supplying newspapers since August 2018 when he recognized and seized an opportunity created by changes in the newspaper distribution businesses. In 2018, Barnard General Store, the only place within miles that patrons could purchase the Boston Globe,…

Okemo is planning to open Nov. 22 with the biggest opening day in Okemo’s history. As many as 25 trails and four lifts will be open, which is more terrain than any other opening day.  There will be a  First Chair celebration along with a deejay, breakfast on the go and commemorative T-shirts to the…

Vermonters can enroll in or change their health insurance plans through Vermont Health Connect, the state’s health insurance marketplace. During open enrollment, new customers can sign up for health and dental insurance plans for the coming year (coverage begins on Jan. 1, 2020) and existing customers can change their current plans. Open enrollment begins on…

St. James Episcopal Church of Woodstock has called the Reverend Amy Spagna as its new full-time rector. Spagna is a priest from the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.  She has served at Christ Church in Westerly, Rhode Island and Trinity Episcopal Church in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Spagna received a Master of Sacred Theology from The School of…

By Virginia Dean The 45 members of Woodstock’s Change the World Kids (CTWK) are taking Swedish teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg’s warning on climate change seriously by galvanizing for more action to combat the impact of global warming. “I want you to act as if you would in a crisis,” Thunberg said to world leaders…

By Ed Larson The only Vermont button club is celebrating a 40th anniversary this year, coinciding with National Button Day on Nov. 16. The Verd Mont Button Club in Rutland  is comprised of approximately 25 members who meet monthly for eight months of the year.  During the four coldest months they peruse, clean, mount and…

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is asking hunters for help in a statewide initiative to gather more biological data on the state’s deer population.  Hunters who get a deer during the Nov.16 to Dec. 1 rifle season are asked to provide an incisor tooth from their deer when they go to a reporting station.…

Hunters urged to wear orange Vermont Fish and Wildlife is reminding hunters to wear fluorescent hunter orange. “Hunting is one of the safest outdoor activities, and it’s getting safer thanks to advances in education as well as science,” said Nicole Meier, Vermont Fish and Wildlife information and education specialist.  “Our volunteer hunter education instructors stress…

By Christopher Ross/Addison Independent Editor’s note: This story is second in a series. The first, “Bear-hunting hounds attack hikers and pup,” was published in the Mountain Times, Nov. 6. Members of the bear-hound hunting community, along with state officials, have expressed shock over an Oct. 19 incident on the Catamount Trail in Ripton, in which…

Staff report Police are investigating a car that was found submerged in Sutherland Falls Nov. 4. Rutland County Sheriff Stephen Benard said a couple of kids found the Chevrolet Prizm in the river and reported it to the Proctor librarian. The librarian then called police around 4 p.m. on Nov. 4. “We were able to…

By Ed Larson Rutland Mayor David Allaire said that one of the first things he removed from the proposed fiscal year 2020/2021 budget was a request from the Rutland city fire chief for a new employee.  The fire chief had requested a full-time emergency management director.  Allaire stated that the estimated cost for the position…

Staff report The Killington Planning Commission is holding a public hearing on proposed short-term rental zoning bylaw amendments at the town offices on Wednesday, Nov. 20  at 7:30 p.m. Short-term rentals are defined as those rented for fewer than 30 consecutive days and no more than 14 days per calendar year. The proposed amendments would…

‘He cared more about other people’ By Katy Savage Fred Coriell, the beloved owner of the Peak Performance Ski Shop in Killington who had a passion for developing youth interest in ski racing, died Saturday after a battle with cancer. He was 67. Coriell was diagnosed with stage IV cancer in November 2018, but he…

By Karen D. Lorentz In response to a “nice to see men here” comment,” a male responded, “We have daughters.” It was an encouraging observation as the first Northeastern POWDER event focused on encouraging women to be brave in building a career in the ski industry. POWDER is an acronym for Providing Opportunity for Women…

Killington Resort, which opened for the season Nov. 3, received 8 inches of snow in the past week and has 10 open trails, including a top-to-bottom skiing route from the Killington peak down to the to the K-1 Express Gondola via Great Northern, Middle Chute and Lower Bunny Buster. There are also 12 new features…