Correction: In the article below we inadvertently reported the following issues incorrectly: While many prognoses for The Prosper Valley School (TPVS) were discussed at the Oct. 16 meeting, permanently closing the school was not one of them. While moisture has been an on-going problem at the school, mold was only identified this year. Donna Martin…

By Susan Durant It was a brisk afternoon for the final Killington Farmers’ Market of the 2018 season.  A group of friends thought it was the perfect excuse to explore the trails at Mission Farm and end the afternoon at the market.  Four of the friends, from the Greater Killington Women’s club, were joined by…

By Alan J. Keays/VTDigger The Vermont Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn the prison sentence for a former attorney for the city Rutland who argued that the judge who sent him behind bars for his role in fatal drunken crash had it out for him. The ruling issued Friday, Oct. 19, by the…

Foster T. Chandler Jr., a ski industry legend and marketing icon who helped catapult Killington into one of the nation’s largest and most successful ski areas, will be among honorees inducted into the Vermont Ski & Snowboard Museum Hall of Fame on Saturday, Oct. 27.  One of the consummate marketing directors in the ski business…

By Katy Savage Killington is open for the season. The resort opened Friday, Oct. 19 with three trails and about 10 inches of manmade snow covering the base. More than 500 people attended opening day, which allowed only passholders on the trails. The resort opened to the general public on Saturday. The lifts opened just…

By Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger CLARENDON — A late-night weekend blaze consumed a Vermont Country Store backup warehouse that many people, hearing initial police scanner chatter and incomplete press reports, feared was the nearby call and distribution center for the $100 million three-generation family business. “We purchased the building just a few months ago to store overflow…

By Katy Savage A public hearing before the Killington Development Review Board about a Killington rental home was called off moments after it started Oct. 17. Attorney Pat Burke, who represented several property owners in the Cricket Hill Community at the meeting, argued the Wednesday night meeting held no merit because the owners of the…

RUTLAND—The city enhanced its downtown sculpture trail Oct. 19 with the unveiling of a seven-foot-tall marble sculpture of Revolutionary War hero Ann Story. The work of art stands near the intersection of West Street and Cottage Street. Ann Story, with help from her son Solomon, spied for Ethan Allen during the Revolutionary War. The sculpture…

By Karen D. Lorentz Killington will be well-represented in the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame Class of 2018, which will be celebrated at an induction ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 27 at Killington Grand Resort Hotel. Foster Chandler and Janet and Brad Mead all hailed from Killington and Pico; other awardees include Dennis Donahue,…

By Curt Peterson Windsor Central Modified Unified Union School District (WCMUUSD) facilities manager Joe Rigoli told the Board in Reading on Oct. 12  that he learned a lot about the history of The Prosper Valley School from a box of old paperwork tucked away in a building recess. TPVS was closed indefinitely this fall and…

Halloween is just days away, one of the most popular holidays in this country. Little witches, ghosts, pirates and superheroes will soon take to the streets for trick or treat fun, and the American Red Cross of NH & VT has tips to help everyone stay safe while enjoying the festivities. “Halloween is a fun…

Killington is scheduled to kick off its 2018-19 winter season at 10 a.m on Friday, Oct.19 becoming the first Eastern resort to open for skiing and snowboarding. The first turns of the season on Friday will be reserved exclusively for Season Pass, Express Card, Beast365 and Ikon Pass holders. The resort will open to the general…

KILLINGTON—Killington Resort has begun snowmaking in advance of the 2018 Audi FIS Ski World Cup on Nov. 23-25, 2018. Killington Resort was the first Eastern American ski mountain to open for the season and the last to close last year, 2017-2018, in part because of the resort’s advanced snowmaking systems. While the resort has yet…

By Katy Savage PROCTORSVILLE—An 1850s mill building that’s sat vacant about 20 years is about to become a brewery. Outer Limits Brewing, a 160-seat pub and tasting room offering English beers and wood-fired pizza, is preparing to open next spring. Wesley Tice, 41, and his wife ,Taylor Shaw, 32, purchased the 8,000 square foot building…

By Katy Savage SHAFTSBURY—A wave from a stranger kept Brad Peacock alive another day. Organic vegetable farming saved his life. At age 19, Peacock was at the lowest point of his life. He had just been discharged from the military after confiding to a base psychologist that he was gay— a secret not even his…