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…

By Steve Costello Saying she owed her life to doctors, nurses, and countless anonymous blood donors, Rutland resident Stefanie Schaffer is giving back, serving as ambassador for the 2019 Gift-of-Life Marathon Blood Drive (GOLM) – and urging blood donations. Speaking at the Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce annual meeting, where the theme was strength and…

By Christopher Ross/Addison Independent RIPTON — On Saturday, Oct. 19, around midday, a pack of bear-hunting dogs attacked two hikers and their puppy on the Catamount Trail in the Green Mountain National Forest near the Ripton-Goshen border. Former Ripton resident Meryl Siegman, 65, and her husband, Ron Scapp, 64, who have been hiking in the…

By Virginia Dean Rutland High School graduate Andrew Michael Tarr from the class of 1986 has always been involved in music and drama in some way but now likes to call himself a “multi-hyphenate” because of the myriad venues in which he has found himself since leaving the Rutland Raiders. One of those avenues includes…

By Katy Savage KILLINGTON—A new taco restaurant is coming to Killington this fall. The owners of Taco Experiment in Poultney plan to open Taco X in the former Killington Diner in time for the Killington World Cup over Thanksgiving weekend. Partners Annie Gorin, Dave and Dan Sesko, John Harper and Adam Lindberg, who opened their…

By Curt Peterson Chiho Kaneko refers to herself as a “resident alien” — the chef has retained her Japanese citizenship since moving here in 2001 and now lives in Hartland. “There is no such thing in Japan as ‘dual citizenship,’” she explained to a group of people in a presentation about the evolution of Japanese…

Rupert receives $264,762, Poultney $136,333, Bethel $124,286 Vermont’s congressional delegation announced Wednesday, Oct. 30, that the Vermont Fire Academy and fire departments throughout the state have received more than $2 million through 16 federal grants. The awards are part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program, which helps fire departments,…

Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 9:30 a.m.—KILLINGTON—Castleton University has held a series of Information Sessions and Experience Days at its new Resort & Hospitality Management campus in Killington over the past month. Experience Days are a great opportunity for interested prospective students to experience the day-to-day activities of students in Castleton University’s Resort & Hospitality Management…

By Brendan Crowley You wake up to the sound of an alarm. It’s early. You don’t want to go to work, you’re tired, yet you muster up the energy to roll out of bed, get ready, and drive to work. The commute may be a challenge. There’s traffic, you’re still exhausted, and the car ride…

By Curt Peterson The volunteer speakers at Rutland’s Veterans’ Town Hall Nov. 3 were men who served in wars in Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan. They didn’t speak about heroism, or the excitement of combat, about brotherhood or about victory against the enemy — they told personal stories mostly about personal damage and about the hell…

Leslie Smith, the daughter of Killington founder Preston Smith, was inducted into the Middlebury College Hall of Fame on Nov. 2. Smith, a member of the Middlebury College class of 1983, was Middlebury’s first four-time All-American. She finished second twice in the Giant Slalom at the AIWA National Championships (1980, 1982), and placed fourth in…

Staff report In an overtime game, Green Mountain Union High School’s fourth seeded boys soccer team in Chester defeated No. 7 Mill River 4-0 Saturday, Nov. 2 to take the D-III title at Hartford’s Maxwell Athletic Complex. This was Green Mountain’s boys’ soccer team’s first state title in the school’s history. “It was awesome,” Athletic…

Kurt A. Burdack, 68, passed away peacefully Thursday, Oct. 31, at Rutland Regional Medical Center. His family will celebrate his life privately. Family and friends will meet at Killington Peak at a later date. He was born in Orange, New Jersey, on May 1, 1951, son of Arthur Walter Burdack and Bernadine Betty (Karg) Burdack.…

Staff report The KPAA has a new employee. Krista Neary, 26, started her new job as communications and volunteer director of the Killington Pico Area Association, replacing Sarah Newell, who left to become the town recreation and after school program director. Neary will be responsible for updating the KPAA website and social media pages in…