By Curt Peterson Rutland Mayor David Allaire says Rutland has reduced drug-related crime in the last decade, and credits a “hub and spoke” strategy with the success. “Hubs” are outpatient treatment centers to which drug crime offenders are referred, Allaire said. Rutland Regional Medical Center’s West Ridge Center is one of several area hubs. Financial…

  Staff report Police said a 6-month-old girl was found dead at a day care in Rutland Thursday, Jan. 24. Rescue personnel found 6-month-old Harper Rose Briar of Pittsford unresponsive at the in-home day-care on North Street in Rutland after a 911 call around 3:15 p.m. Thursday. The child was transported to Rutland Regional Medical Center, where…

Staff report As enrollment declines and costs rise, Green Mountain College in Poultney announced Wednesday it will close this spring after 185 years. President Robert Allen posted a note on the college's website Jan. 23. "We have not been able to assure the economic sustainability of the college," Allen wrote. "Financial challenges are impacting liberal arts…

By Anne Galloway/VTDigger Frigid temperatures hurt turnout for the third annual Vermont Women’s March at the Statehouse in Montpelier, Saturday, Jan. 19. Still over 500 marched at the capital.

By Kurt Wehde Will Novak, center, visited Okemo from Phoenix to crash a bachelor party in ’80s-style ski gear.

By Katy Savage Rutland filmmaker David Giancola has produced 25 features since the early 1990s. He was determined to try something different with his latest—a sci-fi movie called “Axcellerator.” “Axcellerator” is the first digital movie his company, Edgewood Productions, has made. He swapped his film cameras for high definition digital camera and 48 terabyte hard…

By Julia Purdy RUTLAND—Sixty years ago Rutland’s downtown bustled with activity. Its tall, late 19th century office blocks hummed with offices, and businessmen, shoppers and salesmen thronged its sidewalks. Rutland’s downtown furnished daily needs from housewares to hardware, shoes to dry goods, cameras to clothing, groceries to jewelry. Warehouses, hotels and a big rail passenger…

By Curt Peterson Woodstock Chief of Police Robbie Blish gave Corporal Mark Donka a Life Saving Award for rescuing a young New Hampshire man Dec. 7 from atop the new fence meant to dissuade would-be suicides at the Quechee Gorge bridge. Blish announced the award in his report to the Woodstock Village Trustees at their…

Mill River Union High School senior, Samuel J. Groom III received three Congressional nominations from Senator Leahy, Senator Sanders and Representative Welch to the Unites States Navy Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. The nomination ceremony was held at the Vermont State House on Dec. 29, to honor the 17 students selected from Vermont high schools who…

By Katy Savage The Killington Zoning Board of Adjustment determined Thursday, Jan. 17 that a vacation home is a commercial facility. The board voted unanimously to uphold Zoning Administrator Dick Horner’s decision that a homeowner should have obtained a permit for a commercial facility when he started renting his single family dwelling unit through the…

By Katy Savage Locals know that there is no cell phone coverage in South Woodstock. They know cell phone coverage drops in and out on Route 100 and Route 4. Now, the state has data proving that Vermont’s cell phone coverage is spotty. The Vermont Public Service Department conducted a road test over two months…

POWDR and Danny Davis, Peace Park founder, X Games gold medalist, Grand Prix winner, Dew Tour champion, and U.S. Snowboard olympian, announced Jan. 22 that they have partnered to launch Woodward Peace Park in Killington next month. The partnership brings Woodward, a playground for progressive sports experiences and part of the POWDR portfolio, together with Peace Park (founded by…

By Katy Savage Gov. Phil Scott highlighted the education and the economy in his 32-minute state address, Thursday,  Jan. 10. Coming off a contentious year, where the session extended a month while Legislators debated a tax increase, and in the midst of a national government shutdown, Scott talked about the importance of politicians working together.…

Submitted Bengy Adler is the owner of Skinny Pancake, opening its tenth location in Quechee, in February.

By Erica Allen Studio This home in Killington received the peer choice award for its unique architecture at the annual AIA Vermont ceremony Dec. 13. The home was designed by BirdseyeVT, an architecture firm in Richmond. Vermont.