“Expect drilling and blasting this entire week,” Markowski Excavating, Inc. wrote in a news release. “There will be one blast daily. We aim to blast between 11 a.m. and 12 noon, but if there are any unforeseen delays it could be as late as 1 p.m.” the firm noted, adding, “We are shaping up the…

The Agency of Transportation submits a weekly report of planned construction activities that will impact traffic on state highways and interstates throughout Vermont. The following are what to expect on state roadways locally. I-91 Springfield-Hartland Beginning Tuesday, May 28, multiple single lane closures will be in place along I-91 Southbound from north of Exit 9 to just…

Ernie Royal was ‘Jackie Robinson of the Food Service Industry’  Thirty years after Ernie Royal died and Royal’s Hearthside Restaurant closed, Ernie and Willa Royal are being honored with a life-sized sculpture downtown, unveiled Wednesday, May 22 at 89 Merchants Row. Ernie Royal, a national leader in the food service industry and the first black…

Vermont State Universities’ entrepreneurship class, instructed by adjunct professor Christopher Coughlin of Rutland, is redefining hands-on learning with a dynamic approach to business education. This class, a staple for aspiring entrepreneurs, focuses on bringing unique products to the marketplace while building comprehensive business plans around them. Students in this class embark on a journey that…

Staff report The Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union (RNESU) district school boards of Otter Valley Unified Union and Barstow Unified Union once again have retooled their budgets for a third revote June 11 and 12, respectively. At the district level, RNESU approved an additional $150,250 reduction for Otter Valley and $26,337 for Barstow. The Barstow School…

By Alan J. Keays/VTDigger President Joe Biden plans to nominate Mary Kay Lanthier, the supervising attorney in the Rutland County Defender’s Office, to be the next federal judge for Vermont, the White House announced Thursday morning, May 23. Lanthier, who has served in her current role since 2007, would succeed Judge Geoffrey Crawford on the federal…

By Curt Peterson The May 21 Hartland school budget information session may be the best-attended school board gathering in recent history — an estimated 40 people attended in person at Damon Hall in Hartland, and another 41 tuned in online. Hartland voters had already approved the $11,040,567 budget 320-311 on April 2. But a petition…

The United Way of Rutland County (UWRC) announced the appointment of Tina Van Guilder as its new executive director, May 17.  Van Guilder officially assumed her role as executive director May 6. With over seven years of direct non-profit leadership experience in the Rutland County area, coupled with recent roles focusing on grant coordination, budget…

In response to the results of the last vote on May 9, and valuable community feedback during the school board meeting on May 13, the Slate Valley Unified Union School District will hold its fourth vote in an attempt to pass the budget on May 30. It will be a revote on the third FY25…

The Agency of Transportation produces this weekly report of planned construction activities that will impact traffic on state highways and interstates throughout Vermont. Hartford: Monday, May 20, through Friday, May 24, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., multiple concrete mixers will be moving in and out of the project area at either end of the…

By Victoria Gaither For spring skiers, Killington’s Superstar is like honey to bees. Skiers come from all over to bump that one strip of trail that starts in November and ends in late May or June 1, when possible. A gathering of personalities hanging out at the Roaring Brook Umbrella Bar, many occasionally popping up…

Drilling and blasting will continue this week at the intersection of Route 4 and Killington Road in Killington. A detour remains in place via West Hill Road. Monday, May 20, there was a brief break in the blasting, but Tuesday onward will see one blast per day between the hours of 11 a.m. and 1…

In Week 3 of the Killington Street Hockey League season, May 6, the Superstars schussed the Comets with a big third period comeback led by Ziva and Kelvin Fisko. They netted some late game goals to put the Superstars over the Comets. Ben Reed and Preston Bigelow played tough for the Comets, both notching some…

Peter Michael Gish (“Mike”), age 98, died on March 3, 2024. Mike was born on March 2, 1926, in New York City to Carl K. Gish and Helen Baldwin Gish. He grew up in Westport, Connecticut and attended Staples High School. Mike joined the ROTC in 1943 and matriculated to Dartmouth College. Upon learning that…

Jimmy LeSage, 74, founder and director of New Life Hiking Spa in Killington passed away on the morning of May 12, 2024, at VITAS Hospice in Naples, Florida, of natural causes with his devoted wife, Kathleen, by his side. While many knew him as the founder and director of New Life Hiking Spa in Killington,…