Gov. Phil Scott has launched two initiatives to support cleanup efforts in Vermont following this summer’s severe flooding. On Saturday, Aug. 26, Green Up Vermont, with support from the state and other partners, will hold a statewide Clean Up Day, which will operate very similarly to the annual May Green Up Day. Additionally, the…

   The Vermont Dept. of Motor Vehicles (DMV) reminds Vermonters to be on the lookout for flood damage when purchasing used vehicles in private sales. After the recent flooding, consumers should take precautions in coming weeks and months to avoid unintentionally purchasing vehicles that were damaged by flooding. Some private sellers take a vehicle from…

  Staff report Rutland City started shutting off water and sewer for delinquent payers in June and July for the first time since 2009.  City Treasurer Mary Markowksi sent 25 letters to homeowners in May, notifying people that water will be shut off at the end of the month if they don’t  pay their past…

  The next generation of the world’s best freeskiers, aged 15-18, will be competing in the 2023 FIS Park and Pipe Junior World Championships in Aotearoa, New Zealand, Aug. 25-Sept. 5, 2023.  On Aug. 16 U.S. Ski & Snowboard announced the 20 freeski athletes who were called up to represent the U.S. in the slopestyle,…

Staff report On Tuesday, Aug. 15, Green Mountain Lawyers held its grand opening party and fundraiser at Casey’s Caboose in Killington.  Attorney Daniel Ewald and his staff recently joined forces with Attorney Peter DaMore and his firm, DaMore Law, creating a team of 18 paralegals, law clerks, legal assistants and support staff along with six…

   Over 40 volunteers came out to Lake Rescue equipped with work gloves, kayaks, small motorboats, and pickup trucks Sunday, Aug. 20, to clean up debris left behind after the historic July 2023 flood dumped about 8 inches of rain upon the Ludlow lakes region. The Lake Rescue Clean-Up Day was the second of two…

  Staff report Traffic is reduced to one lane on a portion of Route 4 as a sewer line is moved and an existing pipe culvert is replaced with a concrete box culvert near Spring Hill Road in Killington.  The $2.8 million project, which started in June, is expected to be done this fall.  The…

  By Polly Mikula On Wednesday, Aug. 16, U.S. Representative Becca Balint, D-Vt., met local officials at the Killington Welcome Center before heading out for a tour of flood damage in the eastern sections of East Mountain Road and connecting roads, including Bear Mountain Road and Trailside Drive where the group got out to see…

FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance teams are stationed at the Vermont State Fair, helping eligible attendees apply for FEMA assistance, providing application status updates, and answering application questions. FEMA preservation specialists are also giving demonstrations and informing about how to salvage storm-damaged family photos, artwork, textiles, media and other family treasures. Stop by FEMA’s booth near…

  By Curt Peterson  For two years, JuanCarlos Gonzalez, who lives in Plymouth, visited farms in Vermont, taking pictures of women owning and/or managing their enterprises. Billings Farm in Woodstock will be exhibiting 45 of his images in their historic barn from Aug. 19 through Oct. 31. Gonzalez has gathered the best of his photos…

    Green Mountain Power (GMP) is making it easy for Vermonters to switch to driving an electric vehicle (EV) with its new Try-an-EV program letting customers experience what it is like to own and drive an EV, without a long-term commitment. The subscription service allows customers to select a vehicle and schedule delivery online…

  By Brooke Geery  Tucked into a wildflower-filled field just off lower Killington Resort’s Great Eastern trail, several hundred thousand bees are hard at work. They’re in various stages of life, from hatching to metamorphosis to learning the ropes around the hives. The adults are busily collecting pollen and nectar, carrying it back to the…

   A suspect in a June double shooting in Leicester that left one man dead and his brother critically injured has been arrested on an unrelated federal charge in Maine.  Zaquikon Roy, 35, of Brooklyn, New York, was arrested Thursday, Aug. 10, in Lewiston, Maine, on a federal charge of being a felon in possession…

Staff report Police said one died in a two-car crash on Route 4 near Craigs Lane in Mendon around 7:30 p.m. Aug. 11. Police said Stephen P. Marcoulier, 62, of Ashby, Massachusetts, was pronounced dead at the scene. Preliminary investigation determined Marcoulier was driving a 1983 Volkswagen traveling eastbound on Route 4. Marcoulier left the…

  The Vermont Dept. of Financial Regulation was notified that a large-scale data security breach has compromised the personally identifiable information of roughly 42,000 Vermonters and over 38 million consumers nationwide. The breach occurred when the CLOP Ransomware Gang, a known threat actor, infiltrated the MOVEit file transfer software used by many public and private…