By Polly Lynn Mikula With temperatures reaching into the 60s for the first time this spring, skiers and riders flocked to the slopes and Madaila was happy to entertain them. The Burlington band rocked the stage at the base of Superstar April 21, as part of Killington’s Dazed and Defrosted Nor’Beaster event.

By Julia Purdy RUTLAND—After months of closure for repairs and upgrades, the Nella Grimm Fox Room at the Rutland Free Library reopened Thursday, April 19, with speeches, door prizes and a 50/50 raffle, canapés, a champagne toast, and over 200 patrons, staff and well-wishers in attendance. The reopening is another come-back story for Rutland, one…

Kids enjoyed April vacation programs at Sherburne Memorial Library last week, like this Paint and Sip, held Tuesday, April 17, when they enjoyed hot cocoa while creating. [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="19" gal_title="Paint and Sip"] Photos by Robin Alberti Photos by Robin Alberti

By Julia Purdy and Polly Lynn Mikula RUTLAND—Friday, April 20, the Mountain Times staff made a field trip to Casella Recycling in Center Rutland, the heart of the Casella trash collection and recycling empire. The visit was made partly to resolve disagreements in the Mountain Times lunchroom and partly as an editorial decision to feature…

By Katy Savage Jim Arnosky was being careful as he paddled in a canoe on a river in the Everglades, but his wife was shaking. A 9-foot crocodile sunbathing in the mud beside them jumped over the top of their canoe and landed in the water in front of them. “Like a great, big belly…

By Rep. Jim Harrison, R-Bridgewater, Chittenden, Killington and Mendon It’s generally about this time of the session with a scheduled two or three weeks remaining, that we wonder how it will get all done. As of last Friday, 136 bills were passed by the House and 99 by the Senate this year. With only 43…

ROCHESTER—Mason Wade filed with the Vermont Secretary of State, April 23, for Windsor County Senate seat. It was “the first date possible for independent candidates to do so,” he said in a news release that day. Wade, from Rochester, Vt. described himself as “63 years old, a homesteader in the Green Mts, an entrepreneur, woodsmen[sic],…

By Polly Lynn Mikula Despite new management, Green Mountain National Golf Course is preparing to open nine holes for residents and season pass holders as early as April 27 (if the weather cooperates). Opening for the general public is slated for mid-May. GMNGC, the town-owned course in Killington, will be managed by an outside company for the…

By Julia Purdy On Tuesday, April 17, the Killington Select Board and 18 members of the public in addition to town employees, gathered for the regularly scheduled meeting. After adjourning for a brief executive session at the beginning of the meeting, the board returned and McGrath moved to appoint Chet Hagenbarth as interim town manager…

Courtesy Kim Peters A group of the younger wrestlers, ages 5-7, pose for a photo.

Submitted Volunteers at RRMC are honored during National Volunteer Recognition Week.

Submitted Travis McFarland

LUDLOW— On April 11, at 8:45 p.m. the Ludlow Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 701 Route 100 in Ludlow, a residence owned by Brian O’hare. The occupants of the residence, friends of the owner, had called 911 after noticing the family dog acting strange and finding smoke and fire in the attached garage. Upon…

HARTFORD— On April 15, at 1:50 p.m. Vermont 911 received multiple reports of a single car crash with injuries on Interstate 89 ( 1-89  )south in the town of Hartford. State police along with Hartford Fire and Lebanon Rescue responded to the scene, which was located just north of mile marker 3. The driver, Norman…

On April 13, at 6:23 p.m., state police received a 911 call from Corey Edwards, age 25 of White River Junction, stating that while driving south on Interstate 91 near mile marker 54 in the town of Windsor, a road rage incident occurred between him and another operator.  Edwards advised that the other operator was…