By Patricia Minichiello Rutland’s application as a new site to bring 100 refugees per year to the city was approved, Wednesday morning, Sept. 28. Stacie Blake, director of government and community relations at the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants in Washington, sent an email delivering the news. “We look forward to working with the…

By Karen D. Lorentz KILLINGTON—The saga of the Killington Village Master Plan permit continues with a recent notice of appeal made to the Vermont Supreme Court. It was filed by attorney Peter H. Banse, of Banse and Banse, PC, in Americus, GA., and does not state reasons for the appeal. Banse is representing Stephen Durkee…

Citizens voice concerns PITTSFORD—On Sept. 27 at 9 a.m., following a site inspection, the Environmental Commission of the Natural Resources Board held a warned hearing in the meeting room of the Pittsford town offices to discuss a Dollar General store proposed for the parcel at the corner of Plains Road and Route 7 in Pittsford…

Volunteer group says otherwise By Adam Federman, VTDigger.org RUTLAND—In 2014, Heather Robertson moved to Vermont from Los Angeles with her partner, a professor of film studies at Castleton University. Robertson says that first year proved to be a challenge. They didn’t know anyone and had gone from living in a city of nearly 4 million…

By Karen D. Lorentz Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of a four-part series addressing the slow progress of village plans at Killington Resort. Part 2 will describe the progress made by Killington Ltd. as well as the obstacles that prevented completion of its plans. It was 49 years ago this November that a beaming…

By Karen D. Lorentz “Killington Resort has the jump on mountain biking with their trail expansion and Gravity Logic designing the trails, and now with the new cross-country trail network at Kent Pond I think Killington can become the mountain biking capital of the East,” enthused Phil Black, owner of the Lookout Tavern. Black added…

By Karen D. Lorentz Killington Resort is seeing positive results from their summer expansion efforts with several areas of growth reported for summer 2016. “Overall business levels are trending positively with total revenue up over 25 percent from last year, “reported Killington’s Communications and Public Relations Manager Michael Joseph. “While consecutive years of revenue growth…

KILLINGTON—On Sept. 27, 2016, at 1:46 p.m., Vermont State Police and local EMS responded to a residence on Killington Road, for a report of  an unresponsive women. EMS subsequently pronounced the victim dead at the scene. The victim was identified as Ashleigh A. Rector, age 30 of Killington. A preliminary investigation by the Vermont State…

By Jimmy Britt HYDEVILLE—On Valentine’s Day 2016, tragedy struck Paul’s Pizza in the form of an electrical fire. But out of the ashes, Paul’s is being rebuilt. Ellis Concrete of Castleton has taken on the project. In fact, they have already poured the foundation and floor, and added walls. “We hope that Paul’s can get…

KILLINGTON—A graveside memorial and buriel service for Horace “Red” Glaze will be held at the Riverside Cemetery on River Road in Killington on Oct. 8 at 1 p.m. On May 13, 2016, Horace Edward Glaze, known as “Red,” passed away quietly in Lakewood Ranch, Fla., where he had recently retired and was residing with his…

Fall marks the time when Vermont’s snakes may travel long distances to return to their den sites for the winter. The Vt. Fish & Wildlife Department is asking people to keep an eye out for snakes while driving, both to avoid running them over and also to report any snake they see out and about.…

FAIR HAVEN—Habitat for Humanity of Rutland County (HFHRC) announced the dedication of its first house at 30 West St, in Fair Haven in a news release Oct. 1. The property, granted to HFHRC through the Wells Fargo Community Uplift Stabilization Program, has been completely refurbished and will be the home of Melissa Fournier and her…

By Julia Purdy PITTSFORD—On Saturday, Sept. 24, the Pittsford Historical Society and the town of Pittsford dedicated a new historical marker on the town green, in conjunction with the Congregational Church’s annual harvest fair. The marker commemorates the prosperous iron industry of early Pittsford. On a sunny, gusty day, the green was lined with a…

RUTLAND—Wednesday, Sept. 21, the Vermont Farmers Food Center’s (VFFC) Health Care Share (HCS) program distributed the final 125 farm shares to Rutland County residents for the second summer growing season. The program will now move to monthly distributions for the remainder of the year, according to a Sept. 28 news release. For 12 weeks during…

Request for $100,000 receives support from all other Alderman to proceed to committee By Patricia Minichiello RUTLAND CITY—Speaking frankly Monday night, Oct. 3, during the Board of Aldermen’s meeting, Alderman Gary Donahue said he doesn’t understand the purpose of the board’s Marketing Committee. “Everything … is geared towards young people. Young students. With no reference…