by Lani Dukes Castleton police in new digs The Castleton Police Department is delighted to be moving into its new offices next door to the town fire station on Route 30. Police Chief Peter Mantello said the new station gives officers a sense of worth, setting a professional public safety atmosphere. Officers will have a…

Courtesy of Marji Graf, CEO of the Okemo Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce Courtesy of Vtdigger.org Editor’s note: This story by Andrew McKeever first appeared in The Manchester Journal. MANCHESTER—Following a nearly month-long struggle to keep its doors open while it tried to regain its financial footing, the board of directors of the Manchester and the…

Okemo Mountain Resort officially closed for the season after the lifts stopped spinning on Sunday, April 3. While this mild winter will inevitably be remembered as the “winter that never was,” resorts across the East held strong as long as possible, with Killington still open for skiing and riding. Now’s the time to turn to golf,…

By Elsie Lynn Parini On Monday, a grand jury at the Rutland Criminal Court charged Craig Mosher, owner of Mosher Excavation in Killington, with one-count of involuntary manslaughter following an investigation of a fatal car accident last summer involving a collision with a Scottish Highlander bull owned by Mosher that resulted in the death of…

Photos courtesy of Robin Alberti Despite the pouring rain on Saturday, community members, representatives of the city and Downtown Rutland Partnership gathered at the corner of Baxter Street and Library Avenue to celebrate the ground-breaking of Northwest Rutland’s first community park. The park will consist of a playground and pavilion where community members can gather…

Photo by Garren Poirier

RUTLAND—On March 30, a group of community leaders formally kicked off “I Love Rutland”—a campaign to celebrate and engender love for the city and region. “As a third-generation Rutland resident who has married, raised a family and run a small business here, I love my community and want to declare it to the world,” said…

Renews Long Trail Brewing and Farrell Distributing as presenting sponsors KILLINGTON—The Town of Killington’s free concert series will return to the Killington Resort this summer with an expanded eight week schedule, and the town has once again secured Long Trail Brewing Company and Farrell Distributing as presenting sponsors. A favorite summer event for both residents…

By Evan Johnson KILLINGTON—Winter had its last hurrah Tuesday, snowing in much of the Green Mountains for the entire day. But in the ballroom at the Killington Grand Resort Hotel at Killington Resort, talk was entirely on the coming summer. During the course of the hour-long summer kick-off event, Killington Resort and members of the…

Scheduled to reopen October 2016 The Ripley Road bridge off Business Route 4 is under construction. Sheet driving was completed by April 1 and the piles should be completed by the end of the week. Motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians are not permitted to cross the bridge. There are signed detours. Access to all businesses on…

Courtesy of RRMC Tom Huebner By Erin Mansfield, VTDigger.org The chief executive officer of Rutland Regional Medical Center told regulators he will start charging insurers lower rates unless regulators tell him not to. Tom Huebner told the Green Mountain Care Board on Thursday that his staff is planning to cut how much it charges insurance…

The Vermont Department of Health and Vermont Community Garden Network have awarded 10 food garden grants to small businesses and organizations around the state. The Green Thumbs at Work garden grant winners are: Abel’s Homestead Design, LLC in Hyde Park, ARIS Solutions in White River Junction, Community Restorative Justice Center in St. Johnsbury, Lamoille Restorative…

By Karen D. Lorentz While the effects of a wacko winter—it was unusually warmer, less snowy and more erratic temperature wise than previous weird winters—hasn’t gone by yet, the offer of early-bird season passes is marching on. Actually, the major ski areas with huge snowmaking capabilities and access to major water storage (snowmaking) ponds have…

Proposed Schedule, Week of  4/11/16  DORR DR. BRIDGE/RIPLEY RD. BRIDGE (Rutland City Bridges BRF3000) PROJECT LOCATION: RIPLEY RD. BRIDGE [Rutland City Bridges BRF3000(19)] RIPLEY ROAD IS CLOSED AT THE LOCATION OF THE BRIDGE PLEASE NOTE THAT PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE TRAFFIC IS NOT PERMITTED ACROSS THE BRIDGE DURING THE CLOSURE Access to all businesses on Ripley…

Courtesy of PEGTV PEGTV channel coordinators Bryn Williams and Chris McCormack make sure the taping of “Academic Showdown” is of the highest quality as they produce from the studio control room. Rutland—PEGTV’s new weekly half-hour quiz show “ Academic Showdown,” featuring eight local high schools, has just wrapped up the semifinal rounds of competition, and…