By Greta Solsaa/VTDigger Chris Bannerman works with the organization Bridge to Rutland to help provide housing, legal aid, education, and other resources to asylum seekers in the region. She often sees people who lack transportation, making it difficult to find jobs and build new lives. One asylum seeker who has held a job at Rutland…

By Katy Savage Alice Padilha, 17, is a senior at Killington Mountain School. She’s originally from Brazil and competes in Slalom and Giant Slalom in hopes of competing full time on the Brazilian National Team.  Q&A with Alice Padilha What does it mean to you to have the World Cup come to Killington? Alice Padilha:…

By Katy Savage  Victoria Johnson, 15, lives in Mendon. The sophomore at Killington Mountain School (KMS) competes in Moguls and Dual Moguls. Q&A with Victoria Johnson Mountain Times: What does it mean to you to have the World Cup come to Killington? Victoria Johnson: It shows that our mountain has the ability to take me…

By Katy Savage Rhiannon “Rhi” Lubaszewski, 19, lives in Rutland and graduated from Killington Mountain School last year. She competes in Slalom, Super-G and Giant Slalom and hopes to make it into a Division 1 college and eventually compete on the World Cup circuit. Q&A with Rhiannon Lubaszewski What does it mean to you to…

By Katy Savage Eva Young is an 18-year-old Killington Mountain School student who’s graduating this year. She’s competed in a number of Nor-Am cups and national junior races in the Slalom and Giant Slalom.  Q&A with Eva Young What does it mean to you to have the World Cup come to Killington? Eva Young: Having…

By Curt Peterson Hartland resident Charles Bestard was splitting firewood for seniors when he mentioned a brand new school in Lebanon that’s focused on students yearning for exposure to and learning about visual and performing arts. “During the pandemic, arts programs lost out,” principal and founder of the New England School of the Arts (NESA)…

By Brett Yates Starting next year, Pittsfield may have a chance to draw from an additional source of municipal revenue. First, voters will have to approve a new “local option” tax at Town Meeting Day. Some Vermont municipalities require restaurants, bars, hotels, and/or shops within town limits to add a 1% surcharge to each customer’s…

By Brett Yates The Vermont Dept. of Buildings and General Services will deliver $157,899 to Pittsfield to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency at the town office. Projects may include a heat pump, programmable thermostats, an energy recovery ventilator, a solar array, a tankless water heater, electric vehicle chargers, LED lighting, window replacements, and other…

Staff Report Skiology Ski and Sports and Darkside Snowboards have received recognition in a USA Today readers’ poll of the 10 best ski shops in the U.S.  Skiology Ski and Sports landed at an impressive No. 2 on the list. “This local shop offers a wide range of high-performance recreational and racing skis, from all-mountain…

In a quest to further enhance its support for student-athletes at their world-class training venue, Killington Mountain School (KMS) announced Monday, Nov. 25, the establishment of an in-house World Cup-level ski service, providing elite-level equipment preparation for its ski racers. Through a new partnership with Mike Beers, owner of Race Tech Ski Service, KMS athletes…

By Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Developers of a proposed 450-acre retail and residential village at the base of the Killington Resort — the biggest ski area in eastern North America — say design changes will postpone the project for at least a year. Announced last winter, the Great Gulf plans include a new lodge, some 32,000 square feet of commercial space,…

Brenda Hathaway, formerly of Rutland, died Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, in Mesa, Arizona. She was born June 22, 1963, to Robert Milne Hathaway and Suzanne (Dexter) Hathaway, in Rutland. She attended Lincoln Elementary, Rutland Junior, and Rutland Senior High Schools. In 1983, Hathaway earned her degree in business administration from Castleton College — now Vermont…

By Curt Peterson Long-time employee BJ Mattson is the recently appointed new permanent highway department road foreman. Mattson, 44, has worked for the department for 18 years. He replaces 20-year road foreman Bill Barrows, who retired in June.  Mattson has been “acting” road foreman since Barrows’ departure, so it’s just an official title change. Town…

By Shaun Robinson/VTDigger Vermont Castings, a well-known manufacturer of stoves and fireplace inserts, plans to furlough most of the workers at its facilities in Randolph and Bethel around the start of next week. Hearth & Home Technologies, the parent company, plans to furlough 78 employees in Vermont starting on Nov. 25, said Sarah Wellcome, the firm’s…

By Greta Solsaa/VTDigger On Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 20, more than 75 local residents from Wells, Poultney and other nearby towns packed into the town of Wells town clerk’s office or joined online for a meeting held by the Vermont Dept. of Environmental Conservation. The crowd had gathered to learn more about a draft decision by the…