SOUTH ROYALTON — Vermont Law School has partnered with the Center for Food Safety’s BEE Protective Campaign, making it the first higher-education campus in the country to earn official neonicotinoid pesticide-free designation. BEE Protective promotes policies that protect pollinating insects from bee-toxic pesticides. “Honey bees and other pollinators play a critical role in agricultural systems,” said…

By Lani Duke The start of school is around the corner Area teachers and students are looking forward to the beginning of the academic year.  In Castleton, fall registration is at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, for kindergarteners through eighth grade, at Castleton Elementary. On Friday, Aug. 22, parents and students can meet principal Kathleen…

By Lani Duke Mailing alert Rutland’s Public Works Department is not responsible for any mailing from the “American Water Resources of Vermont” that offers “water and sewer line protection services.”  Although its website bears an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau, the company is engaging in suspicious business practices, especially with the “second notice”…

PITTSFIELD — Come celebrate the end of summer at the annual Pittsfield’s Picnic held this year on Sunday, Aug. 24 from 12:30-4 p.m. This gathering on the town green originated from necessity immediately after Tropical Storm Irene, when local businesses had no power for refrigeration. One year later, an anniversary party called Pittsfield’s Town Shut…

SHARON — On Aug. 10, the Vermont State Police responded to I-89 northbound rest area in Sharon  for two cattle roaming around the grounds.  The State Police were called numerous times by concerned citizens at the rest area who reported that the cows were in the interstate and might cause an accident with a motor…

By Stephen Seitz KILLINGTON – Thanks to a rise in dog nuisance incidents, Killington’s board of selectmen spent most of their regular Aug. 5 meeting discussing what changes, if any, need to be made to the town’s current animal control ordinance. “We have seen an increase in the number of incidents with dogs since the…

KILLINGTON — On Friday, Aug. 8, at approximately 4:27 p.m., members of the Vermont State Police, Killington Fire & Rescue, and Regional Ambulance Service, responded to a one vehicle crash involving a pedestrian on Route 4 in the town of Killington. Loren D. Roth, age 71 from Rutland Town, was identified as the operator of the…

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By Cristina Kumka KILLINGTON — No additional financial information was given out Monday afternoon about a plan, initiated by Killington Resort, to repeal a portion of the local option tax that provides the town with $450,000 annually. But, there was serious concern from one of the founding members of the town’s pioneering economic development arm.…

By Cindy Phillips Danny McKeever never met a stranger. He had the perfect personality for a bartender, a job he held for 20 years at the Summit Lodge coming on board back in 1993. An avid skier and golfer, the Killington region was a natural choice for McKeever to make his home. Originally from New…

KILLINGTON – The Killington Chamber of Commerce and Killington Resort have announced details for the 2014-2015 Killington Merchant Pass program. The 2014-2015 Killington Merchant Pass will be offered for $399 (plus Vermont and local sales tax) to members of the Killington Chamber of Commerce located in Killington, Mendon, Pittsfield, Bridgewater or Plymouth. Merchant Passes are…

KILLINGTON — Killington Pico Real Estate is pleased to announce the addition of Brady Crain, M.B.A., to its growing team of licensed real estate professionals. Crain has been a resident of Central Vermont and active in the Killington region since 1978. An avid telemark skier, rock climber, and golfer, he looks forward to living and…

KILLINGTON — Local boy scout troupe 220 and Killington Arts Guild recently joined forces at the Killington’s Johnson Recreation Center pool house to paint a mural. The project was part of a Boy Scouts of America Eagle initiative that student scout Ian Clarke helped to organize. Clarke’s project was to revitalize the pool house (paint,…

A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 34,113 visitors to Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Vermont spent $1.9 million and supported 26 jobs in the state in 2013. “Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Vermont attracts visitors from across the country,” said Northeast Regional Director Mike Caldwell. “Whether they are out for an afternoon,…

POULTNEY — On August 15, Green Mountain College will ban the sale of bottled water on its Poultney campus. Like many campus sustainability initiatives, the ban comes largely as a result of a student-led project. Andrea (Dre) Roebuck, class of 2014, consulted with the College’s sustainability coordinator Aaron Witham about the most effective way to go…