By Katy Savage Consultants are gathering community feedback for the new Velomont Trail throughout the state with the help of a $140,000 Vermont Outdoor Recreation Economic Collaborative (VOREC) grant. The consultants from SE Group in Burlington are holding eight open houses to understand concerns pertaining to trail use, conservation and trail design.  “I think the…

By Curt Peterson As a resort town whose population grows from 1,500 to almost 20,000 on a FIS Women’s Cup ski weekend, Killington has unique challenges regarding traffic management. Police Chief Whit Montgomery and three full-time Killington Police Department officers face those challenges on a day-to-day and night-to-night basis. At the regular Select Board meeting,…

  A text message exchange shows a female student at Woodstock Union High School supported her snowboard coach after he was fired for alleged transphobic remarks, court documents reveal. David Bloch, who founded the program at Woodstock Union High School, was fired in February after explaining he had a conversation about gender differences with two …

      Staff report A year after buying the eastern portion of the former College of St. Joseph(CSJ) campus, Casella Waste Systems has purchased the western portion, making them the sole owner of the property. Casella bought the remainder of the campus from Heritage Family Credit Union for $750,000 on Sept. 27, Rutland City…

    By Katy Savage The Pittsford Haunted House, dubbed one of the biggest and scariest in the area, started humbly over a dinner conversation about 40 years ago. A group of firefighters were brainstorming how to raise money for the department. Tom Hooker, who was a captain at the time, suggested a haunted house. …

  Staff report Killington village developer Great Gulf announced Thursday, Sept. 28, that the world-renowned Safdie Architects and PWP Landscape Architecture have been chosen as the design team for the future village at the base of Snowshed and Ramshead at Killington Resort. Also, Thursday, Great Gulf launched an updated website for the Killington project: LiveKillington.com.…

Staff report Killington village developer Great Gulf announced Thursday, Sept. 28, that the world-renowned Safdie Architects and PWP Landscape Architecture have been chosen as the design team for the future village at the base of Snowshed and Ramshead at Killington Resort. Also, Thursday, Great Gulf launched an updated website for the Killington project: LiveKillington.com. “We…

Some of the youngest riders at the U.S. Open of Mountain Biking in Killington Sept. 21-24 had the biggest success.  The two youngest competitors, 15-year-old Aletha “Ally” Ostgaard of Seattle got second in the downhill race on the women’s side while Asa Vermette, 16, of Colorado won second place on the men’s side.  “It’s definitely…

  Route 4 safety discussion to be held Oct. 5  The Rutland Regional Planning Commission is hosting a Route 4 corridor scoping study after a series of accidents and deaths happened on the road earlier this year. The meeting will be held on the third floor conference room at 67 Merchants Row in Rutland on …

  Now that fall is here it will soon be time to look ahead to the 2024 legislative session, which starts on Jan. 3. To begin the preparation for the session and get input from district residents, “Dump & Donuts” office hours will take place this coming Saturday, Sept. 30 at the Chittenden transfer station…

  Vermont’s black bear population is estimated at 7,000 to 8,500 based on 2022 data, the most recent available, according to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife department (VTF&W).  “It is important to look at the 2022 population estimate as part of the typical cycles of growth and decline in a bear population that is stable…

  By Curt Peterson  Hartland Select Board Tom Kennedy said the had extended the qualifying period for flood damage coverage to include the town’s July 21 road damage. Hartland had survived the July 17 deluge with little or no damage, but the subsequent storm four days later devastated roads and culverts. At the previous board…

  Around 5,000 people attended the event, tasting whoopie pies from 12 whoopie pie vendors. Here they watch Dream Maker Bakers assemble a 770-pound whoopie pie.    

  There will be a celebration of life for Marianne Adkins of Wilder (formerly of Killington), on Sept. 30 from 2-4 p.m. at the Sherburne Memorial Library. Join for light snacks and refreshments while we remember the life of Marianne Adkins.

  Caden Bear Cushing was born on Sept. 24 to Jen and Patrick Cushing. He weighs 8lb 6oz. “Bear” is the second generation to be born in Killington. Bear’s grandparents Patricia and Jeff Cushing came to Killington in the 1980s to ski and never left. They gave birth to Patrick who grew up in Killington.…