Mrs. Schneider’s Killington Pre-k class collected four bags of trash last Friday in honor of Earth.

By Lola Duffort/VTDigger Senate budget writers have advanced their draft of Vermont’s $8.5 billion budget, which would inject tens of millions of new money into child care, health care and the human services — and end, as of July 1, a pandemic-era motel housing program that thousands currently rely on for shelter. The bill, H.494, as unanimously…

By Paul Heintz/VTDigger As the son of a dentist, David Remnick spent plenty of time in his youth flipping through the pages of the New Yorker in his father’s waiting room.  “Among the most visually recognizable artists of my growing up was Ed Koren,” Remnick said. “He was on the cover. He was in the magazine,…

Dollar General has a new store at 61  Beaman Street in Poultney. DG stores provide area residents with an affordable and convenient store location to purchase household essentials including food, cleaning supplies, paper products, over-the-counter medicines, hygiene products, baby items and more through its mission of serving others. In addition to the national and private…

At a simple service on Easter Sunday, a rainbow of color was unveiled in a dossal behind the altar at Church of Our Saviour at Mission Farm in Killington. This quilted piece was a gift from a member of the small community that gathers in this special place in the heart of the Green Mountains.…

By Peter D’Auria/VTDigger Vermont State University is reversing course on changes to its libraries and athletics programs, putting an end — for now — to a controversial slate of decisions to transform member campuses. The changes were announced Monday afternoon, April 24, by Vermont State University interim president Mike Smith, who took over the institution after…

By Katy Savage The Woodstock Village Trustees held an hour-long community discussion with a consultant as the municipality seeks a new police chief since Robbie Blish announced his retirement, effective July 16. The Woodstock Village Trustees and consultant Jim Baker held the first of what are expected to be multiple listening sessions on Monday, April…

Photos by Jerry LeBlond Crowds gathered for the annual pond skimming event at Killington on Saturday, April 15.  

By Victoria Gaither Moosejaw, a leading online active outdoor retailer, chose two women, one of them local, to help them develop plans for its new plus-size outdoors company. Adventurers Arwen Turner from Wallingford and Kara Hardman from Colorado started WNDR Outdoors, an outdoor sports apparel company for plus-size adventurers.  The idea came to Turner to…

By Curt Peterson Richard Thornburn, an experienced woodworker from Woodstock, recently approached the Hartland Select Board with a request to lease the long-vacant North Hartland School on Mill Street. He planned to use the facility for his custom cabinetry, renovation, remodeling and restoration business.  In the wake of public reaction his plan was ultimately scuttled…

 Nothing is more powerful than love, especially when it is given away. On Tuesday, April 11, Oliver Subaru of Rutland donated more than $21,160 from the 2022 Subaru Share the Love event to support palliative care services and the A Journey of Comfort and Support campaign at Rutland Regional Medical Center. “We are grateful to…

Karen D. Lorentz The latest trend at ski resorts is to offer an array of season passes with permutations and perks tailored to the varying needs of families and outdoors oriented mountain adventurers.  The different types of passes not only benefit skiers and snowboarders due to the value and flexibility they offer, they also foster…

By Polly Mikula A “Shark Tank” style entrepreneurship class at Castleton University took a field trip last Tuesday, April 11, to visit local entrepreneur Dale Patterson and tour his brewery, Rutland Brew Works, on Granger Street in Rutland.  Chris Coughlin, vice president of mortgage servicing at Heritage Family Credit Union, has taught the popular class for CU's…

By Curt Peterson Safety and security have been topics of Hartland Select Board meetings for years, but Monday night brought tones of urgency and resolve not evident in the past. Chair Phil Hobbie characterized the discussion as “a big step forward.” Last year the Vermont State Police, due to a shortage of personnel and growing…

The Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Conservation, Water Quality Division has recently awarded the Rutland Regional Planning Commission (RRPC) a contract to administer water quality improvement programs to the 11 Regional Planning Commissions (RPCs) in the state of Vermont. The grant is funded through the 604(b) program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…