Esther May Renzoni entered eternal rest on Oct. 24 at the age of 93. She was born on May 30, 1929, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She is predeceased by her parents, Alma (Bellucci) and Peter Sartarelli, a son, Johnny, her husband, John Renzoni, and her siblings, Joseph Sartarelli and Shirley Beatty. She is survived by her…

By Bonnie MacPherson Like the first robin of spring or the initial blaze of orange on a maple tree when autumn approaches, it is the annual ski swap that is the harbinger of winter in Vermont’s ski country. In Ludlow, it’s the Okemo Mountain School Ski and Snowboard (OMS) Swap that heralds the approach of…

Chris Ettori announced his resignation from the Board of Aldermen at the end of a meeting on Nov. 7. Ettori gave his resignation letter after explaining generational poverty, drug use and addiction are dramatically impacting Rutland schools. He said he wanted to be more present for his children, ages 12 and 14.   “My children…

By Curt Peterson On Monday, Nov. 7 the Windsor Central Supervisory Union board unanimously approved tuition rates for the 2023-2024 school year. Middle/high school tuition will be $19,649, and elementary school tuition will be $17,000 per student. Tuition is the amount the district considers the cost of educating one of its students for the year,…

A new Ingersoll Rand NX-500 Centac air compressor recently arrived at Killington Resort in time for the start of the 2022/23 snowmaking season. This sizable machine took a professional rigging crew to move and install, and it now lives in the red snowmaking barn in the K-1 parking lot. There, it will do the job…

Temperatures (finally) begin to cooperate with Killington — race hill turns white, resort says it's 'confident' it can pull off the FIS World Cup ski race over Thanksgiving weekend Staff report “While some people may be excited about record high temperatures in November, we are not among them,” Killington Resort stated in The Drift newsletter.…

The 3rd, 4th and 5th graders at Killington Elementary School (KES) are reopening their holiday store after a two-year pandemic hiatus and are looking for donations of like-new scarves, jewelry, knickknacks, games, puzzles, books, toys, holiday decorations, housewares, and other valuables. All donations to the store are inventoried, priced, sold and wrapped by students. Other…

By Curt Peterson The Windsor Central Supervisory Union configuration and enrollment growth working group met Thursday, Nov. 3, with a primary goal to complete a step in the district renaming process and to present suggestions for full board consideration. Nine names were winnowed from a public survey and solicitations from the elementary schools and middle/high…

By Emma Cotton/VTDigger A bear attacked a person in Stratton on Wednesday, Nov. 2, according to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. The victim, who was not identified, was treated for injuries that were not life threatening and released from Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, according to a press release issued by the department Thursday…

Democrat Alison Johannensen and Democrat/Republican David Singer were on track to win Windsor County assistant judge positions on Tuesday night.  Johannensen seemed to be the top vote-getter before all the ballots were counted, with about 27.3% of the vote. Singer was next with 21.5% of the vote. They appeared to defeat Independent Michael Ricci, who was…

Democrat Ryan Palmer  defeated Republican incumbent Michael Chamberlain for the Windsor County sheriff position on Tuesday night. Palmer had 57% of the vote in unofficial results with 22 of 24 towns reporting. Chamberlain had about 35.9% of the vote. 

Democrats Alison Clarkson, Rebecca White and Dick McCormack were on track to win the Windsor County Senate race on Tuesday night. Clarkson was the top vote-getter in unofficial results, with 24 of 25 towns reporting. She got 9.6% of the vote, White was next with 9.4% and McCormack was third with 9.3% of the vote. The…

Republican Jarrod Sammis defeated Democrat Mary Droege for the newly created Rutland-3 House seat representing Castleton with 49.6% of the vote to 47% on Nov. 8. 

Democrat incumbent Mary Howard defeated Republican Cynthia Laskevich on Nov. 8 for the Rutland-6 House Seat representing Rutland City. Howard secured 57.7% of the vote compared to Laskevich’s 38%.

Gov. Phil Scott, who became Vermont's 82n governor in 2017, has been elected again. The Associated Press called the race just before 10 p.m. Nov. 8 for Scott when he had about 73% of the vote ahead of Democrat challenger Brenda Siegel, who had 22% of the vote.