By Curt Peterson On Monday, Jan. 30, the Killington Select Board  approved an article for Town Meeting to purchase and renovate an existing building at 2046 Route 4 for it’s new town hall.  Selectman Jim Haff explained the evolution from a “new town hall” concept included in a 2019 six-year plan, to the currently proposed…

By Curt Peterson The Windsor Central Unified Union School District board approved its district-wide warning for the March 7 Town Meeting Australian Ballot on Jan. 26. The vote was unanimous. Votes in each of the seven participating towns — Barnard, Bridgewater, Killington, Woodstock, Plymouth, Pomfret and Reading — will count equally, and a simple majority…

By Polly Mikula Finding an open seat in the conference room of Killington’s Public Safety Building Monday night, Jan. 30, was a bit of a challenge as about 30 residents joined the public hearing in-person with another 50 attending via Zoom.  “That’s about 10% of the town’s registered voters,” said Selectman Jim Haff. “That’s a…

Staff report Barstow Memorial School Principal David St. Germain of Pittsford died over the weekend. Superintendent Kristen Hubert announced his death on Jan. 30 in an email to the school community.  “The news came as a shock to me and other administrators,” Hubert said. “We express our sympathy and condolences to his family.”   St.…

By Katy Savage When rockets launched from the Gaza Strip of Palestine into Israel and violence escalated in the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Mary Sobel was stunned by the amount of people who spoke in favor of Palestine. Celebrities like Bella and Gigi Hadid, Palestinian descendants, posted their support on Instagram. It seemed to Sobel like…

Staff report Mikaela Shiffrin became the most decorated women's alpine skier on Tuesday, Jan. 24 when she won her 83rd World Cup race. She broke Lindsey Vonn's record of 82 wins set in 2019. Shiffrin continued her winning streak on Wednesday, Jan. 25, when she won a giant slalom race in Italy, bringing her total…

By Polly Mikula The town of Killington hosted an environmental review public hearing for its proposed public water system as part of its regular Select Board meeting on Monday, Jan. 23. “It’s a brand new public drinking water system for the town and includes all the elements of source, transmission, pumping, storage and distribution,” explained Wayne…

Game wardens are investigating a bald eagle that was shot and killed on Lake Rescue in Ludlow.  “All I can tell you right now is that it is an active investigation,” said Sgt. Carey Timothy on Jan. 24, decling to say more. A conviction results in $1,222 in fines and restitution, along with a three-year…

Karen Bowles (Riggs) 85, of Killington passed away on December 12, 2022. She was predeceased by her husband, George. She is survived by her brother Peter, sisters-in-law Margaret Powers and Lucy Bowles, brother-in-law Raymond Bowles and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. Karen was born in 1937 to Irene Manning Riggs and Oliver Riggs and…

By Brett Yates As Pittsfield officials prepare the annual budget for Town Meeting Day, they expect to use surplus monies – labeled “undesignated funds” — to pay for various capital expenditures, including a new grader for the highway department and improvements to the Town Hall, instead of raising additional taxes to cover them. “We have…

By Katy Savage Luce Farm Wellness, the certified organic CBD company, has a new store in Killington.  After about a year of renovations to the building on Route 4, Luce Farm is open and selling everything from CBD-infused honey, to gumdrops, to dog treats. All the products are made on location and it’s one of…

By Katy Savage Plymouth Artisan Cheese has a new pop-up shop in the Bridgewater Mill Mall in an effort to restore new life into the old building.  Plymouth Cheese owners Jesse and Sarit Werner became majority owners of the building in March 2022 after a multi-year legal battle with previous owners Andrea Curutchet and Jireh…

The Rotary Club of Rutland’s yearly Santa Raffle raised $500 for the benefit of school literacy programs. Club members Will Gormly and Chuck Rose delivered $250 checks to both Northwest Elementary School and Northeast Elementary School in Rutland recently. January is Rotary Awareness Month and basic education and literacy is one of Rotary’s seven areas…

By Liz DiMarco Weinmann After a two-year pause, Rutland South Rotary Club’s fundraising raffle has returned, with the grand prize winner getting to choose between $8,500 in cash or a brand-new 18’ Bushwhacker Plus Teardrop Travel Trailer from Dan Kearney’s RV Center, valued at $17,000. Only a limited number of tickets will be sold, so…

Mike Solimano of Killington Resort & Pico Mountain, and Bill Cahill of Vermont Mutual Insurance Group have been named to the The Vermont Futures Project board of directors. The Vermont Futures Project board of directors is dedicated to positioning the economy in the center of a statewide discussion about Vermont’s future, enriching that discussion with…