By Karen D. Lorentz Tim and Diane Mueller hold the Hall of Fame award made by John Todd of Killington. By Karen D. Lorentz Diane and Tim Mueller were inducted to the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum Hall of […]
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Arts/Entertainment
Making a life in Vermont blending music and skiing
By Karen D. Lorentz With a strong work ethic and love of skiing and music instilled by his parents, it’s little wonder that Samuel “Sammy” Blanchette has moved to Vermont to work at several jobs, including as a performing artist, […]
Local News
Remembering High Pond and Birdseye ski areas in Rutland County
By Karen D. Lorentz Editor’s note: This is part three in a three-part series on former ski areas in Vermont. “Not the Biggest, But One of The Best” was the slogan the late Bill Jenkins came up with for the […]
Local News, Ski and Snowboard, Sports
Gwen Allard elected to U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame
By Karen D. Lorentz A highly revered pioneer in the world of ski education and adaptive skiing, Mendon resident Gwen Allard has been elected to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame Class of 2022, which will be inducted […]
Killington, Local News
Meet Killington HR Director Anne Reynolds
By Karen D. Lorentz Born in Wilmington, Delaware, Anne Reynolds grew up in Elkton, Maryland and graduated from the Wilmington Friends School in 1989. Not knowing what she wanted to do after earning a college degree in art history, Reynolds […]
Featured, Local News
The nation’s largest college ski program: Green Mountain College
By Karen D. Lorentz Editor’s note: This is part two in a three-part series about the Rutland Region’s “lost” ski areas. The formation of early ski areas was significant for driving the popularity of skiing and contributed to the post […]
Killington, Local News
Meet ambassador program manager Pete Duffy
By Karen D. Lorentz Pete Duffy has seen enough of the world and skied in so many places that when he expresses a preference for living in Vermont, you know he’s found his home — the place that completes him. […]
Local News, Ski and Snowboard, Sports
Gone but not forgotten: Early Rutland region ski areas
By Karen D. Lorentz Editor’s Note: This is the first of a three-part series on the early “lost” ski areas that propelled several generations of skiers in the greater Rutland Region. Vermont skiing dates back to 1892 when the Woodstock […]
Local News
Killington Valley Real Estate celebrates 50 years
By Karen D. Lorentz Fifty years ago on Oct. 15, 1972 Judy Storch founded Killington Valley Real Estate (KVRE) with Pat Denis. Sally Bridges became her partner after Denis left, and when Bridges left to become an appraiser, Storch became […]
Local News
Heroic panel inspires women in snow sports
By Karen D. Lorentz U.S. Ski & Snowboard, the Olympic National Governing Body of ski and snowboard sports in the United States, launched its Heroic women’s initiative at the 2022 Heroic Killington Cup. Held on day one of the sixth World […]