Staff report RUTLAND TOWN—At Sept. 14’s Select Board meeting, board members raised several ideas about what to do with the town’s estimated $1.2 million in ARPA money, roughly half of which Rutland has already received. Select Board Chair Mary Ashcroft […]
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State: Covid cases soar to winter highs, hospitalizations rise, three more perish
Staff report Hospitalizations continue to reach recent highs, according to data from the Vermont Dept. of Health. As of Tuesday, Sept. 14, 43 people were hospitalized for Covid, with nine in intensive care. That’s the highest daily count of hospitalizations […]
Tracking Covid
Staff report The Vermont Dept. of Health (DOH) reported 14 new Covid cases in Rutland County and 11 new cases in Windsor County, on Tuesday, Sept. 7 — in the past 14 days there have been 190 and 170 respectively. […]
Local district mandates masks, offer weekly surveillance testing
Staff report At the Windsor Central Supervisory Union (WCSU) board meeting on Aug. 16, the board mandated that WCSU adhere to the Agency of Education Covid-19 Advisory Memorandum, which requires mask wearing until 80% of eligible students are vaccinated. This means that […]
RRMC welcomes all
Staff report At 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 2, a crew from Awesome Graphics hung a gigantic “All Are Welcome Here” banner on the front of Rutland Regional Medical Center, just under the hospital’s logo. “This is about championing messages that […]
Presidents week was strong for business
By David Young, courtesy Killington Resort A young skier practices tricks in a park at Killington Resort. Conditions have been great and local resorts are 100 percent open. Now Killington, Pico, Okemo and Suicide Six look ahead to the spring […]
High winds KO’s power
Staff report About 15,500 Green Mountain Power customers lost power in a high-winds storm over the past weekend. Crews had to respond to 250 locations with trees down or hazards that needed to be addressed related to the storm. About […]
Williams, Soucy still out in recount
Staff report A two-day recount of votes in the Republican primary election for a Rutland County Senate Seat found more votes than before. short The recount showed 16,676 people voted, up from 16,569 votes previously counted—though the outcome hasn’t changed. […]
Extreme heat advisory in effect until 8 p.m. Thursday
Staff report An extreme heat wave impacting all of Vermont is expected to break 8 p.m. Thursday. The National Weather Service in Burlington said temperatures peaked at 102 degrees, with the warmest weather between noon and 6 p.m. Thursday. The […]
The Mountain Times ceases direct-mail to Pittsfield rural route
Change due to new postal regulations Staff report PITTSFIELD—Due to postal regulations, The Mountain Times can no longer be direct-mailed to Pittsfield residents on the rural route. The change is effective immediately. There is a distribution box in the vestibule […]