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Route 4 safety discussion to be held Oct. 5 The Rutland Regional Planning Commission is hosting a Route 4 corridor scoping study after a series of accidents and deaths happened on the road earlier this year. The meeting will […]
Trappers and hunters do the most for conservation
Dear Editor, The Fish & Wildlife Board is made up of people with some level of knowledge and concern for hunting, fishing, trapping and conservation. Much like the first conservationists in this country 100 years ago, hunters, trappers, and […]
David Bergh named interim president at Vermont State University
David G Bergh, EdD will take the helm of Vermont State University (VTSU) as the next interim president following the planned departure of current chief executive Michael Smith. The Board of Trustees of the Vermont State Colleges System announced […]
Killington local rides in gravel bike-a-thon for cancer research
Killington local Robby Joyce rode in the Pan-Mass Challenge’s (PMC) PMC Unpaved event this past weekend, a gravel bike-a-thon to raise money for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Dana-Farber) in Boston. Joyce’s journey with the PMC began in 2019 when the […]
Teenagers earn podiums at U.S. Open
By Katy Savage Some of the youngest riders at the U.S. Open of Mountain Biking in Killington Sept. 21-24 had the biggest success. The two youngest competitors, 15-year-old Aletha “Ally” Ostgaard of Seattle got second in the downhill race […]
How is the U.S. Open’s race course built?
The Killington Resort operations team have been building the Fox U.S. Open of mountain bike trails since July — fighting this summer’s record rainfall. The Mountain Times spoke with Taylor Zink, Killington Resort’s terrain park manager, about what goes into […]
20th Fox U.S. Open of Mountain Biking returns to Killington Resort this weekend
The Fox U.S. Open(USO) of Mountain Biking returns to Killington Resort Friday, Sept. 22 with events through Sunday, Sept. 24. It’s the 20th anniversary of the event and it’s expected to bring professional and amateur athletes from around the world […]
Juvenile shoots, kills Waltham woman
School mourns loss of beloved bus driver WALTHAM — A juvenile watching a fight involving two women in a Waltham neighborhood Friday evening, Sept. 15, picked up a gun dropped by one of the women and shot her multiple […]