By Katy Savage After extensive renovations, the Birch Ridge Inn reopened over Christmas week as a vacation rental and corporate retreat. The inn closed over the summer, after Jacob McGrath and Dave McComb bought the property for $1.35 million on […]
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Killington to remove beaver dams
By Katy Savage Killington is removing beaver dams to stop stormwater runoff and protect infrastructure. The town was granted a stream alteration permit from the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) on Nov. 23 to remove and downsize five beaver dams […]
Food Center moves forward on environmental contamination clean-up
By Katy Savage Digging into soil found no evidence of underground storage tanks at the Vermont Farmers Food Center — a relief to the organization’s leaders as they try to remedy an environmental contamination. “That was best case scenario, that’s […]
Backyard rope tows gain popularity
By Katy Savage When Mike Orlando bought property in Danby with a large hill and 30 acres three years ago, he knew what he wanted to do. “I knew right away it would be great to snowboard,” he said. Orlando, […]
Aldermen discuss raising parking rates, fines, incentives downtown
By Katy Savage The Board of Aldermen is considering sharp increases in parking meter rates and fines, with meter rates jumping from 25 cents an hour at some meters, to $1.50 an hour. Members of the Aldermen parking committee proposed […]
Woodstock names Duffy new town manager
After a four-month search, Woodstock has a new town manager. Eric Duffy, 40, of Stoneham, Massachusetts, was unanimously approved in a joint Select Board and Village Trustees meeting on Nov. 28. He starts his new role Feb. 1. “Eric […]
Record crowds cheer skiers at Killington Cup
Slalom ends with rare tie for first, Shiffrin finishes Slalom 5th, 13th in Giant Slalom Mikaela Shiffrin could not hold onto her undefeated record in Slalom at the Killington World Cup for the sixth time this past Sunday afternoon — […]
New K-1 Base Lodge to debut at World Cup
By Katy Savage This year’s World Cup attendees will be among the first to see Killington’s newly completed K-1 Base Lodge. The debut of the $30+ million project on Friday, Nov. 25, has been three years in the making. The […]
The state of real estate
Real estate market slows due to lack of inventory By Katy Savage After a frenzy of home buying throughout the pandemic, the housing inventory in Killington (and surrounding communities and across the U.S.) is the lowest local real estate agents […]
The art and secret of ski tuning
By Katy Savage When it comes to ski and snowboard tuning, Black Dog Sports owner Dave Manning says he’s like a chef. Manning develops a relationship with his clients. He evaluates the snow and his clients’ ability, and then he […]