Killington to be featured in next year’s Warren Miller film By Katy Savage Rutland local and Killington Ski Club alum Jim Ryan and Olympian Kaylin Richardson rang cowbells. They jumped and oohed and aahed collectively with a crowd of about […]
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Barnard to merge with WCSU
By Curt Peterson Barnard voters decided 119-85 to merge with Windsor Central Supervisory Union on Tuesday, Dec. 10. Residents had long debated joining Windsor Central prior to the vote. Some in Barnard wanted to turn Barnard Academy into an independent […]
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Economist demystifies education property taxes
By Christopher Ross, Addison Independent Doug Farnham, economist and director of policy, outreach and legislative affairs for the Vermont Department of Taxes, gave a talk titled “Understanding Your Education Property Tax,” last month at the UVM Morgan Horse Farm — […]
6% projected property tax increase is forecast statewide
Acting Commissioner of Taxes Craig Bolio has released the statutorily required education tax rate letter which forecasts the education tax yields for resident homeowners and the nonhomestead tax rate (formerly called “nonresidential”) for the upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2021. The […]
Senate to consider banning semi-automatic guns in some public spaces
By Xander Landen/VTDigger One of the staunchest gun-control advocates in the Vermont Legislature will propose restricting the state’s open and concealed carry laws in 2020. Sen. Phil Baruth, D/P-Chittenden, said Tuesday, Dec. 3, that he will be introducing legislation that would […]
Killington owner buys another resort
Killington Resort’s parent company, Powdr Corp, announced it acquired its first Canadian resort on Dec. 3: SilverStar, a family owned ski area in British Columbia with 3,282 acres of skiable terrain, a 2,493 foot vertical drop, and annual snowfall of […]
Suicide Six to get two new terrain parks
Resort to open Dec. 14 The Woodstock Inn & Resort, in partnership with Arena Snowparks, is constructing two new terrain parks and freestyle terrain at the resort’s Suicide Six Ski Area for the 2019-2020 ski season. The mountain’s Milky Way […]
Remembering Edwin D. Abrams, 84
Edwin D. Abrams, fair housing champion, happy husband, devoted father and passionate skier of Vero Beach and formerly Boston, Massachusetts, died Friday, Nov. 29, at 84 years young. Known by all as Ed, he is survived by his loving wife […]
Potential Proctor land sale raises concern for public trail access
By Lee J. Kahrs/The Reporter PROCTOR — The first of December has come and gone, but an offer to buy the 1,600-acre Chittenden watershed is still in play. Despite extending the deadline to accept his $1.5 million offer to […]