By Lola Duffort/VTDigger Renovations are planned at the Slate Valley union district high school. The school board will be asking voters to approve a big construction project on town meeting day. The school board in the Slate Valley Unified School District, […]
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Long Trail Brewery celebrates 30 years
By Virginia Dean In the last 30 years, the Long Trail Brewery has come a long way in more ways than one— from a modest brew house tucked into the basement of the Old Woolen Mill in Bridgewater Corners to […]
Vermont Huts adds Shrek’s Cabin in Pittsfield to its network
PITTSFIELD—New for this season, the Vermont Huts Association has announced that the Shrek’s Mountaintop Stone Hut will be joining its network of seven huts across Vermont. The cabin, which sleeps two to four and is located on the summit of […]
Rutland stuffs the bus
By Ed Larson Students and faculty of Rutland’s Mount Saint Joseph Academy pulled together to collect 2,644 food items, which were transported to the downtown Rutland shopping plaza and provided to the Stuff-A-Bus holiday food campaign. The food will go […]
Killington receives positive snow control for World Cup
KILLINGTON – Killington Resort on Thursday, Nov. 21, received a positive snow control announcement from FIS (Internal Ski Federation), the governing body of the Audi FIS Ski World Cup. “This is to inform you that the Women’s’ Audi FIS Ski […]
Windsor Central school district leaves new build questions unanswered
By Curt Peterson The Windsor Central Unified School District Board’s “new build committee” met for the first time on Nov. 6. Woodstock representative Ben Ford told the Mountain Times the committee’s mission is “to advance our endorsement of the new […]
Ludlow Electric honors the late Howard Barton with substation dedication
Staff report The Village Ludlow Electric Light Department dedicated a substation to the late Howard Barton Jr. on Friday, Nov. 8, who spent 35 years working at the electric department. Barton was an active community member who died of a […]
Jackson Gore documentary takes 1st place
“Paleoindians at Jackson Gore,” the short (20-minute) documentary produced in collaboration between community access station Okemo Valley TV, the state archaeologist and UVM’s Consulting Archaeology Program, received a first place Nor’easter Award for Historical Documentary from the northeast regional chapter of the […]
Killington-branded maple syrup expands
Charity’s Chris Karr offers suarbush to First Chair Syrup for ultra-local brand KILLINGTON—Colton Blackman and his wife, Katie, have been sugaring for five years in what started off as a hobby. Now, 15 buckets and a turkey boiler have evolved […]
Scott instructs agencies to change public records policy
Donovan digs in his heels By Colin Meyn, VTDigger Gov. Phil Scott issued a directive to state agency heads Wednesday, Nov, 13, allowing members of the public to use personal devices to replicate government records during inspection at no charge. The […]