By Curt Peterson ECFiber and Brownsville Butcher and Pantry jointly hosted an open house on Friday, Jan. 18 that might be called “a match made in heaven.” The occasion was ECFiber’s introduction of a new “internet café” within the former […]
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Obituaries
Kathleen M. Groom, 76
Kathleen “Kay” Marie Sullivan Groom, 76, of Killington passed away at home on Christmas morning Dec.25, 2018 Kay was born April 24, 1942 to Eugene and Dorothy Sullivan of Chicopee, Massachusetts. She was raised in Chicopee and attended and graduated […]
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Question from the community
Editor’s note: this question has been submitted to the Mountain Times on behalf of some members of the Killington community, who wish to remain anonymous. Each week until Town Meeting we will select a question and pose it to the […]
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City removal of selected ash trees moves ahead
By Julia Purdy RUTLAND— Last fall Rutland neighborhood streets glowed with the golden foliage of ash trees, but since October, 75 streetside ash trees have been removed, Public Works Commissioner Jeff Wennberg told the Mountain Times Jan.23. That was the […]
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State suggests scrapping residential compost collection requirement
By Elizabeth Gribkoff/VTDigger Vermont’s Department of Environmental Conservation is recommending the Legislature change the state’s recycling laws so that commercial haulers will not have to pick up compost from all households when new rules take effect in 2020. But they’re recommending […]
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Rutland crime sees drop
By Curt Peterson Rutland Mayor David Allaire says Rutland has reduced drug-related crime in the last decade, and credits a “hub and spoke” strategy with the success. “Hubs” are outpatient treatment centers to which drug crime offenders are referred, Allaire […]
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Police: Child found dead at Rutland day care
Staff report Police said a 6-month-old girl was found dead at a day care in Rutland Thursday, Jan. 24. Rescue personnel found 6-month-old Harper Rose Briar of Pittsford unresponsive at the in-home day-care on North Street in Rutland after a 911 […]
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BREAKING: GMC to close doors in spring
Staff report As enrollment declines and costs rise, Green Mountain College in Poultney announced Wednesday it will close this spring after 185 years. President Robert Allen posted a note on the college’s website Jan. 23. “We have not been able to […]
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Pink hats mob snowy Capital lawn for women’s march
By Anne Galloway/VTDigger Frigid temperatures hurt turnout for the third annual Vermont Women’s March at the Statehouse in Montpelier, Saturday, Jan. 19. Still over 500 marched at the capital.
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West meets East at Okemo bachelor party
By Kurt Wehde Will Novak, center, visited Okemo from Phoenix to crash a bachelor party in ’80s-style ski gear.