By Garren Poirier, courtesy Okemo Kids carry skis to the lift at Okemo’s Jackson Gore while catching snowflakes on their tongues. By Kit Norton/VTDigger After a week of public outcry and scrutiny, Vail Resorts has reinstated discounted prices for low-income […]
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Remote worker grant application set to launch Jan. 1
The Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development today announced the Remote Worker Grant Program will officially launch on Jan. 1, 2019. The program offers reimbursement grants of up $5,000 per year ($10,000 over two years) to remote workers across […]
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Proctor man teaches others how to cultivate, harvest and use marijuana
Sometimes Jeff Bugay blacked out entirely and woke up to find himself in the emergency room. Sometimes his pain was so bad he couldn’t talk or form words. Bugay, a former executive chef, had 15-20 partial seizures a day, lasting […]
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Police warn of scam
Police are warning the public of a scam. The phone caller from the number (802) 242- 2022 is identifing themselves as working for the Vermont Department of Public Safety, and is requesting individuals nto pay a bond or be detained by […]
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New Yorker cartoonist introduces book to fans in Woodstock
By Curt Peterson It’s true, a lot of people read the New Yorker, at least in part, for the cartoons, and about 70 of them showed up for Edward Koren’s introduction of his new book, “Koren in the Wild” at […]
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Roots owner expands to Killington
By Katy Savage Donald Billings doesn’t like to sit still. After relocating his Rutland restaurant, Roots, to Washington Street and reopening Dec. 7 with double the seating, Billings, the owner and chef, opened a market and deli in Killington. Now […]
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WCMUSD proposes 2.5 percent budget increase
By Curt Peterson The Windsor Central Modified Unified School District Board met at 6 p.m. Dec. 10 for a 2020 budget workshop prior to the regular board meeting. This meeting, in the Killington Elementary School gym, was the first of […]
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To get out of debt, Killington could see significant tax hike
By Katy Savage KILLINGTON— The town could see a significant tax increase in the future. Town Manager Chet Hagenbarth said the town has accumulated about $2.2 million worth of debt, coming partly from about $588,000 of unfunded expenses from […]
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Hartland volunteers unite to repair Puerto Rico storm damage
By Curt Peterson HARTLAND — In the face of finger-pointing, local fiscal problems and political turmoil in Puerto Rico, two Hartland churches have banded together under the project title Hartland Churches United in Service, to help residents of the island […]
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Alleged MUMS shooting scheme foiled
By John Flowers/Addison Independent MIDDLEBURY — Two 14-year-old Middlebury Union Middle School students have been indefinitely pulled from classes and face juvenile court citations after allegedly cooperating on a plan to shoot another student, and possibly others, on campus on Tuesday, […]