Habib Sabet

2 days ago | vtdigger.org | Habib Sabet

Rutland teachers and the city’s school board reached a tentative agreement Tuesday night, averting what would have been the first teachers’ strike in Vermont in eight years.

3 days ago | hardwickgazette.org | Habib Sabet

BURKE – After nearly a decade in federal receivership, Burke Mountain Resort finally has new owners. On Friday, Bear Den Partners LLC, a group with longstanding ties to the Northeast Kingdom ski area, officially closed on the $11.5 million deal to buy the 72-year old resort. Bear Den Partners includes Burke Mountain Academy, the elite alpine ski racing school located in the area, and the Graham family, who briefly owned the mountain in the early 2000s.

1 week ago | vtdigger.org | Habib Sabet

If recent trends in American politics have you searching for something to feel patriotic about, you might consider the following facts:The average American ate an all-time high of 6.5 pounds of butter in 2023. That same year, we consumed 661 pounds per person of dairy products in general, matching the all-time record we set in 2021 (look at us go!).

1 week ago | vtdigger.org | Habib Sabet

After nearly a decade in federal receivership, Burke Mountain Resort finally has new owners. On Friday, Bear Den Partners LLC, a group with longstanding ties to the Northeast Kingdom ski area, officially closed on the $11.5 million deal to buy the 72-year old resort. Bear Den Partners includes Burke Mountain Academy — the elite alpine ski racing school located in the area — and the Graham family, who briefly owned the mountain in the early 2000s.

1 week ago | hardwickgazette.org | Habib Sabet

BURKE – A federal judge has signed off on the sale of Burke Mountain Resort for $11.5 million, releasing the Northeast Kingdom ski mountain from nearly a decade of federal receivership. Judge Darrin P. Gayles issued an order Thursday in U.S. District Court in Miami formally approving the sale of Burke Mountain to Bear Den Partners LLC, a consortium of entities with longstanding ties to the ski resort.