The Mountain Times (Vermont newspaper)

Not to be confused with Mountain Times (North Carolina newspaper).
The Mountain Times
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Polly Lynn Mikula
PublisherPolly Lynn Mikula and Jason Mikula
EditorPolly Lynn Mikula
Founded1971
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersKillington, VT
Circulation10,000
OCLC number44437619
Websitemountaintimes.info

The Mountain Times is an American newspaper serving Killington, Vermont.

The Times It is published each Wednesday and has a circulation of over 10,000.[1] The paper is owned by Polly and Jason Mikula. The newspaper covers Killington and surrounding towns in Rutland and Windsor Counties.[2][3] The current editor is Polly Lynn Mikula.[2]

History

The paper was founded in 1971 by Ed Pickett as Killington Pico-Paper.[4] Pickett, an advertising manager for the Mount Snow Ski Resort,[5] also published Ski Racer and Snow Valley News.[6] In 1976, Pickett sold the paper to Andrew Neisner, who changed the name to The Mountain Times.[1][4]

In 1986, Royal and Zip Barnard bought The Mountain Times.[7] They operated it for twenty-five years before selling it in 2011, to the Lynn/Mikula family.[8] The sale of the paper in 2011 was delayed by significant flooding in Vermont from Tropical Storm Irene.[9] The basement of the paper's printing office was damaged in the flood, but then-publisher Royal Barnard managed to publish an issue from his home that week.[9]

Under the new management, the paper increased revenue by 15% by 2013.[3]

National coverage

The Mountain Times was the first to report about a proposal for Killington to secede from Vermont and join New Hampshire in 2004.[10]

The New York Times did a story on Polly Lynn Mikula and her family Aug. 15, 2013, titled "Vermont Sisters With Roots in News Embrace Small-Town Papers" [11]


Awards

New England Better Newspaper Competition
Year Award Place Recipient
2016[12] Most Creative Use of Small Print Space 1st The Mountain Times
2016 Digital Product Promotion to Readers 1st The Mountain Times
2016 Pure Advertising Niche Publication 2nd The Mountain Times
2016 Local Display Ad (color) 2nd The Mountain Times
2014[13] Overall Design and Presentation 3rd The Mountain Times
2014 Overall Mobile Application 3rd The Mountain Times

References

  1. ^ a b "The Mountain Times timeline". Timetoast. January 1971. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
  2. ^ a b "Killington Mountain Times newspaper". Mondo Times. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b Haughney, Christine (16 August 2013). "Sisters with roots in news embrace small-town papers". New York Times. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  4. ^ a b "About The Mountain Times". The Mountain Times. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Ski Packages Ease Weekend Pressure". Boston Globe. 26 January 1970.
  6. ^ Skiing. Ziff-Davis Publishing. September 1977.
  7. ^ Kumka, Cristina (11 August 2011). "Mt. Times paper sold". Rutland Herald. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
  8. ^ "'Addy Indy' owner buying Killington newspaper". Addison Independent. 11 August 2011.
  9. ^ a b "Newspapers try to recover from flooding". Burllington Free Press. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  10. ^ "Just Like Colonial Times". Portsmouth Herald. 10 January 2004.
  11. ^ "Vermont Sisters With Roots in News Embrace Small-Town Papers". New York Times. 15 August 2013.
  12. ^ "Addy Indy named best weekly newspaper in New England Addison County Independent". addisonindependent.com. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
  13. ^ "New England Better Newspapers Competition" (PDF). New England Newspapers & Press Association. 2015. Retrieved October 25, 2018.