All adults and children are encouraged to get the vaccination “It’s incredibly important that people get flu vaccines this year,” said Community Health’s Director of Quality Tracy Upton, RN. In the Rutland area, Community Health has arranged weekday and Saturday […]
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‘It’s good to be home’
Rutland family moves into new Habitat for Humanity house By Katy Savage After 9 years of shuffling between different housing situations since fleeing their home country during the Syrian Civil War, Hassam Alhallak and his wife Hazar Mansour finally have […]
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Annual Autumn Round Up in Ludlow offers window to the past
By Brooke Geery High in the hills above Ludlow, after the paved road turns to dirt, sits Barker Farm, a massive 155-acre property dotted with giant maple trees and buildings in various states of disrepair. On the right side of […]
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Senate overrides veto of Global Warming Solutions Act, making it law
By Kit Norton and Xander Landen/VTDigger The Vermont Senate voted Tuesday to override Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of the Global Warming Solutions Act — legislation that legally requires the state to meet targets for reducing carbon emissions in the coming years. Since […]
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K-12 fall sports can compete starting this weekend
By Erin Petenko/VTDigger The state’s K-12 schools can transition to “Step 3” of reopening this Saturday, allowing them to fully play fall sports, officials said at a press conference Tuesday, Sept. 22. Secretary of Education Dan French said the new rules […]
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Forest fire on Deer Leap is ‘under control’
By Emma Cotton/VTDigger and Brooke Geery On the evening of Friday, Sept. 18, Killington Fire Department member Connor McGrath noticed smoke coming from the popular Deer Leap area of Sherburne Pass in Killington. Assuming it was people illegally camping, he […]
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Hospitality business owners seek more state funds to stay afloat
By Katy Savage Business owners in the tourism and hospitality industry, the hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, are desperately seeking more funding to stay afloat. Perry Armstrong, the owner of Rain or Shine Tent Company in Randolph, said he’s […]
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Inns can open 100%
Business owners navigate changes as lodge, bar restrictions are lifted By Katy Savage Gov. Phil Scott announced Friday, Sept. 18 that bars could reopen and lodges could operate at full capacity, but local business owners are wary of the details. […]
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Main Street Gallery hosts Roger Book exhibit in Windsor
By Curt Peterson WINDSOR—Seventy-four-year-old Roger Book was very busy on Saturday, schmoozing among a sizeable crowd at the Windsor Welcome Center, all of whom had come to see his abstract art exhibit, “Crazy Heart.” A dozen of Book’s recent paintings […]
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Forest fire burns at Deer Leap
At about 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 18, fire crews responded to a call that the Deer Leap area of the Green Mountain National forest in Killington was on fire. Patty McGrath, owner of the Inn at Long Trail, essentially at […]