By Merisa Sherman I turned around and looked back behind me. The Green Mountains lay sprawled below, the once-green now beginning to turn myriad colors. Yes, the thin reds are beginning to pop and are doing so in a wide vibrant form. You cannot help but notice them, randomly sprinkled about the mountains below. Last…

By Kevin Theissen Summer jobs are a perennial aspect of the American workforce. It’s a time when teenagers are filling out applications and, in many cases, earning wages of their own for the first time. But some of what we’ve become accustomed to may be changing. In May, leading into the summer months, over 30%…

By Dom Cioffi A friend who knew I had reached a major milestone in my cancer battle showed up at my door recently with a present. It came wrapped in one of those tall, thin wine bottle gift bags with tissue paper flowing out the top. I thanked her for the kind thought and then…

Saturday, Sept. 25 at 10 a.m. — PITTSFIELD — Pittsfield’s Roger Clark Memorial Library and PCC (Pittsfield Community Connections) invites all in the area to meet up on Saturday, Sept. 25, on the Pittsfield Green from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to celebrate local artists, craftspeople, and makers at the 2nd Annual PCC: Maker Place.…

Sunday, Sept. 26 at 4 p.m. — FAIR HAVEN —For nearly four decades, Fair Haven Concerned has been offering a hand up to our neighbors in need here in Fair Haven and our surrounding communities. The organization is so grateful to everyone who continues to support the work, including the towns of Fair Haven, Benson,…

Saturday, Sept. 26 at 1 p.m. — BRANDON — Otter Valley Union High School will induct its 2021 Otter Valley Hall of Fame at halftime of the Otters’ Homecoming football game this Saturday, Sept. 26, against Mill River. That game begins at 1 p.m. This will be the eighth class inducted into the Otter Valley…

Sunday, Sept. 26 at 4 p.m. — FAIR HAVEN — The Fair Haven Concerned Board of Directors is excited to announce a new Fall Fundraiser to help us meet the upcoming costs of the winter season. These costs include helping to provide heating to our neighbors who may be in need. In addition to helping…

The Vermont Agency of Transportation has completed a draft of the Rutland-Southern Vermont Regional Airport’s Master Plan Update (MPU) to account for changes that have taken place at the airport and in the aviation industry. The master plan will be used to guide airport improvements to meet existing and future needs of airport users. An…

On Sept. 17, Woodstock Fire and EMS wrote on their Facebook page that “The Bridgewater sewer treatment facility by the Mill Mall has been discharging untreated sewer in the Ottauquechee river since August.” The post advised people to avoid the river until further testing to avoid contact with sewage. The plant released 96,200 gallons of…

Staff report RUTLAND TOWN—At Sept. 14’s Select Board meeting, board members raised several ideas about what to do with the town’s estimated $1.2 million in ARPA money, roughly half of which Rutland has already received. Select Board Chair Mary Ashcroft presented those present with a list of 24 possible uses for the funds, which included…

UPDATE: 4:40 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021 The investigation into the death Wednesday night of a woman in Killington is continuing Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. The victim is identified as Brittany Bouthiette, 28, of Mt. Holly, Vermont. Following an autopsy performed Thursday at the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington, the cause of her death…

Interview with Julia Purdy of Rutland On Thursday and Friday, Sept. 16-17, radio listeners can tune in to NBC’s “America Tonight Radio” with Kate Delaney to hear an interview with Julia Purdy of Rutland, author of a new translation of the classic 1947 novel “The Sky Is Red” by Giuseppe Berto, a coming-of-age story of…

Staff report Hospitalizations continue to reach recent highs, according to data from the Vermont Dept. of Health. As of Tuesday, Sept. 14, 43 people were hospitalized for Covid, with nine in intensive care. That’s the highest daily count of hospitalizations during the current surge for the second day in a row, according to the state.…

The vast majority who attended a virtual forum Sept. 9 say: ‘Yes!’ By Polly Mikula Residents of Mendon and Chittenden want to retain Barstow’s current open school choice options — as do others nearby who benefit from that choice. A virtual forum held by the school board via Zoom on Thursday, Sept. 9, drew about 90…

By Ethan Weinstein Like seemingly every other business in the area, Rutland Regional Medical Center (RRMC) is struggling to find staff. But these staffing woes have been compounded by an additional problem: an influx of patients who put off elective care during the Covid state of emergency. “We are seeing here at Rutland Regional some…