By Curt Peterson On July 7 the new Development Review Board held its first meeting after the Killington Select Board reorganized the planning commission and zoning board of adjustment in June. According to Zoning Administrator Preston Bristow, the planning commission will now just do planning, and their former site review function will be done by…

Local support, community  action team launches virtual recovery ‘visits’ in every county On July 9, the local support and community action team of the governor’s economic mitigation and recovery task force will launch a series of virtual Covid-19 recovery visits to be held in each county across the state over the next several months. The…

By Polly Mikula Vermont is second only to Hawaii in its low number of total Covid cases (Vermont has 1,301; Hawaii has 1,138) and has posted the lowest positivity rating the the country for the past couple weeks, “so we’re doing something right,” Governor Phil Scott said at the state’s regular press conference, Tuesday, July…

Let’s play Lingo...Library Bingo that is!  Fair Haven Free Library is offering a fun way to keep your family reading this summer. The game came be played individually or completed by a family.  It’s up to you. The activities are meant for all ages. Stop by the library during one of their pick-up times for a Lingo card,…

PROCTOR—On Thursday, July 9, at approximately 3:18 a.m., troopers from the Vermont State Police – Rutland Barracks were assigned to a single vehicle crash with entrapment and ejection on West Street, in Proctor. Through investigation it was determined Gabe Capen, 21, from Pownal, was operating the vehicle, a 2000 Saab 93, traveling south on West…

MONTPELIER—The Division for Historic Preservation has announced the Vermont State Historic Sites opened on a limited basis the week of July 1. The President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site in Plymouth Notch and the Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell opened Wed., July 1. The Bennington Battle Monument in Bennington, Hubbardton Battlefield in Hubbardton,…

UPDATE: Thursday, July 9 The Vermont State Police identified the Rutland City Police Officers present at the time of Wednesday’s shooting as: Cpl. Elias Anderson, seven years of service with Rutland City Police. Officer Tyler Billings, three years of service with Rutland City Police. Officer Nate Harvey, six years of service with Rutland City Police.…

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By Timothy R. Burgess In 2004, convicted and sentenced to a term in Vermont’s correctional system, I had been back in Vermont for 12 years. It was the experience of being in prison that really showed me how institutional racism in our little state was flourishing. I had a visit from my family, and it…

Dear Editor, Editor’s note: The following is a letter Sen. Dick McCormack sent to Gov.Phil Scott, Dr. Mark Levine, Lt. Governor Zuckerman, and the Senate on July 2. I think the time has come to require that all people wear face masks in public and keep six feet of separation. I applaud the administration’s frequent…

Dear Editor, Serving my community has become a way of life for me. Besides for my family, my life’s passion has revolved around public service. Giving back, leading during good times and bad, and being a voice of reason have been driving forces behind my public service. Since 2005, I have had a role in…

Dear Editor, The Covid-19 pandemic has dramatically changed so much of our daily lives in such a short period of time. The challenges we face as a state will be enormous in the coming year, if not longer. Preliminary revenue forecasts for the fiscal year that began July 1 are down significantly for the state,…

By Leo Pond The Black Lives Matter movement has driven another political “wedge” between the left and the right. The Black Lives Matter movement has advocated against police brutality and for equality, so why is it so hard for the right to support it? The right thinks that this movement forgets about all other races,…

By David F. Kelley If we cut the distance between two points in half, no matter how often, it brings them closer together, but they never meet. When I was practicing law I came to the conclusion that finding the “truth” was, very often, the same way. We rarely got to “the whole truth and nothing…

United Way of Rutland County (UWRC) announced Monday, July 6, that $300,000 worth of grant awards have been disbursed to 19 different area nonprofits within Rutland County. A trusted group of community leaders helped in the overall decision making process for disbursing these funds, making sure that community donations (which actually fund these grants requests)…