By Anne Galloway, VTDigger The Vermont Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs and four other plaintiffs are suing the state over a ban on large capacity gun magazines. The federation, a gun association, several sporting goods stores and a woman from Bethel allege that a new law putting a cap on magazines violates the rights of gun owners under…

By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week’s Horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Leo Moon. With all kinds of aspects to consider let’s keep in mind that Chiron is still sitting on top of the Aries Point and will remain within orb of that conjunction until the end of…

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Courtesy Kim Peters A group of the younger wrestlers, ages 5-7, pose for a photo.

Submitted Volunteers at RRMC are honored during National Volunteer Recognition Week.

Submitted Travis McFarland

LUDLOW— On April 11, at 8:45 p.m. the Ludlow Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 701 Route 100 in Ludlow, a residence owned by Brian O’hare. The occupants of the residence, friends of the owner, had called 911 after noticing the family dog acting strange and finding smoke and fire in the attached garage. Upon…

HARTFORD— On April 15, at 1:50 p.m. Vermont 911 received multiple reports of a single car crash with injuries on Interstate 89 ( 1-89  )south in the town of Hartford. State police along with Hartford Fire and Lebanon Rescue responded to the scene, which was located just north of mile marker 3. The driver, Norman…

On April 13, at 6:23 p.m., state police received a 911 call from Corey Edwards, age 25 of White River Junction, stating that while driving south on Interstate 91 near mile marker 54 in the town of Windsor, a road rage incident occurred between him and another operator.  Edwards advised that the other operator was…

Suzette Cyr of Black River H.S.-M.S. in Ludlow and Keith Harrington of Poultney H.S. were recently nominated for the nationwide Harris History Teacher Award by the Vermont Historical Society, administrator of the National History Day program in Vermont. The Harris History Teacher of the Year award is sponsored by James F. Harris. The two national winners will be announced…

Submitted Lori Patterson

The youngest students in the Windsor Central Unified District (WCUD) can attend preschool for free for 20 hours a week starting next fall with a public pre-kindergarten (PreK) program in three of the district’s schools: Killington, Reading, and Woodstock Elementary Schools. “The Windsor Central Unified District is excited to be able to offer high quality…

POULTNEY— Green Mountain College (GMC) has been recognized as the top baccalaureate performer by the Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). GMC’s 2018 STARS score of 81.82 is the highest score any baccalaureate institution has achieved. STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System) measures and encourages sustainability in higher education, according to…

Clarendon’s water concerns differ from Bennington’s CLARENDON— Water well contamination by the manmade chemicals in the PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) family in Clarendon is far different from that discovered in Bennington in 2012, according to Chuck Schwer, waste management and prevention division director of the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). He expects to…