Michael Mills, the man who was shot by a Ludlow police officer on Aug. 15, 2022, has died. Mills was 36 years old at the time of his death Aug. 25 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire. The New Hampshire Chief Medical Examiner’s Office performed an autopsy on Mills and determined the cause…

By Paul Bean Editor’s note: Paul Bean is a resident of Northfield and a candidate for Vermont Senate in Washington County. In honor of Labor Day, I wanted to talk about our workforce. Vermont is a challenging place in which to live, and we want to ensure that our youth are being educated on the…

By Katy Savage Rutland City School Board members voted 6-4 Tuesday, Aug. 30 to once again retire the Raiders moniker following state legislation that essentially requires all schools to stop using racist mascots. The discussion on Tuesday was brief and followed an earlier ad-hoc committee meeting on Aug. 23. Karen Bossi, who suggested changing the…

Staff report Repairs and upgrades of the new Fair Haven Union Middle High School were finished just in time for school to start. The building received its certificate of occupancy on Monday, Aug. 29, just two days before the first day of school. “It was definitely tight,” said Slate Valley Unified Union School District Superintendent…

Sept. 10-11 — RUTLAND —The Rotary Club of Rutland will host the Build Better Friendships pickleball tournament in partnership with Vermont Sport & Fitness and Rutland Recreation & Parks Dept. to be held Saturday, Sept. 10, and Sunday, Sept. 11.  Covid-19 took a toll on the Rotary Club of Rutland’s ability to raise the funds.…

The Vermont Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud and Residential Abuse Unit (MFRAU) announced a settlement with Our House Residential Care Homes in Rutland on Aug. 31. It is alleged that Our House, operator of four residential care homes, failed to properly train staff and adequately document and monitor the delivery of resident care services, resulting in…

By Tim Traver This spring, we went the no-mow route on about a quarter-acre of our lawn, the last remaining groomed piece we hadn’t turned into vegetable garden or permanent meadow. What a relief! During the hottest, driest spells over the summer, the grass wasn’t growing anyway. The lawn we did mow during the drought…

Friday, Sept. 9 — RUTLAND — The Paramount Theatre, located at 30 Center St. in downtown Rutland, presents Lorrie Morgan, the first woman in her genre to begin her career with three consecutive Platinum albums, on Friday, Sept. 9, at 7:30 p.m. Lorrie Morgan has been around great songs all her life. She is a…

By Mary Ellen Shaw When I read that Seward’s Restaurant is closing my mind went to memories that began in childhood. When you have been around for more than of a century it’s rare to have an existing business that has shared that same time span with you. I was 3 years old when the…

By Mary Ellen Shaw Well, how did your garden grow this summer? Did you try anything new? Experimenting with new plants is one of my favorite things to do. When the calendar tells me that Labor Day has arrived I know that the gardening season is coming to an end. Summer goes by way too…

John Gosselin stole the show at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 3, capturing the Limited Sportsman “Win & You’re In” race to earn a guaranteed starting berth in Sunday’s Fabian Earth Moving Vermont 200. Other feature winners in the Saturday portion of the weekend event included Elmo Reckner, Daryl Gebo, Allen Hewitt, and Griff…

By Kevin Theissen You may have heard that the Biden administration announced it was forgiving five-figure loan amounts to as many as 43 million federal college loan borrowers. Also noteworthy was the announcement that it would be extending its loan repayment pause one more time through Dec. 31. This will be the seventh extension since the pause…

Saturday, Sept. 9 — ORWELL — On Saturday, Sept. 10, the Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell, hosts a special program, “Conserving History, One Artifact at a Time,” at 1 p.m. In 2021 the site and its friends group, the Mount Independence Coalition, completed a project to conserve 45 significant Revolutionary War metal artifacts…

Annual benefit raises money for local family and Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation Sunday, Sept. 11 at 1 p.m.—KILLINGTON—Head to Moguls Sports Pub this Sunday, Sept. 11 from 1-6 p.m. for the ninth annual Pie in the Face for Chase charity benefit. It’s time again to pie local celebrities and raise money for Chase William Kuehl and…

By Jeralyn Darling/ VTDigger As she seeks to end her life through Vermont’s medical-aid-in-dying law, Lynda Bluestein faces one major obstacle: her zipcode. Bluestein, 75, was diagnosed last year with terminal fallopian tube cancer. She said she’d like to make use of Vermont’s Act 39, which allows doctors to prescribe life-ending drugs to terminally ill…