By Alan Keays, VTDigger The largest independent Canadian beer company says a small Rutland brewery has stolen its moose. Moosehead Breweries Limited, based in Saint John, New Brunswick, sued the Hop’n Moose Brewing Co. last week in federal court in Vermont, alleging trademark infringement. The Canadian firm alleges that the moose image the downtown Rutland…

Vermont Emergency Management (VEM) Director Erica Bornemann has requested a Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to determine if the state qualifies for a federal Public Assistance disaster declaration.  The request asks for assessments in Addison, Chittenden, Essex, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, Washington, and Windham counties. To qualify for…

By Alan Keays, VTDigger City Treasurer Wendy Wilton has been appointed by the Trump administration to a federal post. Wilton, who has served as the city’s elected treasurer for more than 10 years, has been named the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency state director for Vermont. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, in a news release late Friday, announced the…

EAST DORSET— The family of Sandy Casey has announced the creation of a scholarship fund in her memory. The Sandy Casey Scholarship Fund, honoring the life of the East Dorset native who was killed in the Las Vegas shooting on Oct. 1, will be overseen by a committee, including Sandy’s father Steven Casey, the president…

Photo by Vt. Fish & Wildlife Hunters are asked to provide an incisor tooth from their deer at reporting stations. Hunters are gearing up for the start of Vermont’s 16-day rifle deer season that begins Saturday, Nov. 11 and ends Sunday, Nov. 26. A hunter may take one buck during this season with at least…

KILLINGTON— For the fourth year, Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports, a nationally recognized nonprofit that provides sports and recreational programming on a daily, year-round basis to people with disabilities, will participate in the world-recognized charitable giving campaign, #GivingTuesday, on Tuesday, Nov. 28. It will harness the generosity of two donors: an anonymous Vermont Adaptive family…

KILLINGTON— For the last 25 years, the Vermont Brewers Association (VBA) has been running a brewers’ festival on the waterfront in Burlington. New for 2018, the brewers are getting together to create a collaboration festival outdoors in the picturesque mountain setting of Killington Resort on March 24. This smaller, more intimate festival, will have 30…

RUTLAND— The first in a planned series of sculptures highlighting local and regional history, was unveiled today, beginning a new chapter for downtown Rutland and the city’s ongoing revitalization. The sculpture, a massive bookstand holding a 3 foot high, open “Jungle Book,” its characters rising off the pages, was carved by Vermont artist Sean Hunter…

RUTLAND— Chapter 1, Vietnam Veterans of America, will rededicate the Rutland County Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Main Street Park in Rutland Saturday, Nov. 11, at 10 a.m. A brief ceremony will feature a new marble sculpture of a Vietnam soldier, the addition of 13 names to the Honor Roll of those men and women from…

By Stephen Seitz LUDLOW— A local committee dedicated to keeping the Black River High School open has invited the Ethan Allen Institute to speak on school choice. The Black River Independent School Committee (BRISC) will hear what the conservative Institute’s Rob Roper has to say on Nov. 14. The presentation will be given at the Ludlow…

By Alan Keays, VTDigger Vermont Republicans chose a new party chair this weekend, and it wasn’t the candidate backed by the sitting governor. Deborah Billado of Essex Junction was elected to a two-year term as the party’s chair over Michael Donohue of Shelburne. Billado takes the place of David Sunderland, who did not seek re-election after four…

David “Devo” DeVarney, a 61-year-old graduate of Winooski High School, Class of 1973, and Vermont 251 Club member, will be completing his goal of running through Vermont’s 251’s towns and cities when he arrives at Winooski’s Eugene Richards Memorial Park, Sunday, Nov. 12, at 11 a.m. DeVarney is a retired U.S. Navy senior chief petty…

Courtesy of Brandon Music GRANT STINNETT Saturday, Nov. 11, 7:30 p.m.—BRANDON— Contemporary singer-songwriter Grant Stinnett will perform at Brandon Music on Nov. 11. Stinnett has a passion for creating a powerful full-band sound with a single acoustic guitar. Through the use of a customized guitar, and looper pedal, Stinnett blows the stage away with bass-lines, guitar, drums, lead…