Dear Editor, Most of us have heard of the Paris Climate Action Accord. But as we talk with others, we find that hardly anyone knows that our National Forest is being targeted for destruction in the name of so called green energy. Iberdrola, a Spanish global energy giant that has recently merged with a Connecticut…

Photo courtesy of Rutland City Police Department CATHERINE NELSON By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org Rutland City Police confirmed that Catherine Nelson, who was just named publisher to lead the Rutland Herald and Times Argus, was arrested on Dec. 26 and faces charges of drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident. Police say Nelson was…

Courtesy of PEGTV Longtime producer Joe Tilden sits down in front of the green screen at PEGTV studios to tape a new episode of his show “Big Joe’s Journal.” RUTLAND –  PEGTV recognizes television producer Joe Tilden of Rutland for his commitment and dedication to public access programming. Tilden is one of the longest running…

Jim Riley RUTLAND—On Jan. 5, at 6 p.m. PEGTV will air the first episode of “Jim Riley’s Reality Check,” a current affairs, news and politics talk show. Jim Riley is a former U.S. Army and Army Reserve enlisted soldier, N.C.O., and officer who served in Asia, Europe, and throughout the United States, as well as…

Class of 2015 receives $5,986,652 in scholarship offers Many 2015 MSJ graduates received very substantial scholarship offers to help pay for college, sometimes even full scholarships. Two-year scholarship partnership with College of Saint Joseph MSJ and College of Saint Joseph partnered to offer annually two-year full scholarships to up to five MSJ graduates. MSJ looks…

RUTLAND—Rutland Economic Development Corporation (REDC) Executive Director Lyle Jepson announced Dec. 29 the appointments of Sara Gilbert and Tyler Richardson as assistant directors of REDC. Gilbert was most recently the director of business development at NeighborWorks of Western Vermont, a homeownership nonprofit and community lender, where she oversaw marketing and community outreach. Gilbert also worked…

MENDON — On Friday, Jan. 1 at about 11:27 a.m., troopers from the Vermont State Police Rutland Barracks responded to a motor vehicle crash on Route 4 in Mendon.  Investigation revealed a vehicle driven by Sage Brow, age 18 of Rutland, was traveling east at a high rate of speed, when her 2001 Chevrolet Cavalier crossed…

The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) remind motorists that snow and ice are now a part of everyone’s daily driving experience in Vermont and now is the time to start preparations for winter. “The first storm of the year is when we typically see a lot of easily preventable crashes,” says Todd Law, state maintenance…

WOODSTOCK—A new real estate office is opening in Woodstock with some familiar faces. William Raveis is opening its new office located at One Elm Street in downtown. This new office will be a part of the William Raveis Real Estate family of companies owned and operated by brokers John and Marcia Biondolillo. Local agent and…

With the holiday now behind us, O Christmas tree, how saggy are your branches? The gifts have been removed from under the pine, the tree is swiftly losing its coat of green, and the needles are piling up on the floor, which means it’s time to remove the tree from your home. Christmas trees are…

It was a victorious week for both the men’s and women’s basketball teams at College of St. Joseph. The women’s team went 2-0 and the men’s team took care of business in their one and only game scheduled for the week. The Lady Saints now have an overall record of 9-1 and a perfect 4-0…

The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department reports that bear hunters in Vermont had a safe and successful hunting season in 2015. Preliminary numbers show that hunters took 669 black bears during the 83 days of the two-part “early bear season” and “late bear season.” There were also no hunting-related shooting incidents. Fish & Wildlife Department…

KILLINGTON — The United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA), in partnership with Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports, will once again host their annual Winter Ski Festival at Pico Mountain in Killington, Feb. 5-8. The event, in its ninth year, is one of the largest annual gatherings in the United States of skiers who are blind and visually…