WEST RUTLAND —  Rutland State Police and Fair Haven Police Department are investigating a series of gas drive-offs in the West Rutland and Fair Haven areas. Investigation suggests that the same male was driving a white 2004 Ford pick-up with Vermont Truck Registration 231A531 on Nov. 1 at 2:54 p.m. when gas was most recently pumped…

SPRINGFIELD—On Oct. 23, just after midnight, Vermont State Police received a 911 phone call reporting a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 91, near mile marker 45 northbound, in Springfield, Vt. The caller advised a vehicle crashed into trees in the median and was now on fire. Upon the arrival of troopers, the vehicle, a 2008 Chrysler…

By Dom Cioffi Günther Schabowski has died. While that news will undoubtedly leave most Americans wrestling with questions of why they should even care, for millions of people in Germany, he represents an epic paradigm shift in their history. East Germany (as you’ll remember from your history textbooks) constructed the Berlin Wall in 1961 in an attempt to halt the…

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Courtesy of  PEGTV “Insight” crew (l-r): Alan Keays, Polly Lynn, Royal Barnard and Laura Vien. RUTLAND COUNTY — Oct. 22 marked exactly eight years of Royal Barnard’s involvement with “Insight,” a news show on PEGTV Channel 21. After 29 years in the newspaper business as the former owner of The Mountain Times, and eight in TV,…

Courtesy of AccuVein New technology illuminates veins for ease of blood draw. RUTLAND—On Oct. 28, Rutland Regional Medical Center (RRMC) announced that it had recently added new vein illumination technology to help healthcare professionals locate veins for blood draws or intravenous injections. The AccuVein AV400 is a handheld vein illumination device about the size of…

By Lani Duke Reimagining Depot Park Calls continue to come in to the aldermen from residents worried about the fate of Depot Park. The city's Community and Economic Development Committee voted to pursue a Community Development Block Grant for studying the feasibility and cost to dissolve Depot Park as it now stands in the process…

Three exciting new graduate programs now accepting applications CASTLETON – Castleton University is pleased to announce the addition of three new graduate programs to its ever-growing list of academic offerings. A Masters of Arts and Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in School Psychology, Master of Arts in Educational Leadership and Master of Arts in Education:…

Middlebury College student’s app rewards drivers for not using their phone There is a new Vermont-made tool to help keep drivers even safer behind the wheel. Green Mountain Power is proud to be the first company to sign up to use a new safety app called JoyRyde. The app works by tracking the user's distance and…

By Lani Duke Lake House Pub & Grille sold at auction At an auction held Friday morning, Oct. 30, The Lake House Pub & Grille on Lake Bomoseen successfully changed hands. Although the buyer was not identified, it is said that the new owner plans to revitalize the restaurant. A turnkey operation, it includes 39-car…

Courtesy of Killington Mountain Bike Club A mountain biker crosses the finish line at a recent event held in Killington. Club receives chapter grant from Vermont Mountain Bike Association KILLINGTON – On Monday Nov. 2, the Killington Mountain Bike Club (KMBC) announced it had received the 2015 VMBA chapter trail grant and was awarded $2,000…

RUTLAND — With fall sports coming to a close and winter sports just on the horizon, it's a good time to reflect on what has been an impressive year so far for College of St. Joseph. Men’s soccer finished the regular season with a Yankee Small College Conference best 7-1 record and a 10-6-1 overall record.…

14-year-old fan charges field, meets idol who gives up winning metal By Maxx Steinmetz Bronze final The losers of the semifinal games, the Springboks of South Africa and Los Pumas of Argentina, got one last hurrah in this year’s world cup, as they played in a bronze medal match a day ahead of the final…

On Monday, Nov. 1, Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department and Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation announced the winners of the 2015 Reel Fun Vermont photo contest, a component of the recently-created Reel Fun Vermont fishing program aimed at making fishing in Vermont State Parks more accessible to park visitors. “We received dozens of…

Record bull taken in the archery season Vermont moose hunters had a successful hunting season, according to the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. “A preliminary count shows that by Oct. 26 the department had received official reports of 8 moose being taken by 42 hunters in the archery season and 107 moose taken by 230…