Brandon and Woodstock receive detailed analysis and recommendations On Oct. 6, Governor Shumlin announced the release of the final report on the Vermont Economic Resiliency Initiative (VERI), identifying Vermont’s top 32 communities where economic activity and associated infrastructure are at high risk of flooding. The report provides a how-to reference for towns and states interested…

By Jasper Craven, VTDigger.org Dr. Louis Meyers, a Rutland physician, intends to mount a campaign for lieutenant governor as an independent. “This is my first foray into politics, and obviously it would be considered a long shot,” Meyers told VTDigger in an interview last week. “I see this as a win for me even if…

KILLINGTON—On Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015 at 10 a.m. Rutland State Police and Killington Rescue responded to a report of an unconscious man who had suffered a medical emergency while riding his bike on Route 4 in the town of Killington. Thomas Hagemann, 59, of Houston, Texas, was riding his bike with friends when he collapsed…

WEST RUTLAND — On Oct. 6 members of the Vermont State Police responded to a call from 140 Marble St. West Rutland for a reported burglary. Resident Kevin Withington, age 36, advised that between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., while he was at work, someone unlawfully entered his house, unlocked his gun cabinet,…

Staff report KILLINGTON —  The Fire Department facilities review committee and Select Board support building a new fire department. In order for voters to understand the current need, Killington Fire and Rescue is hosting four open houses every Tuesday from 6-7 p.m throughout the month of October, and invites all residents to take a tour…

Event aimed to empower and promote women entrepreneurs On Monday, Oct. 12, the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET) and Hotel Vermont announced the InnovateHER VT Challenge, a new business pitch event in Burlington, Vt. InnovateHER VT is a part of a national pitch competition that celebrates and promotes women entrepreneurs and ventures that impact…

Since July 2015, when requirements for food diversion took effect for medium-sized institutions under Vermont’s universal recycling law, the Vermont Foodbank has seen a 24 percent increase in food donations from retailers over last year. On Thursday, Sept. 24, state agency officials, representatives from the Vermont Foodbank, and local grocers joined together at the Chittenden…

By Stephen Seitz Rutland is planning a 100-year project to make the city’s water infrastructure sustainable and easily maintained by the time it’s finished, according to Rutland Department of Public Works commissioner Jeffrey Wennberg. Wennberg recently appeared on the cable access program “Insight,” hosted this week by Rutland Herald editor Alan Keays c and the program’s…

By Gov. Peter Shumlin When I came to office in 2011, I made expanding broadband Internet access to every last mile a priority. No one thought achieving that goal would be easy, especially since previous governors had set similar goals, only to fall short in the end. The same features that make Vermont an ideal…

$252,344 bonus recognizes state’s efforts administering federal food benefit program Gov. Peter Shumlin and Agency of Human Services (AHS) secretary Hal Cohen announced Sept. 30 that for the second time this year Vermont has received from the U.S. Department of Agriculture a bonus for increased performance in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which offers…

By Deborah T. Bucknam, Esq. Act 46, the new state law which provides for mergers of school districts into larger districts, protects forever all school districts’ present systems, whether the district tuitions its students or operates its own school, or a combination of both. The State Board of Education has interpreted Act 46 to mean…

Dear Editor, I support David Rosenblum who called out leaders on road safety. Rosenblum is a stalwart volunteer for the town and I fully understand his frustration with paid bureaucrats’ inaction. I’d wager things would play differently if said bureaucrats resided in the town locale. Municipalities get sued all the time for avoidable tragedies. We…

Dear Editor, I got interested in hydroelectric power in an instant on Dec. 26, 2008. While driving and listening to an NPR news piece regarding the skyrocketing price of oil, I had an epiphany. I live in a mill town and there are five dams within one mile of my home. I was deeply disturbed…

By Dom Cioffi Several months ago, after finding my son and his two friends indoors playing video games, I demanded that they exit the house. It was a beautiful summer day and they were wasting it staring into a television monitor. I barked something about never being allowed to stay inside when I was a…

LISA LAMPANELLI Thursday, Oct. 15 at 8 p.m. — RUTLAND — Comedy’s lovable “Queen of Mean,” Lisa Lampanelli will bring her “Leaner, Meaner” tour to Rutland’s Paramount Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 15 at 8 p.m. Never shying away from an insult or taboo subject, the seasoned comedian is well known for her fearless style of comedy. Brash,…