By Lisa Chalidze, chair of the Criminal Justice Division and Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at College of St. Joseph, Rutland, Vt. Last week a grand jury indicted six police officers in relation to the death of Freddie Gray. The charges ranged from second-degree assault to “depraved-heart murder.” Gray lived in Baltimore. He was 25…

By Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos Vermonters deserve good government—and that includes an open and transparent government! We are proud of our state and our collective ability to overcome any difficult issue we may encounter. As Vermonters, when we see a problem, we know we can fix it through hard work and a dose…

Dear Editor, Last Tuesday the Killington Select Board voted unanimously to proceed with handing over control of the town’s marketing and events to the KPAA [Killington-Pico Area Association]. Details of the proposed agreement are posted on the Killington town website. According to the agreement the town will spend the entire marketing and events budget, approved…

Dear Editor, I am totally enraged! The citizens of this town have made their feelings known to the Selectboard for at least five years (since the “holy five” purchased Bill’s Country Store), regarding the fact that we did not want to fund the Chamber/KPAA in any way. And every year the same group comes back…

Dear Editor, This past Tuesday during “Citizens’ Concerns,” Pat Linnemayr brought up the subject of the West Hill Slip Road. She, like many of the citizens of Killington, want to keep the slip road. Last year, in just two days Vito Rasenas collected over 100 names on a petition to keep the road, and I…

By Erin Mansfield, VTDigger.org A six-person Vermont company is fighting corporate lawyers from Facebook who want to block the startup’s trademark application with the federal government. Based in Burlington, Designbook LLC is an online platform created to help engineers raise money for their inventions from investors nationwide. Kyle Clark, a 34-year-old materials engineer, founded Designbook…

KILLINGTON — Thursday Night Twilight League golfers at GMNGC are earning points this year toward the first Birch Ridge Cup. Loosely based on the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup, the Birch Ridge Cup will be awarded to the player with the highest point total at the end of the summer. The grand prize is a cocktail reception for…

This week three teams came in four strokes under par. A match of cards (MOC) was used to determine the winner. When multiple teams finish their round with the same score their scorecards will be compared to see who performed better on the hardest rated holes on the golf course (hole #4 at GMNGC). The…

Courtesy of Killington Rec Dept. The Johnson Recreation Center pool hosts a school pool party, a welcome refreshment to students just out of class on a hot summer day. Friday, June 12 at 4 p.m. — KILLINGTON — The Johnson Recreation Center pool located on River Road in Killington will open on Friday, June 12 from 4-7…

Courtesy of Chaffee Art Center “Brotherly Love” by Denise Letendre Bach is part of the Chaffee’s 8th Annual Photography Contest, opening June 12. Friday, June 12 at 5 p.m. — RUTLAND — The Chaffee Art Center announces the opening of “Images of Love and Community,” a three-piece photography exhibit featuring the PhotoVoice project, (Un)covering Rutland project, and…

Courtesy of Paramount Theatre AARON LEWIS Friday, June 12 at 8 p.m. — RUTLAND — The Paramount Theatre welcomes 90s rock/metal group Staind lead-singer and country music artist Aaron Lewis to the stage on Friday, June 12 at 8 p.m. In 2011, the Staind frontman formally arrived in the country world with the release of his debut…

Saturday, June 13 at 2 p.m. — ORWELL — On Saturday, June 13 at 2 p.m., head to the Mount Independence State Historic Site for a talk on Revolutionary War winter soldiering at Mount Independence by long-time reenactor and history researcher Mike Barbieri. The event is part of Vermont Days Weekend, when admission to all Vermont State Historic…

Saturday, June 13 at 10 a.m. — GRANVILLE, N.Y. — New Slate Valley Museum (SVM) Executive Director Krista Rupe invite everyone to the SVM Community Day, a free celebration of community and education activities honoring the museum’s 20 year legacy on Saturday, June 13 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., with twenty things to see and family games to…

Courtesy of Brandon Music GYPSY REEL Saturday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m. — BRANDON — The high energy, stirring music of Gypsy Reel comes to Brandon Music on June 13 at7:30 p.m. The band plays tunes rooted in the Celtic tradition but garnered from the whole world. Their music is an exciting synthesis of world rhythms and influences from…

Courtesy of C. Hunt MELLOW YELLOW Thursday, June 18 at 7 p.m. — FAIR HAVEN — On Thursday, June 18, the second summer concert in the Fair Haven Concert series features Mellow Yellow. This band pays tribute to the 60s and 70s with truly authentic renditions of some of the genre’s greatest songs. While other tribute bands…