By Emma Cotton/VTDigger About 200 Rutland High School alumni, students and community members are drafting a petition calling on school officials to remove the name and arrowhead imagery of the school’s sports team, the Rutland Raiders. The group, led by RHS […]
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Artist paints new mural in downtown Rutland to amplify Black Lives Matter Movement
Artist/Activist Lopi LaRoe (a.k.a. LMNOPI) created a nearly four-story mural facing Rutland’s new Center Street Marketplace Park on the back wall of the former Strand Theater adjacent to Roots –The Restaurant. This new public artwork imagines a world where all […]
Auction set for Green Mountain College
Staff report Green Mountain College in Poultney will be auctioned off on Aug. 18, according to Maltz Auctions of Central Islip, New York, who will preside over the sale. A press release from the company states that “a well-qualified, interested […]
Woodstock mandates face masks, Rutland considers it
By Katy Savage If you’re planning to go to Woodstock, don’t forget your face mask. The Woodstock Village Trustees and town Select Board have required masks both inside retail stores and in outdoor public spaces since July 9. The requirement […]
Reverse parades provide alternate celebration
ROCHESTER—The “quin-towns” of Granville, Hancock, Rochester, Pittsfield and Stockbridge celebrated this past 4th of July weekend with a new tradition — a reverse parade. Route 100 became the designated parade route, but instead of the floats passing the spectators, the […]
Teen dies in late night rollover car crash, three others injured
PROCTOR—On Thursday, July 9, at approximately 3:18 a.m., troopers from the Vermont State Police – Rutland Barracks were assigned to a single vehicle crash with entrapment and ejection on West Street, in Proctor. Through investigation it was determined Gabe Capen, […]
Rutland City police officers shot and wounded two Rutland men
UPDATE: Thursday, July 9 The Vermont State Police identified the Rutland City Police Officers present at the time of Wednesday’s shooting as: Cpl. Elias Anderson, seven years of service with Rutland City Police. Officer Tyler Billings, three years of service […]
Vermont River Conservancy strives for a swimming hole for every town
Swimming holes in Vermont are renowned for their beauty and opportunity for adventure – thousands of people enjoy our swimming holes every year and depend on them as public gathering spaces to have fun and relax during the short Vermont summers. During […]
Scott Howard avid skier, remembered as the world’s vertical champion
Scott Howard, an enthusiastic and proud member of the Killington 100 Day Club, who had an incredible insatiable passion for skiing and golf, died June 25, 2020. He was 67. It is always so difficult losing a person who was such […]
More bears reported with new food scrap ban
State urges residents to compost with bears in mind Staff report Many people are having problems with bears looking for food near their homes, according to the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Dept. With the new food scrap ban now in […]