Terrance Chipp, 42, of Rutland was sentenced Thursday, July 23, by US District Court Chief Judge Geoffrey Crawford to 72 months imprisonment and three years of supervised release, which follows the term of imprisonment, according to the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont. Chipp previously pled guilty to possession with intent…

On Wednesday, July 22, at approximately 10:27 a.m., state police troopers from the Vermont state police were dispatched to a reported industrial accident in the area of 390 Blake Roy Road in Middlebury. There, troopers learned that two GMP linemen were injured when the utility pole that they were working on suddenly broke. Preliminary investigation indicated…

The Rutland County Solid Waste District, Solid Waste Alliance Communities and 350 Rutland County announced the rollout of the Community Food Scrap Share Program on Wednesday, July 22. This spring, over 285 people participated in Composting 101 Workshops. As an offshoot of this educational project, the organizations have created a community share platform after identifying…

Mountain Times: How is the summer going? How does it compare to the past? Your expectations? Mike Solimano: Overall, summer is going better than we expected considering the “new normal.”  But the reality is that a large portion of our revenue in summer is generated from businesses we can’t operate. Weddings, conferences, and events have all…

By John Flowers The Slate Valley Unified Union School District (SVUUSD) on Tuesday, July 21, announced students would return to Orwell Village School this fall. It is part of a school re-entry plan in which students in kindergarten through 8th grade will attend classes on their respective campuses, and students in grades 9-12 will see…

By Curt Peterson Windsor Central Unified Union School District (WCUUSD) interim superintendent Sherry Sousa’s presentation regarding reopening the district’s campuses drew a crowd to the Zoom meeting July 21. “It was surreal to be sitting in my kitchen, talking to my laptop and knowing more than 76 people were listening,” Sousa told the Mountain Times.…

State delays school start to Sept. 8 By Katy Savage Shortened days, delayed starts, partial remote learning, face masks and temperature checks — these are just some of the changes students can expect to see as the new school year approaches. Superintendents across the state are in the midst of developing plans to safely bring…

Rutland County’s Mentor Connector awarded $47,598 Mentor Vermont recently awarded four Covid-19 Response Grants, totaling $174,014, to youth mentoring agencies in rural communities in northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast Vermont. This one-time funding in response to the pandemic comes from a larger, $1.25 million three-year federal grant that the Vermont Dept. for Children and Families…

The following is a list of road construction projects in Windsor and Rutland counties this week. Please remember to drive safely in all work zones. Lives depend on it. Rutland and Windsor counties Bethel –  The bridge replacement along VT 12 continues. The traffic pattern will require vehicles to navigate different lanes to get around the…

By Emma Cotton/VTDigger Rutland Mayor David Allaire will step aside from his mayoral duties this week to undergo surgery at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. He expects the treatment will resolve his recent struggle with cancer. In his absence, starting Thursday, July 23 and lasting for at least three weeks, Matthew Whitcomb, the president of the Board of…

Rutland lawyer became Civil War officer, governor, senator, secretary of war and marble magnate Redfield Proctor, who served in the Civil War, made Rutland County the center of the marble universe, and served as governor, U.S. senator and secretary of war, will be honored with the 10th work of art on the Rutland Sculpture Trail.…

Staff report RUTLAND—BROC Community Action collected over 800 pounds of food in the first annual Stuff-A-Ruck event held in Rutland, Friday, July 17. Departing from the recruitment office at 10 a.m. the Vermont Army National Guard carried donated food in their rucksacks to BROC. “If there are two things the Vermont Army National Guard loves,…

By Curt Peterson Four residents of legislative district Windsor-1 (Windsor, Hartland and West Windsor) hope to win the Democratic Primary on Aug. 11. There are two open House seats: John Bartholomew is seeking his sixth term while Representative Zacharia Ralph is leaving the district. Their seats are “in play.” Paul Belaski of Windsor, Elizabeth Burrows…

Former KMS director of freestyle skiing loved life and it showed Diana Millichamp Williams, 56, founder of Hidden France, a boutique travel and tour service, died in her home in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on June 18, 2020. The cause was complications from colon cancer, her husband Alex Gambal said. Williams was a resident of Jackson…

By Lee J. Kahrs PITTSFORD — The story of the animals seized from a farm on Kimball Road in Brandon five months ago is heartbreaking, inspiring and expensive. The Rutland County Humane Society knows that all too well, having spent roughly $35,000 to care for and re-home the animals it took in from the farm.…