Castleton University announced Wednesday, July 15, that it will offer students and families the option of a residential campus experience for the fall 2020 semester and deliver its academic courses online. Interim President Jonathan Spiro said moving the university’s courses from in-person to remote delivery required careful consideration of many factors. “Vermonters are doing a…

By Katy Savage As trucks beeped and concrete was dug up on Library Avenue to install pipe that would reduce wastewater overflows into Otter Creek, Congressman Peter Welch outlined a plan to federally fund similar infrastructure needs on July 16. Welch’s $1.5 trillion Moving Forward Act passed the House on July 1. The bill includes…

All 183 Hannaford grocery stores are expected to stop selling tobacco products by this fall, according to Hannaford spokesman Eric Blom. Specific dates will vary for each store, Blom said. Hannaford Supermarkets is the latest in a series of major retailers that have announced that they’re phasing out tobacco products. “We have been moving away…

The Woodstock Area Relief Fund (WARF) has raised half a million dollars from almost 500 donors. Donations have ranged from $1 to $50,000 — almost 40% of the donors are second-home owners. Relief grants totaling more than $310,000 have already been provided to 496 local residents—adults and children from Barnard, Bridgewater, Killington, Plymouth, Pomfret, Reading, and Woodstock. That…

By Katy Savage After the proposed Rochester Stockbridge Unified School District budget failed 141-110 on June 30, the board is proposing a new budget for the Aug. 11 vote. The new $4.37 million budget is down about $20,000 from the previously proposed budget. It reflects a $13,000 cut in fuel costs and another $7,000 cut…

Here is a list of road construction projects happening throughout Central Vermont. 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 work zone. Expect gravel…

Rutland Young Professionals (RYP) recently welcomed five new members to its board of directors, led by board president Kim Rupe. The Rutland Young Professionals board of directors leads the nonprofit organization, which began in 2013 and currently serves more than 300 paid members and friends of RYP across the greater Rutland region. New board members…

RUTLAND—The Vermont state police continue to investigate a shooting by Rutland City police officers that occurred just after midnight, Wednesday, July 8. Preliminary investigation indicated that Rutland City Police had been conducting a narcotics investigation on Terrill Street when the incident escalated and two Rutland men were injured. The victims, Michael Goodnough, 45, and Robert…

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 2010 alumna Amanda Gokee, cites appropriation of Native American culture. Gokee, who identifies as Ojibwe,…

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 children are nurtured and cherished equally, and it is dedicated to uplifting the Black, Indigenous,…

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 party” has placed a stalking-horse bid of $3 million for the property. So the auction…

By Emma Cotton/VTDigger and Polly Mikula The Holiday Inn in Rutland Town has been cited by the state for being over the allowable 50% capacity for hotels permitted under Vermont’s Covid-19 restrictions, but the hotel says it is simply the venue for a summer camp and therefore should be allowed to occupy 75% of capacity, per…

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 is being enforced by the Woodstock Village Police, the health inspector and village parking attendants,…

If you love yoga and you love the Rutland County Humane Society (RCHS), then you’ll love our super fun fundraiser! Join RCHS in your own home on Thursday, August 13 at 5:30 p.m. via Zoom for yoga with your cat!  Enjoy an all-level yoga class led by Stephanie Jones E-RYT with your furry feline! Stephanie…

By Curt Peterson The Windsor Central Unified Union School District (WCUUSD) building and grounds committee will tell the full school board at its next meeting on Aug. 3 that concerns about drainage, wetlands, and storm water management can be resolved for preliminary approval of state standards, and will let the full board know that the…