By Amy McClure Collen Doyle By Amy McClure BRIDGEWATER — Collen Doyle, an actor and comedian, and 2006 graduate from Woodstock Union High School returned to Bridgewater and opened the Woolen Mill Comedy Club on the second floor of the Bridgewater Mill Mall in December of 2014. Prior to that, Doyle spent eight years living…

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PITTSFORD—On May 24, 2016, the Vermont State Police were notified by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCF) of their concern of an intimate relationship between Victoria “Jaydon” Hunt, from Whiting, Vt., and a 14-year-old girl. The Rutland Unit for Special Investigations became involved and during investigation it was learned Hunt has engaged in…

HARTFORD — On Saturday, June 25, at approximately 4:30 p.m., Hartford Police were dispatched to a report of a dogfight in the off-leash area of Watson Upper Valley Dog Park in Hartford Village. Witnesses reported that an off-duty police officer had shot and killed a pit bull that had attacked his dog at the park,…

LUDLOW — On June 24, at approximately 7:47 p.m., the Vermont State Police, in conjunction with the Ludlow Police Department, conducted a motor vehicle stop on a silver Chevy Equinox for a cracked windshield, on Vermont Route 103, near the Ludlow and Cavendish town line.  During the stop, it was determined that the operator, Jeffrey…

  SPRINGFIELD — On Monday, June 20, at 3:19 p.m. Vermont State Police and Springfield Fire responded to a single vehicle crash on I-91 at mile marker 39N in Springfield. Jerry Schleis, age 68 from Tombstone, AZ, was traveling north in his 2008 Chevrolet pick-up truck with a bed camper when the vehicle drifted into the…

SHREWSBURY — On June 26, at 10:27 p.m., members of the Vermont State Police responded to an ATV crash on Upper Cold River Road in the town of Shrewsbury. The Shrewsbury Volunteer Fire Department also responded to assist at the crash scene. Troopers arrived on scene and through the course of the investigation learned Neal…

PITTSFORD—On June 22, 2016, at about 10 p.m., Vermont State Police troopers responded to the Champlain Farms convenience store, located at 3705 U.S. Route 7 in the town of Pittsford, for a reported armed robbery. According to police, the robbery involved a lone Caucasian male robber, who entered the store with a weapon and demanded…

BRANDON — Federal authorities on Wednesday, June 22, arrested a Brandon woman as part of a national health care fraud crackdown. The Office of the U.S. Attorney in Burlington said the 36-year-old Misti Baker was involved in Medicaid fraud, and that a federal judged had ordered that she be jailed pending a detention hearing on…

RUTLAND – A major sewer line at Rutland Regional Medical Center will be replaced with newer pipes designed to handle higher output volumes. The project will begin on July 11 and will replace an aging sewer line originally installed in 1957. About 300 feet of new 12-inch PVC pipe will improve reliability and capacity and meet…

Vermont Realtors® (VR), the state’s Realtor® association, announced the creation of a statewide Energy Efficient Professionals Qualifications Registry (EEPQR) in a news release June 24. “VR is creating EEPQR to address the significant hurdles facing the development of more energy-efficient homes in the marketplace,” said Isaac Chavez, CEO for Vermont Realtors®. “There exists general consensus…

Creek Path, Ripley Bridge projects continue RUTLAND CITY—Assistant City Engineer Nate Stansberry recently gave the Board of Aldermen a plan to put solar-powered flashing beacons where the Creek Path crosses Crescent, State, and West streets. Using solar power fits the city’s “Solar City” thrust, he said. Lights are to be installed in either late fall…

By: Lani Duke Farewell, Jonas Rosenthal POULTNEY—Poultney town and village manager Jonas Rosenthal has announced his plans to retire in September, after 31 years of serving the 1,579 residents of the rural community. In addition to filling the town manager post since 1985 and the village manager role since 1996, Rosenthal has also acted as…

On June 23 the National Park Service announced $1.19 million in grants to support 20 projects at significant battlefields across the country. The projects will research, document, or interpret dozens of battlefields representing more than 300 years of history. “From the shores of the Mariana Islands, to an old Dutch fort in Delaware, to a…