By Lani Duke Fair Haven restaurant opening FAIR HAVEN—Michele Witherbee plans to open the Johnny B restaurant in Fair Haven early in August. In addition to her current career as special educator with Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union, she has a far-reaching background in the restaurant business, working most recently for Fire and Ice restaurant in…

State police said a Killington man was hurt in a crash on Route 4 in Rutland town on Saturday night. Police said in a press release Philip Black was taken to Rutland Regional Medical Center where he was treated for non life-threatening” injuries following a head-on collision that occurred around 10 p.m. near the intersection…

Police say a Pittsford woman died from injuries resulting from a car crash that occurred on Saturday night in Rutland. Vermont State Police, Rutland Town Fire Department, and Regional Ambulance Service responded to the scene of an accident at the intersection of Route 7 and Pinnacle Ridge Road in Rutland. Investigation determined that Kara Goudreau…

CHITTENDEN—Barstow Memorial School began a fundraising project for a new playground after their current playground was determined to be no longer safe. This month, the goal has been achieved and a new playground will be in place for the start of school in August. Principal Renee Castillo noted that in August 2016 she had invited…

By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger IRA — The 108 head of cattle are gone. So are the tractors, balers and even the manure spreader. They all went to the highest bidders at an auction Saturday, July 8, at Milky Way Farm in Ira after a creditor of the financially struggling Rutland County dairy operation called…

POULTNEY—Do you know a Poultney citizen who goes above and beyond the call of duty to enrich the Poultney community in sharing his or her time and talents to it? Residents are invited to submit their nomination for their ideal Poultney citizen for the 2017 Poultney Area Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year award.…

By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger RUTLAND —A local doctor and medical practice owner had been engaged in criminal conduct for several years involving prescription and Medicaid fraud, Vermont State Police alleged Monday, July 3. Dr. Mark Logan, owner of Green Mountain Family Medicine in Rutland, faces 35 counts of prescription fraud and six counts of…

By Susan Durant “I wake up every morning amazed I am living in a 200-year-old house. The fact that it is still standing is a testament that they knew how to build them then,” said the Rev. Lee Crawford, the current resident of the Josiah Wood Farmhouse (now the vicarage for Church of Our Saviour…

By Lani Duke Downtown’s changing face The Bookmobile has moved to 17 Center Street, near Wonderfeet Kids’ Museum, and double its original square footage, on June 1. Owners Ruthellen Weston and Donald Babcock had opened the original store on Merchants Row in October 2012. They specialize in used books but offer new titles, children’s books,…

By Lani Duke Poultney residents contest store proposal POULTNEY—Local residents’ concerns about developing a Dollar General store on a Beaman Street property led to the town’s Development Review Board nixing the proposal, June 28. A pair of planned light-industrial uses met with community approval, but inclusion of the 10,000-square-foot retail use did not. Four buildings…

FLORENCE—Aimee Nordmeyer of Florence, daughter of Susan and Mike Nordmeyer of Florence, received her doctorate of pharmacy degree in a hooding ceremony from New England University in Portland, Maine, on Sunday, May 21. Attending the ceremony were her parents, Ethan Nordmeyer, Ben Merkert and both maternal and paternal grandparents, Marie and John Manney of Rutland,…

By Julia Purdy CUTTINGSVILLE—Just over a dozen people gathered in the meeting room at Spring Lake Ranch’s “Green House” Saturday, June 24, for an informal talk and guided walk to mark a double anniversary: Spring Lake Ranch’s 84th and Vermont Land Trust’s 40th. The two organizations became partners in 1993, when Spring Lake Ranch put…

A former Rutland doctor has been arrested for multiple violations of prescription and Medicaid fraud. Police said in a press release Dr. Mark Logan, owner of Green Mountain Family Medicine, a Suboxone prescriber in Rutland City, was was engaged in criminal fraud for several years dating back to 2010 or earlier. A joint investigation was…

July 5-8—RUTLAND—“Road Trip Masters,” a travel destination show which airs on Discovery’s Destination America channel will be filming in the Rutland Region July 5-8. “Road Trip Masters” is a half-hour TV show hosted by two educators, Nick Kessler and Brian Fulmer. They have one mission: to tell the story of unique travel destinations across America. “Road Trip…

Judicial change requested, claim of bias Christopher Sullivan, convicted of drunken driving and leaving the scene of a pedestrian fatality, has asked that Judge Theresa DiMauro be replaced for his upcoming resentencing hearing. He was scheduled to appear before her June 29. In 2015, Sullivan was sentenced to four to 10 years in jail. The…