RUTLAND–Washington Monthly magazine has named College of St. Joseph as a top 100 “Best Bang for the Buck” college in the Northeast region. The list placed CSJ at 57 out of 402 schools in the Northeast, and CSJ was one of just two Vermont colleges to make the top 100. The University of Vermont was…

RUTLAND–The start of a new school year can be a difficult transition for many students. For those in College of St. Joseph’s STEPS program, it goes beyond missing familiar faces from home and getting to class on time. For them, it includes how they can access necessary school supplies, and more. The Vermont Student Assistance…

In October, the Community College of Vermont will begin offering several free workforce development courses and workshops at five of the College’s academic centers across the state. These new training programs are designed to equip students with technical skills and industry certifications in high-demand sectors, with a focus on manufacturing, technology, business applications, and health…

Vermont State Fair trimming debt? There will probably be a sizable time lag before we know how successful the Vermont State Fair was this year. Rutland County Agricultural Society Vice President Don Chioffi told fair-goers they could expect $150,000 of entertainment for $12. Whether they did depends on what they expected to do at the…

WEST RUTLAND—On Thursday, Sept. 10, state troopers responded to a mid-afternoon multi-vehicle crash on Business Route 4 in front of the Sunoco station in West Rutland. Upon arrival police found two vehicles in the lane of travel: a 2005 Nissan Maxima, driven by Kim Simons, age 21, of Poultney, and a 2008 Subaru Outback, driven…

KILLINGTON — Green Mountain Power line crews need to interrupt electric service to 55 customers in a residential area of Killington Thursday morning, Sept. 17, so they can safely remove trees that have overgrown the power lines. The outage is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. and will last approximately one hour. It will affect…

Community renewal PAWLET—As part of a package of nearly $40 million in Vermont downtown and village center designation projects, Mach’s General Store and Flower Brook Brewery in Pawlet received a $146,431 tax credit allocation. Damaged by flood in 2011, fire in 2014, the 1804 brick structure faces a $1.3 million dollar complete restoration. Police chief…

CHITTENDEN — On Monday, Sept. 14, between 11 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. fly fishing equipment was stolen from a vehicle parked at the Leffert’s Pond Access area located off Wildcat Road in the Town of Chittenden, Vt. The equipment belongs to Patrick Norton, age 51 of Rutland, who reported it missing. All of the equipment…

Submitted Pictured (l-r): Linda Ross, Sasha Parise, Dave Hoffenberg, Rick Keuhl, Annie Keuhl, Chase Keuhl, Sal Salmeri, Colleen Collord, Kelly Spear, Peter Whittier and Shaula Holman. By Dave Hoffenberg You’ve seen a pie in the face in the movies and in baseball with a walk-off hit. Haven’t you always wanted to pie someone in the…

RUTLAND — With families, businesses, educators and individuals stepping up, organizers of the Rutland County “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes®” have reached their initial fundraising goal of $50,000 in cash and pledges. Now they are focused on signing up walkers to take part in the fund- and awareness-raising event set for Oct. 18 to…

Saturday, Sept. 12 — RUTLAND — Representatives from Rutland Young Professionals (RYP), Castleton Downtown and the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET) have finalized the schedule for the first ever Young Professionals Summit of Vermont and announced the list of expected guests. The summit will be hosted at the Paramount Theatre in Downtown Rutland on…

By Karen D. Lorentz An auction to support earthquake relief efforts in Nepal will take place on Saturday, Sept. 19 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Andrea Mead Lawrence Lodge at Pico Mountain. The benefit features fine art photography and other wonderful auction items, a raffle, and a chance to learn more about Nepal.…

By Sarah Olsen, VTDigger.com A state education official says the state should move toward many fewer supervisory unions under Act 46. The new state law incentivizes communities to merge local school districts into larger supervisory districts with unified boards from multiple towns. Bill Talbott, the deputy secretary of the Agency of Education, explained at a…

Collaboration between Castleton and Paramount Theatre kicks off with inaugural event in 14-month series. Wednesday, Sept. 16 — RUTLAND – The Paramount Theatre and Castleton University present a broadcast of the second Republican Primary Debate as the inaugural event in the 14-month series, Project 240: Celebrating the American Experience, on Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 8 p.m.…

PAWLET — On Monday, Sept. 7, at approximately 3:38 p.m., members of the Vermont State Police, Rutland Barracks, responded to a motor vehicle crash involving a bicycle. Investigation revealed that 21-year-old Kathleen E. King, of Wells, Vt., fell asleep behind the wheel of her vehicle, causing her to drive into the wrong lane of travel,…