Submitted Stella Elizabeth Sarandrea       Stella Elizabeth Sarandrea, age 72, of Chittenden, Vermont, passed away peacefully on Nov. 27, 2023, at Rutland Regional Medical Center. Born in Utica, Stella spent the majority of her life in the Oneida area of New York, where she graduated from Oneida High School with the Class of…

  The fourth edition of Vermont Almanac has been published and shipped to bookstores before the holidays. The book features all new stories about and by Vermont farmers, writers, loggers, artists, scientists, poets, thinkers, and doers. More than 50 Vermonters contributed stories to Volume IV.  Remember the Christmas storm last December? The freaky warm January…

  By Marin Howell/Addison Independent  When juveniles were accused of pulling the trigger in two recent fatal shootings just north in Addison County, the spotlight fell on the various questions and complexities that arise when prosecuting crimes committed by minors.   Among those questions: How do Vermont schools educate students who’ve been accused of violent…

  By Curt Peterson Last Friday, Dec. 8, law enforcement officers stopped 11 drivers for speeding on Killington Road, all traveling at over 50 miles per hour in spite of the posted 30-mile-per-hour speed limit. Seven drivers received summonses, Killington Police Chief Whit Montgomery told selectmen Monday, Dec. 11.  When the speed limit on Killington…

        By Tiffany Tan/VTDigger Two months after a retired college dean was fatally shot at a Castleton rail trail — and with no suspect identified — a local resident has spearheaded raising reward money to help solve the homicide case. Honoree Fleming, 77, a former dean of education at what was then…

   The recent FOLA (Friends of Ludlow Auditorium) production of the play, “Love Letters,” drew a very large audience whose donations exceeded $2,000.  Featuring Linda and George Thomson as the readers, the play, by A. R. Gurney, told the story of two people writing to each other as they went through two very different lives. …

  The Adaptive Sports Foundation (ASF) is sad to report the passing of the organization’s founder, Gwen Allard, who passed away peacefully on Nov. 28 at the age of 86. Allard was born in 1937 and strapped on her first pair of skis when she was just 4 years old. A Schenectady native, she was…

  The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®) has recognized Rutland Regional Medical Center, as one of 78 ACS NSQIP participating hospitals that have achieved meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care in 2022. As a participant in ACS NSQIP, Rutland Regional is required to track the outcomes of inpatient and…

  By Curt Peterson Even late-comers to Hartland will remember the eyesore at the end of Weed Road — there was a self-destructing house and fence, But by February 2015 the rotting structure was gone, laying bare an illegal junk yard containing an eclectic collection of cars, trucks, a trailer, and unrecognizable junk, all networked…

  The Woodstock VT Rotary Club received enormous support from the community in their fundraising efforts to replace the star on Mt. Tom.  As of Nov. 29,  the club surpassed the fundraising goal of $120,000. The club intends to establish a fund for the ongoing repair and maintenance of the star from donations in excess…

File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Daniel Banyai, owner of Slate Ridge, a gun range used for paramilitary weapons training in West Pawlet, appeared for a contempt hearing in Environmental Court in Rutland.     A previous arrest warrant was never executed By Ethan Weinstein/VTDigger Following an official inspection of Slate Ridge late last week, a judge determined…

Stella Elizabeth Sarandrea, 72 Stella Elizabeth Sarandrea, age 72, of Chittenden, Vermont, passed away peacefully on Nov. 27, 2023, at Rutland Regional Medical Center. Born in Utica, Stella spent the majority of her life in the Oneida area of New York, where she graduated from Oneida High School with the Class of 1970. She furthered…

  By Alan J. Keays/VTDigger Burlington Police say they have arrested a suspect in the shooting Saturday night that wounded three young Palestinian American men. The three men, all 20 years old, were in Burlington visiting relatives of one of the men over the Thanksgiving holiday when the shooting took place around 6:30 p.m. Saturday…

  34,000 people from around the world attend Killington World Cup By Victoria Gaither The Stifel Killington Cup, a stop on the Audi FIS Ski World Cup tour, didn’t disappoint the 20,000 fans who came from near and far to watch world-class alpine women’s skiing Nov. 25-26. “My family came from Pennsylvania to see Mikaela…

Submitted Simeon Payne   By Karen D. Lorentz If ever a skier’s life has come full circle, it would be Simeon Payne’s. Born in England, at age 6 his family moved to Belgium for his father’s work. Thanks to his oldest sister taking him on a four-day ski trip to France, the young Payne learned…