RUTLAND – With a big push from dozens of groups and businesses, donors set a record in the just-completed GMP Fill the Cupboard Challenge. Far surpassing the 20,000-item goal set earlier this year, 27,199 food items were collected to benefit the Rutland Community Cupboard. GMP will also donate $5,000 to the Cupboard next summer, 25…

Saturday, Oct. 25 — RUTLAND — This Saturday, the Rutland Recreation Department will host the annual “Running Scared 5K.” The race starts and ends at the BROC parking lot downtown next to the train station. Race registration starts at 9:15 a.m. with the race starting at 10 a.m. The fee to participate is $5 if you…

PROCTOR — Although the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner finalized its autopsy findings relative to the Sept. 16, 2014, death of Derek J. Reed, age 39, of 9 River Street in the town of Proctor, Vt. The results are inconclusive. OCME Dr. Elizabeth A. Bundock noted in her findings that Reed’s toxicology test results…

FairPoint Communications, Inc., has expanded broadband to 170 homes and businesses in Barnard, Pomfret and Royalton. This is FairPoint’s fourth expansion in the Royalton area this year. “We are proud to keep expanding our Internet services in Barnard, Pomfret and Royalton,” said Beth Fastiggi, FairPoint state president for Vermont. “High-speed Internet opens the doors to…

RUTLAND – Green Mountain Power is looking to help eight non-profit groups capture the sun to lower their energy costs and generate more clean, renewable energy for Vermont. Green Mountain Power today announced that it is once again sponsoring a program to help eight non-profits construct solar arrays. The Vermont Public Service Board approved a GMP…

By Lani Duke Castleton students get out the community spirit CASTLETON—Students in the nursing program are collecting clothing to help children stay warm by gathering used coats, scarves, boots, gloves, hats, and snow pants to give to Fair Haven Concerned. We’re anticipating a colder than normal winter if we rely on either the media weather…

By Lani Duke Pool possibilities RUTLAND—Maybe it’s the time of the year. Do Rutland folks get more interested in replacing White Pool, maybe with a year-round one, each autumn when the all-too-brief community pool season closes for the winter? When Rutland City Recreation superintendent Cindy Wight approached the Board of Aldermen about the possibility of…

By Polly Lynn KILLINGTON — On Wednesday, Oct. 8, the Killington Chamber of Commerce held their annual meeting and reception, featuring an update and outlook report from Killington Resort. About 200 people attended the event held at the Killington Grand Hotel. Chamber President Howard Smith welcomed the crowd and outlined the agenda for the meeting: Election…

RUTLAND—Green Mountain Power’s efforts to capture energy from the sun could get a boost thanks to a state-of-the-art research station installed at the Green Mountain Power Renewable Education Center in Rutland Town. The mobile station is designed to provide among the most accurate solar measuring systems in the world, and is one of just two…

RUTLAND — This past weekend, Oct. 11 and 12, the Chaffee Art Center hosted its bi-annual fundraiser, Art in the Park at the corners of Routes 4 and 7 in Main Street Park. The festival featured 80 juried artisans and crafters of wood, metal, pottery, jewelry, fine art, specialty food, photography, glass, and more. Diverse food vendors,…

WOODSTOCK — On Monday, Oct. 13, Governor Peter Shumlin announced that he will appoint Judge Harold “Duke” Eaton, Jr., to serve on the Vermont Supreme Court. Judge Eaton fills the seat left open by Justice Geoffrey Crawford’s appointment to the Federal District Court. Judge Eaton has served as a trial court judge since 2004, when he was…

HARDWICK—A Hardwick mother and her boyfriend are in custody, facing charges of second- degree murder after state police said the two put alcohol in the I.V. bag of the woman’s disabled son. Walter Richters and Melissa Robitille, both 38, were charged in the Aug. 22 death of Isaac Robitille. They pleaded innocent Wednesday afternoon in…

Gov. Peter Shumlin appointed Jessica Holmes, a Middlebury College professor of economics, to serve on the five-member Green Mountain Care board. She will serve a six-year term, replacing outgoing member Karen Hein of Jacksonville, Vt., whose term expired. “Jessica has extensive academic and professional experience in health care economics,” said Gov. Shumlin. “She comes to…

By Stephen Seitz KILLINGTON – Good news for local foodies: Maya Papaya CSA and Chef Brad Pirkey will be opening a store for the coming ski season. The Maya Papaya Store and Chef Brad’s kitchen will open up in the Mountain Green sometime after Thanksgiving, according to proprietor E.J. Cully. “It will be a fish…

Last farmers markets are typically Oct. 25-26 Attention “Farm To Family” coupon holders — the 2014 program ends Oct. 31. Remember to use them by then, or they will expire. These coupons can only be used at farmers’ markets. Please note that the last farmers’ markets of the season will most likely end on Saturday,…