By Alan Keays, VTDigger The fired town administrator in Rutland Town has sued the municipality, alleging the Select Board’s decision to terminate him was an act of retaliation and violated the town’s personnel policies. Joseph Zingale, who worked for the […]
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Local News
Longtime Rutland City school leader to retire
Alan Keays, VTDigger RUTLAND—Longtime Rutland Schools Superintendent Mary Moran said her passion for education and the outdoors made Vermont a perfect location for a high school administrator from Massachusetts to live and build on a career. After more than two […]
Local News, State News
Rutland group seeks “NewStory” against violence
By Alan Keays, VTDigger The Rutland County Women’s Network & Shelter has changed its name as it moves to the next chapter in its history of supporting victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, Avaloy Lanning, the organization’s executive director, […]
State News
Local officials told: When in doubt, err on the side of transparency
By Alan Keays, VTDigger A lawyer for an organization that represents municipalities in Vermont told officials at the local level Thursday that when it comes to the state’s open meeting law it’s best to err on the side of openness. […]
News Briefs
Crime victims speak out, share hardships and challenges
By Alan Keays, VTDigger Several victims of crime spoke out Tuesday, Sept. 19, at a “listening” forum in Rutland hosted by the Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services, Waterbury. They talked of feeling guilty for coming forward, not getting justice […]
News Briefs
Trooper cleared of wrongdoing in gunpoint stop of rabbi and family
By Alan Keays, VTDigger The head of the state Department of Public Safety and an advisory panel say a trooper has been cleared of any wrongdoing in a traffic stop that a New York assemblyman said left a Brooklyn rabbi […]
Local News
Rutland attorney heading to prison
By Alan Keays, VTDigger A longtime Rutland attorney has been sentenced to seven months behind bars for understating income on his federal taxes. John Canney III, 63, was sentenced Friday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Burlington. In addition to […]
Local News
Rockwell museum pot dispensary rejected
By Alan Keays, VTDigger RUTLAND TOWN — The state has turned down a proposal to open a medical marijuana dispensary at the Norman Rockwell Museum of Vermont in Rutland Town. Dan Reilly Jr. and his company, Lily Pad Organics Inc., had been […]
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Former Rutland mayor tapped for regional union job
By Alan Keays, VTDigger RUTLAND—Rutland’s former mayor who was ousted from office earlier this year has landed a new job. Christopher Louras, who served five two-year terms as the city’s top elected official, is working for the union organization, American […]
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Man admits beating his mother to death with wine bottles
By Alan Keays, VTDigger EAST POULTNEY— Roderick Geronimo looked straight ahead and showed no emotion as he admitted killing his 82-year-old mother by slamming a kitchen table into her chest and bashing her over the head with a pair of […]