The Vermont Attorney General’s Office and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced Friday, July 1, the approval of a settlement in Vermont’s first-ever joint state/federal employment discrimination lawsuit. The settlement requires Coughlin, Inc, a McDonald’s restaurant franchisee, to pay […]
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Featured, Local News
Residents discuss Center Street redesign options at forum
By Katy Savage About 50 people attended a public meeting at the Paramount Theatre Monday April 25 to discuss a redesign of Center Street in Rutland. Consultants Dubois & King, Inc. presented three options —making Center Street a pedestrian-only street, […]
Local News
Goats in Tunbridge sickened after consuming toxic chemical below utility pole
By Emma Cotton/VTDigger Lauren Gitlin knew something was wrong when she found Potato, among the more energetic goats on her Tunbridge dairy farm, lying in the field where she had been grazing that day. On the afternoon of July 31, Gitlin, […]
Killington, Local News, TIF
Killington Select Board engages TIF consultant
By Curt Peterson The Killington Select Board unanimously authorized execution of a contract engaging White + Burke Real Estate Advisors, Inc. to shepherd the town’s application for approval of a tax increment financing (TIF) district, pending approval by the town’s […]
Local News, Obituaries
Martin “Charlie” Hanley, 84
Martin “Charlie” Hanley — a.k.a. Bump, Jolly Chollie, Dad, “B”, Granpa — passed into the next phase of his journey on May 8, 2021, some 15 years after receiving a diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease. Martin Hanley chose the nickname “Charlie” at a young age. He was born […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
BRGNS celebrates five years
Wednesday, March 9 at 10 a.m. — LUDLOW — The staff and volunteers at Black River Good Neighbor Services, Inc. invite the public to join them at the BRGNS Thrift Store on Wednesday, March 9 to celebrate its fifth anniversary at […]
State News
Vermont battery recycling program launches
Submitted Vermonters are now able to recycle household batteries by bringing them to over 100 drop-off sites statewide. National Battery Day celebrated, Feb. 18 Call2Recycle, Inc., North America’s largest consumer battery stewardship organization, and the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources […]