Susan A. (Brooks) Jimenez, artist, animal lover, mother, Rutland

Sue loved to draw. Her favorite football team was the Miami Dolphins. Her baseball team was NY Yankees. She loved hard rock music, and her favorite band was Avenged Sevenfold.   Read more

Melvin Kaplan, oboist, Julliard instructor, great-great-grandfather, Randolph

One of the hallmarks of his character was his passion for jokes which he could pull one after the other from memory.  As in music, his timing was impeccable. He had an infectious laugh and mischievous twinkle in his eye when he was reminded of a joke.   Read more

Margaret Elizabeth Emery-Ginn, Episcopal priest, counselor, grandmother, Essex

Margie was raised in a family with a strong faith in God and dedication to the Episcopal Church. She herself was a life-long seeker of the truth and sensed the oneness of all of creation.   Read more

Politics

Watch Phil Scott and Brenda Siegel go head-to-head at VTDigger’s gubernatorial debate in Burlington

The candidates vying to lead Vermont for the next two years are set to face off next Wednesday in Burlington at the latest VTDigger debate.

Crime and Justice

Massachusetts man, woman held without bail in kidnap for drug debt case

Police said a 30-year-old Bennington woman was held against her will and taken out of state until her boyfriend could pay $1,500 that he allegedly owed drug suppliers.

Energy & Environment

A daughter of acclaimed Vermont artists finds her own creativity mushrooming

Melany Kahn’s new children’s book, “Mason Goes Mushrooming,” celebrates a family tradition of foraging seeded by her late parents, Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason.