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Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON — A housemate of a man who went missing earlier this month and was later found dead in the woods claims police didn’t act quickly enough because of his race. Jordan Krawczyk told Bennington Select Board members on Monday night that he believes his housemate, Hans Heck, died following negligence by the Bennington Police Department. “I believe he was racially profiled and they just left him to die,” Krawczyk, a Bennington resident, said in a public comment during Monday night’s board meeting. Heck, 35, was...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON —With the fiscal 2022 budget nearly finalized, the Select Board has reduced the spending plan submitted by Town Manager Stuart Hurd to bring a projected 3.8 percent tax rate increase down to around 2 percent. Hurd had recommended most of the cuts from the original $14,434,470 town budget after a request from the board to trim the rate hike to approximately 2 percent, representing about $200,000. The $14.4 million combined town budget first proposed had represented a 2.71 increase over the current year, Hurd said, and it acc...

‘Diddy’ delivers, chicken coops, New Year’s Eve restrictions: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports, USA TODAY Alabama Gadsden: The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Alabama topped 2,800 this week, as recent days have shown a steady climb and new record high inpatient counts – 2,804 on Tuesday – as the surge in cases continues. Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, the University of Alabama’s Division of Infectious Diseases director, said Alabama now is third in the nation in COVID-19 hospitalizations per capita, behind Nevada and Arizo...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON — The town and the Berkshire Family YMCA, which operates the town Recreation Center, are considering a plan to lease space at the former Bennington High School – including the gymnasium and nearby rooms. Negotiations are underway with the owner, Christopher Gilbert of Red Hook, N.Y., and Dorset, who purchased the vacant and deteriorating former high school on Main Street in March, officials said, while providing the Select Board with a presentation Monday on prospects for use of the gym and other indoor space for recre...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON — The recent major uptick in the deadly COVID-19 pandemic in Bennington County has struck local law enforcement, including Bennington Police Chief Paul Doucette. “We do have an outbreak at the Bennington Police Department,” Town Manager Stuart Hurd said Tuesday. “I believe it is six people impacted,” he told the Bennington Banner. Five are sworn officers and one is a civilian, he said. Before reaching out to Hurd, the Bennington Banner had been provided with the names of those impacted, including one emp...