3 Vermont papers and a magazine sold to media company
May 4, 2021
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BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) A Massachusetts newspaper company is selling its three Vermont newspapers and a magazine, the company announced Tuesday.
The Pittsfield, Massachusetts-based New England Newspapers Inc., announced i t was selling the Brattleboro Reformer, the Bennington Banner, the Manchester Journal and UpCountry Magazine to Vermont News and Media, which was formed by Paul Belogour, of Brattleboro.
“Paul Belogour is an impressive software entrepreneur, and over the past several years Paul has also made major investments in the Brattleboro/Guilford area, said Hans Morris, the chairman of New England Newspapers.
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MONTPELIER â A committee of the Vermont House has approved a bill that bars police from identifying anyone under the age of 20 who has been charged with a crime, including fatal motor vehicle crashes, unless and until they are formally charged with a major felony.
The bill, S.107, adds a public records exemption barring the release of information about the initial arrest or charge of a person under the age of 20 âthat would reveal the identity of the person.â
âHowever, a public agency may disclose identifying information relating to the arrest of a person under the age of 20 years of age in order to protect the health and safety of any person,â the bill says.
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The Manchester Journal was honored twice in the New England Newspaper & Press Association s 2020 Better Newspaper Competition Awards including a first-place win for editorial writing by Greg Sukiennik.
Editor Darren Marcy took third place for obituary writing for a feature about Barbara Riley following the local philanthropist s death last summer.
The awards were given in the category for weekly newspapers with a circulation of more than 5,000 copies and came against the largest weekly newspapers in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Sukiennik s submission consisted of three editorials, including: Learning to live with uncertainty and Crisis proves the importance of community, both of which were about dealing with COVID-19; and The wrong place and the wrong time, which was about former state Rep. Cynthia Browning s action in Montpelier requiring an in-person vote in the early