Jack Sawyer appears in Rutland criminal court in April.

From left, Linn Ljungemo and Kylie Mackie pose in Glenbrook Gymnasium at Castleton University in Castleton on Friday.

Stone Valley Community Market in Poultney has announced that it is set to close its doors for good.

Seen here is an “all the way” burger, complete with lettuce, pickles, tomatoes, grilled onions, grilled mushrooms, mayo, mustard and ketchup.

Max Emmons holds up his first burger during opening day at the new Five Guys franchise in Rutland.

Vermont State Police Trooper Chris Brown, front, helps load up the air boat at Singing Cedars access point Tuesday in Orwell as the VSP Scuba Team conducts a search for Lee Wiktorski, of Benson.

Jacob James, second-grader at Northwest Elementary School, posts a paper heart in the window of Speak Easy Cafe.

Rutland Northwest and Northeast elementary school students wait eagerly outside Speak Easy Cafe in downtown Rutland on Tuesday.

A student puts up a heart that reads, “I love Rutland because of the great mechanics,” inside the window at the Green Mountain Power Energy Innovation Center on Tuesday.

Rutland Northwest second-grader Skyler Nestle puts a heart in the window at the Green Mountain Power Energy Innovation Center.

Maisha Hendrickson, second-grader at Northwest Elementary School, posts a paper heart on the window of Speak Easy Cafe. Hendrickson’s heart is a thank-you to rescue personnel.

Dan Martens, center, holds a tape measure as Jay White, both architects for Rutland-based firm MBF Architects, measure sides of Fair Haven's municipal building Thursday afternoon.

Joe Gunter, Fair Haven town manager, stands in the upstairs room that is currently used for town recreation equipment storage. Gunter said Fair Haven will renovate the space to be used as a community center.

Nothing makes a town manager happier then getting new seating in a new office, and Fair Haven Town Manager Joe Gunter is no exception. Seen here, he carries in some new stylish seating for his office Thursday afternoon. The town municipal building is currently planning renovations.

Seen here is the upstairs space at the Fair Haven municipal building that will be part of coming renovations.

A slip lane that leaves Route 7 northbound lane and turns to East Pittsford Road in Rutland.

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Some artifacts have no perceived meaning, so Kurt Fetter can only guess. Seen here, he hands over a stone that is angled in both ways. He speculates it was used to roll up fishing twine for storage.

Seen here is a sweet-grass basket, made by Inez Thompson Seymore, the aunt of Kurt Fetter, who lives in Akwesasne, a territory of the Mohawk Nation that is in the United States and Canada.

Karen Scolforo, president of Castleton University, talks about the recent changes at the university Tuesday afternoon at the Campus Center.

Rich Clark, professor of political science at Castleton University, speaks during a faculty assembly regarding the curriculum Tuesday at the Campus Center.

Linda Olson, sociology professor at Castleton University, speaks during the faculty assembly Tuesday at the Campus Center.

Carolyn Crowley Meub, executive director of Pure Water for the World, explains how the biosand water filter works at her home in Rutland on Friday.

Evelyn “Dot” Aiken, front, sits with three generations of her family: her daughter Geri Adams, granddaughter Andi Valente, center, and great granddaughter Alea Valente.

A skid steer moves brush around as a fire smoulders at the Otter Creek Solar site in Rutland Town on Thursday.

Mike Delehanty responds to a fire on Hopkins Street with the Rutland City Fire Department in 2016.

The Rutland skyline basks in the sun Wednesday. Here and throughout Vermont, the recent government shutdown brought to the forefront fears of losing 3SquaresVT and Reach Up benefits.

Sandri Shaw, of Rutland, poses for a photo at the BROC food shelf in Rutland on Wednesday. Shaw does community service hours as a requirement for financial assistance programs for her and her 2½-year-old son. The program was jeopardized during the recent federal government shutdown.

Supports are keeping a wall from collapsing at the Town Clerk’s office in Proctor.

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Members of the crowd ask the Vermont attorney general questions during a forum hosted by the Rutland chapter of the NAACP at Rutland Free Library on Wednesday night.

Tabitha Pohl-Moore, president of the Rutland chapter of the NAACP, speaks during a forum she organized with the Vermont attorney general's office in the Nella Grimm Fox Room at Rutland Free Library on Wednesday night.

Tabitha Pohl-Moore, president of the Rutland chapter of the NAACP, stands with Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan at Rutland Free Library before starting a forum Wednesday night.

Shawn Camara, owner of Camara Slate in Fair Haven, splits a block of slate into tiles at the mill earlier this month.

A dump truck prepares to be filled with a load of slate scrap at a quarry off Warren Switch Road in West Pawlet.

Shelby Wortman, a Unified Sports athlete, celebrates as she walks with her student partners and other athletes to an assembly at Rutland High School on Friday.

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Pam Reed, associate principal at Rutland High School, smiles as the parade passes by students gathered outside Rutland Intermediate and Middle School on Friday.

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