''The Bennington Banner'' is a daily

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published in

Bennington, Vermont Bennington is a New England town, town in Bennington County, Vermont, Bennington County, Vermont, United States. It is one of two shire towns (county seats) of the county, the other being Manchester (town), Vermont, Manchester. As of the 2020 ...

. The paper covers local, national, and world news. It is distributed throughout Southwestern Vermont and eastern New York (Rensselaer and Washington Counties). The paper is owned by ''Vermont News and Media LLC'' and is published Monday through Friday, plus a weekend edition.

History

Vermont newspaperman and Republican politician, Frank E. Howe, bought two

, weeklies in 1902 and merged them to form the daily ''Bennington Banner'', of which he was publisher and editor. Around 1960–1961, the ''Bennington Banner'' was purchased by Lawrence Miller and his brother Donald, the sons of Kelton B. Miller, a politician and newspaperman in nearby

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. Kelton's grandson, also named Kelton Miller, served as publisher of the ''Banner'' from 1977 until 1995, at which point it was purchased by ''MediaNews Group.'' Under ''MediaNews Group'' ownership, Jim Therrien served as managing editor of the ''Banner'' from 2006 to 2012. ''MediaNews Group'' eventually combined with other entities and re-branded as ''Digital First Media''. In 2016, the ''Banner'' and other newspapers in the ''New England Newspapers Inc.'' portfolio were purchased from ''Digital First Media'' by a group of Berkshire County, Massachusetts-based investors''.'' In May 2021 the New England Newspapers sold Bennington Banner, Brattleboro Reformer and Manchester Journal to Vermont News and Media LLC

''Freedom from Fear'' painting

A copy of the ''Bennington Banner'' is shown in

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's painting ''Freedom from Fear'', one of the paintings in his ''

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'' series.

Controversy

In early 2007 the ''Bennington Banner'' came under fire from ''

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'' for allegedly not taking an editorial stance on a legal case involving child molestation, an accusation disputed by the newspaper's editor at the time, Jim Therrien.

References

External links

''The Bennington Banner'', Official SiteHistoric Newspaper Pages (1903-1922) on Chronicling America
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