Bennington Banner

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
Vermont newspaperman and Republican politician, <a href="/facts/Frank_E._Howe/Ycd2ou56">Frank E. Howe</a>, bought two <a href="/facts/Bennington%2c_Vermont/UWt6S4tr">Bennington, Vermont</a>, 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 <a href="/facts/Kelton_B._Miller/BTLkr4N6">Kelton B. Miller</a>, a politician and newspaperman in nearby <a href="/facts/Pittsfield%2c_Massachusetts/fwWCpP8W">Pittsfield, Massachusetts</a>. 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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2">2</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a>
Under MediaNews Group ownership, Jim Therrien served as managing editor of the Banner from 2006 to 2012.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a> MediaNews Group eventually combined with other entities and re-branded as Digital First Media.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a>
In 2016, the Banner and other newspapers in the New England Newspapers Inc. portfolio were purchased from Digital First Media by a group of <a href="/facts/Berkshire_County%2c_Massachusetts/bthxeE60">Berkshire County, Massachusetts</a>-based investors.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a> In May 2021 the New England Newspapers sold Bennington Banner, Brattleboro Reformer and Manchester Journal to Vermont News and Media LLC

<h2 id="freedom-from-fearpainting">Freedom from Fear painting</h2>
A copy of the Bennington Banner is shown in <a href="/facts/Norman_Rockwell/SNEv0nms">Norman Rockwell</a>'s painting 
<a href="/facts/Freedom_from_Fear_(painting)/ayctSx5R">Freedom from Fear</a>, one of the paintings in his <a href="/facts/Four_Freedoms_(Norman_Rockwell)/qKT5bv4o">Four Freedoms</a> series.

<h2 id="controversy">Controversy</h2>
In early 2007 the Bennington Banner came under fire from <a href="/facts/The_O%2527Reilly_Factor/Cvt0n4X2">The O'Reilly Factor</a> for allegedly not taking an editorial stance on a legal case involving child molestation,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a> an accusation disputed by the newspaper's editor at the time, Jim Therrien.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.benningtonbanner.com/">The Bennington Banner, Official Site</a></li>
<li><a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95066012/">Historic Newspaper Pages (1903–1922) on Chronicling America</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1">"About Us". The Berkshire Eagle. Archived from the original on June 25, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2017. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180625111459/http://www.berkshireeagle.com/eagle-about-us.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20180625111459/http://www.berkshireeagle.com/eagle-about-us.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">"About Us". Bennington Banner. Retrieved January 16, 2021. <a href="https://www.benningtonbanner.com/site/about.html" target="_blank">https://www.benningtonbanner.com/site/about.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">"Former Bennington Banner publisher dies". Rutland Herald. Associated Press. May 12, 2007. Retrieved January 16, 2021. <a href="https://www.rutlandherald.com/news/former-bennington-banner-publisher-dies/article_025e310f-c4ed-5cbc-ac88-486d3562b2d2.html" target="_blank">https://www.rutlandherald.com/news/former-bennington-banner-publisher-dies/article_025e310f-c4ed-5cbc-ac88-486d3562b2d2.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">Ap (April 2, 1991). "Lawrence K. Miller; Publisher, 83 (Published 1991)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 16, 2021. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/02/obituaries/lawrence-k-miller-publisher-83.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/02/obituaries/lawrence-k-miller-publisher-83.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">"Jim Therrien, Author at VTDigger". VTDigger. October 22, 2018. <a href="https://vtdigger.org/author/jim-therrien/" target="_blank">https://vtdigger.org/author/jim-therrien/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">"About Us". Bennington Banner. Retrieved January 16, 2021. <a href="https://www.benningtonbanner.com/site/about.html" target="_blank">https://www.benningtonbanner.com/site/about.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">"Former Bennington Banner publisher dies". Rutland Herald. Associated Press. May 12, 2007. Retrieved January 16, 2021. <a href="https://www.rutlandherald.com/news/former-bennington-banner-publisher-dies/article_025e310f-c4ed-5cbc-ac88-486d3562b2d2.html" target="_blank">https://www.rutlandherald.com/news/former-bennington-banner-publisher-dies/article_025e310f-c4ed-5cbc-ac88-486d3562b2d2.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:8">BillOreilly.com: "Hall of Shame" <a href="http://www.billoreilly.com/pg/jsp/general/mediadef.jsp" target="_blank">http://www.billoreilly.com/pg/jsp/general/mediadef.jsp</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:9">"The O'Reilly Treatment". Archived from the original on August 20, 2007. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070820020128/https://www.benningtonbanner.com/columnists/ci_5028977/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070820020128/https://www.benningtonbanner.com/columnists/ci_5028977/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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