Updated at 11:21 p.m. Citing health reasons, Sen. Richard “Dick” Mazza (D-Grand Isle) on Monday announced his retirement from the Vermont Senate, where he has served for 39 years. The influential senator from Colchester was diagnosed with cancer last year and has been absent from Montpelier for much of this session, looking gaunt when he has made brief appearances in person or by video. In a letter to Gov. Phil Scott, the 84-year-old grocer said he made the decision “with great sadness”... Read this story
