Fair Haven reckons with release of a troubled son

Mark Gutel, left, who owns Kinder Way Cafe with his wife, talks with Fair Haven Police Chief Bill Humphries at the cafe on Friday. Photo by Colin Meyn/VTDigger.
POULTNEY — Mary Pernal retired to life on a farm down a dirt road in southern Vermont to “get away from the craziness of the world,” she said Friday evening as a well-fed heifer chomped grass across the road.
Now news reporters were knocking on her door.Get all of VTDigger's criminal justice news.You'll never miss our c