Vermont newspaperman and Republican politician, [[Frank E. Howe]], bought two [[Bennington, Vermont]], weeklies in 1902 and merged them to form the daily ''Bennington Banner'', of which he was publisher and editor.
Around 1960-19611960–1961, the ''Bennington Banner'' was purchased by Lawrence Miller and his brother Donald, the sons of [[Kelton B. Miller]], a politician and newspaperman in nearby [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]]. 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.''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.benningtonbanner.com/site/about.html|access-date=2021-01-16|website=Bennington Banner|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|agency=Associated Press|title=Former Bennington Banner publisher dies|url=https://www.rutlandherald.com/news/former-bennington-banner-publisher-dies/article_025e310f-c4ed-5cbc-ac88-486d3562b2d2.html|access-date=2021-01-16|website=Rutland Herald|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Ap|date=1991-04-02|title=Lawrence K. Miller; Publisher, 83 (Published 1991)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/02/obituaries/lawrence-k-miller-publisher-83.html|access-date=2021-01-16|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
Under ''MediaNews Group'' ownership, Jim Therrien served as managing editor of the ''Banner'' from 2006 to 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jim Therrien, Author at VTDigger |url=https://vtdigger.org/author/jim-therrien/ |website=VTDigger}}</ref> ''MediaNews Group'' eventually combined with other entities and re-branded as ''Digital First Media''.<ref name=":0" />
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''.<ref name=":1" />'' In May of 2021 the New England Newspapers sold Bennington Banner, Brattleboro Reformer and Manchester Journal to Vermont News and Media LLC
