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> OpinionBy Lani Duke
posted
Jun 20, 2012
Schools for sale
A price has been placed on the former Dana School on East Street.
The proposed price tag is $290,000. The century-old building needs
major repairs. It had been home to the Rutland Recreation and Parks
Depart ...
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posted
May 30, 2012
Congratulations St. Joe grads
The College of St. Joseph graduated nearly 100 students this
spring, awarding Associate in Arts and Associate in Science,
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science, Master of Business
Administra ...
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posted
May 23, 2012
Farm and market news
The Downtown Farmers Market has blossomed again at Depot Park in
Rutland. Tuesday evening market on the same site is also open, so
you can shop on your way home from work and freshen up the stock in
yo ...
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posted
May 2, 2012
New Sheriff office
The Rutland County sheriff's office hopes to move into its new
home, 88 Grove St., by this fall. Before the office can move in,
the 4,800-square-foot storefront site requires substantial
remodeling.
Buyi ...
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updated
Apr 18, 2012 08:36 AM
Planning Commission authority questioned?
How much control a town has over its own development compared to
that exercised by the state and/or regional planning units is a
struggle in most, if not all states. The town of Wa ...
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posted
Apr 11, 2012
Vermont in transition talks
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute considers Vermont in Transition
during April. Roger Albee talks about Tipping Points in the History
of Vermont's Agriculture on April 13, describing how Vermont
...
- Local News By Lani Duke
updated
Apr 4, 2012 09:19 AM
All four RCSU pricipals IN JOB DISPUTES
Rutland Central Supervisory Union's four principals seem to all
have had disputes with their employers. Rutland Town principal
Patty Beaumont was first to resign in late February, fol ...
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posted
Mar 28, 2012
VA clinic expands
Health care for veterans is expanding in Rutland with the opening
of a larger outpatient clinic at 232 West St., the former Coast to
Coast Screen Printing site. Officials estimate it will be ready to
open ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
updated
Mar 21, 2012 10:22 AM
School news
Stafford Technical Center student George Barry recently received
statewide recognition for his poster on Entrepreneurship. The
Rutland High junior took part in an annual poster competition that
recognizes Entrep ...
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updated
Mar 14, 2012 11:21 AM
DOWNTOWN WATER SAGA
No one ever said Rutland was a dry town, but the city came close
when water began gushing from the corner of Wales and Center
streets on a recent Saturday evening. Faucet pressure dropped all
over town a ...
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updated
Mar 7, 2012 09:17 AM
Friday Night Live getting input
The Downtown Rutland Partnership and Creative Economy are gathering
ideas for Friday Night Live's sixth season this summer. One of the
goals is developing activities that appeal to young atte ...
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updated
Feb 29, 2012 04:31 PM
Kudos to City Treasurer
For the first time in 32 years, Rutland City received an
"unqualified" opinion - like a gold star - on its financial
statements from an independent auditor, When Wendy Wilton
campaigned for city trea ...
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updated
Feb 22, 2012 10:43 AM
STOP SEWAGE ESCAPE
Rutland City has four years to keep its sewage from getting away,
even in a storm. Like many older sewer systems, Rutland City's
stormwater and sewage mix and are pumped through the city's
treatment plant ...
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posted
Feb 16, 2012
Growing budget an irritant
Rutland voters have a promise from Chris Louras, mayor of the city,
that a NO vote for the city's 2012-2013 budget will lead him to
"start with" trimming City Hall's planned disbursements. Those
d ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
updated
Feb 15, 2012 01:38 PM
Growing budget an irritant
Rutland voters have a promise from Chris Louras, mayor of the city,
that a NO vote for the city's 2012-2013 budget will lead him to
"start with" trimming City Hall's planned disbursements. Those
d ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
updated
Feb 8, 2012 12:08 PM
Local Mickey D's manager honored
Congratulations to Carlo Falco, South Main Street McDonald's
manager, who won the National Ray Kroc Award. Falco can look
forward to a cash award, a trophy, a ring, a pin, and a trip to an
a ...
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updated
Feb 1, 2012 07:50 AM
CITY SUPPORTS UTILITY MERGER
Rutland's aldermanic board recently gave formal approval to the
proposed merger of Central Vermont Public Service and Green
Mountain Power. In return for that support, both the Downtown
Rutland ...
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updated
Jan 18, 2012 07:50 AM
On the job
Shane Sweet recently joined Keyser Energy as its Operations
Manager; he is responsible for the coordination of the day-to-day
operations and Keyser Energy.
Retired Vermont State Police Col. James Baker recentl ...
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updated
Jan 13, 2012 01:22 PM
Troublesome issues resurface
Community dissension always seems to bubble to the surface when the
aldermen begin discussing the City budget and items that may appear
on the ballot. A number of locals fear pressure to pass a ...
- Local News By Lani Duke
updated
Jan 4, 2012 04:21 PM
Salt brine expands to Rutland
Vermont's experimentation in pre-storm salt brine road applications
appears successful enough that the program will expand into the
Rutland area this winter and go statewide eventually. Althoug ...
- Local News By Lani Duke
updated
Dec 28, 2011 08:50 AM
BAD ROADS, WEATHER TRIP UP FAIR HOPES
In addition to the hardship she inflicted on Vermont as a whole,
tropical storm Irene put a crimp in plans for what had promised to
be a record year for the Vermont State Fair. Advance ...
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updated
Dec 21, 2011 08:24 AM
Recent drug raids could lead to increased theft
Local law enforcement officers are warning that property crimes
will likely climb rapidly. Recent successful drug raids, pulling
some 2,000 bags of heroin or their equivalent ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
updated
Dec 14, 2011 10:19 AM
SNOW REMOVAL
Funds are low in City coffers this year. Please help keep the
budget in check by removing as much snow as you can yourself. The
city is responsible only for cleaning sidewalks that do not front a
store.
ARMORY ...
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updated
Oct 19, 2011 08:22 AM
Railroad resurgence
Some community traditions barely survive, teetering on until there
is too little interest in them. Others thrive over time, although
they may change their appearance, scheduling and frequency.
Taking ...
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updated
Oct 12, 2011 01:37 PM
POWER MERGER
Rutland City wants to make sure that the state public service board
keeps in mind that the city has a stake in the planned merger of
Central Vermont Public Service and Green Mountain Power. Rutland's
chief inte ...
- Local Newsby Lani Duke
updated
Oct 7, 2011 09:06 AM
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Thursday, October 6 - Applications are due to audition for this
year's Really Big Show in November. Auditions will be Friday,
October 7 and Tuesday, October 11 from 6 - 8:30 p.m. at Rutland
Intermediate Sch ...
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updated
Sep 28, 2011 09:43 AM
New Orleans-style bluesman Ray Bonneville offers his musical
storytelling talents at the Brick Box in the Paramount Theatre,
downtown Rutland on Thursday, September 29, at 8:00 p.m. Call
775-0903 for tickets.
Hear a world o ...
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updated
Sep 20, 2011 09:45 AM
Adam Boyce incorporates ten generations of Vermont experience in
fiddling, composing, playing piano, and square dance calling in the
presentation Sprightly Steps: Vermont's Contra and Square Dancing
Tradition. The program be ...
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Sep 5, 2011 12:16 PM
Thanks to all who helped their neighbors and the community
at large to confront the issues left from tropical storm Irene.
Rutland High became a temporary Red Cross shelter. Newly opened
Lagasse's Hearthside Grille kept extr ...
- by Lani Duke
updated
Aug 16, 2011 12:14 PM
Learn how to make your home more energy efficient regardless of
your income at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, August 18, in the West Rutland
Town Hall. Home owners who have gone through the NeighborWorks
program save an average $910 ev ...
- by Lani Duke
updated
Aug 10, 2011 07:49 AM
The end-of-summer Trash to Art contest and the children's museum
exhibits start off the final Friday Night Live August 12 at 6:00
p.m. in downtown Rutland. Cobra Gymnastics demonstrates the skill
and talents of its members a ...
- by Lani Duke
updated
Aug 3, 2011 08:32 AM
Magician Tom Joyce kicks off the August 5 Friday Night Live at
6:00 p.m. in downtown Rutland. The evening marks the return of
popular streetside participatory entertainment, the Bed Race,
benefitting the WSYB Christmas Fund. ...
- by Lani Duke
updated
Jul 27, 2011 10:44 AM
The Southwest Freedom Riders invite all bikes, new members and
guests to their monthly meeting at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, July 28, in
Seward's Family Restaurant and Ice Cream, 224 N. Main St. (Rte. 7),
Rutland. Call (888) 299-SW ...
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updated
Jul 22, 2011 03:49 AM
The King of Silly, Todd Wellington, returns to delight young and
old during Rutland's Friday Night Live on Friday, July 22. Later,
Dank & The Funksticks deliver their funk/jam music later in the
evening. Call the Downtow ...
- Local Newsby Lani Duke
updated
Jul 5, 2011 12:53 PM
Mountain Top Inn in Chittenden hosts the Vermont Symphony
Orchestra TD Bank Summer Festival Tour with the program "Symphony
Royale," Anthony Princiotti conducting, Thursday, July 9, 7:30 to
10:00 p.m. The program includes Sc ...
