On May 24, at about 11:30 p.m., Vermont State Police troopers conducted a motor vehicle stop on a 1999 Ford F-250 for several observed violations on Route 103 in Rockingham. During the course of the stop, probable cause of criminal activity […]
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Barbara Noyes Pulling announces candidacy for Rutland-4 House seat in Legislature
RUTLAND TOWN—Barbara Noyes Pulling, chair of the Rutland Town Planning Commission and a senior planner with the Rutland Regional Planning Commission (RRPC), announced her candidacy for the Rutland Town House District, which is Rutland-4, on Friday, May 29. Pulling, 65, […]
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Chris Root honored for IEEE Meritorious Service
RUTLAND—Chris Root, chief operating officer at Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO), was recently honored with the 2020 Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Power and Energy Society (PES) Meritorious Service Award for “outstanding contributions in leadership, technical and educational […]
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Mount Holly man dies in car crash Monday
SHREWSBURY— On Monday, June 1 at about 3:30 p.m., state police troopers responded to a report of a two-vehicle crash in the area of Route 103 north of Town Hill Road in Shrewsbury. Preliminary investigation indicated that a 2016 Chevrolet […]
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Silent vigil held in Rutland
By Brooke Geery On Monday, June 1, protesters gathered in Rutland’s Main Street Park for a silent vigil in response to the police killing of George Floyd, as well as to commemorate the 100,000 American lives lost to Covid-19, who […]
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Spring bounty, grow your own
Photos by Robin Alberti Megan Henderson ( right), 14, from Woodstock and Clara Shortle (top left), 14, from Killington volunteer gardening at the Woodstock Community Garden. Michael Caduto (right) executive director of Sustainable Woodstock is in charge of the program. […]
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Florist donates $1,000 to BROC
RUTLAND—Tom Donahue, CEO at BROC Community Action safely received a donation of $1,000 from Jerry Henrichon, owner of Park Place Florist and Garden Center in Rutland. The florist raised the funds recently for the BROC Community Food Shelf by dedicating a portion of every […]
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Living among snakes
As spring continues to unfurl in our region, biological cues are sending snakes across roadways and hiking trails and into the lawns and backyards of many Vermonters, according to the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. With the onset of longer […]
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June is adopt-a-shelter-cat month
The Rutland County Humane Society (RCHS) would like to remind you that June is “Adopt-A-Shelter-Cat Month.” Every year at RCHS we care for nearly 800 cats and kittens and they are all looking for loving homes. There are many benefits to […]
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Killington plans for day camps, considers pool opening
By Curt Peterson With fewer than 900 permanent residents, the town of Killington’s economic activity is generated by visitors to the Killington Resort — sometimes tens of thousands of them in a weekend. And those visitors bring their children, requiring […]