Dear editor, During last Wednesday’s community meeting on Aug. 11 in Rutland’s gym at St. Joseph’s College, there were many stupendous ideas expressed on ways to spend the initial $4.4 million Covid funds that will be coming to Rutland City. […]
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Column, Looking Back
Remembering Rutland City Band concerts
By Mary Ellen Shaw Several years ago I took a trip down Memory Lane in this column when I reminisced about the concerts held in Main Street Park. I was reminded of those memories when I read recently that the […]
Local News
Vermont and the 2020 Census — ‘Easy Come, Easy Go!’
By Curt Peterson The notorious “struggle bus” that was the 2020 national census finally delivered its results last week. It had traveled through months of politicization and pandemic delays. The U. S. Census Bureau released its final report at 1 […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment, Featured
Night Legion Comics fills a fantastic void in Rutland
By Brooke Geery Comic readers, gamers and fans of “Star Wars” and other fantasy have a new reason to leave the house in Rutland, thanks to Jared Goodrich, 31, and his fiancé, Jenna Flood, 32. The couple has been stocking, […]
State News
VNRC begins Dunklee Pond Dam removal in Rutland
RUTLAND — Removal of the Dunklee Pond Dam on Tenney Brook in the City of Rutland is now underway following a three-year design and permitting process, according to a news release from the Vermont Natural Resources Council (VNRC), Aug. 6. […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment, Events & Activities
Chaffee Art Center to host 60th annual Art in the Park summer festival
Aug. 14-15 —RUTLAND — Chaffee Art Center’s 60th annual Art in the Park Summer Festival will take place Aug. 14-15 in Rutland’s Main Street Park at the corner of West St. and Route 7. Juried fine artists, craftspeople, and specialty food […]
Audio, Featured, Local News
Greg Cox is feeding Rutland
By Ethan Weinstein https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-farmer-feeding-the-world/id1578946939?i=1000531218275 https://omny.fm/shows/my-side-of-the-mountain/one-farmer-feeding-the-world?in_playlist=my-side-of-the-mountain!podcast “It’s gonna sound bizarre: I don’t focus on making a living, I focus on feeding people. And I have this little mantra in my head, that the farmer that’s worried about feeding his family […]
Featured, Local News
Iconic Grace Church steeple up for repairs
RUTLAND—The Grace Congregational United Church of Christ steeple rises high above Main Street Park in Rutland. But as of last Wednesday, July 21, it’s 6 feet shorter. Jay Southgate from Southgate Steeplejacks in Barre and Ben Classen from Classen’s Crane […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment, Events & Activities
Exhibit reflects on the Past and Future
July 30 at 5 p.m. — RUTLAND — The Chaffee Art Center invites the community to the opening of our new exhibit, Reflection on the Past and Future on Friday, July 30 from 5-7 p.m. There will be wine and light […]
Featured, Local News, State News
Amtrak is back
Crowds gather in Rutland and Castleton to celebrate reopening By Polly Mikula At 7:30 a.m. on Monday, July 19, the James M. Jeffords Station in downtown Rutland was packed with passengers eager to board the Ethan Allen Express for the first […]