By Victoria Gaither Moosejaw, a leading online active outdoor retailer, chose two women, one of them local, to help them develop plans for its new plus-size outdoors company. Adventurers Arwen Turner from Wallingford and Kara Hardman from Colorado started WNDR […]
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Local News
Town plan rule saves North Hartland Park
By Curt Peterson Richard Thornburn, an experienced woodworker from Woodstock, recently approached the Hartland Select Board with a request to lease the long-vacant North Hartland School on Mill Street. He planned to use the facility for his custom cabinetry, renovation, […]
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Subaru ‘shares the love’ to support Palliative Care Services at Rutland Regional Medical Center
Nothing is more powerful than love, especially when it is given away. On Tuesday, April 11, Oliver Subaru of Rutland donated more than $21,160 from the 2022 Subaru Share the Love event to support palliative care services and the A […]
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Season passes offer plethora of options, perks
Karen D. Lorentz The latest trend at ski resorts is to offer an array of season passes with permutations and perks tailored to the varying needs of families and outdoors oriented mountain adventurers. The different types of passes not only […]
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School of Resort Management students meet entrepreneur and brewmaster Dale Patterson
By Polly Mikula A “Shark Tank” style entrepreneurship class at Castleton University took a field trip last Tuesday, April 11, to visit local entrepreneur Dale Patterson and tour his brewery, Rutland Brew Works, on Granger Street in Rutland. Chris Coughlin, vice president […]
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Board tackles Hartland policing
By Curt Peterson Safety and security have been topics of Hartland Select Board meetings for years, but Monday night brought tones of urgency and resolve not evident in the past. Chair Phil Hobbie characterized the discussion as “a big step […]
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RRPC receives water improvement grant
The Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Conservation, Water Quality Division has recently awarded the Rutland Regional Planning Commission (RRPC) a contract to administer water quality improvement programs to the 11 Regional Planning Commissions (RPCs) in the state of […]
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KSAR asks for equipment back from town
By Katy Savage Killington Search and Rescue (KSAR) wants its equipment back after it was deemed unusable and not up to standard by new Fire Chief Chris Lahart. KSAR leaders formally requested its climbing equipment, helmets, toboggan and other items […]
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Better Places crowdfunding launches campaign to ‘Reimagine Depot Park’
$10,000 goal to receive a 2:1 matching grant through DHCD’s Better Places program Rutland residents will soon be able to enjoy Reimagine Depot Park thanks to a recently launched crowdfunding campaign. The campaign is a initiative by the Vermont Department of Housing […]
Greater Good, Local News
Common Good Vermont’s extraordinary – and necessary – quest
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann Over the past three years Vermont has thrived as a national example of doing the right things for our most vulnerable populations, and it’s our state’s nonprofits that deserve much of the credit. Combating such perils […]