BARNARD—Sometime overnight between April 20-21, someone removed a sculpture of a fish made from horseshoes from Route 12 next to Silver Lake and across from the Barnard Store. The sculpture belongs to a group from Barnard called “Barnarts.” The sculpture […]
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Vermont Drinking Water Week poster winners
Submitted Pictured (l-r) Graham Farrington, Lily Gubbins, Anna Gnodde, Joseph Tsouknakis hold their winning posters. The Pomfret School has four winners in the annual Vermont Drinking Water Week poster contest, sponsored by the Vermont League of Cities and Towns. Third […]
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News Briefs: Lakes Region
By Lani Duke Castleton students take a different kind of final exam CASTLETON—Students in Castleton College’s community health and women’s health issues classes took their final grade exam outside the classroom, collecting DNA from people who registered to be on […]
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Fire destroys building vacant for years
CHESTER—On April 18 at about 11 p.m. the Chester Fire Department responded to a reported fire at 2703 Green Mountain Turnpike in Chester, owned by Meredith Paul of Portsmouth, R.I. A passerby had called in the fire and, upon arrival, […]
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Musings from Mission Farm
The in-between time By Rev. Lee Alison Crawford About a month ago, I finally got outside on snowshoes to create walking paths up in the woods behind Church of Our Saviour on Mission Farm Road in Killington. Up until mid-March, […]
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News Briefs: Rutland Region
By Lani Duke Center Street Marketplace plans move forward RUTLAND—Plans continue for developing the Center Street Marketplace as the Rutland Regional Planning Commission (RRPC) gathers lease agreements with the surrounding property owners. One holdup had been that the federal government […]
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Phoenix Books signs lease downtown Rutland
RUTLAND — The next chapter in Rutland’s story of revitalization will include an independent downtown bookstore, as Phoenix Books has signed a five-year lease on a portion of the former Lake Sunapee Bank building, owned by MKF Properties. “I could […]
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Former Vermont State Colleges chancellor to give 2015 address
Submitted TIM DONOVAN This year marks Castleton’s 228th commencement ceremony CASTLETON—Castleton is pleased to welcome former chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges Tim Donovan to give the address at the college’s 2015 commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 9 at 11 […]
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News Briefs: Rutland Region
By Lani Duke RHS expands technology RUTLAND—Rutland High School’s library is undergoing a transformation with the addition of a second level designed for computer labs and classroom and study space. Tools from the folks at Google are a major component […]
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Vermont New Age publisher celebrates 40th anniversary
ROCHESTER—This year marks 40 years of independent publishing for Vermont-based Inner Traditions Bear & Company. Founded by Ehud C. Sperling in 1975, Inner Traditions has established itself as a landmark publisher of books on new age spirituality, alternative health and […]