Submitted Mrs. Robertson’s 4th Grade of the Mettawee Community School led a fall bulbs fund-raiser to benefit the You Are Never Alone Foundation’s Caring Blankets effort. WEST PAWLET—On Wednesday, Sept. 30, the Mettawee Community School launched its 2015-2016 Books and Beyond Program at All-School Meeting. This year’s theme, Blanket Ourselves with Words, was chosen based…

Courtesy of CCV Ellen Spensley Moriarty RUTLAND—Ellen Spensley Moriarty recently moved up in the Community College of Vermont as a career consultant in its Rutland Academic Center. She works with students and alumni in areas served by the Rutland, Bennington, and Brattleboro centers to provide personalized career guidance and resources. These support services help students…

By Robin Alberti Recently, the Sherburne United Church of Christ (the little white church) located on Route 4 near the junction with River Road hosted the last of seven fundraising suppers. Proceeds from these suppers provide most of the capital needed to keep the doors of the church open. Each year the church hosts bus…

BRIDGEWATER—On Oct. 10, at about 10:43 p.m., troopers from the Royalton Barracks responded to a residence on Route 4, in Bridgewater, Vt., for a report of a firearm discharge with injury. Investigation revealed that Colton Slivka, age 26 of Bridgewater, was babysitting two small children, aged 2 and 1 years old, when he discharged his…

HARTLAND—On Oct. 14 at 10:30 p.m. troopers from the state police Royalton barracks responded to the area at mile marker 66.4 of I-91 northbound, in the town of Hartland, for a vehicle v. pedestrian crash. Fire and rescue were dispatched to the scene. The male pedestrian, later identified as Arthur Huston, age 60, of Springfield,…

SUDBURY — On Oct. 17 at approximately 9:54 p.m., members of the Vermont State Police Rutland Barracks responded to a single vehicle crash on Route 30 at the intersection of Route 73 in the town of Sudbury. Preliminary investigation revealed that Jakob P. Mulcahy, age 20 of Forest Dale, was operating a 2006 Honda Civic south-bound…

On Tuesday, Oct. 27, the Towns of Rutland and West Rutland will host the second of several public work sessions focusing on potential improvements to the Route 4A/Business Route 4 corridor in and between the two towns. The second session will take place at 7 p.m. in the Town of Rutland Municipal Building in Center…

By Lani Duke Construction notes The Belden Company, Inc., received a $24,235 contract from the town of Castleton to build up the bank of Creek Road in Castleton just south of the Edward F. Kehoe Fishing Access; Lafayette Highway Specialities won a $4,232 contract to install 141.5 feet of guardrail along that same stretch of…

By Lani Duke Downtown economic picture is encouraging Foot traffic is up in downtown Rutland, according to the Rutland Regional Planning Commission, 73 percent higher during a week in November 2014 than it had been two years before — 8,765 compared to 5,052. Other numbers also seem promising. In July 2014, the same counting device…

POULTNEY–Green Mountain College has been recognized as a national sustainability leader in the 2015 Sustainable Campus Index, released Oct. 13 by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). GMC achieved the top spot for curriculum and air quality achievements, and the school was ranked no. 2 in the area of socially…

PITTSFIELD — Bill Oren asked the town to consider adopting an ordinance prohibiting fireworks and voiced his concerns about the sign in the Village Green that he feels is advertising for private businesses. The Riverside Horse Farm Act 250 hearing has been recessed, pending additional information from Riverside Horse Farm. The Pittsfield Town Plan has…

RUTLAND—On Thursday, Oct. 15 Hannaford Supermarkets will present a $10,000 donation to support drug and alcohol prevention program at the Boys & Girls Club of Rutland County, located at 71 Merchants Row in downtown Rutland. The donation will support expansion of its Smart Directions drug and alcohol prevention program, which is designed to teach local…

WEST RUTLAND—The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center dedicated a bench as part of a public artwork project, Sunday, Oct. 18, at the Vermont Farmers Food Center (VFFC). The dedication ceremony was part of the VFFC bocce tournament and All Things Apple celebration. The stone bench will be installed for one year at the Vermont Farmers…

Jeff Gottfried touches up one of his wood sculptures at the Big Buzz Chainsaw Carving Festival in Chester last week. by Stephen Seitz CHESTER — About 30 chainsaw artists from all over the United States descended on Chester Oct. 6-12, to join the 6th annual Big Buzz Chainsaw Carving Festival, held on Route 103, south…

By Eric Hudiburg Stafford Hill Solar Farm RUTLAND — On Oct. 8, Sanborn Head released a statement and photos congratulating the  City of Rutland for becoming the Solar Capital of New England. Sanborn Head said it was proud to have been part of this exciting time for Rutland. They provided civil, stormwater, and geotechnical site design…