By Brett Yates On Sept. 13, the Chittenden Select Board approved a proposal to redesign the intersection of Holden Road and Dam Road, with a cost not to exceed $2,000. Currently, drivers heading south on Holden Road approach a fork […]
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Video ads to showcase downtown Rutland
By Brett Yates The Downtown Rutland Partnership (DRP) has hired BENT Media, a video production company based in Franklin County, to create a series of advertisements that will promote shopping, dining, art, and entertainment in the city’s historic center. By […]
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50,000 Vermonters to receive new driver’s licenses after barcode errors caused travel issues
By Ashley DeLeon/VTDigger Almost 50,000 Vermonters are expected to receive new driver’s licenses after several newly printed cards were rejected by federal transportation scanning machines, according to the Vermont Dept. of Motor Vehicles. The error did not impact people’s ability to […]
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Most Mendon taxpayers will pay less
Increased home valuations, lower municipal tax rate, surplus, state education formula explained By Brett Yates MENDON — A previous article in the Mountain Times, “Tax rate plunges in Mendon” (July 28), misstated the municipal tax rate in Mendon for 2021–2022 […]
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Tax rate plunges in Mendon
By Brett Yates The Mendon Select Board has set the municipal tax rate for 2021–2022 at 0.3973%, which means that Mendon homeowners will pay 16.4 fewer cents in municipal taxes per $100 of assessed property value than they did last […]
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City surplus helps to offset municipal tax
By Brett Yates Rutland City underspent its annual budget in Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) by nearly $1 million. Rutland City’s fiscal calendar ends on June 30, according to City Treasurer Mary Markowski. The city’s biggest savings came from the Dept. […]
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Mendon drops gunfire safety proposal
By Brett Yates After a months long effort, the Mendon Select Board has abandoned its proposal to restrict gunfire within town limits. “I’m going to say no. I don’t think it’ll work,” Selectwoman Valorie Taylor concluded at the board’s last […]
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Rutland to finish sewage system upgrades by November
By Brett Yates After significant delays and cost overruns, the Rutland City Dept. of Public Works (DPW) expects by November to see the substantial completion of the wastewater system overhaul authorized on Town Meeting Day in 2019, when voters passed […]
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Alderman wants Rutland to back up inclusion statement
By Brett Yates Through a proposal aimed to boost LGBTQ Pride Month locally, Alderman Thomas Franco is hoping to help make Rutland City’s recent symbolic commitment to diversity and tolerance a little more tangible. On May 3, Rutland City officially […]
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Mendon to organize gunfire safety committee
By Brett Yates The Mendon Select Board’s monthslong project to enact a firearm discharge ordinance entered a new stage on May 24 when the board agreed to solicit volunteers for a committee of residents that would help design the law. […]