By Julia Purdy Under a fuzzy gray sky that promises snow They stand like lone sentinels At the traffic lights Dark figures, straight-backed, lean, Once strong, capable bodies Muffled up in layers of old clothes, hoodies under jackets worn thin. […]
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2021 E-Editions, Fall Guide, Featured Publications
2021 Fall Guide
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News Briefs
‘Vermont’s Boston Tea Party’ observed with ceremony in Bennington
By Julia Purdy On Sunday, July 18, the state of Vermont formally acknowledged Vermonters’ first defiant bid for autonomy, an incident now referred to locally as the “Breakenridge Standoff.” Two-and-a-half centuries ago in July 1771, settlers in Bennington stood up […]
Featured, Local News
Amtrak returns to Rutland
By Julia Purdy At 10:45 a.m., Sunday, June 27, a silver-blue-and-red Amtrak train rolled into Rutland with celebratory blasts of the train horn. The Ethan Allen line is preparing to get back in business starting July 19. Several training runs […]
Letter, Opinion
Cancel culture is unsustainable
Dear Editor, “A rose by any other name would smell the same,” wrote William Shakespeare. Not so apparently, in the Raider vs. Raven standoff here in Rutland. The cancel culture has reached Rutland in the form of challenging the racist […]
Commentary, Opinion
More than ever, ‘Buyer beware’
By Julia Purdy As I continued my search for a smallish property to settle into permanently – land or land-with-small house – my budget gave me no slack. On my side, I do have the advantage of knowing the southern […]
Local News
Fire guts Baxter Street duplex
By Julia Purdy Duane Atwood of Wallingford, 38, was painting a two-story house at 69 Baxter St. in Rutland Friday April 23 when a neighbor called out that the house was on fire. “At first I thought it was a […]
Local News
Bright spot to reopen on Route 4 in Mendon
By Julia Purdy For several months the traveler on Route 4 has had nowhere to take a lunch/coffee break in the 10-mile stretch between the Killington Deli and Mama T’s at the bottom of the pass. The former Bridge’s Country […]
Local News
City removal of selected ash trees moves ahead
By Julia Purdy RUTLAND— Last fall Rutland neighborhood streets glowed with the golden foliage of ash trees, but since October, 75 streetside ash trees have been removed, Public Works Commissioner Jeff Wennberg told the Mountain Times Jan.23. That was the […]
Local News
Local developers pioneer downtown living
By Julia Purdy RUTLAND—Sixty years ago Rutland’s downtown bustled with activity. Its tall, late 19th century office blocks hummed with offices, and businessmen, shoppers and salesmen thronged its sidewalks. Rutland’s downtown furnished daily needs from housewares to hardware, shoes to […]