By Cristina Kumka RUTLAND TOWN — Rutland City will lose money and at least 30 local workers will lose their jobs come April, when J.C. Penney will leave the Diamond Run Mall. In a statement made on Wednesday, Jan. 7, […]
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JCPenny will leave Diamond Run Mall
BY CRISTINA KUMKA CORRESPONDENT RUTLAND TOWN – Rutland city will lose money and at least 30 locals will lose their jobs come April, when J.C. Penney will leave the Diamond Run Mall. According to Rutland Alderman Ed Larson Wednesday: “In a lengthy telephone conversation […]
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Killington selectboard renews five-year fire contract
By Cristina Kumka Sherburne Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., Killington Fire and Rescue and Killington Search and Rescue, the entity that provides the town’s fire and rescue operations, and the Killington Select Board agreed on Tuesday, Dec. 16, to renew the […]
Sports
Bootcamp opens on Killington Rd.
Photo courtesy of Beth Roberts Fellow Bootcampershelped put the finishing touches on the Killington Boot Camp studio behind the Lookout Bar & Grill, Dec. 14. Boot Camp owner Beth Roberts partnered with Lookout owner Phil Black to establish Killington Boot […]
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Mountain Green condo owners thrilled with Maya Papaya
By Cristina Kumka Mountain Green condominium owners are loving a new fish, produce and grocery market right in their complex, according to Chef Brad Pirkey of Maya Papaya CSA. Opened since Thanksgiving weekend, Maya Papaya offers a new option for […]
State News
Doing more with less: Killington boosts events by 75 percent in five years
By Cristina Kumka The local option tax has served the town well, allowing town officials to increase the number of spring, summer and fall events in town by 75 percent since 2009 and paying down debt on a municipal golf […]
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Rutland County review
By Cristina Kumka Killington to hold off on tax repeal idea; town may make hires The Killington Select Board agreed on Tuesday, Dec. 16, without a binding vote, to support hiring a full-time recreation director for an additional cost in […]
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The science and the shoe: Longtime shoe repair shop transitions into modern age
By Cristina Kumka Tucked inside one of Rutland’s redeveloping neighborhoods is a rare business that mirrors what’s happening around it — innovatively growing to better serve the community. Lenoci’s Fine Shoe and Leather Repair Shop started 82 years ago after […]
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Study and tour show fire house improvements needed
By Cristina Kumka The newly-formed Killington Volunteer Fire Department Facilities Committee, charged with reviewing the needs and wants of the department and possibility of a new firehouse, took a tour of the Killington Road fire station on Wednesday, Dec. 17. […]
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Social media success—Rutland H.S. kids get bullying app banned
Photo by Cristina Kumka Sticky notes supporting the ban of the controversial app, “After School,” cover the windows of the administrative offices at Rutland High School . This time it was the kids in the classroom teaching the adults. A […]