By Neil P. Allen BRANDON— Last month, The River Pub & Grill opened its doors at 18 Center St. in Brandon. The new restaurant is described as “a casual environment with pub-style food, drinks, and cocktails in an open concept […]
Tag: Donald Billings
Featured, Local News
Roots owner expands to Killington
By Katy Savage Donald Billings doesn’t like to sit still. After relocating his Rutland restaurant, Roots, to Washington Street and reopening Dec. 7 with double the seating, Billings, the owner and chef, opened a market and deli in Killington. Now […]
Local News
Downtown Rutland welcomes six new businesses in six months
RUTLAND—Spring may be missing in action, but businesses continue to sprout in downtown Rutland at a healthy pace. For the sixth month in a row, downtown has seen a new business open its doors each month. They’re all different and […]
Op - Ed
60 reasons I love Rutland
By Steve Costello I’ve long believed that one of Rutland’s greatest problems is a tendency toward overly negative self criticism, so when I heard about McNeil and Reedy’s contest celebrating its 60th anniversary, I was thrilled. The contest is simple: […]
News Briefs
News Briefs: Lakes Region
Dam removal urged Claiming that most of the 200 dams in Vermont that do not appear to have a current use are thus “deadbeats,” the Nature Conservancy of Vermont plans to urge their removal after first developing a data-rich map […]