Wednesday, June 14 at 6 p.m. — PROCTOR — The Proctor Free Library will host “Church Bells to Train Whistles: Rutland & the Ripleys, 1837-1958,” an illustrated talk by Julia Purdy. The program is free. Light refreshments will be provided and […]
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Letter
The underlying issue with S.5: The means whereby
Dear Editor, Only three years after red-tagging above ground heating oil tanks for replacement to the tune of $1,800-$2,400, S.5, called the Clean Heat Act or the Affordable Heat Act, is adding another heating-related headache to Vermont households and […]
Letter, Opinion
It doesn’t take a meteorologist
Dear Editor, National weather services have been calling the latest storm to strike the Northeast a “Nor’easter.” But it wasn’t. The term Nor’easter has been used by generations along the coast of the far northeastern U.S. to describe a coastal […]
Arts/Entertainment, Local News
Rutland resident translates historic Italian novel
Editor’s note: Julia Purdy is employed as a copy editor for the Mountain Times. Julia Purdy first read “The Sky is Red,” when she was 8 years old. The prize-winning 1947 Italian novel by Giuseppe Berto tells story of four […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment, Events & Activities
Vermont writer featured on NBC’s “America Tonight Radio”
Interview with Julia Purdy of Rutland On Thursday and Friday, Sept. 16-17, radio listeners can tune in to NBC’s “America Tonight Radio” with Kate Delaney to hear an interview with Julia Purdy of Rutland, author of a new translation of […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment, Events & Activities
West Rutland tour steps back in time
June 19 at 12 p.m. — WEST RUTLAND — Step back 250 years in West Rutland on Saturday, June 19, when the Crown Point Road Association will hold a field talk at the site of a Revolutionary War-era homestead in […]
Letter, Opinion
Admirable intentions, but real obstacles ignored
Dear Editor, We read that Bridge to Rutland (B2R), a well-meaning grass-roots project, is laying plans to bring asylum seekers to Rutland. I am bucking the current here, but has anyone given any thought to how and where any numbers […]
2021 E-Editions
Mountain Times – Volume 50, Number 18_ May 5-11, 2021
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2021 E-Editions
Mountain Times – Volume 50, Number 17 _ April 28 – May 4, 2021
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Local News, State News
Self-described ‘dirt farmer,’ educator and activist, Greg Cox seeks Senate seat
By Julia Purdy WEST RUTLAND—Greg Cox, well known for his involvement in the Vermont Farmers’ Market and the Vermont Farmers’ Food Center on West Street, is a contender for a Senate seat representing Rutland County. Cox also operates Boardman Hill […]