By Julia Purdy RUTLAND—Wednesday, Dec. 21, was the final day of the 2016 season for eligible households to pick up a hefty shopping tote stuffed with fresh, local farm produce at the Vermont Farmers’ Food Center at 251 West Street […]
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Who works in clean energy? 17,000 Vermonters, according to report
By Julia Purdy Gov. Peter Shumlin has stated that Vermont now boasts 17,000 jobs in the clean energy industry. Where does that figure come from? In May 2016 the Department of Public Service released the Vermont Clean Energy 2016 Industry […]
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Tattersall reflects on 21 years downtown
By Julia Purdy RUTLAND—The word is out: Tattersall’s Clothing & Accessories, 96 Merchants Row, will close its doors in mid-January after 21 years in its current location. Owner Christine Tattersall told the Mountain Times that she has tried to promote […]
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Recycling is nothing new
American’s made strides in efficiency and recycling during war rations By Julia Purdy Seventy-five years ago, on Dec. 8, 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt went to Congress to ask for a declaration of war. The previous day, Japanese military […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
“Scrooged” screens at the Paramount, a rendition of a holiday classic
By Julia Purdy After the Gospel, Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” is probably the best known story of Christmas in the English language. Since 1900, the entertainment industry alone has produced at least 50 versions for film and TV. We […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
“Interiors”: painter Diane Fitch invites us indoors
By Julia Purdy “I have been fortunate to live in complex cluttered spaces,” wrote painter Diane Fitch in the statement for her show, “Interiors,” now on display at the Castleton Downtown Gallery until Jan. 7. While persistent clutter defies our […]
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The Syrian Experience as Art speaks to humanity
By Julia Purdy RUTLAND—Americans who took ancient history in school probably remember learning about the Valley of the Tigris and Euphrates, or the Fertile Crescent, often called the cradle of civilization. Literature scholars probably have read the Gilgamesh Epic. That […]
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Inside Rutland’s gig economy
By Julia Purdy “Gig economy” is a term relatively unknown in Rutland. Musicians and performers used the term “gig” to mean engagements from one-night stands in concerts or coffee houses to theater runs that had to be supplemented by the […]
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Former Good Cent$ store is demolished
By Julia Purdy RUTLAND—The small white house at 38 West Street, familiar to many as the Good Cent$ thrift store, was demolished Thursday, Sept. 29, and is now an empty lot ready to receive the winter’s snow piles from the […]
News Briefs
Visionary philanthropist donates life’s work to state
By Julia Purdy HUBBARDTON—“Kit” Carson Davidson died Thursday, Sept. 28, 2016, at age 92, but he remains in spirit in the uplands of the Hubbardton home he called “Taconic Mountains Ramble.” This unique corner of Rutland County has been enjoyed […]