By Julia Purdy PAWLET—On Aug. 28, 2016, a community watershed event titled “Five Years Vermont Strong—Tropical Storm Irene, Five Years Later: Where Are We Now?” was held in Pawlet to remember the devastating impact of Tropical Storm Irene on Aug. […]
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News Briefs
Route 4 road work—just a bit longer
By Julia Purdy MENDON—Work continues along sections of US Route 4 in Mendon and Rutland Town as VTrans crews and contractors repair and replace features of the Route 4 corridor in two spots: the ravine on the west side of […]
News Briefs, police
Road closure to affect access to Chittenden destinations
By Julia Purdy PITTSFORD—Chittenden Road will be closed to through traffic from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2 and possibly over the Labor Day weekend, according to Town Manager John Haverstock, although he hopes that will not be the case. The […]
News Briefs
Town embarks on townwide reassessment
By Julia Purdy CHITTENDEN—The Town of Chittenden began a townwide reassessment of real property in July, and officials anticipate the results will be finalized in April or May 2017. Initial field data must be collected by Nov. 1, 2016. The […]
Local News
Rutland’s downtown parking enters the digital age
By Julia Purdy The time is not far off when the metallic jingle of coins being collected from downtown parking meters will go the way of the ice wagon. A black square post stands in front of the Opera House […]
Local News
Rutland’s historic Ripley Bridge replaced
By Julia Purdy The geometry of the bridge contrasts with Otter Creek’s natural environment. On Monday, June 20, drivers waiting at the light at West Street and Route 7 in Rutland were forced to make room for a 100-foot flatbed […]
Local News
Romancing the stone in West Rutland
Members’ exhibition opens at the Carving Studio By Julia Purdy On an unseasonably hot and sticky May 28, coinciding with the Vermont-wide Open Studio Weekend, the Carving Studio & Sculpture Center (CSSC) on Marble Street in West Rutland held the […]
Letter
Vt. precedents for town-building
Dear editor, I’d like to comment on Steve Seitz’s report published in the Mountain Times June 1-7 edition on Utah entrepreneur David Hall’s vision of planting a large new community in Sharon and Royalton. Unlike the communes we are used […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
Writer Julia Purdy to talk on eugenics movement in Vermont
Sunday, June 5 at 2 p.m. — BRIDGEWATER — Julia Purdy of Rutland Town will talk about the eugenics movement in Vermont on Sunday, June 5 at 2 p.m. at the Bridgewater Historical Society, 12 North Bridgewater Road. Eugenics was a movement […]
Local News
Is that a weed?
Science Pub lecture explores the perennial question By Julia Purdy Even though snow is still likely to be in the forecast, now is the time gardeners and homeowners are gearing up for the spring ritual of inspecting gardens and yards […]