- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
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May 16, 2013
Greeters to screen boats for invasive
species
BOMOSEEN - A Vermont Grant in Aid provides funding for the Town of
Hubbardton and the Lake Bomoseen Association to support the Greeter
Program. Greeters offer voluntary watercraf ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
May 8, 2013
RESTORING A HISTORICAL HOUSE
POULTNEY - Green Mountain is in the process of restoring the 1900
C.W. Humphrey House, known most commonly as Bentley Hall, with
plans for it to be a community meeting and events center that will ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
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May 2, 2013
FUTURE PLANNING
POULTNEY-What lies in Poultney's future? Poultney 2020 conference
attendees hope to see a community art center on Main Street, a
localvore restaurant, a park on Main Street, and an in-town hub for
recreation ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
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Apr 24, 2013
SPRINGS SCHOOL IN A BIND
MIDDLETOWN - Middletown Springs voters recently turned down their
school budget by a four-vote margin, 165-161, so the school board
went back to the accounting table and shaved some more off
anticipa ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Apr 4, 2013
NEW OWNERS
POULTNEY-The Shaw's grocery store in Poultney has a new owner. A
group of private investors, led by Cerberus Capital Management,
recently purchased a number of national grocery chains, including
the 19 Shaw's sto ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
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Mar 27, 2013
CONSERVATION
TINMOUTH - Tinmouth landowners recently completed a conservation
project designed to preserve the community's ridgeline on Tinmouth
Mountain. The Gilmore family's 200-year-old dairy, Echo Mountain
Farm, was the ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Mar 21, 2013
INDEPENDENT LIVING
CASTLETON-The Castleton Community Seniors thank the voters of
Castleton, Fair Haven and Hubbardton who approved the Community
Center appropriations for 2012-13. These are dollars well spent in
helping seni ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Mar 14, 2013
SELECT BOARD MEETINGS
FAIR HAVEN-Fair Haven's select board has decided to move its
meetings to every other Monday beginning March 18. The move allows
the town manager to function as the town's representative to the
Rutland ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Mar 7, 2013
BUFFER ZONE
CASTLETON - Some folks who live along Lake Bomoseen are perturbed
about the Vermont legislature's H.223. Intended to protect the
state's navigable waters, the bill sets standards to protect
shorelines by establis ...
- Local News By Lani Duke
posted
Feb 27, 2013
CLOSING SCHOOL?
CASTLETON - Should Castleton close the Village School? Frank
Taggert believes so and is circulating a petition for the school
board to put the question on a special ballot. Taggert believes the
school distric ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Feb 20, 2013
ARTIST IN RESIDENT
CASTLETON-Castleton State College will again host the Governor's
Arts Institute of Vermont, bringing up to 130 young dancers,
musicians, actors and artists for an artists-in-residency
experience at the col ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Feb 14, 2013
COMMUNITY CENTER
CASTLETON - A grant from the Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging
is helping Doris Markie take the University of Vermont Extension
Master Gardener class, with the aim of using what she learns to
guide other ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Jan 31, 2013
HOUSING TOWN OFFICES
CASTLETON - The Castleton select board and a group of private
citizens are again drawing lines over plans for where to put the
town offices and at what expense. The select board is putting a
bond article ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
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Jan 24, 2013
ACTIVIST THREATS
POULTNEY-The Vermont House Agriculture Committee recently heard
testimony from Green Mountain officials and students asking for
protection for farms and other businesses, to guard against
potential online th ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Jan 17, 2013
FOR SALE: TOWN OFFICE BUILDING
CASTLETON- The Castleton town office building will be sold, the
select board announced recently, with right of first refusal going
to the town historical society. Realtor Ray Ault has advised a ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Jan 10, 2013
SCHOOLS
Classes resumed Wednesday, Jan. 3, but students receive a long
weekend soon with Monday, Jan. 21, off for Martin Luther King
Day.
Addison-Rutland Supervisory Union is challenging faculty and
staff in a month-long co ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Jan 3, 2013
Hoping everyone is enjoying an optimistic beginning of the new
year!
NEW EATERY
PAWLET-Sherrie Baker and Jami Panoushek recently opened Your Next
Stop Pawlet Station at 50 School Street in Pawlet Village. Open for
breakfast ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Dec 13, 2012
VILLAGE GRANT
POULTNEY-Poultney Village is receiving a $153,000 grant for
sidewalk construction along York Street from the Vermont Agency of
Transportation. It is one of 15 communities in the state to be
awarded a total of $ ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Dec 5, 2012
COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP
WEST PAWLET-A team of Green Mountain College students, headed by
Ben Smith, recently organized a clean up day for the burned barn at
Pine Woods Farm in West Pawlet. Students were to remove charred
wood tha ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Nov 29, 2012
PROF & VETS
CASTLETON-Castleton State communications prof Dr. Tom Conroy,
professor of communication at Castleton, and Castleton frosh Jordan
Gowland recently appeared with Dr. Edward Tick on Wisconsin Public
Radio's "A ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Nov 21, 2012
BIKE RACKS
RUTLAND COUNTY-The Vermont Agency of Transportation recently
announced that Rutland County is receiving 17 of the 132 bicycle
racks it is installing at public locations across the state. In
Castleton, racks will b ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Nov 14, 2012
BUILDING A FIRE EXCAPE
PAWLET-A recent Vermont Arts Council grant to build a fire escape
on the back of the Town Hall now needs community help to reach
fulfillment. With the fire escape completed, the community will be
able ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Nov 12, 2012
$48,900 RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AWARD
CASTLETON-Castleton biology and geology junior recently won a
research fellowship from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The two-year, $48,900 award includes a paid summer internship ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Oct 31, 2012
COMMUNITY CITIZENSHIP
PAWLET-Congratulations to Judy Coolidge, co-chair of the summer's
Pawlet Club 250 and Pawlet town treasurer, recognized by Mettowee
Valley Grange 373 to receive its Community Citizenship Award for
2011. ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Oct 25, 2012
CSC HOSTS LOCAL SOPHOMORES
CASTLETON-More than 300 local high school sophomores attended a day
of career exploration at Castleton State College recently. The
"Sophomore Summit" is a pilot program organized by the Rutland
Reg ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Oct 18, 2012
PAWLET POSTINGS
A Vermont Arts Council grant will help pay to install a fire stair
on the north side of the town hall to make the upstairs auditorium
more usable, provided the community raises matching funds. To help
out, se ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Oct 10, 2012
TOWNWIDE VOTE NIXES WIND
HUBBARDTON-Hubbardton residents recently voted 94 to 6 for putting
an end to building commercial wind turbines on the Grandpa's Knob
ridgeline. Selectboards in the other towns targeted for the Reunio ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Sep 26, 2012
EDUCATION NEWS
Fair Haven Grade School thanks the parents and family members who
attended its recent open house. The Middle School Open House is
Tuesday, Sept. 25.
Mettawee Community School library and technology specialist ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Sep 19, 2012
OBSERVATORY
CASTLETON-Castleton State College's astronomy club plans to hold
star parties, opening the school's observatory to let students and
residents look at the night sky. This is not a new effort for the
group, but las ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Sep 13, 2012
CSC FALL SEMESTER
CASTLETON-The Christine Price Gallery in the Fine Arts Center hosts
two shows through Friday, October 5. Work by seven alumni - Jim
Byrne, Brian Derosia, Jason Draine, James Harmon, Jason Jarvis,
Michael Kr ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Aug 30, 2012
EDUCATION NEWS
MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS-Middletown Springs elementary school has new
hours this year. School officially begins at 7:55 a.m., and the
school day ends at 3:05. The new hours are geared to help students
get to class i ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Aug 22, 2012
PROPOSAL ON PEAKS & RIDGES
CASTLETON-The Castleton Planning Commissioners recently completed a
study aimed at clarifying and expanding the town plan in respect to
mountain peaks and ridge lines. Now it's the citizenry's ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Aug 15, 2012
CSC DINING UPGRADES
CASTLETON-Residence halls open Thursday, August 23, for new
students, with orientation beginning the following morning.
Returning students come back Sunday, August 26, with classes
beginning the following ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Aug 9, 2012
STONE VALLEY STUDY FUNDED
CASTLETON-The Federal Highway Administration recently awarded
$81,920 for the Stone Valley Byway along Route 30 from Manchester
to Castleton. The funding is to develop a feasibility study to
enhance ...
- Columns
> OpinionBy Lani Duke
posted
Aug 1, 2012
CSC reaccredited; implementing strategic
plan
CASTLETON-Castleton State College is officially reaccredited. In
its official letter of approval to the school, the New England
Association of Schools and College's Commission o ...
- Columns
> OpinionBy Lani Duke
posted
Jul 25, 2012
New performing art space for CSC
CASTLETON-Castleton State College's performing arts department has
the opportunity to expand its activities into Rutland with the
awarding of an Arts Endowment $50,000 grant to the Paramount
...
- Columns
> OpinionBy Lani Duke
posted
Jul 18, 2012
Castleton personelle changes
CASTLETON-Ennis Duling is retiring after 25 years of working for
Castleton State College as its link between the school and the
public. His career has spanned the public relations continuum that
...
- Columns
> OpinionBy Lani Duke
posted
Jun 20, 2012
Castleton governance
CASTLETON-Castleton voters are a bit curious about their select
board. The board was quick to vote in opposition to the Reunion
Power proposal, yet slow to take action on a town hall solution.
Voters too ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
May 30, 2012
New Education Theory
CASTLETON-Castleton State Education prof Harry Chaucer has
published a new book on stimulating students to genius. Entitled A
Creative Approach to the Common Core Standards: The Da Vinci
Curriculum, it ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
May 23, 2012
GMC snips
POULTNEY-Prof. Eleanor Tison (E.S., Sust. Ag.), Garland Mason, and
Dave and Cindy Ondria of Chartwells recently represented Green
Mountain College in the opening plenary session of "Food
Connections: Reconnecting ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
May 2, 2012
CSC: Professor Emerita, fowl parades and books
abroad
CASTLETON-Castleton State College nursing professors Sue Farrell
and Maryann McDonough recently received honors from the Vermont
State Colleges board of trustees, the ra ...
- Local News By Lani Duke
posted
Apr 25, 2012
New directors in nursing and education
CASTLETON-Ellen Ceppetelli joins the Castleton State College family
as the new director of nursing. For the previous ten years she has
been director of nursing education at Dartmouth-H ...
- Local News By Lani Duke
updated
Apr 18, 2012 08:37 AM
TEACHERS RETURN TO WORK
After a week-long strike, teachers in the Rutland Southwest
Supervisory Union have returned to their classrooms. Many are it
took a year of negotiations and a week of striking to get to this
point.
...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Apr 11, 2012
School news: Castleton State College
CASTLETON-Castleton State College president Dave Wolk to receive a
Doctor of Letters degree during Middlebury College's May 27
commencement.
Zack Wiessner has joined the staff of Castle ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
updated
Apr 4, 2012 09:19 AM
WELLS GETS LAKE ACCESS
WELLS-The town of Wells recently gained access to Lake St.
Catherine, purchasing 300 acres of undeveloped lakefront and forest
land, working with the Vermont Land Trust and Vermont Housing and
Conserv ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
updated
Mar 28, 2012 02:52 PM
Teacher turmoil
Teachers in Addison-Rutland Supervisory Union sidestepped a planned
strike by reaching a tentative agreement with the school boards at
Castleton, Fair Haven, Benson and Orwell. The major difference was
over ...
- Local News By Lani Duke
updated
Mar 21, 2012 10:22 AM
Poultney festival for Maple Lovers
POULTNEY-Poultney hosts two days of celebration in honor of
Vermont's first crop of the season on March 24 and 25. The festival
begins with a pancake breakfast in The Station restaurant, s ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
updated
Mar 7, 2012 09:15 AM
BENSON VILLAGE SCHOOL news
BENSON-Fifth graders recently spent their time building parallel
and series circuits. They made flashlights using paper, wires
batteries, battery holders, a light bulb plus light bulb holder,
and ...
- Local News By Lani Duke
updated
Feb 29, 2012 04:31 PM
New eatery serves Thai cuisine
BOMMOSEEN-A new eatery is dishing up Thai food to go at lunch time,
Monday through Friday on Route 30, Lake Bomoseen. The proprietor, a
Thai lady named Kae, also teaches Thai cooking. Classes ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
updated
Feb 22, 2012 10:43 AM
METTAWEE SCHOOL UPDATE
Pawlet-Mettawee Community School principal Nancy Mark plans to
retire when the school year ends in June. She began working at
Pawlet in 1988, becoming founding principal of Mettawee Community
School, ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
posted
Feb 16, 2012
Firefighter of the year
BENSON-The Benson fire department recently named Captain Dave
Bartholomew as Firefighter of the Year. He accumulated the most
training hours in the previous years, including attending regional
fire s ...
- Local News By Lani Duke
updated
Feb 15, 2012 01:38 PM
Firefighter of the year
BENSON-The Benson fire department recently named Captain Dave
Bartholomew as Firefighter of the Year. He accumulated the most
training hours in the previous years, including attending regional
fire s ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
updated
Feb 8, 2012 12:08 PM
Town Meeting issues
CASTLETON-The upcoming Castleton town meeting asks voters to
approve a $2 million bond to construct a new town building complex
with a meeting room large enough to hold voting, and including town
clerk, ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
updated
Jan 25, 2012 12:07 PM
POULTNEY NEWS
POULTNEY- Tori Greenough's art is on display in the Poultney High
library until middle February.
Congrats to Nicole Bogucki for being awarded the 2012-2013 Comcast
Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship. The one- ...
- Local News By Lani Duke
updated
Jan 18, 2012 07:55 AM
Build new or redo?
CASTLETON-Castleton's select board has proposed building a new
town hall west of the historic downtown and close to the Four
Corners, where Routes 4 and 30 intersect. Some community members
question whet ...
- Local News By Lani Duke
updated
Jan 13, 2012 01:22 PM
Rare species may hinder construction
CASTLETON-Reunion Power, planning to build as many as 20 turbines
in the vicinity of Grandpa's Knob, may find its plans stymied by
the state Agency of Natural Resources. Agency secretary ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
updated
Jan 4, 2012 04:21 PM
Governor's institute approaches
POULTNEY - Students grades 9-12, may now register for the February
10-12 Governor's Institute Winter Weekend at Goddard College. This
year's 'strands' are Current Issues, Engineering (biomass ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
updated
Dec 28, 2011 08:50 AM
ONE STREAM OR MORE?
Castleton made the switch to single-stream recycling not long ago.
So have a number of other Vermont towns. Casella has a new
Zero-Sort plant up and going. Fair Haven town manager Peter
Hathaway has prop ...
- Local News By Lani Duke
updated
Dec 21, 2011 10:20 AM
Holiday decorations are scarcer
If you notice that fewer homes in the Lakes Region seem as
exuberant in their outdoor decorations, blame local vandals. Since
before Halloween, this strip of western Rutland County seems hard ...
- Local NewsBy Lani Duke
updated
Dec 14, 2011 10:19 AM
TAI CHI FOR ARTHRITIS
CASTLETON-The CCC is adding two level-one Tai Chi For Arthritis
classes in January. A level two class continues for those who have
completed level one. Tai Chi is an ancient practice proven to
re ...
- Local Newsby Lani Duke, Lakes Region
updated
Oct 19, 2011 08:07 AM
A contest in Rutland County is aimed at helping homeowners make
their properties more energy efficient. Towns aim to introduce 24
homes in their community to the HeatSquad program.
Sponsored by NeighborWorks of Western Verm ...
- Local News by Lani Duke
updated
Oct 12, 2011 01:37 PM
The Castleton town selectboard recently decided to give a raise
to the town's constables; each is to receive an additional $1/hour,
up to $17/hour. In addition to their hourly pay, the constables
receive $7.50/hour when thei ...
- Local Newsby Lani Duke
updated
Oct 7, 2011 08:59 AM
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Thursdays, October 6 - The Castleton Community Center begins
hosting a Thursday Healthier Living Workshop series from 1-3:30
p.m. The weekly program runs through November 10. Classes help
people with chroni ...
- Local Newsby Lani Duke
updated
Sep 28, 2011 09:48 AM
A Chicago-based group brings the music of Mexico to Castleton
State College in a 12:30 p.m. workshop and a 7:00 p.m. performance
Thursday, September 29. The Sones de Mexico ensemble specializes in
cross-cultural arrangements ...
- Local Newsby Lani Duke
updated
Sep 20, 2011 09:47 AM
Mary Wesley calls an exuberant contra dance with the Cold River
Band (Marcos Levy and Mary Barron) providing live music at the
Tinmouth Community Center at 8:00 p.m. Friday, September 23. Come
early, especially if you're new ...
- Columns
> Opinionby Lani Duke
updated
Sep 5, 2011 12:17 PM
A big cheer and sincere thank you is in order for all who
volunteered their time and energy to fight flood waters. Pawlet
Village was among those organizing volunteer work crews to help
clean up. It also added a disaster rel ...
- by Lani Duke
updated
Aug 16, 2011 12:12 PM
Tour 18 buildings - period homes, public buildings, galleries,
and historic sites - during the Castleton Colonial Day House Tour
from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday, August 20. See exhibits of
antique tools and carriages p ...
- by Lani Duke
updated
Aug 10, 2011 07:42 AM
Friday and Saturday, August 12 and 13, provide a look into
Poultney history and tradition. A lecture entitled "Family and
Faith: A Welshman from Poultney," studies George Jones, co-founder
of the New York Times, born in Poul ...
- by Lani Duke
updated
Aug 3, 2011 08:29 AM
Have a weed with Steve Schlussel ("the Weedman") 10:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. Saturday, August 6, at Lake St. Catherine, 3034 VT Rt.
30 South. Learn to ID plants you may see around you growing wild
and their potential as lovely ...
- by Lani Duke
updated
Jul 27, 2011 10:42 AM
Bluegrass and folk music, original and authentic, from the
quintet PossumHaw, flows from the gazebo in Fair Haven town park
Thursday, July 28. Starting time is 7:00 p.m.
Fair Haven is home to an interesting weekend, with a ...
- Local News
updated
Jul 21, 2011 11:27 AM
Relax to French-Canadian and American folk songs, Celtic and
novelty tunes from the Woods Tea Company in the Fair Haven Park at
7:00 p.m., Thursday, July 21. Think they're just another local
group? They've performed twice at ...
- Local Newsby Lani Duke
updated
Jul 5, 2011 12:50 PM
Experience one of the significant battles of the American
Revolution - and the only Revolutionary War battle fought in
Vermont (in 1777) -- Saturday and Sunday, July 9 and 10 at the
Hubbardton Battlefield. Fun and education ...
