Friday & Saturday, Aug. 4-5—RUTLAND—The end of July and start of August has marked the annual Downtown Rutland Partnership’s annual Sidewalk Sales event for years. This year, it’s being held Friday, Aug. 4, 9 a.m.-10 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 5, 9 […]
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Friday Night Live Summer Concert Series lineup released
RUTLAND — The Downtown Rutland Partnership recently announced its 2016 Friday Night Live Summer Concert Series lineup, this year expanding 25 percent from three headlining artists to four. Featured on the stage this year is “American Idol” winner Taylor Hicks […]
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Baxter Street park officially breaks ground
Photos courtesy of Robin Alberti Despite the pouring rain on Saturday, community members, representatives of the city and Downtown Rutland Partnership gathered at the corner of Baxter Street and Library Avenue to celebrate the ground-breaking of Northwest Rutland’s first community […]
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Vermont Butcher Shop plans to open Rutland location
RUTLAND – The Vermont Butcher Shop, the leading proprietor of “honest” meats and victuals from the Green Mountain State and surrounding area, will soon provide the newest ingredient in Rutland’s ongoing revitalization. Nick DeLauri, co-owner as well as native son […]
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Castleton University to house students in downtown Rutland
RUTLAND–Already with a strong presence in the Opera House in the heart of downtown Rutland, Castleton University is planning a two-floor, efficient living space nearby that could become a model for others. In collaboration with Mark Foley, Jr., Castleton and […]
News Briefs
News Briefs: Rutland Region
By Lani Duke Rutland City Combination Pond ballot item in contention Yes, no, maybe. That’s the pattern for the appearance of an advisory question on the Rutland City ballot regarding whether “the voters of the city of Rutland [should] reclaim, […]
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News Briefs: Rutland Region
By Lani Duke Rutland City Where does the water go? About half the water the Rutland city water plant treats seems to disappear. Of the average 2 million gallons of drinking water the city processes every day, only about half […]
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Revvin’ those engines
Courtesy of the Downtown Rutland Partnership Motorcycles line the streets of downtown Rutland during a past year’s Downtown Rutland Block Party event. The Annual Killington Classic Motorcycle Rally will throttle through the Green Mountains Aug. 27-30 The Killington Classic Motorcycle […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment, Featured
Downtown Rutland brims with activities
Courtesy of Downtown Rutland Partnership The Little Circus sets up a tall apparatus, with performers flying high above the street on Merchants Row. Local merchants set out sidewalk sale tents along the closed streets of Merchants Row and Center Street […]
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News Briefs: Rutland Region
Rutland Mental Health announces personnel changes RUTLAND–Dan Quinn, executive director of RMHS, resigned after seven and a half years, believing his leaving would smooth the path to an easier relationship with state officials. RMHS employs a staff of about 400, […]