RUTLAND—Downtown Gentlemen’s Salon has opened on 32 Merchants Row. Owner Lori LePenna opened the salon March 19. She has 25 years of experience cutting hair in Vermont and South Carolina. She welcomes clients from 2 to 90 years old. The […]
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Local News
Castleton U ends partnership with REDC downtown
RUTLAND—In response to recent restructuring at Castleton University, Rutland Economic Development Corporation (REDC) announced March 1 that the university will end the current colocation of services with REDC in downtown Rutland. The agreement between REDC and CU calls for a […]
News Briefs
Rutland Region News Briefs
Lender shoots self in foot CLARENDON—Mortgage lender Provident Funding Associates is trying to foreclose on the house at 266 Creek Rd., Clarendon. The action is the fourth time Provident has attempted to foreclose on what the real estate website Zillow […]
Local News
Rutland Herald to move out of Wales Street building downtown
By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger RUTLAND — The Rutland Herald offices are getting ready to leave their longtime home on Wales Street in downtown Rutland. The newspaper, operating under the corporate name Vermont Community Media, reached an agreement to move […]
Op - Ed, Opinion
Downtown Rutland continues to evolve, adapt
By Steve Costello As regular readers may recall, I am a lover of fables, stories that for generations have carried a message. With the recent news about the purchase of two key downtown buildings by MKF Properties and plans in […]
Local News
MKF Properties purchases two downtown Rutland properties
RUTLAND —MKF has purchased 72 Merchants Row, adjacent to the Green Mountain Power (GMP) Energy Innovation Center, and MKF and GMP plan to connect the two buildings to share amenities including conference rooms and the EIC’s rooftop terrace. MKF has […]
Local News
Jungle Book coming to downtown Rutland
Phoenix Books funds sculpture, honoring Vt. author Rudyard Kipling RUTLAND—Work on the first carving announced in a planned series of historical stone sculptures in downtown Rutland will begin in August—but organizers say the “second” sculpture will be completed before the […]
Local News
Downtown pop-up gallery to debut May 19
RUTLAND—A group of Rutland boosters is hoping to use a pop-up gallery to raise local artists’ profiles and add to the growing art scene that will include galleries, murals and a planned series of sculptures in downtown Rutland. Organizers this […]
Local News
Kindred Spirit to triple in size downtown
RUTLAND—Kindred Spirit, Rutland’s unique downtown furniture and home goods store, is moving around the corner and tripling in size, owners Stephen Willoughby and Allison Thompson announced Thursday, April 13. The store, located at 53 Merchants Row, will move to 116 […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
The work of Pam Brown to be featured at Castleton Downtown Gallery
Friday, April 7, 6 p.m.—RUTLAND—The Castleton Downtown Gallery in Rutland features the works of artist Pam Brown running through May 6, with an artist’s reception scheduled for Friday, April 7, 6-8 p.m. Brown uses synthetic polymer clays, recycled sheet metal, copper, rubber and […]