By Lani Duke NECAP test scores tied to poverty levels Rutland High students came in barely above statewide averages on last May’s NECAP tests: 36 percent demonstrated science proficiency. Otter Valley U.H.S. students ranked considerably lower, with only 15 percent […]
Tag: Rutland Area Farm and Food Link
RAFFL to honor Green Mountain College Professor Philip Ackerman-Leist at 10-year mark
Sunday, Oct. 25 at 4:30 p.m. — POULTNEY — On Oct. 25, a group of farmers and community members interested in local food will gather at Green Mountain College to honor Philip Ackerman-Leist and the role he played in the creation and […]
News Briefs: Rutland Region
By Lani Duke RUTLAND CITY Progress begins at Center Street Alley With the prying up of a single brick from Center Street Alley, Rutland City has begun the process of taking out the planters and leveling what has been a […]
Rutland Young Professionals announce statewide summit in Rutland
RUTLAND—On July 14, representatives from Rutland Young Professionals (RYP), Castleton Downtown and the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET) announced the details of an upcoming statewide summit set for September. The 2015 Young Professionals Summit of Vermont will gather young […]
RAFFL hosts free movie as a thank you for supporters of local food and farms
Wednesday, May 6 at 7 p.m. — RUTLAND — The greater Rutland community demonstrates its support of local food, local farms, and local businesses in many ways. Area farmers’ markets are bustling, farms routinely sell out of their available CSA Farm Shares, […]