By Gary Salmon Several years ago, Michael Wojtech’s book, “BARK: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast,” came out, which helped in this difficult identification process. Bark is not as consistent as leaves are and changes as the tree […]
Tag: Shrewsbury
Local News
Nicoll unopposed for Rutland-Windsor 2
By Stephen Seitz LUDLOW—Barring a successful write-in attempt, Democratic selectman Logan Nicoll, a lifelong Ludlow resident, will be representing Shrewsbury, Mount Holly and Ludlow in the House next year. “I ran in the last cycle, but couldn’t put enough time […]
Breaking News Ticker, Local News
Shrewsbury 5-year-old and his grandmother drown
Staff report A grandmother and her grandson drowned on Friday, July 20, at the Lowell Lake State Park lake access area in Londonderry, Vermont State Police reported. Julie Lawrence, 56, rushed into the water to help her 5-year-old grandson, Jaxon […]
State News
Route 103 road resurfacing to begin April 16
The Vermont Agency of Transportation notifies the traveling public that Route 103 from Rockingham to Clarendon will be resurfaced this spring and summer. This project will proceed through Rockingham, portions of Chester, Cavendish, portions of Ludlow, Mount Holly, Wallingford, Shrewsbury […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
Wildlife Tracking Workshop offered in Shrewsbury
Saturday, March 10, 10 a.m.—SHREWSBURY—Join the Shrewsbury Conservation Commission and the Vermont Woodlands Association for a three-hour wildlife tracking workshop, Saturday, March 10, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Shrewsbury Meeting House. Learn the tracks and signs of many common Vermont mammals […]
Local News
Vermont Farmers Food Center awarded $30,000 humanities grant
RUTLAND—The Vermont Farmers Food Center and Shrewsbury Institute for Agricultural Education announce the award of a $30,000 matching grant from The National Endowment for the Humanities for Root Words, a collaborative project that will collect and present the stories of […]
Local News
Marketing initiative to focus on regional growth in Rutland County
By Karen D. Lorentz Rutland County faces a serious population decline that has already begun. The county lost over 1,000 residents between 2010 and 2013 when the estimated population was 60,622 (further reading on VT population). The projection from a […]
News Briefs, police
Shrewsbury town offices burglarized
Police are investigating a burglary that occurred at the Shrewsbury town offices early Monday morning. Vermont State Police said a Shrewsbury town employee entered the building at approximately 6:05 a.m., and encountered a male subject inside the office who fled […]
News Briefs, police
Police locate missing hunter
Members of the Vt. State Police Search and Rescue Team located a previously reported missing hunter from Connecticut in Shewsbury last week. Trey Young, age 45, was found in good health in a wooded area off Eastham Road approximately 24 […]
police
Theft reported at Appalachian Trail lot
SHREWSBURY—On July 24 at 7:58 p.m. troopers from the Vermont State Police Rutland Barracks responded to a complaint of a theft from a motor vehicle at 2000 Vermont Route 103, an Appalachian Trail parking lot in the town of Shrewsbury. […]