Tag: Rutland

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    Ground rules needed for slate quarrying

    One of the chief selling points of zoning and planning laws is the idea that government oversight of land use gives a measure of protection to landowners large and small. As we’ve seen in many cases over the years, the devil is the details of land-use laws, and sometimes these laws wind up requiring ugly… read more

    Ground rules needed for slate quarrying
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    Colleges on the brink

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    Demographic, financial pressures spell doom for three area schools Southern Vermont College President David R. Evans stands on the patio outside his office in the college’s Everett Mansion. The college is one of three in the region that plan to close this spring. Joan K. Lentini photo   By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer     With… read more

    Colleges on the brink
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    Disappearing local colleges pose questions for future

    As scandals go, this one was stunning in its scope yet somehow unsurprising. In mid-March, federal prosecutors accused nearly three dozen wealthy parents across the country of making six- and seven-figure payments to buy their children admission to top-ranked colleges from Yale to Stanford. The parents, authorities say, paid a corrupt educational consultant who then… read more

    Disappearing local colleges pose questions for future
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    Rutland college struggles as enrollment shrinks

    The College of St. Joseph is struggling to stay open in the face of financial problems and declining enrollment. The trustees of the 62-year-old Catholic liberal arts college in Rutland revealed in late April that they were considering closing the school, which had burned through about 90 percent of its $5 million endowment. After the… read more

    Rutland college struggles as enrollment shrinks
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    More Syrian refugees now expected in Rutland

    At least seven more families fleeing the Syrian civil war are now expected to resettle in Rutland later this year, despite the Trump administration’s efforts to halt the flow of new Syrian refugees to the United States. Rutland’s former mayor, Christopher Louras, volunteered the city more than a year ago as the new home for… read more

    More Syrian refugees now expected in Rutland
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    Unequal justice? Bennington, Rutland rank high in study of police bias

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    By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer   Black drivers who are pulled over by city police in Rutland are at least six times more likely than white drivers to wind up being searched. But police searches of black drivers in Rutland and elsewhere across Vermont are less likely than searches of white drivers to turn up drugs… read more

    Unequal justice? Bennington, Rutland rank high in study of police bias
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    Refugee plan gets green light in Rutland

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    City leaders call for unity after divisive debate By C.B. HALLContributing writer RUTLAND, Vt. It’s official: The refugees will be coming to Rutland. The U.S. State Department has approved a plan to resettle about 100 refugees from Syria and Iraq in the city over the next 12 months. The decision was announced Sept. 28 by… read more

    Refugee plan gets green light in Rutland
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    Decision on refugees now months away

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    Rutland aldermen seek more discussion, decline to endorse program By C.B. HALLContributing writer RUTLAND, Vt. The federal government appears to have put off a decision on whether to resettle 100 Syrian refugees in Rutland after city aldermen chose last month not to endorse the resettlement effort.The U.S. State Department had been expected to render a… read more

    Decision on refugees now months away
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    Opponents push for vote on refugees

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    Rutland petition calls for referendum on Syrian resettlement By C.B. HALLContributing writer RUTLAND, Vt.   Lawn signs promote the new civic group Rutland Welcomes, which supports the planned resettlement of 100 Syrian refugees in the city. C.B. Hall photo With the prospect of 100 Syrian refugees arriving in Rutland this fall, some local activists are… read more

    Opponents push for vote on refugees
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    Seeking refuge in Vermont – Refugee plan draws praise, backlash in Rutland

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    Rutland’s plan to resettle displaced Syrians draws praise — and a backlash By C.B. HALLContributing writer RUTLAND, Vt.   Representatives of state and national refugee resettlement organizations take questions from city aldermen and the public at a May 25 forum in Rutland. The refugee placement organizations have been working with the city’s mayor on a… read more

    Seeking refuge in Vermont – Refugee plan draws praise, backlash in Rutland