Tag: Rutland

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    Why refugees from Syria might help Rutland prosper

    One of the biggest fallacies being circulated in our corrosive national debate over immigration is the notion that newcomers to the United States are somehow “taking away” the jobs of people who are already here. As we’ve pointed out before, our economy isn’t a steady-state system with only a set number of jobs. As a read more

    Why refugees from Syria might help Rutland prosper
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    Vermont’s new anti-sprawl law faces test in Rutland

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    State’s new anti-sprawl law faces early test in Rutland By C.B. HALLContributing writer RUTLAND, Vt.   The struggling Diamond Run Mall in Rutland, Vt., is visible atop a hill in the distance, across Route 7 from a meadow where developers want to build a new BJ’s Wholesale Club store. Opponents, including the mall’s owners, say read more

    Vermont’s new anti-sprawl law faces test in Rutland
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    Why some school districts might call Vermont’s bluff

    Here’s one bit of advice for small towns in Vermont that are struggling to figure out how to comply with Act 46, the state’s new school-district consolidation law: Don’t do anything crazy. The new law, adopted last spring, provides incentives for smaller school districts to join forces and sets a goal of having each district read more

    Why some school districts might call Vermont’s bluff
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    Witnesses in police case tell of sex, lies and racism

    A court case over racism and racial profiling in the Rutland police department has lately revealed allegations of a much broader range of misconduct by several current and former city officers.The civil case, which is expected to go to trial this fall, is the result of a lawsuit brought by Andrew Todd, who for many read more

    Witnesses in police case tell of sex, lies and racism
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    In Rutland, solar power’s next step

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    High-tech storage battery set for debut this fall By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer RUTLAND, Vt.   Photovoltaic panels collect the sun’s energy at the Borkowski family’s home in Rutland, which Green Mountain Power has dubbed the “energy home of the future.” This fall, the utility will begin offering a new high-tech battery that will allow homeowners read more

    In Rutland, solar power’s next step
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    New Rutland shopping plaza isn’t sprawl, panel rules

    A new shopping plaza including a BJ’s Wholesale Club, to be built at the southern end of the Route 7 commercial strip in Rutland, does not run afoul of Vermont’s new anti-sprawl regulations, a state panel has concluded. The District 1 Environmental Commission ruled April 3 that the project, to be built on an undeveloped read more

    New Rutland shopping plaza isn’t sprawl, panel rules
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    County seeks refund as land deal raises questions

    The chairman of the Columbia County Board of Supervisors is asking the local economic development corporation to pay back $114,000 in taxpayer funds that were used to buy land included in a deal that has become the focus of a series of conflict-of-interest allegations. Supervisor Patrick Grattan, R-Kinderhook, wrote to the Columbia Economic Development Corp. read more

    County seeks refund as land deal raises questions
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    Power center? Utility pushes to make Rutland the Northeast’s solar capital

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    By CRAIG IDLEBROOK Contributing writer RUTLAND, Vt.The 3-acre lot at the end of Cleveland Avenue was until recently considered unsuitable for development. The property on the western edge of Rutland was a brownfield, its soil contaminated by a coal gasification plant that occupied the site decades ago. The area is considered a blighted section of read more

    Power center? Utility pushes to make Rutland the Northeast’s solar capital
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    Law targets food wastes

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    By CRAIG IDLEBROOK Contributing writer RUTLAND, Vt.Tucked away from the rows of groceries at the Rutland Area Food Co-op are five-gallon buckets with lids, filled with food scraps that most customers wouldn’t want to take home. But those buckets move out the door faster than some of the foodstuffs on the co-op’s shelves. The co-op’s read more

    Law targets food wastes
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    In age of super PACs, a grassroots revolt

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    Rutland, area towns back resolutions opposing ‘corporate personhood’ By TRACY FRISCH Contributing writer RUTLAND, Vt. On the shortest, darkest days of the year, local activists were out knocking on doors and collecting signatures in support of a constitutional amendment. Outraged by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that has unleashed unlimited election spending by corporations, members read more

    In age of super PACs, a grassroots revolt