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| Auditors to investigate UVM contracts Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST A Boston-based financial-services firm has been retained to investigate unauthorized contracts to a consultant hired to help implement a data-management system at the University of Vermont. |
| Lawyer marks 70 years of practice Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:08:00 EST SOUTH BURLINGTON — Sporting a crisp yellow shirt and wide smile, Nicholas Morwood munched on his stub of a cigar in his office at 333 Dorset Street, the home of Morwood and Morwood, a family law firm. Morwood, 92, has been a practicing lawyer since 1938. |
| Essex teen selected for U.S. math team Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST A recent Vermont high school graduate was selected to a national, six-student math team that will compete for a world title in Madrid next month. |
| Voice behind the fishing derby Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:47:00 EST WINOOSKI— Who is the woman behind the voice giving hourly WOKO top fish reports at the LCI fishing derby? She's a hunter, angler, singer and financial advisor. |
| Composters warned to keep dogs from piles Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST Those who save their food scraps for the compost pile need to take steps to save their pets. |
| Charlotte Berry Farm owners propose tearoom Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST The owners of the Charlotte Berry Farm are seeking town approval to build a tearoom off the farm stand. |
| South Burlington council edges toward Town Meeting Day votes Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST Aiming to garner greater civic involvement, the South Burlington City Council resolved Monday night to press ahead with plans to shift all school and municipal elections to Vermont's Town Meeting Day, in March. |
| Investigator explains charges against chief Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST Winooski City Councilors heard the strengths and weaknesses of a disciplinary report on Police Chief Steve McQueen and heard how relations betweeen the cheif and city manager deteriorated rapidly last winter. |
| Williams' lawyers seek test of fitness Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST Lawyers for Essex shooting suspect Christopher Williams are raising questions about the defendant's mental fitness to stand trial after he sent two unusual letters to the judge. |
| Super seniors compete Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:23:00 EST CHARLOTTE — After he retired in 1993, Charlotte resident Don Kjelleren took a full year to transition to his new lifestyle. He started with a 100 mile bike ride, 10 mile run and one mile swim in each state. |
| Man creates visual tale of hummingbirds Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST Ernest Franzgrote, a Shoreham resident, spent the year 2000 combing the mountains and forests of Central and South America in search of 200 species of hummingbirds. See Video |
| Can canola fuel the tractor? Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:11:00 EST Sky-high energy prices have injected new excitement into crop trials on Vermont farms to test raising canola for biodiesel fuel — with cattle feed and barn bedding as byproducts. |
| Monsters, fans reunite for win Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:29:00 EST Opening night finds faithful at the park Vermont Lake Monsters |
| A festival of memories Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:46:00 EST Looking back on a week of fine music |
| Online Marketing Boot Camp begins Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST Industry speakers, and Web analytics, are focus of the first day of four-day workshop |
| My Turn: Looking to the future of Vermont Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:40:00 EST For many Vermonters, the state remains a place that speaks to their heart. The Council on the Future of Vermont would like to keep it that way. |
| Editorial: Energy situation will change way we live Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:42:00 EST A four-day workweek might prove to be impractical for many people, but the idea goes beyond the usual focus on how we pay our most immediate bills. |
| Column: Russert asked Everyman's questions Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST What he did so effectively was confront his fellow insiders with the questions and concerns of those living outside |
| Letters to the Editor Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST Each year the Free Press receives thousands of letters. Here are today's letters. |
| Orioles win Little League city title Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:17:00 EST The Burlington American Orioles didn't have a hit in Wednesday's Burlington Little League city championship baseball game. It didn't stop them from bringing home the title. |
| Celtics capture NBA title Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:14:00 EST BOSTON — On a new parquet floor below aging championship banners, the Boston Celtics won their 17th NBA title and a first one — at last — for Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen — their Big Three for a new generation. |
| Monsters stage triumphant first act Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:47:00 EST Stephen Englund cracked a two-run single to help spark a five-run fourth-inning rally and the Vermont Lake Monsters opened their 2008 New York-Penn League season with a 6-4 win over the Oneonta Tigers at Centennial Field on Tuesday night. |
| UVM women's soccer schedule announced Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:20:00 EST The University of Vermont women's soccer team's 18-game schedule for the 2008 season will include eight home games and two in-season tournaments. Overall, the Catamounts will face eight teams that won nine or more games in 2007, including three schools that advanced to the NCAA Tournament. |
| MAU coach resigns from football job Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:24:00 EST Callahan out after one season |
| LCI Father's Day Derby results Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:40:00 EST Derby competitors in line for big prizes |
| Vermont scores Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST Tuesday's results and Wednesday's schedule |
| Sherman named top track athlete Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST Sophomore jumper selected for Gatorade award |
| Coming together Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST We are all in it together. That is the lesson that Rutland learned again over the weekend when a sudden downpour caused the city's drainage and sewage system to overflow, flooding homes, businesses and offices. ... |
| Keeping watch Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST Is the state Agency of Natural Resources too cozy with Omya Inc., the marble processing company with a plant in Florence? ... |
| Middle class needs a hand Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST t really doesn't matter whether the economists decide six months or a year from now whether we're in a recession or not. The public is swiftly coming to grips with the reality of $4 a gallon gasoline and, perhaps more frighteningly, the possibility of $5 per gallon home heating fuel. ... |
| New CDs Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST Artist: Weezer ... - Cox News Service |
| Wallingford road chief steps down Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:05:00 EST WALLINGFORD -- Road Commissioner Richard Landon has submitted a letter of resignation to the town after claiming he was threatened by Select Board Chairman William Lohsen. ... - By SANDI SWITZER Herald Correspondent |
| Bloomer building closed until July Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:27:00 EST State offices won't reopen in the Asa Bloomer Building until July, Vermont Emergency Management announced Tuesday. ... - By GORDON DRITSCHILO Herald Staff |
| In festive mood, board turns agreeable Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST Feeling spirited and generous, the Rutland City School Board broke into song during Tuesday's meeting to celebrate member Collin Fingon's birthday -- and then passed all of the action items on the agenda, nearly unanimously every time. ... - By PATRICIA MINICHIELLO Herald Staff |
| FH man jailed as repeat offender Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST A Fair Haven man is back behind bars as a repeat drug offender, according to federal prosecutors. ... - By SARA-MEGAN WALSH Herald Staff |
| High school kids get down to work Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST Twenty Rutland High School students learned more than just how to wield a hammer and a paint brush during their two-week stint as volunteers to the Rutland County Community Land Trust. ... - By BRENT CURTIS Herald Staff |
| Family ordered to collar, tag, dozens of pet felines Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST CLARENDON -- Hoping to avoid a cat-astrophe, town officials have given a local family one week to collar and tag all their cats or risk losing the animals. ... - By SANDI SWITZER Herald Correspondent |
| Sugar maple is planted for late Clarendon teen Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST Brightly colored balloons gently rose above the branches of a young sugar maple, one to highlight each of the joyous 19 years of Joseph "Joey" Earle's life. ... - By SARA-MEGAN WALSH Herald Staff |
| Brandon shopping center planned Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:32:00 EST BRANDON -- A proposed shopping center on Route 7 has drawn fire from people worried about sprawl and damage to the downtown area. ... - By GORDON DRITSCHILO Herald Staff |
| Proctor man denies teenage sex charge Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST A Proctor man pleaded innocent in Rutland District Court on Monday to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl a number of times since the summer of 2007. ... |
| Officials call meeting for city flood victims Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST City and economic officials want to hear from downtown Rutland property owners whose businesses or buildings were damaged by the downpour that overwhelmed the city's storm and sewer system during the weekend. ... |
| A whiter shade of tail Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:10:00 EST This albino squirrel has been a frequent visitor to the yard of Marikate Kingston and her two children, Joshua and Caroline, during the past few weeks. Kingston said the squirrel runs with the red squirrels in her yard. ... |
| The Sky This Week: The stars of summer Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:42:00 EST On Friday, at 7:39 p.m., the Northern Hemisphere most directly faces the sun. The sun will be high, the days long, and summer will begin. And with summer, the triangle formed by Vega, Altair, and Deneb: the Summer Triangle. ... - By DR. ERROL POMERANCE |
| Flood damage hits downtown hard Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:01:00 EST At Pyramid Holistic Wellness Center, owner Bill Kelley held up a clipboard with a long list of flood losses. ... - By GORDON DRITSCHILO Herald Staff |
| Who will pay? : City, state officials seek relief for storm-affected residents Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:48:00 EST The good news is that much of the property damage from a prolonged thunderstorm in Rutland will most likely qualify for federal relief. ... - By BRENT CURTIS Herald Staff |
| Former city police chief dies Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:50:00 EST When Robert Holmes came to Rutland City in 1989, he took over a police department that was in a state of crisis with internal dissension and public distrust tearing at the ranks. ... - By BRENT CURTIS Herald Staff |
| Pathway gets nod from lawmaker Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST BENNINGTON -- The town's long-gestating plans to build a pedestrian and bicycle pathway that would extend from the downtown to North Bennington got a boost during the recent legislative session when Rep. Timothy Corcoran II created legislation that may locate the path along unused railroad tracks. Corcoran, a member of the House Transportation Committee, added language to the Transportation Bill that will allow the town to build the path from the former Bennington Station restaurant to the area near the Molly Stark School, just south of the railroad overpass over Route 7A. "It's good for Bennington to stress outdoor activities so anytime I can free up some money to promote those activities, I think that's a good thing," Corcoran said on Tuesday. While Corcoran said he knew the ultimate goal was to extend the pathway to North Bennington, he felt that was "unrealistic at this time." The importance of the legislation is that it changes the project to a "rail trail" instead of a pathway running parallel to railroad tracks. The shared pathway project was stalled because the town had not been able to secure right-of-way easements with all the adjoining property owners necessary but the new legislation will eliminate those issues by putting the pathway only in the railroad's right-of-way. The change does not give the pathway project a green light just yet. Corcoran said the town would still need to seek the approval of the federal government's Surface Transportation Board and Vermont Railway. According to Corcoran, Vermont Railway President David Wulfson had been very cooperative. Under the legislation, the town would be responsible for removing railroad rails and ties. Town Manager Stuart Hurd said there could be serious costs incurred in properly disposing of the ties, because they likely contained creosote. However, the overall cost would probably be low because the town would retain the salvage value of the rails. The town must also build a "runaround track" as part of the project which would allow whichever trains that may use the track an area big enough to reverse direction. Corcoran said the existing runaround track is in the area near the CVS Pharmacy on Northside Drive. According to Hurd, the most likely place for the new runaround track would be on the grounds of the former Johnson Controls site. Economic and Community Development Director Scott Murphy approached the Select Board on June 9 to ask permission to file a letter of intent for a related project. Murphy is interested in applying for a Vermont Agency of Transportation Enhancement Grant to look at the possibility of extending the pathway a little further. Hurd said the extension would link the Applegate and Willowbrook housing developments with the town's sidewalks so children who lived there could walk to Molly Stark School. Those students take a bus to school because there is no sidewalk for them to use. Engineers who have worked on the pathway project have already begun to make changes to the plans to reflect the new legislation. Hurd said the new path would eliminate the need to cross Benmont Avenue and the foot bridge along Hunt Street but there will be work needed to make the railroad crossing across Northside Drive safe for pedestrians and bicyclists. Because the pathway will not share space with railroad tracks, there is no longer the need for about a half-mile to three-quarters-of-a-mile in fencing from River Street to Benmont Avenue that Hurd estimated would have cost about $100,000. The town has already received commitments for some of the funding from federal and state sources to build the pathway but the starting construction date remains undetermined. Contact Patrick McArdle at patrick.mcardle@rutlandherald.com. ... - By PATRICK McARDLE Herald Staff |
| Put a lid on it Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST ROCKINGHAM -- The historic Rockingham Meeting House is getting a new slate roof, The roof, "Vermont gray-green," is being installed 17 years after the building's first slate roof was removed by the town in 1991 because slate really wasn't historic for the Colonial church. On top of that, some historians were worried the weight from the slate was too heavy for the meeting house. The $90,000 new roof is being installed by workers from Wright Construction of Mount Holly because the white cedar shake roof was already starting to leak, according to Town Manager Jim Mullen. Mullen said the cedar shake roof had been installed in 1991, but there were issues. "I don't know whether it's the chemicals in the air or what. But the white cedar shakes didn't hold up," said Mullen, adding that sky could be seen through the shakes in some spots. He said the cedar shakes were curling. He said a new western red cedar roof cost just about the same as a Vermont slate roof, and the Select Board opted for the long-term investment. He said the red cedar shakes came with only a 25-year guarantee. The Rockingham building is considered one of the best preserved 18th-century New England meeting houses. He said its first slate roof was installed around 1906, over a cedar shake roof. He said the first slate roof was removed because the slates weren't being held on tightly by the old fasteners. At the time the old slate was removed, it was sold, he said. At any rate, he said, the old slates couldn't have been reused anyway. To ensure the new slate roof is a snug fit, the Wright crews have had to do some shimming between the rafters, installing plywood for a smooth surface. Mullen said the modern plywood would not be visible in the historic structure. Scott Grover, crew chief for Wright Construction, said about 5,500 slates, each a quarter-inch thick and about 12 inches by 18 inches, were being installed by the crew using stainless steel nails, which won't rust and fall apart. He said it was an unusual job for his crew, since most people in Vermont don't install new slate roofs because of the cost. "The slate company told me that most of their slate goes to Greenwich, Conn.," said Grover. The company providing the slate is Evergreen Slate Co. of Fair Haven and Granville, N.Y. Grover said workers have been working on the meeting house roof for about a month, and should finish up the job by the end of the week. He said the crew stayed on the roof through heat and rain, but the minute the crew hears thunder, he said, they disappear down the scaffolding. The crew erected scaffolding on the side of the meeting house, first on its south side, and then on its north side, and roofers were close to the ridgeline late Tuesday afternoon. The crew still needs to complete the roof on the side entrances, Mullen noted. The town manager noted that the meeting house was built over 14 years, starting in 1787 and finished in 1801. It was named by the U.S. Department of the Interior to be a National Historic Landmark on June 6, 2000. Mullen said the new roof was completely financed by Rockingham taxpayers during the past two years. He said the town in the past had received grants from the state Division for Historic Preservation for various projects at the meeting house, which was used for annual town meetings until 1869, as well as hosting religious services from a number of different Protestant denominations. The meeting house is most famous for its so-called pigpen pews, and the handblown glass in the 48 windows, which are 20 over 20. The first major restoration of the meeting house was completed in 1906. Its burial ground is also filled with notable early-18th-century gravestone art, including several graves of Revolutionary War soldiers. The meeting house is open to the public during the summer and early fall, and is a popular site for weddings, according to Mullen. Some weekend days, there are two weddings each day, he said. Mullen said the town hoped to attract additional grants for future work at the meeting house, noting that the plaster inside the meeting house needed major restoration, a job that would cost "in excess of $100,000." But even before that, he said, the meeting house needs a burglar alarm. The meeting house has no electricity or heat, and people who use the building for weddings or other events are prohibited from using candles or lanterns because of the threat of fire. Mullen said a consultant for the town reported any fire threat to the landmark would come from someone breaking into the building, so a burglar alarm would in essence serve as a fire alarm as well. According to Mullen, the first slate roof lasted from 1906 until 1991. Grover said the new roof should last 100 years "at least." It "should last forever ... so long as no one walks on it," he said. Contact Susan Smallheer at susan.smallheer@rutlandherald.com. ... - By SUSAN SMALLHEER Herald Staff |
| Woman hurt in 4-vehicle crash Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST SPRINGFIELD -- A Springfield woman was injured Tuesday afternoon in a chain-reaction accident on the Chester Road that involved four vehicles. Melissa Jenne, 26, was taken to Springfield Hospital after the accident. Police said she had minor injuries from the accident and the deployment of the airbag in her vehicle. The chain-reaction started when Jenne's car jumped the curb just past the intersection with Park Street and traveled 264 feet down the sidewalk and adjacent lawns. Police said just before the Springfield Redemption Center, Jenne veered back into the road and ran into the rear of a U.S. Postal Service delivery truck, operated by Robert Griggs, 51, of Claremont, N.H. Police said the mail truck was parked on Chester Road, in front of the redemption center and in back of a tractor-trailer that was also parked in front of the redemption center. The impact pushed the mail truck forward, turning it a quarter turn into the back of the tractor-trailer. And as the mail truck slammed into the tractor-trailer, it also struck another parked car owned by Warren Garoni, 88, of Chester. Garoni's vehicle, a Buick LeSabre, was also parked in the lot of the redemption center and was unoccupied at the time of impact. Police said Jenne's vehicle, after hitting the mail truck, veered sharply to the left, crossed Chester Road, jumped the curb, and went off the road on the westbound side of the road. Police said her vehicle, a Ford Taurus, and the mail van, were destroyed in the accident. Garoni's vehicle sustained moderate damage to the driver's side rear passenger door, and he was able to drive it from the scene, police said. The tractor-trailer, operated by Stanley Potter, 54, of Rutland, received no damage, and Potter, who was seated in the cab at the time of the impact, was not injured. Police said the chain-reaction collision is under investigation. Springfield police request witnesses to call 885-2113. ... - Staff Report |
| No-show author reschedules Northshire reading Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST MANCHESTER -- On May 31, almost 200 people came to the Northshire Bookstore for an appearance by best-selling author Augusten Burroughs. Unfortunately, Burroughs wasn't one of them. Burroughs' appearance has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. June 27, but what will happen that night isn't quite clear. On Burroughs' blog, he has promised to make up for the cancellation by taking some extraordinary measures. On May 31, Northshire Bookstore founder Barbara Morrow said in the 31 years of the store's existence, they had never had an author fail to appear before. Burroughs, the author of "Running with Scissors," was coming to the store to discuss his newest memoir, "A Wolf at the Table." The book, which is about Burroughs' relationship with his father, is ranked on the New York Times bestseller list as the No. 11 most popular hardcover nonfiction book and has been on the list for six weeks. "Running with Scissors," Burroughs' earlier memoir, described his upbringing after his mother gave him over to her eccentric therapist and his family to raise. The movie was turned into a 2006 movie starring Annette Bening, Alec Baldwin, Gwyneth Paltrow and Brian Cox. Burroughs' appearance at the book store, therefore, was one of the more well-attended author events, according to Linda Ellingsworth, Northshire Bookstore's events coordinator. Most of the people who were there to see Burroughs responded to the cancellation well, Ellingsworth said. "We are so grateful that the people there that night were so gracious and so very understanding. There were people that had gotten there before 6 p.m. and they sat there for two hours. We know there were some people who had driven several hours to get there because Burroughs is a big-deal author," she said. While bookstore employees did not know, at that time, why Burroughs did not appear on May 31, he wrote about it in a blog entry dated June 3. "I missed my Manchester Center event because my back 'went out.' I have a bad back. But it got fixed. But then in Denver, it went out for like an hour. And when I say, 'went out' what I mean is, it froze and I couldn't move and I had to remain flat on the floor like a dead person," he wrote. Burroughs said all he was able to do on May 31 was call his publicist. "You cannot imagine how miserable I was thinking of people showing up, sitting in chairs, waiting and waiting only to be told, 'The (expletive) isn't coming,'" he wrote. In his blog, Burroughs said missing the bookstore appearance made him feel horrible. "So I beg of you, Manchesterians -- come to my event when it is rescheduled and all of you who show up (again) will receive, as my gift and offering of apology, a free copy of my new audio book -- which ain't cheap. ... I will make it up to you, Vermont. I will give you the best show ever. I will return with not only free audio books but surprises and things. ... And maybe I can talk a famous person into coming with me and just standing there and being famous," he wrote. Ellingsworth said an audio book giveaway had not been discussed between the bookstore and Burroughs' publicist, so the staff at the Northshire Bookstore aren't sure exactly what will happen on June 27. E-mails requesting comment from Burroughs' publicist were not returned. Contact Patrick McArdle at patrick.mcardle@rutlandherald.com. ... - By PATRICK McARDLE Herald Staff |
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