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Fair Haven car dealer arrested for arson
FAIR HAVEN Ñ Vermont State Police have charged businessman Ed Davis, 49, and his wife Tammy Davis, 46, a member of the Castleton State College faculty, with arson. The couple were arrested after a fire March 17 destroyed Ed Davis Auto and RV in Fair Haven. Fair Haven Fire Chief David Ward said firefighters from nearby Castleton and as far away as Poultney helped fight blaze which gutted the business located on Washington Street, off U.S. Route 4. VSP Detective Sgt. David Sutton said the a multi-agency fire investigation found the Davises set the fire. Sutton said the couple will appear in Rutland County Criminal Court May 20 to answer arson charges. Anyone with additional information about the fire are asked to call the State Police at 802-7739101 or the Vermont Arson Tip Award Program at 800-322-7766.
Rutland’s South Station closes
RUTLAND Ñ A popular Rutland restaurant has closed. South Station, located at 170 Main St,, along U.S. Route 7, across from the Vermont State Fairgrounds, closed its doors March 18. Customers who showed up at the restaurant at l11 a.m. found the doors locked and closed. Officials at Gillam Hospitality Group were unavailable for comment. Gillam is the owner of South Station Restaurant, the Trolley Tavern, South Station Catering Co., and the Bakery Stop. The restaurant is located in a former railroad station.
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Governor visits with Rutland students By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com RUTLAND Ñ Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) was in Rutland last week to attend several business-related events as well as meet with students of the Stafford Technical Center. The governor toured the STC facility and met several students including including Cassie Ciejko-Culinary Arts Program (Fair Haven Union High School), Courtney Patterson-Health Careers (Fair Haven Union High School), and Amber Fischer-Public Safety Services: Law Enforcement (Rutland High School). The students talked with the governor about their involement with Ò dual enrollmentÓ Ñ earning high school and college credits simultaneouslyÑ and the school’s workforce development efforts. A roundtable discussion followed with the governor regarding dual enrollment and employment opportunities fro young Vermonters. Others involved in the discussion were Vermont Secretary of Education Armando Vilaseca, Rutland Mayor Chris Louras, Rutland City Public Schools Superintendent Mary Moran, STC Director Lyle Jepson, and STC Assistant Director Ted Guilmette.
Students Cassie Ciejko of Fair Haven Union High School, Courtney Patterson of Fair Haven Union High School, Gov. Peter Shumlin, and Amber Fischer of Rutland High School, at the Stafford Technical Center in Rutland last week. Photo provided
Winter officially ends with a warm record By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com
February 2013 is tied with February 2003 as the ninth warmest February on record. Pictured: Snow tractors at Middlebury College’s Breadloaf ski center. Photo by Lou Varricchio
RUTLAND — Last week’s snowstorm may have not have been the final huzzah in Vermont, but Winter 2013 is already one for the history books; it is ranked among the top 11 warmest in history. The month of February 2013 is the icing on 2013’s not-so-frosty cake, according to the National Climatic Data Center and AccuWeather.com. February is tied with February 2003 as the ninth warmest February on record, according to both sources. The record is comprised of combined land and ocean surface temperatures with the data stream going back to 1880. Added to the weather record book is the fact that February was the 336th month in a row—that’s a total of 28 years—in which the planetary temperature topped the 20th-century average temperature. By the way, the period of December 2012 to February 2013 was the 12th warmest period on record in Vermont, according to AccuWeather. Other February 2013 facts: it was the eleventh warmest February in the lower troposphere (the layer of the air closest to the CONTINUED ON PAGE 11
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