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April 9, 2016
Campaign celebrates love affair with Rutland By Lou Varricchio lou@addison-eagle.com
RUTLAND — “I Love Rutland” is a new promotional campaign created by Mike Napolitano of Awesome Graphics in Rutland City. Like the classic New York State tourism advertising campaign of years ago, “I Love Rutland” is Napolitano’s way of expressing his love while hopefully getting similar pubic results. “Recently, I told some Burlington folks that I was from Rutland, and they gave me a double take as if I was from prison or lived in a gnarly place,” Napolitano said. “I told them that I love Rutland. And then I thought this slogan should become a sticker.” Napolitano said that the City of Rutland had given him and his family many opportunities. Rutland City Mayor Chris Louras gives a big thumbs up to Napolitano’s project. “We identify our challenges, celebrate our victories, and do this as a team, and as a community,” the mayor said. “We think it’s really important that there be a positive message about Rutland out there,” said Green Mountain Power Vice President Steve Costello. Costello is a co-founder of the citywide lovefest campaign “There are challenges and the campaign isn’t about pretending that all of those are solved.” With a focus on the re CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
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Maritime DOCUMENTING HISTORY Museum given grant for nautical archaeology archive
FERRISBURGH — A 2016 Conservation and Community Grant from the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership (CVNHP) heralds an important new initiative for Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, a project titled Collections & Recollections: Preserving Peter Barranco’s Legacy. Grant funds are helping LCMM initiate long-term preservation and research access to a nationally significant collection recently donated to LCMM. “The Maritime Museum is deeply grateful to Peter Barranco for his gift, and to the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership for helping LCMM initiate the long-term preservation and access of this important collection,” said Executive Director Mike Smiles. CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
Peter Barranco assists Lorenzo F. Hagglund during salvage operations on the wreck of steamboat Vermont in September 1953. The first Lake Champlain steamboat, “Vermont”, was built in Burlington 1808-09, and sank in the Richelieu River in October 1815. Credit: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Barranco Collection
Senate snubs towns, big wind sufferers By Bruce Parker & Michael Bielawski Vermont Watchdog Report
State Sen. Chris Bray, D-Addison, chair of the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee, rose in opposition, saying, “I can’t recommend such a dramatic change to the bill.”
MONTPELIER – Vermont Senators approved a renewable energy siting bill last week but shot down amendments favorable to towns, ratepayers and victims of industrial wind-turbine noise. After a marathon six-hour session, the longanticipated energy siting bill S.230 passed the Senate by a 22-3 vote. The Democratic-controlled body voted down a handful of key amendments, ultimately draining enthusiasm from those who want towns to have real authority in the siting process. The legislation sets up a statewide planning process in which municipal and regional planners identify preferred sites for renewable energy and submit plans for approval by the Public Service Board. For town plans to win approval, they must be written in a way that helps meet ambitious renewable targets set forth in the
state’s Comprehensive Energy Plan. Taking cues from the bill’s list of preferred sites, town planners must identify acceptable areas for renewable energy development. They must also specify lands the town wants protected. According to the Senate-approved bill, the board will give “substantial deference” to town plans unless there is clear and convincing evidence that other factors affecting the public good of the state are determined to take priority over the will of the people. The bill also designates regional planning commissions as intermediaries to work with towns and the PSB to align goals with the state’s energy plan. The process is based on a planning model developed with input from RPCs of Bennington County, Two Rivers-Ottauquechee and Northwestern. CONTINUED ON PAGE 8