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Vol. 4 No. 3 • January 18, 2012
Community News, Sports, Arts, Entertainment and Food for Rutland and Southern Vermont
Residents, businesses join hands in street art project By Sharon Birkheimer Rooker
beyondmarketing@yahoo.c om RUTLAND — The heARTs of Rutland! community str eet art pr oject began as an idea of local artists t o b ring a ttention to the people, places and businesses in Rutland and our region. After the T ropical Storm Ir ene disaster , the project evolved into a community str eet art effort to showcase how the local community comes together year after year , showing heart in so many ways. The pr oject celebrates local residents and their pride in everything the gr eater Rutland r egion has to offer. The pr oject will begin with a series of local artists who will paint oversized hearts that will be unveiled in late spring for all to see. The hearts will be on display in Rutland and around the r egion fr om late spring through fall. This autumn, there will be a live auction of the hearts. Profits will benefit victims of disaster in the Rutland Region and children’s art education. This street-art project is a community partnership organized under the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Southern V ermont with support fr om the Downtown Rutland Partnership, Rutland Region Chamber of Commer ce, and Rutland Economic Development Corporation. The presenting sponsor is Omya which is involved with the project. “We are pleased to support such worthy causes See STREET ART, page 7
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CCV prepares new campus center Spring semester starts Jan. 23
By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com RUTLAND — The Community College of V ermont is poised to open a hightech, 21st-century , multimillion dollar downtown campus building on West Street in Rutland that it believes will be the model facility for similar urban public colleges ar ound the r egion. A leading presence in Rutland’s academic community since 1981, the new CCV facility is likely to become the institution’s flagship campus south of the Burlington area. The new building, built by DEW Constr uction Corp. of Williston, will boost CCV’s already positive image throughout southern V ermont with its state-of-theart classrooms, art rooms,
study areas, and science labs equipped with spill sinks, glassware, electr onic lecterns and pr ojectors, chemistry and biology storage units as well as fumehood areas. This newspaper r eceived a pr eview of the building which opened, unof ficially, just a week ago to deadlinedriven movers and work-detail crews. Staff members and work study students ar e busy preparing the building for its of ficial Jan. 23 opening. Then, 800 students will pour through the entrance doors to r eturn to classes during the spring semester. “Rutland is now the college’s second lar gest academic center,” said Christopher Ettori, who acts as both the campus operations and administrative manager, as See CCV, page 10
Photos by Lou Varricchio
Castleton officials unveil new town hall plans By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com CASTLETON — Castleton town officials, led by Select Board Chairman Thomas Ettori and T own Clerk Katy Thornblade, unveiled pr eliminary plans for a new $1.39 million town hall building at a meeting last week.
The building’s designer , John Berryhill with NBF Architects in Rutland joined town officials to present drawings of the one-story , 6,272-squarefoot municipal building with 52 parking spaces. Berryhill said the building was designed to stand on a 3-acr e par cel located on Route 4A in Castleton. Recently, the Select Boar d gave its appr oval to
a $750,000 bond over 20 years at 3.4 per cent interest for the town hall phase of the pr oject. Voters will have their say on T own Meeting Day in March. Berryhill noted that the new town hall would compliment a futur e fire station planned for the site. Adding on the fire station later would bring See TOWN HALL, page 8
PHS students meet the public in speaking class By Catherine M. Oliverio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com POULTNEY — Poultney High School English teacher Scott Holliman welcomed local residents as become part of an audience for his public speaking class. Holliman said that 14 students delivered their final semester speeches Jan. 17 in the PHS Library. Holliman had extended invitations to family members and outside friends as well. After the speech presentations began, a brief intermission was held, to allow new audience participants to enter the library without interruption.
PHS students practiced their oration skills at the high school library last week. The event was open to the public. Pictured are (back) Ali Jones , Alexis H ill, Daniel Warnecke, Livia Enzmann, Hailey Jones , T-Money Tyler, Lina Lindquist, Taylor Bunn, Marie Daoudal, and (fr ont) Denver Griswold, Scott Holliman, Ben K ainen, Chris Shepar dson, and A shley Daniels. Missing: Chelsea Martelle. Photo by Catherine M. Oliverio
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