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Community News, Sports, Arts, Entertainment and Food for Rutland and Southern Vermont
Vol. 3 No. 12 • March 23, 2011
Vermont murder most foul
Two teens die in Cold River crash
Years later, homicides go unsolved
By Lou Varricchio
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See UNSOLVED, page 7
THIS WEEK Pets of the Week ..........2 Can it happen here? ......3 Rusty Dewees ..............4 Event Calendar ..............5 Classifieds....................10 Auto Zone ....................11,12
The Okemo Valley Chamber of C ommerce hosted its recent mixer at Endless Cr eations Pottery Studio. Kristen Merrow of Lilypad Properties, Lynn Reed of Misty Valley Books, Barbara Westine of Newsbank, and Marji Graf, Chamber of Commerce, and others, shared a meal. Afterwards, the members painted pottery under the guidance of Melissa Howe. Merrow won the 50/50 raffle and Reed won the door prize — a complimentary display ad in the Green Mt. Outlook. Photo by Mary Moeykens
See CRASH, page 3
Local author releases second edition of Okemo book By Joe Milliken
Originally, the ski area was owned by the old mill town, with the residents owning LUDLOW — Karen Lorentz , an award-winning shares and a boar d of author, writer and Shrewsbury resident, recently directors and manpublished the second edition of her 1996 book ti- agers overseeing the daily operations. Howtled “Okemo, All Come Home.” In the first edition of the book Lorentz had documented the his- ever, after several years and finally on the tory of Okemo Mountain ski area, dating back to it's inception in 1956. This illustrated history doc- verge of bankr uptcy in uments the many people and times of Okemo, fea- 1982, t he s ki a rea w as turing 364 pages with dozens of color photos and purchased by T im and Diane Mueller , who had previous experience in resort real estate manageover two hundred black-and-white images.
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ment and construction. The new book includes all the chapters fr om the first edition plus five new chapters, which picks up the history of the resort in the mid-90's as the Mueller's invested in new snow-making equipment, chair-lifts and additional r eal estate in order to expand and gr ow the pr operty. Some 140 acres wer e pur chased in the summer of 1996 to build a new base ar ea and in 2003, the Jackson Gore Base Area and Inn was open for business. The success of the new base and lodge put Okemo into the upper-echelon of skiing destinations in the northeast. See AUTHOR, page 3
Rutland’s Curbstone Chorus keeps a capella sound alive Rutland-based singing group RUTLAND — Rutland’s Curbstone C horus has been dazzling ar ea audiences for years. It’s no wonder the group is ranked in the top 10 of local entertainment draws. You can enjoy the group’s first performance of the spring season on Satur day, Mar ch 26, a t L udlow Town Hall in Ludlow. The all-male a capella pr ogram will begin at 7 p.m. courtesy of Friends of Ludlow Auditorium. The evening will include songs fr om traditional barbershop, Br oadway classics, show tunes, and doo-wop, and more. Established in 2005, the Curbstone Chorus has become a gem in Rutland's musical ar ena. Part of the international Barbershop Harmony Society, it is made up of 30 See CHORUS, page 3
Rutland’s a capella is alive and well with Curbstone Chorus.
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MIDDLEBURY — Vermont’s most famous unsolved homicide case was the gruesome triple murder which took place Mary off Route Morales 116 in East Middlebury in the spring of 1935. Facts about the East MidJoan Gray dlebury Rogers homicide, which languished f or nearly 76 years, resurfaced recently thanks to Dean the ef forts Webster of two Addison County women — Kathy Brande and Roxanna Emilo — Cheryl who ar e Peters writing a novel about the crime. Despite several lurid details that beg speculation, the 1935 East Middlebury case still r emains a mystery. And with the passage of nearly a century, i t’s u nlikely n ow t hat the crime will ever be solved. Yet, ther e ar e 27 unsolved cases in the Gr een Mountain State which haven’t grown so cold and are just as gruesome; murders which left behind grief, uncertainty and lack of closure — murders with no r esolutions that might earn “case closed” status. Even as the years pass by these mystery homicides,
CLARENDON — In the early morning hours of Mar ch 18, V ermont State Police tr oopers were on the scene of a tragic single-vehicle crash on Cold River Road in Clare ndon. The crash took place appr oximately one-tenth mile south of the Rutland T own-Clarendon T own line. It was r eported the vehicle went off the east side of the roadway and down an embankment where the vehicle came to rest in the Cold River. Rutland Regional Ambulance and Clarendon Fire Department assisted with the scene. Members of the V ermont State Police crash r econstruction team wer e also activated for this incident. The vehicle was located appr oximately 100 feet down the embankment in the Cold River. The vehicle was r esting on its r oof with major damage throughout.
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