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Vol. 3 No. 23 • June 15, 2011
Thunderstorms pound Rutland and Windsor counties June 9 Power restored
By Lou Varricchio
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VEDA funds will help lower interest payments on campus debt carried by the College of St. Joseph in Rutland. Photo by Lou Varricchio
Operations to receive state help Hinesburg, Rutland, Springfield to benefit
By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com RUTLAND — The Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) has approved $6.9 million in economic development financing to several businesses throughout the state. This mini taxpayerfunded state stimulus effort has targeted several local businesses, and one college, in the region— Vermont Smoke and Cure of Hinesburg, the College of St. Joseph in Rutland, and Springfield Regional Development Corporation. “These investments in our state’s manufacturing, small business, and agricultural sectors will help stimulate economic activity in Vermont,” said Jo Bradley, VEDA’s chief executive officer. The following business in the New Market Press newspaper circulation area will receive VEDA funds: See FUNDS page 7
55 YEARS IN BUSINESS — Happy 55th Birthday to McNeil & Reedy, the award-winning men’s clothing and formalwear shop located on Merchants Row in downtown Rutland. Brothers Jim and John McNeil celebrated the event last week with a new take on a birthday ribbon cutting—how about a pants cutting instead? Pictured are Jim McNeil, tailor Julie Loyzelle, and John McNeil. Photo by Mary Moeykens
Committee planning Ludlow’s 250th anniversary From News & Staff Reports
newmarketpress@denpubs.com LUDLOW — As the Town of Ludlow nears the 250th anniversary of its creation, town members are beginning the process of planning appropriate activities and events to commemorate the occasion. Tentative plans call for activities on Friday, Sept. 16, and Saturday, Sept. 17. The detailed program for Ludlow's birthday party will be finalized during the next few weeks. Events being considered include the reading of the town’s original charter, a brief history of Lud-
low, patriotic music, a parade, BBQ picnic, block dance, and an appropriate movie. Ludlow's original charter was issued on Sept.r 16, 1761 by Benning Wentworth, the royal governor of New Hampshire. The charter had several unique requirements and benefits: It permitted the first 50 settler families to become residents and hold two annual fairs. When the same 50 families were resident, they opened a market. The 1761 charter spelled out the local governance for the town, citing Capt. Elakim Hall as the first town moderator. Following the first town meeting in October
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newmarketpress@denpubs.com MONTPELIER — Vermont Martial Arts Master Laurie Shover and chief instructor at the Villari School of Shaolin Kempo along with Darrel Duffy began providing programs for military children and teens in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The school provides free martial arts training to any child with a parent de-
ployed overseas. As an outcome of running these unique youth-oriented programs, the school’s dojo has teamed up with Operation Military Kids (known simply as OMK), a nonprofit organization that provides programs for military families from deployment to re-integration support. OMK helped Duffy to obtain grants to provide more and better martial arts camps to See YOUTH page 6
Students of military families from around the area, attending the Vallari School of Shaolin Kempo, enjoyed meeting Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin during a recent privet signing ceremony declaring the Month of the Military Child.
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1761, all subsequent meetings were to take place on the second Tuesday of March. Regarding land use, the charter required that five acres of land be cultivated for every 50 acres owned. The charter also allocated certain acreage in the center of the town as a “town lot”. It clearly specified that all "white and other pine trees" fit for use as masts in the Royal Navy could not be cut without the Governor's license. The idea of taxation in 1761, as much a part of the zeitgeist of government as regulation, was relatively simple: Payment of one ear of Indian corn. See 250th page 6
Local military kids get martial arts training
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RUTLAND — Last week’s double-whammy punch of thunderstorms across Rutland and Windsor counties knocked out power to more than 23,000 power customers, according to officials of the Canadian-owned utility CVPS. Windham County took the hardest hit June 9, but damage was also spread through Windsor, Orange, Bennington and Rutland counties. The round of heavy storms hit the area June 8-9 and caused the most power loss since winter storms caused outages, according to CVPS. The towns of Windsor and Randolph each See STORMS page 7
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