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Vol. 3 No. 25 • June 29, 2011
More crack arrests in Rutland
RUTLAND — On June 22, the Vermont Drug Task Force continued an investigation into the sale of Crack Cocaine in the Rutland area. Portions of the city are described by some residents as “infested” with drug dealing and abuse. A series of controlled buys occurred over a period days in the Rutland area with suspects Travis Williams and Christie Torres. On June 22 Williams and Torres were observed leaving a local hotel in a vehicle. A motor vehicle stop was conducted by Rutland City police officers and both Williams and Torres were arrested for the sale of crack cocaine. Williams also has an active arrest warrant out of New York for a drug offense. Following the arrests of Williams and Torres, the investigation continued and a search warrant was reviewed and signed by a judge. The search warrant was for a hotel room located within Rutland city limits. The Vermont Drug Task Force with the assistance of the Vermont State Police and Rutland City Police Department executed the warrant. Inside the hotel room Melsong Kaleak, 35, and Tara Bardt, 21, Rutland were identified. When the search of the room was conducted officers located a misdemeanor amount of crack cocaine and marijuana. All of the accused are being held for a lack of bail at the Marble Valley Correctional Center in Rutland. The cases will be prosecuted by the Vermont Attorney General’s Office. Bail was set at $200,000 for Williams and Torres, $250,000 for Kaleak, and $100,000 for Bardt.
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Big July 4 celebration set
By Lou Varricchio
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TEAM WORK —Stafford Tech Center students, faculty, and staff pitched in to coordinate a beautification around the Rutland campus. Over 100 students and 40 faculty and staffers helped with renovations and clean up including installing new playground equipment and painting a swing set for. Also getting new paint jobs were fire hydrants and post. Photo by Peg Bolgioni
KILLINGTON — It was first known as Killington in 1761, then as Sherburne in 1800. Then, on March 2, 1999, the old Vermont mountaintop town decided to change its name and identity, yet again—so residents voted to change the community’s name back to Killington. On April 27, 1999, the Vermont General Assembly approved the name change of this small Rutland County town and the rest is history. Now you can be part of the history this Monday, July 4 as Killington commemorates See KILLINGTON page 2
Canadian utility interested in CVPS By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com RUTLAND — It has only been a few weeks sinces Vermont’s largest utility, Rutland-based Central Vermont Public Service was acquired by Canadian power giant Fortis, Inc. Now a second Canadian utility, Quebec-based GazMetro is eye-
ing the Vermont power company. On June 23, CVPS received an unsolicited acquisition offer from GazMetro. Because of the surprise offer, CVPS announced it will convene its board of directors to review its fiduciary responsibilities and contractual commitments to Fortis Inc. “This offer requires us to convene our board of
directors to evaluate the proposal in depth as soon as possible,” said CVPS President Larry Reilly. “Until the board of directors has an opportunity to examine the offer, we are precluded from making any further comment.” GazMetro executives were unavailable for comment at press time.
Bluegrass Gospel Project on Village Green is all-Vermont By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com CASTLETON — On Tuesday, July 5, the popular Vermont-based Bluegrass Gospel Project band will return for a performance at the Annual Castleton Summer Concert Series on the Village Green, 7 p.m. The rain site is the tent on the green. The Bluegrass Gospel Project has been impressing Vermont audiences with expertly-rendered performances since its inception in 2001. The group has been called one of New England’s premier concert acts.
The BGP brings together top-tier vocalists and instrumentalists to interpret a wide range of material, from southern spirituals and Appalachian gems to contemporary songs by Brett Dennen and U2. The BGP is truly unique in that it presents a repertoire of music with a spiritual sensibility but without any religious agenda. The Bluegrass Gospel Project has released five full-length albums and has appeared at hundreds of concert halls, festivals, and churches throughout the northeast and nearby Canada. The July 3 concert is free.
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Taylor Armerding, Colby Crehan, and Paul Miller of the Vermont-based Bluegrass Gospel Project, pictured in Castleton last summer, return to the Castleton Green July 3. BGP’s repertoire draws from bluegrass and Christian gospel, the body of music developed in the mountains of the southeastern U.S. Photo by Stephanie Simon
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