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Rutland mourns Garofinos By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com RUTLAND — A funeral service for Michael J. Garofano, 55, and his son, M ichael G. Gar ofano, 24, of RutMichael J. land, who Garafino died Aug. 28, as a r esult of Hurricane Ir ene, was held Sept. 9 at St. Peter ’s Church in Michael G. Rutland. Garafino Family, friends and city of ficials and coworkers were in attendance. Contributions for a memorial plaque may be made to Gar ofano Memorial Fund, in car e of Rutland City T reasurer's Office, P.O. Box 969, Rutland.
U.S. Route 4 section reopens By Lou Varricchio
It’s time for apples, cider! Harvest gets mixed reviews from Addison to Windsor counties By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com SHOREHAM — In Addison County, the T own of Shor eham is king of the hill when it comes to apple orchards. And this year, in spite of local hailstorms, torr ential rains, and a calamitous tropical storm, the apple harvest is better than most growers expected. At Champlain Orchards in Shoreham, owner W illiam Suhr r eported that the 2011 harvest was above average. Established a century ago, Champlain Orchards was purchased by Shure in 1998. “We had poor weather during pollination time, so we decided to let the apples grow. That turned out to be good,” he said. Shure said his or chard has pr oduced 120,000 bushels of apples this season with an added bonus—for the first time, the orchard is distributing 10 percent of its crop throughout northeastern U.S. markets via the Eco Apple Pr ogram sponsor ed by wholesale distributor Red Tomato of Boston. In addition to Shure ’s eclectic crop of European plums, peaches and pears, even his organic onions got a sweet break in 2011. “We had a bumper onion crop this
Area orchards to visit this harvest season Rutland County: Apple Hill Farm Junction of Routes 103 & 7B North Clarendon 802-438-5068 Through December (Via Rutland, take Route 7 south; take a left onto Route 103. Located on left at first intersection) Many varieties including early and old-fashioned varieties. Pies; also pumpkins, winter squash, fall ornamentals and vegetables. Farm stand and wholesale. Mendon Mt. Orchards 16 U.S. Route 4 Mendon 802-775-5477
www.mendonorchards.com Open Year Round (3 miles east of Rutland on Route 4, south side) Cider, pies and baked goods. Farm stand and pick your own (PYO).
Road.) McIntosh, Cortland, Empire, Red Delicious, Early varieties, old-fashioned varieties. Cider, pies, doughnuts, baked goods, cider jelly. Farm stand, PYO. Open for school tours.
Wood's Cider Mill 1482 Weathersfield Center Rd. Springfield 802-263-5547 www.woodscidermill.com Windsor County: (Take Valley Street from downtown SpringWellwood Orchards field and at time and temperature sign, ap529 Wellwood Orchard Rd. proximately 4 miles on left; from the north take Springfield Route 91, Exit 8, 2 miles on Route 131, then 802-263-5200 left on Weathersfield Center Rd, apprximately www.sover.net/~wellwood 4 miles on right) Through Nov. 1 Cider, cider jelly and other apple specialties; (Take Exit 8 off I-91 to Springfield, in the center of town go through the lights and take a right 1880s cider press in use. Farm stand, mail orby the Stone Church on V alley Street, go about der/gift packs and wholesale. 4 miles and take a right onto W ellwood Orchard
Scott Douglas works to bring in and distribute the 2011 apple harvest at Douglas Orchards in Shoreham. Photo by Lou Varricchio
See APPLES, page 5
newmarketpress@denpubs.com M E N D O N — Ve r m o n t Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) and other state and local officials were on hand Sept. 16 to celebrate the re opening of U.S. Route 4, between Mendon and Killington. The major highway, connecting Vermont’s central east-west corridor , was destroyed by the Aug. 28 Tropical Storm Ir ene flooding. The r epaired highway section is located east of Rutland and links the city with the Killington area and beyond. After r ound-the-clock construction work since Aug. 30, crews prepared to reopen the highway for general travel. Funding for the road repairs came fr om various federal and state sources.
Vol. 3 No. 37 • September 21, 2011
Seniors helping feed Nat’l Guard members By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com IRA — They don’t cal them the Ira Go Getters for nothing. This local organized group of senior citizens in Ira met at the Ponder osa Steak House in Rutland yesterday to donate large amounts of home baked “goodies” for Operation Feed the Guar ds, a local “thank you” ef fort or ganized by r esident Hurley Cavacas. There are approximately 350 Army National Guard members from out-of state serving in the Rutland ar ea. These men and women ar e helping to r estore flood-damaged roads caused by Tropical Storm Irene. According to Cavacas, volunteers ar e needed to help serve meals to National Guard members and donations of baked goods is appreciated. “You can drop off baked goods at theArmory on Post Road in Rutland and you can volunteer to serve breakfast or supper by calling us at 802-770-9435,” Senior citizen members of the Ira Go Getters, a group of local citizens, helped prepare and Cavacas said. “The Guar d members will be her e at least another month, so we need to do what we can to help and show our appreciation for them leav- serve meals for National Guard members at the P onderosa Steakhouse in Rutland. Soldiers from several states are helping in the Irene storm recovery efforts locally. ing their homes and families to help us recover here in Vermont.”
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