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Rutland Announces Summer Send Off Event For Sept. 5

Rutland has announced a "Summer Send Off" community event scheduled for Sept. 5, according to a notice posted on the town's official website this week. The listing did not detail a location or program, but it marks the town's next dedicated community gathering after Labor Day. Separatel…

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Rutland Urges Residents to Help Protect DCR Prison Camp

Rutland's town government issued an alert Tuesday urging residents to help protect the DCR Prison Camp, the historic prison-farm ruins within Rutland State Park, ahead of a busy week of committee meetings. The News Flash, posted Aug. 18 on the town's civic alerts page, calls on the comm…

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Government · Select Board

Select Board votes to fight DCR prison camp plan

Rutland's Select Board launched an emergency campaign to stop state plans to cut down the Rutland Prison Camp's historic cell block walls. Acting on same-day notice from DCR staffer Dan Clark, the board and the Historical Commission each voted unanimously to send letters to Gov.

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Rutland Sets Public Meeting On Community Electricity Program

Rutland will hold a public information meeting on its proposed community electricity program on Wednesday, Aug. 19, according to the town's calendar. The session, listed on the town website as the Rutland Community Electricity Public Info Meeting, is one of two town gatherings scheduled…

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Obituaries

Obituary notices, week of August 10, 2026 through August 16, 2026

One Rutland obituary was published this week: Kenda, Timothy A., 37, whose arrangements are being handled by Miles Funeral Homes of Holden and posted to Echovita. Full details were limited in the available listing.

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Rutland Announces Summer Send Off For September 5

Rutland officials announced a Summer Send Off event scheduled for September 5, 2026, as four town boards prepare to meet this week. The town posted the announcement on its official website's News & Announcements page without further event details. Meanwhile, the Select Board and Histori…

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Real Estate

Bank and Credit Union Sellers Appear in Four of Nine Rutland Property Transfers

Nine property deeds were recorded in Rutland between July 17 and Aug. 15, though all nine were dated July 17 or July 20, with no recordings in the following three and a half weeks. None of the transactions disclosed a sale price, so no price range or median can be reported. Maple Avenue…

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Rutland Library Reopens After Weeklong Budget-Driven Closure

Rutland's public library reopened this week after a budget-driven, weeklong closure that ended Aug. 15. The library, shut Aug. 9 through 15, now runs a trimmed five-day schedule adopted July 1 under Library Director Kerry Remington, with reduced weekday hours and Saturday closures throu…

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