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Read MoreThe former Sabby’s has a new owners who say they are ready to finish the seemingly unending renovations to the building and reopen it as a toy store, restaurant and two apartments.
Read MoreThe Paramount Theatre is asking the city for $450,000 to help turn the Richardson building into a conference center.
Read MoreRutland Recreation & Parks Dept. is excited to announce that it will be increasing safety procedures during the Rutland Halloween parade.
Read MoreA local woman who has spent years recovering from a serious injury hopes the latest update on her personal journey to recovery will inspire area residents to donate blood at this year’s Gift of Life Marathon.
Read MoreThe Paramount Theatre is treating recently unveiled renovation plans as a sneak preview.
Read MoreCity officials are looking at ways to make the area around the Amtrak station prettier and better connected to downtown.
Read MoreWomen are empowering each other in Rutland through a memorial to a turn of the century Vermont poet, the latest installation to the city’s sculpture trail.
Read MoreDowntown Rutland’s newest place to sit is “No Place to Sit.” The bench built by A. Tedesco Masonry doubles as a sculpture, and recently was installed at the corner of Center and Wales streets as part of the Chaffee Art Center’s bench project.
Read MoreChamber & Economic Development of the Rutland Region (CEDRR) and Castleton University have launched the CEDRR Intern Hub, which will provide Castleton students with greater access and opportunities for experiential learning with employers throughout the region and beyond.
Read MoreCongratulations to the winners of the Rutland Herald Readers’ Choice Awards - "Best of the Best" 2021! 🏆
Read MoreA 28 foot by 22 foot photographic mural will soon grace the south wall of the former Strand Theater, which now houses Roots – The Restaurant, and faces Washington Street and Rutland City Hall, joining three sculptures on the Rutland Sculpture Trail and two other murals in the Center Street Marketplace in downtown Rutland.
Read MoreKathryn Wiegers, who has painted numerous murals on downtown Rutland buildings, is now looking to put them in other parts of the city with the help of Green Mountain Power executive and Rutland Sculpture Trail organizer Steve Costello.
Read MoreThe staff at Chamber & Economic Development of the Rutland Region (CEDRR), along with The Paramount Theatre and Come Alive Outside, are excited to announce the first annual Fruits of Labor Community Raffle.
Read More“After a year of patiently waiting and planning, we can’t be more excited to bring back Friday Night Live’s free entertainment to Center Street,” said Nikki Hindman, executive director of the Downtown Rutland Partnership. “Downtown businesses are eager to welcome the Rutland community to the district for a night of fun.”
Read MoreThe Paramount Theater will expect guests to have vaccination cards and masks when it resumes indoor shows later this month. The theater announced late last week that guests would have to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test administered within the past 72 hours before entering and that masks would have to be worn at all times while inside the venue.
Read MoreAs part of the scoping study being conducted for a potential redesign of the street, community leaders had discussed putting the perennial suggestion of converting the street into a pedestrian zone to the test with a temporary closure. As the summer ends, that has yet to take shape, but Rutland Redevelopment Authority Executive Director Brennan Duffy said the idea hasn’t been abandoned.
Read MoreThe Downtown Rutland Partnership (DRP) has hired BENT Media, a video production company based in Franklin County, to create a series of advertisements that will promote shopping, dining, art, and entertainment in the city’s historic center.
Read MoreIn celebration of its 10th anniversary, Same Sun of Vermont, Inc. proudly sponsors Blackberry Smoke at The Paramount Theatre on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. Tickets to the show are available online at The Heritage Family Credit Union Online Box Office found at www.paramountvt.org or by calling The Paramount’s Box Office at (802) 775-0903.
Read MoreIn March 2020, just days before the state shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, Calista Budrow moved into a new house with her family in Rutland. She brought her small collection of houseplants with her. A year later, Budrow has more than 100 plants in her 2,000 square foot house.
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