Adopt A Pet - Make a Friend at the Rutland County Humane Society
The Rutland County Humane Society (RCHS) would like to remind you that June is “Adopt-A-Shelter-Cat Month”.
American: The only label that counts
Thoughts from Behind the Pressline
Last week our Editorial Board wrote an excellent editorial about the passing of the Greatest Generation and the efforts of the Honor Flight to transport WWII Vets to Washington DC to visit the memorial erected in their honor.
From the editor: The last milk run
The milkman's on his way at the Sheldon Museum in Middlebury
When I was a lad growing up in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania during the early 1960s, I remember the Freeman’s Dairy milkman making his neighborhood rounds driving a nifty, red Divco stepvan with quaint little bifolding side access doors.
Guest Viewpoint: Gut check on climate change
"The Shumlin Climate Theology"
For the past 20 years, Vermonters have been fed a heavy diet of terrors originally labeled the menace of global warming—then renamed “climate change” after the predicted warming failed to appear.
Adopt A Pet - Make a Friend at the Rutland County Humane Society
Would you like to make a difference in the life of a homeless animal?
Public or private career?
Thoughts from Behind the Pressline
In a recent conversation with my predecessor, former Denton Publications’ Publisher Bill Denton, we compared the differences of operating a private sector company in his era (1960 through the late ’80s) compared to today.
Guest Viewpoint: Vermont Gas in Middlebury
The Middlebury Select Board recently authorized the following statement clarifying the Board's position on the Vermont Gas Pipeline and its impact on Middlebury by a vote of six in favor (George, Nuovo, Artim, Bingham, Baker, Forbes) and one opposed (Shashok):
Adopt A Pet - Make a Friend at the Rutland County Humane Society
If you have a kitten (or kittens) 6 months old or younger that needs to be spayed or neutered Vermont Companion Animal Neutering (Vt.-CAN), working with the Rutland County Humane Society can help.
Put politics aside and govern
Thoughts from Behind the Pressline
One of the great benefits of putting my thoughts in print for more than 100,000 readers each week is the response I get.
From the Editor: Bernie vs. the Gang of Eight
Washington's controversial immigration reform bill
If U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) votes for the Gang of Eight immigration reform bill, S-744—named after the eight powerful senators who crafted the controversial bill—it will be because resistance to special interest forces is often futile. We already assume Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) will support the bill.
Adopt A Pet - Make a Friend at the Rutland County Humane Society
Do you have stray, feral or abandoned cats near your home or workplace?
‘I am not a crook’
Thoughts from Behind the Pressline
Perception, intention, power, arrogance, authority and many other character qualities become a part of actions that, to one person, cross the line yet to another do not.
Letter to the Editor: Castleton Summer Concert Series
Castleton State College and the Castleton Summer Concert Series on the Green series have formed a mutually beneficial partnership.
Guest Viewpoint: Solar deal enhances GMP Solar Capital initiative
It seems pretty clear by now that there are many innovative ways to bring solar into Rutland. Green Mountain Power’s most recent announcement of a pilot central solar lease program with NRG Residential Solar, a division of the largest solar developer in the United States, is an important milestone in our effort to make Rutland the Solar Capital of New England.
Rob Roper: How does your legislator vote?
Rob Roper of Vermont's libertarian Ethan Allen Institute will recap the significant bills of the 2013 Vermont State Legislature while presenting the record of the roll call votes at the Rutland Free Library, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 28.
Previous Next
