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…
Rutland Select Board launched preservation advocacy after the state Department of Conservation and Recreation announced Rutland Prison Camp demolition plans. The board voted unanimously to send urgent letters to state officials, conduct reverse-911 notification to residents, post website and social
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.
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…
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.
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…
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 had a sale price recorded, so no price range or median can be reported. Maple Avenue saw the
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…
The Rutland Planning Board voted 3-1 to loosen a decades-old subdivision tree rule, letting Brintnall Estates plant two trees per lot instead of one every 50 feet.
Worcester County Registry of Deeds records show 11 property transfers in Rutland from July 10 to Aug. 8, but only two had a sale price recorded: $202,000 and $268,000, for a median of $235,000. The month's top recorded sale was 214 Glenwood Road at $268,000, sold by Joseph and Kelly Provost to