Sophia Buckley-Clement

6 days ago | rutlandherald.com | Sophia Buckley-Clement

The Community College of Vermont will celebrate the successes of more than 500 graduates at its commencement ceremony this weekend. The ceremony is set to be held at Norwich University’s Shapiro Field House in Northfield beginning at 2 p.m. on June 7. “CCV’s graduations are always pretty phenomenal,” CCV President Joyce Judy said. “The highlight for me, of course, is celebrating with students. Our students go through so much to get their degree. It’s not a matter of power and privilege.

1 week ago | rutlandherald.com | Sophia Buckley-Clement

Grace Congregational Church is getting a facelift. The iconic Rutland building has taken the first steps into its latest capital campaign, which will ultimately see the renovation of items like stained-glass windows, its organ, carpeting, lighting, and, perhaps most significantly, its steeple. “We started this project in the summer of 2023, but we started the actual fundraising in the summer of 2024,” said Carolyn Baker, Grace Campaign Executive Committee member.

2 weeks ago | rutlandherald.com | Sophia Buckley-Clement

RUTLAND TOWN — Members of the Rutland Town School Board said they hope to ensure the district’s future eighth-graders have access to an enrichment trip, despite the discontinuation of the legacy Washington, D.C., class trip. The issue of future school trips, which has been an ongoing discussion since last fall, came up once again at the board’s May 13 meeting.

2 weeks ago | rutlandherald.com | Sophia Buckley-Clement

Gov. Phil Scott signed the yield bill this week. After last year’s average property increase of nearly 14%, this year’s approximately 1% increase has received wide support from legislators and taxpayers across the state. It is worth noting, however, that the recently passed bill includes roughly $77.2 million in one-time surplus funds from the General Fund to buy down that increase from the initially expected 5.9% average increase this year.

2 weeks ago | rutlandherald.com | Sophia Buckley-Clement

BRANDON — The Otter Valley Unified Union Facilities Committee met with an architect at its May 12 meeting to discuss what schematics might be needed to present their vision of an updated high school to the full board. The ad hoc committee was created by the OVU Board earlier this year and has spent the last few months exploring the implementation of a middle school model at the district’s OVU High School campus.