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WEST RUTLAND — Martha Alexander and her twin brother Alex Alexander — better known as Al — grew up right behind the West Rutland Fire Department and had a lifetime of appreciation for the work of the volunteer firefighters.

For 71 years, the siblings watched the volunteers race to the station at all times of the day and night, in good weather and bad, to dash off to save a house or respond to a car crash.
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By Gordon Dritschilo
Staff Writer

Sophie B. Hawkins, Darryl Worley and Flock of Seagulls will play in the streets of downtown Rutland this summer.

The musical acts each headline a separate night in the Downtown Rutland Summer Series.
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Jim Lowe
Staff Writer

Weston Playhouse’s 2014 season may well represent a coming of age of sorts for the 77-year-old theater company. Vermont’s oldest professional theater has earned a reputation for intimacy and excellence — and it’s starting to pay off.

Not only is the season marked by one of the great classics, Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya,” and one of the great musicals of all time, “A Chorus Line,” it will open by introducing a new musical comedy in its world-premiere production.

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By Janelle Faignant
Staff Writer

Six young artists. Four of them Castleton State College graduates. Three of them Vermont residents.

Under 30 opens Friday with a public reception, 5 to 7 p.m., and runs through May 30 at Chaffee Downtown, the Rutland art center’s downtown location. A collection of young artists’ work, including anthropological photography, oil and acrylic painting, sculpture, monoprints and mixed media will be on exhibit.

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MONTPELIER — House and Senate negotiators signed off on a deal Wednesday to ban the use of cellphones and other electronic devices while driving.

The House wasted no time ratifying the conference committee’s report, voting 129-6 to accept the new compromise plan that will make it illegal to talk on a phone or use other electronic devices while operating a motor vehicle beginning Oct. 1.
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By Gordon Dristchilo
Staff Writer

Children’s games and a unique rail car will roll into Rutland on Saturday as part of a national celebration of America’s rail system.

Rutland joins 16 other municipalities around the country from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in celebrating National Train Day, an event promoted by Amtrak for the past six years. The passenger rail service chooses depots to host the event each year, and Rutland was picked along with such landmark stations as New York City’s Penn Station and Union Station in Chicago.
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In this show there’s a cat, there’s a hat and some birds. 

There are songs that are sung and some spoken words.

Oh, and there’s dancing! There’s dancing in this act.

Fifty-six pairs of dancing feet, to be exact.
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By Eric Francis
Correspondent

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A White River Junction man had his furlough suspended Monday and was returned to jail for allegedly stealing copper grounding wire from 20 utility poles around the village of Wilder. 

Calvin Therrien, 33, who has a history of convictions for minor thefts and drunken driving, pleaded innocent Monday to misdemeanor charges of petty larceny, unlawful mischief and providing false information to law enforcement.
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Click here for our headlines show: Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Rutland Herald News Editor Alan Keays, staff writer Brent Curtis and sports reporter John Shramek discuss some of the stories for the Tuesday, May 6, 2014, edition of the newspaper: Local group launches 100-mile walk challenge, Vt. Senate favors drugged driving legislation, Alex Spanos murder trial hears change of venue and suppression of evidence motions.