RUTLAND — The festivities will go on. That’s the official word from the chairman of the Rutland Fourth of July Committee. Increased costs and other factors, including paying overtime for first ...

Parade and safety (police detail, sound equipment and marching bands) — $12,542 Incidental expenses (marketing, website, printing, donation mailers, etc.) — $15,000 ...

They came, they clogged the streets, they shopped. And the Town of Rutland benefitted, to the tune of roughly $4,000 that will go toward its annual four-day 4th of July extravaganza.