‘A dream come true’: Doctor, DJ among 71 new citizens

Volunteers with Windham County People Power hold signs Tuesday outside the Paramount Theatre in Rutland greeting new U.S. citizens after a naturalization ceremony. Photo by Alan J. Keays/VTDiggerRUTLAND — Edward Thairu had been a doctor in Kenya. He now calls Vermont home and is studying to be a cardiologist in the United States.
On Tuesday he joined 70 other people from 26 countries on the stage of the Paramount Theatre in downtown Rutland to take the Oath of Allegiance and become U.S. ci