Archive - 2009
February 16th
By KATHRYN FLAGG
MIDDLEBURY — “It really all begins here,” Mike Moser said as the loading bay door at the Middlebury College biomass plant rattled open. “Here” is a cement bunker-like hole in the earth — heaping with sweet-smelling, amber colored wood chips.
By ANDY KIRKALDY
VERGENNES — The Middlebury Union High School girls’ basketball team got hot on offense in the second quarter of Saturday’s game at Vergennes, and then put the clamps on the Commodores in the third quarter to win, 45-26.
Heard the news? President Obama is slated to sign the much-debated economic stimulus bill into law Tuesday in Denver. The bill made it through Congress on Friday when the Senate voted 60-38 in favor of the legislation — after weeks of debate about the best way to jolt the economy out of recession.
A contingent of Addy Indy staffers (not to mention a few of our friends from the Brandon Reporter) headed off for a hoppin’ few days at the New England Press Association conference in Boston about a week ago — and boy oh boy, did we learn a lot.
February 12th
By ANDY KIRKALDY
ADDISON — The owners of an Addison farm that lost a large two-story, calf barn to a fast-moving fire early on Feb. 6 say they are profoundly grateful to the 70 firefighters from five local departments who saved 92 of the 107 animals in the structure and prevented the fire from spreading to nearby structures. Four buildings, including a home and two major freestall barns full of milkers, were within about 60 feet of the huge blaze.
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — While Congressional leaders continue to consider a federal stimulus package, an organization representing Middlebury businesses is asking town selectmen to make some tax law changes it believes would energize the local economy.
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury collected $157,901 in local option taxes during the last quarter of 2008, leaving officials optimistic the new revenue source will yield adequate funds over time to cover the town’s share of the Cross Street Bridge project.
By KATHRYN FLAGG
ADDISON COUNTY — On a crisp, clear Wednesday afternoon, the barn at the Rikert Ski Touring Center was bustling with pint-size skiers, longtime regulars and gangly high school kids alike.
