Archive - Oct 2011

Special section: Marking Middlebury's 250th

Posted on October 28, 2011 |

• Special Section
• 250th
• 250th celebration
• history

By Addy Indy Staff

Check out our special section celebrating Middlebury's 250th birthday, complete with town history and then-and-now photos. Get the full scoop inside!

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Middlebury to vote on economic post

Posted on October 27, 2011 |

• Middlebury
• economic development
• selectboard

By John Flowers

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury residents in March will be asked to tax themselves an extra $72,000 annually — a penny on the tax rate — for the next five years in order to help finance a new economic development director’s (EDD) position designed to bring new, good paying jobs to town.

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Humane society makes hay out of cats, dogs

Posted on October 27, 2011 |

• Addison County
• fundraiser
• Humane Society

By Andrew Stein

ADDISON COUNTY — To the 150 animals squeezed into a space meant for 60 at the Addison County Humane Society, Wyatt Vincent is the cat’s meow.

For more than a month, the Vergennes resident has busied his paws building massive hay-bale animals around Addison County to raise awareness for the humane society’s “Homeward Bound Campaign.”

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Palliative care practice's fate illustrates limits of system

Posted on October 27, 2011 |

• Middlebury
• business
• health
• palliative care
• Porter Hospital

By John Flowers

MIDDLEBURY — Porter Medical Center (PMC) will close its popular and innovative palliative care medical practice at the end of this month, citing the recent resignation of one of the two physicians in the practice and an inability to put together a new business model to continue the service with a smaller workforce.

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Baby booms to building lots: Towns talk Census

Posted on October 27, 2011 |

• Addison County
• census

By Andy Kirkaldy

ADDISON COUNTY — According to 2010 U.S. Census data, Addison County’s population grew by just 2.3 percent in the past decade, from 35,974 to 36,821.

But within that overall modest trend, there were surprising numbers. Leicester  and Monkton boasted the biggest percentage growth and Middlebury had the largest number of new residents. This while Goshen, Hancock, Starksboro and Vergennes all posted noteworthy declines in population.

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Local food producers, buyers meet, talk shop

Posted on October 27, 2011 |

• Middlebury
• ACORN
• agriculture
• business

By Andrea Suozzo

MIDDLEBURY — On Monday afternoon, the booths in a back room in Proctor Dining Hall at Middlebury College were filled with couples pairing off, chatting, and switching tables.

It looked like speed dating, but the couples included Shaw’s Supermarket managers with local pesto makers, and small food producers with area school foodservice coordinators. The nearly 30 people gathered in the small room were participating in the Addison County Relocalization Network’s second Matchmaker event.

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College eyes 'food studies'

Posted on October 27, 2011 |

• Middlebury
• agriculture
• education
• food
• Middlebury College

By Christian Woodard

MIDDLEBURY — When the official panel discussion on food and sustainable agriculture wrapped up on Oct. 14 at Middlebury College, the talking in the room was still in full swing.

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