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April 2nd, 2009
By JOHN FLOWERS
MONTPELIER — State and local lawmakers are preparing for a showdown with Gov. James Douglas on same-sex marriage legislation that passed the Senate last week on a 26-4 vote, then eased through the House Judiciary Committee on an 8-2 vote on Tuesday.
By ANDY KIRKALDY
MIDDLEBURY — In an doubleheader offering about as much drama as possible between two college softball teams hovering around the .500 mark, Middlebury swept Skidmore on Tuesday afternoon, 3-1 in the first game and 7-6 in eight innings in the second game in their first home contests after an 11-game trip to California.
By Matt Dickerson
April 11, one week from Saturday, is Opening Day of Vermont’s inland fishing season.
March 30th
By KATHRYN FLAGG
ADDISON COUNTY — Nine Addison County schools fell short of federal performance goals set by the No Child Left Behind Act, Vermont education officials reported last week.
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — Kate Gridley has long been an accomplished artist.
She can now add “sleuth” to her resume.
By JOHN FLOWERS
BRIDPORT — Bridport voters on Tuesday, May 5, will vote on a trimmed-down 2009-2010 budget and a renovation bond for their local elementary school.
Town school directors last week OK’d both measures for Australian ballot voting that will be preceded by an informational meeting on Monday, May 4, at 7:30 p.m. at Bridport Central School.
By JOHN S. McCRIGHT
MIDDLEBURY — When Frank Kane was eight years old his aunt Mildred gave him an antique trophy. It was silver, ornately engraved and featured a baseball player in an old fashion uniform poised to pitch a ball from the lid of the cup.
March 26th
ADDISON COUNTY — As Vermont’s dairy farmers lose money on every gallon of milk they produce, dairymen these days are wondering if they’ll survive the latest downturn in the volatile milk market. The crash in the price farmers get for their milk has forced 24 Vermont farms out of business since December, according to the Agency of Agriculture.
But even if they make it through this current crisis — which, with its $10 and $11 per hundredweight (cwt) milk prices is admittedly the worst farmers have seen in years — the long-term outlook for the industry is murky.
