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March 16th, 2009
By ANDY KIRKALDY
VERGENNES — Back in 2000, Agency of Transportation official Wayne Davis successfully pitched to his superiors and to Vergennes and Ferrisburgh officials the idea of moving the historic, now unused Vergennes train station about a quarter-mile north to Kayhart Crossing, the then-proposed site of an AOT commuter lot.
By ANDY KIRKALDY
MIDDLEBURY — The new-look Middlebury College women’s lacrosse team passed its first serious test on Friday, turning back a rally from visiting Babson to win the Panthers’ home opener, 11-8.
March 12th
Editor’s Note — You’ve doubtless heard the news: Vermont’s dairy industry, the backbone of agriculture in the state, is foundering. Projections from the Vermont Agency of Agriculture estimate that this year’s downturn in milk prices — which threatens to bankrupt many farms — will have a $200 million impact on the state.
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — Efforts by Addison County Transit Resources (ACTR) to build a new headquarters off Creek Road got a huge boost in the form of a $2.85 million earmark through the Omnibus Appropriation Bill of 2009 signed on Wednesday by President Barack Obama.
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — Members of Addison County’s legal community gathered on Monday to protest the recent elimination of the local Probation and Parole office and marshal opposition to what they fear could be a further, budget-driven reductions in services at the Frank Mahady Courthouse in Middlebury.
By ANDY KIRKALDY
ADDISON COUNTY — It proved to be an interesting girls’ basketball season in these parts, even if only one team, Mount Abraham, ended up with a winning record.
By Karl Lindholm
24-4.
That’s a pretty good record for a basketball team. For a Middlebury College men’s basketball team, it’s unprecedented.
Years ago, I played basketball here at Middlebury College — and now have been employed here for over three decades. In all that time, I have rarely missed a home basketball game.
March 9th
By ANDY KIRKALDY
VERGENNES — Town Meeting Day votes in Vergennes, Panton and Waltham to end operations of those towns’ ID school boards in 2010 have set the stage for reconsideration of whether the four Addison Northwest Supervisory Union schools should be united under the control of one board.
