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Bristol selectboard OKs changes to town plan

Posted on June 28, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



BRISTOL — The Bristol selectboard has finished reviewing the new draft of the town plan, made its alterations, and is sending the document back to the planning commission for one last glance.

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ANeSU teachers win pay raises in new contract

Posted on June 18, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



ADDISON COUNTY — Head negotiators for Addison Northeast Supervisory Union teacher contract talks said they have agreed to a four-year contract that features pay increases.

After ANeSU teachers worked for almost two years without a collective bargaining agreement, the ANeSU board and teachers’ union negotiators struck a deal last Monday, June 11.

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Teachers and negotiators strike ANeSU contract deal

Posted on June 14, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



BRISTOL — After almost two years of negotiation, the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union’s negotiating committee and teachers’ union this week came to an agreement on a teachers’ contract.

The exact terms of the new contract, which were ironed out Monday night in executive session negotiations, haven’t yet been released. But Lanny Smith, lead negotiator for the school boards, said that the terms will be made public after the first school board votes on the new contracts.

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Bristol board plans Howden Hall upgrade

Posted on June 14, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



BRISTOL — The oldest town building in Bristol, Howden Hall, is about to get what officials say are some much-needed upgrades.

With roughly $75,000 in the town’s Howden Hall Capital Reserve Fund, the Howden Hall Committee — with the selectboard’s approval — is moving ahead with electrical upgrades, moisture reduction measures, weatherization improvements and possibly some wheel-chair accessibility measures.

At a meeting last week, the Bristol selectboard hired project manager Ed Hanson at a rate of $50 an hour to oversee the process.

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Bristol board opens up; new planner keeps seat

Posted on June 7, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



BRISTOL — Katie Raycroft-Meyer’s seat on the planning commission is safe for now.

The Bristol selectboard on Monday decided to keep Raycroft-Meyer on the commission following a vote two weeks earlier that put her seat in jeopardy. After speaking with her and a dozen citizens on Monday, Selectboard Chair Peeker Heffernan, selectwoman Carol Wells and selectman Joel Bouvier made this decision with just enough board members to hold a quorum.

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Educator retiring to help war-torn nation

Posted on June 7, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



MONKTON — At the end of today, Monkton Central School Assistant Principal and Special Educator Mary Gemignani will walk out the same doors she’s passed through for decades and set afoot on a new adventure.

She is leaving the Monkton school to blaze a new path through life and focus her energy on revitalizing education in the war-torn Liberian village of Klay — the same place that sparked the revered educator’s passion for teaching.

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ANeSU negotiations back on tap

Posted on June 7, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



BRISTOL — For almost two years, Addison Northeast Supervisory Union (ANeSU) teachers have been working without a collective bargaining agreement. Representatives from the ANeSU teachers’ union are hoping to reach an agreement on Monday and shed the imposed conditions that they’ve been working under since January 2011.

The negotiations, slated for Monday, will be held behind closed doors in executive session.

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Class cultivates food for thought

Posted on June 4, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



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BRISTOL — Last week, through a muggy, overcast haze, science teacher Gabe Hamilton and his sophomore Biology of Foods class diligently tended the Mount Abraham Union High School garden.

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A big flag for a big day

Posted on May 31, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



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ELKS CLUB MEMBERS carry an enormous American flag down Main Street in Vergennes Monday during the Memorial Day parade.
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Demand spikes for Vermont food assistance

Posted on May 31, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



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VERMONT — Like thousands of Vermonters, Kristen Andrews turned to the food assistance program 3SquaresVT when she had exhausted all other options. In the fall of 2011 her income dropped, and the local educator and mother of four filed an application for help from the federally funded program formerly called Food Stamps.

But Andrews, a Lincoln resident, never expected the application would lead to a mistake that doubled her family’s health insurance premium. And she couldn’t have foreseen the long and arduous process of straightening it out.

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