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Bristol rallies behind Gorton

Posted on May 3, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



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BRISTOL — Bristol Elementary sixth-grader Jacob Gorton, son of Jackie and Katie Gorton, last month was diagnosed with leukemia. Since then, the cash-strapped family has received an overwhelming wave of community support.

Family friends are organizing fundraisers, have established a fund to help pay for Gorton’s treatments, and are holding a meeting for anyone interested in supporting Jacob and his family. The meeting is next Tuesday, May 8, at 6:30 p.m. in the Bristol Elementary School library at 6:30 p.m.

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Clippings: Don't just sit there, it might kill you

Posted on May 3, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



Plowing through stories to meet looming deadlines is an everyday occurrence for reporters at the Addison Independent and publications across the country.

But, the other week, I emerged from this heavy state of concentration with shoulders stiff as steel sheaths and a back knotted like an old oak tree. Worse yet, I felt like someone had dropped an anvil on my butt.

All in all, I felt downright awful.

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Agencies team up to offer free summer meals

Posted on May 3, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



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Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of stories that look at how the numbers of local families accessing food assistance programs have changed in the past decade.

ADDISON COUNTY — As the old proverb goes, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.”

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Citizens rally for 42nd Green Up Day

Posted on April 30, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



For a town-by-town chart of Green Up Day events, click here!

ADDISON COUNTY — What does Vermont’s 42nd Green Up Day on May 5 mean to you?

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Curvy and new

Posted on April 26, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



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THE NEW LAKE Champlain bridge shows off its curves Tuesday morning. The official grand opening celebration for the span, which opened to traffic in November, is scheduled for May 19 and 20.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell

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Bristol board questions revised draft of town plan

Posted on April 26, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



BRISTOL — In preparation for the Bristol selectboard’s May 14 public hearing on the new draft of the town plan, the board met with the town’s planning commission at its Monday meeting (to read the draft, click here).

Selectwoman Carol Wells, wife of former planning commission Chair Tom Wells, took issue with the plan’s lack of clarity surrounding a key component: resource extraction.

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Businesses in Bristol see spring reshuffling

Posted on April 26, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



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BRISTOL — As the weather is warming up, so too is the Bristol business scene.

Among the many recent developments in the county’s second largest town are an ownership change at the Almost Home Market on North Street, a new ice cream shop set to move in on Main Street and new landlords for the old Bristol High School building, which houses a number of prominent businesses.

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New Haven-based solar firm gets boost from court ruling

Posted on April 26, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



NEW HAVEN — One of the state’s largest prospective solar installations — more than twice the size of the Ferrisburgh Solar Farm — may have jumped its final legal hurdle, when the Vermont Supreme Court upheld a Public Service Board (PSB) certificate of public good.

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Bristol soars into digital era with free Wi-Fi

Posted on April 26, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



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BRISTOL — Grab a mobile device, head to downtown Bristol and unplug, because Bristol’s free Wi-Fi network is officially open to the public.

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Law bans popular fertilizers: No more 'P' on Vermont lawns

Posted on April 23, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



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VERMONT — When Gene Nolette, owner of Leicester-based Gene’s Property Management, went to buy the popular fertilizer mix “10-10-10” for lawn application this month, he was surprised to find that he wasn’t able to.

The fertilizer, aptly labeled for its three main nutrients, is comprised of 10 percent nitrogen, 10 percent phosphorus and 10 percent potassium. But a Legislative act passed in 2011, which took effect Jan. 1, has outlawed the application of phosphorus fertilizers on lawns, with a few exceptions.

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