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Salute to Veterans: A tradition of service spans generations

Posted on November 8, 2012 |
By John S. McCright



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ADDISON COUNTY — In the spring of 2006 Seth Kittredge had been in the Vermont Army National Guard for nine years and was ready to move on, take the next big steps in his life. He was ready to focus on his career; he’d just met the woman he would eventually marry.

“I was on my last enlistment, I was looking at getting out of the Guard so I could pursue my surveying career,” Kittredge recalled in a recent interview.

Then the Vergennes resident’s unit, the 131st Engineers, was activated for duty in the Iraq war.

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Clippings: Flacks can drive an editor crazy

Posted on September 20, 2012 |
By John S. McCright



I get a lot of press releases in my email, hundreds a week, and they are the bane of my work life.

No, not the press releases I get from you, dear reader, about church dinners and teen center fundraisers. If you are reading this I would probably appreciate getting a press release from you.

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Local pitchers win professional horseshoe tourney

Posted on September 3, 2012 |
By John S. McCright



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MIDDLEBURY — Several county residents, competing with top players from up and down the East Coast, claimed division titles when the professional horseshoe pitching tour came to Middlebury last week.

Bristol’s Brian Simmons won the top prize of about $1,000 by winning the Division 1 40-foot competition in the Green Mountain Challenge. Debra Brown was champion in the Division 1 30-foot category.

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Sorrel carries Addison County in AG primary

Posted on August 30, 2012 |
By John S. McCright



 

ADDISON COUNTY — The race between incumbent William Sorrell and challenger T.J. Donovan for the Democratic Party’s nomination for state attorney general was tight in Addison County, though not as tight as it was in statewide voting Tuesday. And, as in the rest of the state, Sorrell came out the winner.

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Bristol teen claims world horseshoe championship

Posted on August 20, 2012 |
By John S. McCright



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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Bristol 17-year-old Brianna McCormick was in the title match at the National Horseshoe Pitchers Association World Championship on Aug. 11 and she found herself 11 points behind Heather Feavel of Wisconsin.

McCormick ratcheted up her game, started throwing ringers and earned the next 14 points.

The rising senior at Mount Abraham Union High School pulled away from Feavel and won the match 40-29, hitting ringers nearly two out of every three throws.

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Pitts teams up with her pet

Posted on August 13, 2012 |
By John S. McCright



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NEW HAVEN — Fourteen-year-old Amy Pitts likes animals. She has a horse and a three-year-old Sheltie named Ginger.

The New Haven teen recently began sharing that love for animals with folks at the Eastview retirement community in Middlebury. She put her dog and herself through a therapy dog training, and now visits residents there and gives them the opportunity to stroke Ginger and reminisce about the pets they’d owned over the years.

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Clippings: 25 years already? Life's been good

Posted on June 28, 2012 |
By John S. McCright



“Good visit, but boy, are we old!” my college friend “Cowboy” emailed me recently after we had returned to our respective homes after our college class reunion. “Let’s not make it 20 years between connecting again.”

I didn’t think we were getting old, but did note that it was the 25th anniversary of our graduation from Dartmouth College and wondered where my friend had lost the other five years. Perhaps those senior moments are coming a little more frequently nowadays.

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Mount Abe Graduation

Posted on June 14, 2012 |
By John S. McCright



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WATCH THE SLIDESHOW of Mount Abe's graduation on June 9, 2012. Independent photo/John S. McCright

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Rabid raccoon bites little boy in Starksboro

Posted on May 24, 2012 |
By John S. McCright



STARKSBORO — Public Health authorities are urging people to be aware that rabid animals have been confirmed in Addison County, and to take precautions when they see an animal that may have rabies.

This comes after a four-and-a-half-year-old boy in Starksboro was treated for rabies after being bitten by a raccoon on his back porch.

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Japanese students learn about Vt. food and environment

Posted on April 16, 2012 |
By John S. McCright



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ADDISON COUNTY — A group of high school students from Japan that recently visited Vermont learned not just about the cultural differences between their home country and the Green Mountain State, but also got some first-hand experience and education on how Vermonters are trying to integrate more local foods into their lives.

It was all under the Green Across the Pacific Environmental Leadership Exchange program, an international program, run by Shoreham resident Peter Lynch, which seeks to improve cultural and environmental awareness and cooperation.

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