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Seniors urged to be proactive about end-of-life planning

Posted on November 24, 2014 |
By John Flowers



MIDDLEBURY — These were difficult times for Frank “Sandy” Rose and his family. His longtime spouse, Anne, had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s two years prior, and it was heartbreaking to see her memory and physical well-being fade.

“She got progressively worse,” recalled Rose, who now lives at the Residence at Otter Creek in Middlebury.

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Confronting mortality is essential: A local man makes the most of his final days

Posted on November 24, 2014 |
By Henry Wilmer



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Editor’s note: Henry Wilmer, 69, of Lincoln, is a retired school teacher and former member of the Lincoln School Board. He offered this insight into the dying process.

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Local advocates ready for heating aid requests

Posted on November 24, 2014 |
By John Flowers



ADDISON COUNTY — With the thermometer now consistently dipping below the freezing mark, Addison County residents of limited means have been firing up their furnaces and wood stoves with the hope that they won’t run out of fuel before the end of the winter. And various state and local organizations are offering programs to make sure frigid temperatures don’t claim any victims during the frigid months ahead.

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New sales model could help artists and charities alike

Posted on November 24, 2014 |
By Zach Despart



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MIDDLEBURY — The United Way of Addison County has teamed up with a Lincoln artist for a new kind of collaboration that will benefit both the charity and the local art scene.

Local artists said it’s a model that could help them and that other charities should adopt.

The project, said the county’s United Way Development and Marketing Director Nancy Luke, came from a desire to involve more local resources in fundraising drives.

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Middlebury church goes 'green' with pellet boiler system

Posted on November 24, 2014 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY — It was around 1904 that the late Col. Silas Ilsley — the Civil War veteran whose name graces Middlebury’s Ilsley Public Library — pledged $75,000 to erect the resplendent Memorial Baptist Church building that stands proudly at 97 South Pleasant St.

More than a century later, congregation members have invested two-and-a-half times the church’s original construction price in order to endow it with a pellet boiler system aimed at reducing the structure’s fuel consumption and its carbon footprint for many years to come.

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Vergennes FFA students shine in Louisville

Posted on November 24, 2014 |
By Addison Independent



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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Members of the Vergennes Union FFA Chapter in Vermont joined teams from around the United States at the 87th National FFA Convention & Expo in Louisville this month.

VUHS FAA adviser Bill Van De Weert said his crew did “great work representing Vermont on the national level.”

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MUHS senior receives selfless courage award

Posted on November 24, 2014 |
By Addison Independent



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MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police have honored a Middlebury Union High School senior for a courageous act.

On Tuesday, Nov. 18, Police Chief Thomas Hanley presented Alyzza Odell the department’s Community Service Award in recognition of an act of selfless courage she performed on behalf of her community.

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Dickerson, Nop celebrate their Christmas CD

Posted on November 24, 2014 |
By Addison Independent



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BRANDON — Matthew Dickerson and Susan Nop will be at Brandon Music on Saturday, Dec. 20, at 7:30 p.m. to present a concert celebrating their Christmas CD “The Brilliant Whiteness of Snow.”

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Winning $2.45 million lottery ticket purchased in East Middlebury

Posted on November 21, 2014 |
By John Flowers



EAST MIDDLEBURY — Vermont Lottery Commission officials on Friday morning were still waiting to hear from the lucky person who purchased the winning lottery ticket at Middlebury Beef Supply for a Megabucks jackpot of $2.45 million that was announced on Wednesday, Nov. 19.

Whomever won Wednesday’s jackpot will have the option of receiving the $2.45 million (before taxes) prize spread out over 25 years, or in a lump sum amounting to roughly $1.28 million (again, before taxes).

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Denecker ends land deal, citing Act 250

Posted on November 20, 2014 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



FERRISBURGH — Pointing to the cost of and uncertain result for his ongoing Act 250 application, Denecker Chevrolet owner Tom Denecker recently told the town of Ferrisburgh he was giving up on his $350,000 purchase of town-owned land at the junction of Routes 7 and 22A.

In a Nov. 6 letter to the town, Denecker said his decision was a result of his inability to satisfy the “conditions to close” contingency in his purchase-and-sale agreement with Ferrisburgh.

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