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Poet Gary Margolis keeps it local

Posted on March 15, 2010 |

• Cornwall

By Andrea Suozzo

CORNWALL — Almost two years after Nick Garza’s body was discovered in Otter Creek after a months-long search, the story of the vanished Middlebury College student lingers in the minds of the community.

Below the Falls, a new collection of poetry by Pulitzer-prize nominated Cornwall resident Gary Margolis, delves into the emotions of those months of searching in the winter of 2008.

“One of the ways that I express and relate to my own world is to write poems,” he said.

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Douglas stresses frugality, new jobs

Posted on March 11, 2010 |

• Bristol

By John Flowers

BRISTOL — Gov. James Douglas on Monday urged lawmakers to focus on three priorities during the second half of the 2010 session: Balancing the state budget, creating more job opportunities and finding new ways to fund public education.

The Middlebury Republican made his remarks at the Bristol Legion hall during his last legislative breakfast as governor. Douglas touched upon a wide variety of subjects, including Vermont Yankee, during a free-ranging discussion that saw local lawmakers sit back and let the governor soak up the political spotlight.

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Professor plugs Plato for the 21st Century

Posted on March 11, 2010 |

• Middlebury
• Plato spring 2010

By Angelo Lynn

MIDDLEBURY — For the past several months, Victor Nuovo, a Middlebury selectman and the Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Middlebury College, has been drafting essays on Plato’s last and longest dialogue called “Laws.” He began the exercise, he said, at the urging of his wife, Rep. Betty Nuovo, D-Middlebury, who challenged him to take Plato’s work on the rule of law in a civil society and make it accessible to the layperson — not as an academic paper to other scholars.

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Customer service key for new shop owner

Posted on March 11, 2010 |

• Vergennes

By Andy Kirkaldy

VERGENNES — A new owner recently took over Main Street fixture Vergennes Wine & Beverage, but he hopes that other than new paint, flooring and faces, its customers will notice little change from the way the store has been operated for the past dozen years.

Monkton’s Paul Kerin, a 24-year veteran of the beverage distribution business, bought the Stone Block store from longtime owner Andy McCabe on March 1.

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