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Living with dying: What happens when...?

Posted on June 11, 2018 |
By Addison Independent



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Editor’s note: This column is provided by the End of Life Care Partnership that has been operating here in Addison County for more than eight years. Its mission is “to create a framework for our organizations to collaborate on our common goal of providing education about dying, death and options for care.”

My mom lives in Addison County and I live out-of-state. She has recently been diagnosed with a terminal disease and I cannot be with her all the time. What should I do first?

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Letter to the editor: Roadside garbage taking money out of our pockets

Posted on June 11, 2018 |
By Margaret Eaton



It is coming up on one month since Green Up Day. On that day, three of us pulled 14 bags of trash out of the ditches on a New Haven road just 2.5 miles long. 

For people who do not know, Green Up Day bags are the size of large trash bags. Today, I walked that same road and was dismayed to see a re-accumulation of the same beer cans, cigarette packs, fast food containers, plastic, etc.

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Letter to the editor: Shoreham array to be community-owned, low-impact

Posted on June 11, 2018 |
By Acorn Energy Co-op Board



On May 31 the Addison Independent carried a half-page ad on page 11A about good solar vs. bad solar with implications for the solar project currently being developed by Acorn Renewable Energy Co-op in Shoreham. The following letter provides key information about how Acorn Energy has planned and consulted with the residents and planners of Shoreham for the best possible community-owned project.

Acorn Renewable Energy Co-op’s mission is to make solar power affordable and available for all.

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Letter to the editor: Candidate Hardy seen as proven leader

Posted on June 11, 2018 |
By Jori Jacobeit



On Tuesday, May 22, I gathered with a crowd of 200 people at American Flatbread to celebrate Ruth Hardy’s Senate campaign launch. The heartfelt  introduction by Ruth’s daughter Greta, the palpable energy of the crowd, and Ruth’s charisma left me feeling hopeful for the future.

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Letter to the editor: Editorial evoked false equivalency

Posted on June 11, 2018 |
By John Dickason



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Note of appreciation: Scholar's Bowl team thankful for support

Posted on June 11, 2018 |
By Middlebury Union High School Scholar’s Bowl team



Over Memorial Day Weekend, the Middlebury Union High School Scholar’s Bowl team enjoyed a trip to Atlanta for the High School National Championship Tournament. In a 47-story hotel full of the best quiz bowl players in the nation, we placed 235th out of 352 teams and had a whole lot of fun doing it!

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Guest editorial: Vermont climate economy: The moment is now

Posted on June 11, 2018 |
By Harrison Bushnell



My first food was a testament to Vermont’s economy. As a baby, the story goes, my parents held me as we admired the steaming arch at our neighbors’ house. They took a small spoon and let me taste my first few drops of Vermont ambrosia: maple syrup. The only problem was, the syrup was so good I wouldn’t let go of the spoon.

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Clippings: The news omnivore has a dilemma

Posted on June 7, 2018 |
By ABAGAEL GILES



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When I was a junior in high school, I read Michael Pollan’s book “The Omnivore’s Dilemma.” At the time, Vermont’s local food movement was growing and it seemed plausible that what and how we eat defines us in profound ways.

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Jessie Raymond: Summertime, and the eating is lazy

Posted on June 7, 2018 |
By Jessie Raymond



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It’s only the beginning of June, and already the framework around which I arrange my daily life — dinnertime — is shot.

In the colder, darker months, I generally take a few minutes on Sunday to plan the week’s meals. Yes, I’m a boring, nonspontaneous old biddy. But more specifically, I’m a boring, nonspontaneous old biddy who wants to make sure that if we want burritos later in the week we have tortillas on hand.

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Greg Dennis: King, RFK and the American Dream

Posted on June 7, 2018 |
By Greg Dennis



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1968, it has that ring

Of RFK and Martin Luther King

Where the dream went down on a hotel floor

Dreams are what we’re living for

— John Stewart, “Irresistible Targets”

 

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