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Libraries cook up summer fun

Posted on June 25, 2012 |
By Kaitlyn Kirkaldy



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ADDISON COUNTY –– Four-year-old Nathan Stefani eagerly watched Dennis Waring play a banjo made out of plywood and a cheap plastic bucket.

The performance delighted the young audience, and Stefani gave it a thumbs-up review.

“I liked it!” the Middlebury resident said.

Stefani and more than 80 other children and parents gathered last Thursday at the Ilsley Library in Middlebury to watch From Trash to Tunes, one of many performances the Ilsley holds as part of its summer reading program.

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Sheldon Museum taps Brooks as its leader

Posted on June 25, 2012 |
By Lauren Davidson



MIDDLEBURY — Earlier this month, Middlebury’s Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History picked a local man with experience in the field as its new executive director.

William F. Brooks Jr. of New Haven took over on June 5 after eight years as the development director of the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation in Plymouth Notch.

Sheldon board of trustees chairwoman Marnie Wood said Brooks is an ideal fit.

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Middlebury mulls $6M-10M town hall

Posted on June 21, 2012 |
By Lauren Davidson



MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury selectboard met on Tuesday to discuss progress in designing new municipal offices and a community center for the town of Middlebury. The vision for the project has been more defined since the board’s last meeting in November but plans still remain tentative because the board members said they want to involve the public more before moving ahead with the project.

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Officials, clients say vulnerable hurt

Posted on June 21, 2012 |
By Kaitlyn Kirkaldy



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MIDDLEBURY –– Tears filled Gwen Buchanan’s eyes as she discussed the improvement in her quality of life and happiness since coming to Project Independence, the senior day care program at Elderly Services Inc. (ESI) in Middlebury.

“When I first came here I was awful depressed with life and I just was discouraged,” the Vergennes woman said. “I’m better now.”

Buchanan is able to attend Project Independence because of her Medicaid insurance.

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A Keewaydin adventure

Posted on June 21, 2012 |
By Kaitlyn Kirkaldy



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MIDDLEBURY –– Cheers, hugs, signs, bell tolls and a cannon boom greeted the five canoes that pulled up on the shores of Lake Dunmore.

A crowd of more than 100 gathered last Friday at Camp Keewaydin in Salisbury for a ceremonial paddle-in by Expedition 2012, a group of 10 young men who recently completed a 1,200-mile canoe trip to James Bay. The group hadn’t seen this many people since they shoved off in early April.

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Gov. Shumlin appoints Keeler as new sheriff

Posted on June 21, 2012 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



MIDDLEBURY — Gov. Peter Shumlin on Wednesday appointed longtime deputy Donald Keeler to succeed the late James Coons as Addison County Sheriff.

Keeler, a Middlebury resident and 40-year member of the Addison County Sheriff’s Department, had recently been endorsed for the post by both the Addison County Democratic and Republican parties. Keeler began as a part-time deputy with the department in 1972, and joined on a full-time basis in 1988 at Coons’ request after Keeler sold his Court Street gas station. 

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River land in city eyed for development

Posted on June 21, 2012 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



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VERGENNES — The owner of a Vergennes riverfront parcel just southwest of the Otter Creek bridge now envisions two buildings on it, including a restaurant with a deck overlooking the water.

Hinesburg architect Leonard Duffy also believes there is demand for a bank with a drive-up window on the vacant 1.1 acres he has owned since 1980.

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Ayer, Bray and Wagner file; GOP takes pass on Senate

Posted on June 18, 2012 |
By John Flowers



ADDISON COUNTY — Addison County, Huntington and Buel’s Gore voters will elect at least one new state senator this November, and that person will either be a Democrat or an independent candidate.

A records check at the Addison County Courthouse revealed that two major party candidates had filed papers by the June 14 deadline to run for the state Senate this November. Those filing at the courthouse were incumbent Sen. Claire Ayer, D-Addison, and fellow Democrat Christopher Bray of New Haven.

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Many House incumbents to run uncontested in November

Posted on June 18, 2012 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



ADDISON COUNTY — Barring write-in campaigns before the state’s Aug. 28 primary election, Addison County will see no primary contests for seats in the Vermont House of Representatives and only three contested House elections in November.

Democratic incumbents in the Addison-1 Middlebury district — Betty Nuovo and Paul Ralston — and the Addison-4 district representing Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton and Starksboro — Dave Sharpe and Mike Fisher — will run unopposed.

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ANeSU teachers win pay raises in new contract

Posted on June 18, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



ADDISON COUNTY — Head negotiators for Addison Northeast Supervisory Union teacher contract talks said they have agreed to a four-year contract that features pay increases.

After ANeSU teachers worked for almost two years without a collective bargaining agreement, the ANeSU board and teachers’ union negotiators struck a deal last Monday, June 11.

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