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VUES board adopts level spending plan

Posted on January 21, 2010 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — Although the face value of the Vergennes Union Elementary School budget will look bigger, residents of Vergennes, Panton on Waltham will be asked on Town Meeting Day this year to approve a little less elementary school spending than in 2009.

That’s because the 2010-2011 VUES budget will include money previously voted on separately in the three union towns’ ID board (essentially elementary school board) budgets.

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Lack of scoring punch thwarts MUHS hockey

Posted on January 21, 2010 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



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MIDDLEBURY — As has been the case at times this winter, on Monday the Middlebury Union High School boys’ hockey team did almost everything well enough to win.

The missing element in the Tigers’ 3-1 setback to visiting Northfield was offense. The Tigers outskated the 9-4 Marauders for most of the game and outshot them, 24-18, but couldn’t light the lamp.

Coach Derek Bartlett was left with mixed feelings about his 5-7-1 Tigers. Bartlett is disappointed that the Tigers don’t have more to show for their efforts, but not disappointed with their effort.

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VUHS eyes accreditation process

Posted on January 21, 2010 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — Vergennes Union High School Principal Ed Webbley will meet on Monday with any interested community members to discuss his recommendation that VUHS not pursue accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).

That meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Jan. 25 in the VUHS library.

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VUHS sees small spending cut

Posted on January 19, 2010 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — The Vergennes Union High School board last week adopted an $8.9 million budget for 2010-2011 that calls for a decrease of about $11,000 from current spending levels.

Despite that level-funded spending plan, Addison Northwest Supervisory Union officials said declining enrollments in three of the four union schools and the expected hike in the statewide education property tax rate would lead to increase in residential property taxes in the five ANwSU towns.

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Filing deadline nears for ANwSU one-board hopefuls

Posted on January 18, 2010 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — Residents of the five Addison Northwest Supervisory Union towns who are interested in serving on the proposed new consolidated board to govern the four ANwSU schools have until Monday, Jan. 25, to take out petitions to put their names on Town Meeting Day ballots. Those petitions are available at town clerks’ offices.

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Tigers dominate Eagles, 44-32, to continue streak

Posted on January 18, 2010 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



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MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School girls’ basketball team took charge in the second quarter of Thursday’s game against visiting rival Mount Abraham on the way to a solid 44-32 win.

The 8-4 Tigers have won six of eight and stand in third place in Division II. Included in their wins have been several games where they have not clicked offensively, but have managed to prevail with tough defense and key plays.

Junior center and tri-captain Nicole Brown said the Tigers’ formula for success has been their focus and their faith in one another.

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City's former chief pleads guilty

Posted on January 14, 2010 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



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MIDDLEBURY — Addison District Court Judge Cortland Corsones on Monday accepted a plea agreement between former Vergennes police chief Michael Lowe and state prosecutors in which Lowe pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of prescription drugs, a felony, and to one count of obtaining prescription drugs by fraud. Lowe also agreed not to contest a charge of neglect of duty.

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New sprinklers on tap for city opera house

Posted on January 14, 2010 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — Earlier this month, Vergennes Opera House officials learned they would get a key piece of funding in their quest to install sprinklers in the City Hall theater: The Vermont Arts Council awarded the opera house a $20,000 Cultural Facilities Grant to support the project.

After adding the grant to a $32,588 Vermont Downtown Development Board tax credit the theater was granted in 2009, opera house executive director Jackson Evans said board members are confident they can raise the rest of the money for the $65,000 project, which they hope will begin next month.

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OV girls outlast Cosmos, top .500

Posted on January 14, 2010 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



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BRANDON — The Otter Valley Union High School girls’ basketball team pulled away in the final 12 minutes of Tuesday’s home game to earn a 41-30 win over Springfield.

The victory moved the Otters, who are sixth in the Division II standings, back over .500 at 6-5. More importantly, said senior forward Amanda Sanderson, who sparked OV with 14 rebounds, eight points, four assists and strong defense, the Otters needed to bounce back from last week’s 60-37 loss at Windsor in which they did not play well down the stretch.

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Otter wrestlers win at home tournament

Posted on January 14, 2010 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



BRANDON — Otter Valley Union High School wrestlers Evan Bathalon and George Mitchell won their weight classes on Saturday as OV hosted a dozen teams at a tournament.

Bathalon, a senior, won the 215-pound weight class for his first tournament victory and was voted the tournament’s outstanding wrestler. Seeded third, he defeated the No. 2 and No. 1 seeds to claim the title.

Mitchell, a junior who won his 100th match in late December, claimed the 130-pound crown to remain undefeated this winter.

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