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Federal budget cuts mean fewer services

Posted on August 23, 2012 |
By Kaitlyn Kirkaldy



 

Editor’s note: This is the final story in a series looking at how federal funding cuts are affecting local nonprofits.

MIDDLEBURY –– Many Addison County nonprofits have struggled with financial uncertainty in the wake of the 2008 recession. Federal funding for these organizations decreased, causing many to scale back services or operational costs.

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Students get credit for skateboard bench

Posted on August 23, 2012 |
By Kaitlyn Kirkaldy



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VERGENNES –– Fourteen-year-old Damian Bougor knew the Vergennes skate park needed seating and decided to do something about it.

“I go there every day and we just needed something to sit on after we’re done skating, so I figured we needed a bench,” he said.

His friend Ian Shalek took the idea further and suggested a bench made out of skateboards.

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Wegar collages portray Vt.'s 251 towns

Posted on August 16, 2012 |
By Kaitlyn Kirkaldy



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MIDDLEBURY –– From Bristol to Burlington, Greensboro to Granville, Eric Wegar has seen it all.

Wegar, 62, recently finished compiling a set of collages documenting his trips to all 251 towns, cities, gores and grants in the state of Vermont.

A Pittsford resident and retired postal worker, Wegar found inspiration from an older project. He tried to make a large photographic map of the state, but could not find a scale that would fit. During a May 9, 2009, drive to Warren, Wegar noticed a welcome sign for the town of Granville that sparked a new idea.

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Video: Demo Derby 2012

Posted on August 14, 2012 |
By Kaitlyn Kirkaldy



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Lightning flashed and cars crashed at last Thursday's Demo Derby at Addison County Fair and Field Days. About 1,000 fans turned out despite the stormy conditions to watch derby drivers compete in the muddy ring. 

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4-H group to send cards to thousands of troops

Posted on August 13, 2012 |
By Kaitlyn Kirkaldy



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NEW HAVEN –– Paper, stickers, foam, glue, string, ribbon, buttons, markers, pens and pencils covered the table located in the entrance of the 4-H Exhibit Hall at Addison County Fair and Field Days last week. A few kids sat at the table, making greeting cards and neatening up, always on the lookout for people willing to stop by.

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Video: Maple Treats at the Fair

Posted on August 10, 2012 |
By Kaitlyn Kirkaldy



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The Addison County Maple Sugarmakers Association runs their sugarhouse every year at the fair. They make homemade maple goods including cotton candy and milkshakes.

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Fragile funding worries conservation groups

Posted on August 9, 2012 |
By Kaitlyn Kirkaldy



ADDISON COUNTY –– While enjoying the summer, many people probably have explored the Trail Around Middlebury, scampered around Moosalamoo Mountain, hiked on the Long Trail or taken binoculars out to Dead Creek for birdwatching.

Some may not realize that these areas, and many others in Addison County, are maintained by nonprofits.

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Maple treats delight at fair

Posted on August 9, 2012 |
By Kaitlyn Kirkaldy



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NEW HAVEN –– Each year the inviting scent of warm, sweet maple syrup pulls fairgoers into the Addison County Maple Sugarmakers Association building at Field Days. The sugarhouse is a must-see for most people at the fair, many of whom have a favorite maple treat.

“Everybody has their thing that they like,” said sugarhouse volunteer Maggie Seeley on Tuesday, the first day of Addison County Fair and Field Days. “I come in for the cup of coffee and the doughnut, that’s my thing.”

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Talented singers learn German for Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro"

Posted on August 9, 2012 |
By Kaitlyn Kirkaldy



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MIDDLEBURY –– World-class opera usually comes to Addison County but once a year at the June Opera Company of Middlebury performance. And even then it is not usually opera sung entirely in German.

But over the past six weeks 11 singers have studied, prepared and rehearsed  in German for performances here this weekend of Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro.”

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Local drummer pushes for community music

Posted on August 2, 2012 |
By Kaitlyn Kirkaldy



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MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury’s Will Smith saw an opening to bring more music into the community and took it, because he believes it is important to everyone to have music in their lives.

“It brings the community together and it’s just very good, especially for a place like Middlebury that doesn’t have much live music outdoors,” he said. “It’s a very quiet town and I want to get something going here.”

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