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Porter surgeon uses new technique to speed patients' healing

Mon, 11/11/2019 - 1:15pm meganj

PORTER MEDICAL CENTER surgeon Dr. Elya Vasiliou is spearheading the use of a new protocol that Porter physicians say will help patients bounce back more quickly from major surgery. Independent photo/John Flowers

MIDDLEBURY — Tiny Porter Hospital is making giant strides in adopting new patient-care techniques that are allowing patients to better prepare for, and recover from, major surgery.

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BMP seeks donations to boost downtown Midd activities

Mon, 11/11/2019 - 1:12pm meganj

KAREN DUGUAY

MIDDLEBURY — For the first time in its history, the Better Middlebury Partnership (BMP) is asking for out-of-town donations to help subsidize the special holiday and recreational events — like the

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'Commoners' take on conservation at Bristol gathering

Mon, 11/11/2019 - 1:10pm meganj

SANDRA MURPHY CHATS with Elnu Abenaki Tribe citizen Melody Walker Brook, who appeared via videoconferencing at the Commons Conservation Congress at Mount Abe on Nov. 2. Brook, who spoke from her home in Virginia, emphasized the importance of helping people understand their connection to “place.” Photo by Jonathan Blake

BRISTOL — Melody Walker Brook, a citizen of the Elnu Abenaki Tribe, never thought she would move away from Vermont and the land of her ancestors.

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George Edward Smith, 93, of Bristol

Mon, 11/11/2019 - 1:06pm sarahp

GEORGE EDWARD SMITH

BRISTOL — George Edward Smith, lifelong Bristol resident, passed away 2019, at UVM Medical Center in Burlington at the age of 93.

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Legislators hold climate policy forum in Midd

Mon, 11/11/2019 - 1:03pm meganj

REP. AMY SHELDON (D-Middlebury) and five other members of the Vermont Legislature’s Climate Solutions Caucus convened a climate policy forum at the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society in Middlebury on Thursday evening. The Climate Caucus has been working since last May to develop legislative solutions to the climate crisis and are traveling the state to report on their progress. Independent photo/Christopher Ross

MIDDLEBURY — Members of the Vermont Legislature’s Climate Solutions Caucus are organizing a series of climate policy forums all over the state to share their legislative priorities for 2020 and bri

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Condos stresses transparency in local government

Mon, 11/11/2019 - 1:00pm meganj

MIDDLEBURY — Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos brought his “2019 transparency tour” to Middlebury on Tuesday, a biennial visit designed to drill town officials on the information they must shar

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Grants to boost four Addison County businesses

Mon, 11/11/2019 - 12:58pm meganj

MIDDLEBURY – Four Addison County businesses will benefit from a combined total of $59,600 in grants through the state’s “Building Community” program, money that will be used for such projects as cr

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Wetlands hearing in Bridport set for Nov. 20

Mon, 11/11/2019 - 12:55pm meganj

BRIDPORT — The Legislative Study Committee on Wetlands will hold a public hearing on the regulation of wetlands in Vermont on Wednesday, Nov. 20, in Bridport.

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Young Writers Project: Vivian Ross, Maddie Donaldson & Saskia Gori-Montanelli

Mon, 11/11/2019 - 12:54pm meganj

Young Writers Project is an independent nonprofit that engages students to write, helps them improve, and connects them with authentic audiences in newspapers, before live audiences, and online.

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The Outside Story: Woolly bears on the move

Mon, 11/11/2019 - 12:52pm meganj

Illustration by Adelaide Tyrol

Woolly bear caterpillars seem to be everywhere these days — creeping across the lawn, along the road when I’m walking the dog, hidden in the wilted cut-back of the perennial garden.

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