Faith Gong: Lake Willoughby, Part 2: Sharing Stories With Tom
Tue, 09/21/2021 - 1:24pm
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In my most recent column, I began writing about the weekend getaway my husband and I –
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The latest COVID-19 numbers (Sept. 20)
Mon, 09/20/2021 - 3:51pm
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The Vermont Department of Health today, Monday, Sept.
Scoreboard and schedule for Sept. 20
Mon, 09/20/2021 - 1:18pm
meganj
Here's what happened in Addison County sports over the weekend. See below for this week's schedule of games and events.
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SCOREBOARD
Tiger boys defeat Mt. Abe in double overtime
Sun, 09/19/2021 - 4:35pm
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TIGER SENIOR DEFENDER Greg Wilhelm heads the ball as Eagle senior back Henry Cogswell leaps in to try to block the ball during Saturday's game at Mount Abraham, won by MUHS in double overtime. Photo by Mark Bouvier
BRISTOL — Just when it began to look like the host Mount Abraham Union High School boys’ soccer team had done enough to hold on for a tie on Saturday vs.
Ripton streambed is getting major work
Thu, 09/16/2021 - 4:24pm
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WORKERS WILL BE busy well into November making $2.5 million in repairs aimed at strengthening the banks of the Middlebury River off Route 125 in Ripton. They are shown here installing river diversion devices this summer. Photo courtesy of VTrans
MIDDLEBURY — Those traveling along Route 125 in Ripton have been getting a firsthand look at a $2.5 million effort to stabilize key sections of the Middlebury River stream bank, which has been peri
In education, what does 'local control' mean?
Thu, 09/16/2021 - 4:21pm
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WILLIAM MATHIS
Editor’s note: This is the seventh in a series about the growing pains of Addison County schools in 1965-66 and the Vermont Commissioner of Education’s ambitious plan to address them.
Food benefits will fall short, advocates say
Thu, 09/16/2021 - 4:09pm
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MIDDLEBURY — Individuals and families who rely on 3SquaresVT — the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Vermont — will get some good news and bad news beginning Oct. 1.
WomenSafe to see changes in leadership and its name
Thu, 09/16/2021 - 4:06pm
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WOMENSAFE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED key leadership changes and the successful, early track record of its first-ever transitional apartments for survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Pictured here are new WomenSafe interim Director Christina Grier, left, and exiting Executive Director Kerri Duquette-Hoffman, who’s leaving the nonprofit after 19 years. Independent photo/John Flowers
MIDDLEBURY — WomenSafe is marking this fall with a change in leadership, the first success stories emerging from the agency’s first-ever transitional housing for survivors of domestic and sexual vi
Ripton school independence delayed; ACSD talks urged
Thu, 09/16/2021 - 4:04pm
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RIPTON — The Vermont State Board of Education (VSBE) has asked the town of Ripton and the Addison Central School District Board to re-engage in conversations to keep Ripton within the ACSD.
Ferrisburgh considers water, broadband for ARPA money
Thu, 09/16/2021 - 4:01pm
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FERRISBURGH — The Ferrisburgh selectboard last week decided to wait before making a contribution from its federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to county nonprofit internet provider Maple