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28 mistreated pets find a haven after police take them from Ferrisburgh home

Posted on February 5, 2018 |
By Addison Independent



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MIDDLEBURY — At approximately 11 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 29, cheers could be heard throughout the county’s animal shelter. What prompted the celebration was a call from the Addison County State’s Attorney’s Office, notifying them that the animals seized 115 days prior in an animal cruelty case had been ordered surrendered and were now theirs to re-home.

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Microchipping is available for your pet

Posted on February 5, 2018 |
By Addison Independent



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MIDDLEBURY — Homeward Bound, Addison County’s Humane Society, has announced the dates of their 2018 Open Door Microchip Clinics. The first of the clinics will be offered on Saturday, Jan. 27,  from 10 a.m. to noon, at Homeward Bound, 236 Boardman St.

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Local students make dean's list at Vt. Technical College

Posted on February 5, 2018 |
By Addison Independent



RANDOLPH CENTER — The following Addison County students were named to the dean’s list at Vermont Technical College for the fall 2017 semester.

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Students of the Week - 2/5/2018

Posted on February 5, 2018 |
By Addison Independent



The Addison Independent is proud to publish the Students of the Week from area High Schools each week. The students are chosen by teachers and administration from each school who would like to recognize their exceptional engagement in the high schools they attend.

 

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Legislators consider income tax to fund public education

Posted on February 1, 2018 |
By John Flowers



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BRIDPORT — A proposal to use the income tax as the primary source for funding public schools was the top issue discussed by participants at the season’s first legislative breakfast, held Monday at the Bridport Grange Hall.

Local lawmakers also shared their view on the state’s new marijuana law and a plan to lower prescription drug costs, among other topics (click the links to see those stories).

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Group gives kids 'passports' to the great outdoors

Posted on February 1, 2018 |
By Elsie Lynn Parini



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ADDISON COUNTY — Do you like spending time outdoors?

Most of us (kids and adults) answer, “Yes!” But when it comes right down to it, we don’t actually spend as much time as we might like outside.

“The statistics show us that about 50 percent of kids today play outside as they did in the ’80s,” sited Andy Paluch, executive director of Come Alive Outside — a non-profit based in Rutland. “There are so many things competing for our attention these days.”

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Local lawmakers explain marijuana legalization

Posted on February 1, 2018 |
By John Flowers



BRIDPORT — Gov. Phil Scott last week signed a bill that will allow adults in Vermont to possess up to an ounce of marijuana and to cultivate up to two mature plants on their property.

A majority of Addison County’s legislative delegation supported the marijuana bill, and some of those legislators explained their votes at a Legislative Breakfast at the Bridport Grange Hall on Monday.

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Legislators consider health care changes

Posted on February 1, 2018 |
By John Flowers



BRIDPORT — Lawmakers explained legislation they’ve seen on reforming health care and regulating opioids when they spoke at the first legislative breakfast of 2017, held Monday at the Bridport Grange Hall.

On the health care front, Sen. Claire Ayer, D-Addison, confirmed legislation proposing at make Vermont a “wholesaler” and therefore authorized to import prescription drugs from Canada.

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Vermont State Police Log: Two teens trapped in car crash

Posted on February 1, 2018 |
By Addison Independent



ADDISON COUNTY — Vermont State Police and other first responders helped rescue two teenagers who were trapped in their car after it went off the road and rolled onto a frozen stream in Ferrisburgh this past Friday night.

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Childhood obesity is on the rise; here's one way to resist it

Posted on January 29, 2018 |
By Christy Lynn



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MIDDLEBURY — The epidemic of childhood obesity has become something we cannot ignore. An estimated 25 to 30 percent of Vermont’s children are overweight or obese, according to a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2011. These children are twice as likely to remain obese as adults as median-weight children are to become obese.

To local pediatrician Dr. Francisco Corbalan, these are very disturbing figures.

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