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Former deputy sheriff files lawsuit for wrongful termination

Posted on June 12, 2017 |
By Mike Donoghue



BURLINGTON — A former Addison County deputy sheriff maintains he was fired from his job last year after he believes comments he made during a secret session of the Leicester selectboard were later shared with his boss, Sheriff Donald Keeler Jr.

Mark Stacey filed a civil lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Burlington last week claiming a wrongful termination by Keeler and the Addison County Sheriff’s Department.

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Add-2 Candidate Peter Conlon Q & A

Posted on October 27, 2016 |
By Peter Conlon



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Teachers and staff in Brandon-area schools are honored

Posted on October 17, 2016 |
By Addison Independent



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BRANDON—Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union hosted the annual Celebration of Contribution and Commitment on Oct. 11 to recognize, honor and celebrate teachers and staff members who have made outstanding contributions and have demonstrated an ongoing commitment to excellence.

This year’s honorees included:

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New weapon vs. milfoil deployed

Posted on July 1, 2016 |
By Emma Cotton



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SALISBURY — Between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on any given work day, residents and their guests at Lake Dunmore are likely to see a coordinated team of nine working toward a common goal: ridding the lake of Eurasian watermilfoil (commonly called milfoil), a feathery invasive weed that has been choking Dunmore and its neighbor, Fern Lake, for decades.

The crew has three boats, called suction harvesters, and they collect anywhere between 20 and 100 buckets of the unwanted plant per day.

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High school and elementary students learn about land stewardship

Posted on June 16, 2016 |
By Josh Hardt



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BRANDON — Behind Otter Valley Union High School lies Hawk Hill, an expanse of contiguous forest, rich in ecological integrity and local history. A class within the high school, the Moosalamoo Center, has used, stewarded and studied the landscape, finding it to be a living laboratory of Vermont history both environmental and societal.

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Lake Dunmore and Fern Lake closed for herbicide treatment

Posted on June 14, 2016 |
By John S. McCright



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SALISBURY / LEICESTER — There will be no swimming at Branbury State Park, or anywhere on Lake Dunmore and Fern Lake, this Wednesday and Thursday because a herbicide will be pumped into the water to kill invasive aquatic plants.

The Lake Dunmore Fern Lake Association is treating the two bodies of water with herbicides called Renovate OTF and Renovate 3 (active ingredient triclopyr) to help get rid of Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum, EWM). The application of the herbicide is slated for Wednesday.

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Mosquito district buys new rig to aid swamp spraying

Posted on June 9, 2016 |
By Lee J. Kahrs



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BRANDON/LEICESTER/SALISBURY/GOSHEN/PITTSFORD — It’s been a year since the area’s mosquito control district raised the idea of buying an amphibious vehicle to apply larvicide in swamp areas. Now, that notion is a reality, thanks to some help from interested parties.

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VSO a capella group to visit schools

Posted on February 8, 2016 |
By Addison Independent



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VERMONT — The Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s “Ah! Cappella” vocal quartet will present three performances for four area elementary schools on Wednesday, Feb. 10, made possible by Neat Repeats Resale Shop of Middlebury. The quartet will perform for Leicester Central School, Whiting Village School and Sudbury Country School, and Robinson Elementary School (Starksboro).

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Brandon-area voters give strong support to unification

Posted on January 21, 2016 |
By Lee J. Kahrs



BRANDON — Voters in eight Brandon-area towns on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a proposal to merge six school districts into two under the state’s Act 46 school consolidation law. It was the second consolidation in Vermont since the law was approved last spring.

The Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union, along with the Barstow School District, proposed a new side-by-side school district, which the state Board of Education approved earlier this month.

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Vermont State Police Log: State police seek three men who robbed Leicester store

Posted on January 14, 2016 |
By Addison Independent



ADDISON COUNTY — Vermont State Police are searching for three suspects in an armed robbery at the Champlain Beverage store on Route 7 in Leicester this past Saturday night.

The men got away with cash and cigarettes. The clerk on duty said the enormous Powerball lottery may be to blame.

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