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  • strict warning: Non-static method view::load() should not be called statically in /home/addison/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/views.module on line 1118.
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Theater group will be holding auditions Jan. 11

Posted on January 4, 2016 |
By Addison Independent



MIDDLEBURY — Auditions for the Middlebury Community Player’s spring musical, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” will be held Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 11 and 12, from 6-9 p.m. at Mary Hogan Elementary School.

Show dates are April 28-May 8, 2016.

For more information, visit www.middleburycommunityplayers.org.

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Learn how to make agriculture profitable

Posted on January 4, 2016 |
By Addison Independent



RUTLAND — On Monday, Jan. 4, the Rutland Area Farm and Food Link (RAFFL) will host a workshop called “Making it Happen: Profitability and Success” in collaboration with The Carrot Project, a nonprofit that provides financing and business support to small farm and food businesses.

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Audubon offers grants to schools

Posted on January 4, 2016 |
By Addison Independent



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ADDISON COUNTY — Otter Creek Audubon Society (OCAS) announces their annual Environmental Education Grants program for 2016. Grants of up to $800 are available to provide Addison County students with enrichment experiences in the natural world, supporting the OCAS mission of encouraging a culture of conservation.

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Food in your composter can attract bears seeking calories

Posted on January 4, 2016 |
By Addison Independent



MONTPELIER — Bears in Vermont are already thinking about winter, and are currently in search of easy calories to fatten up. Residential trash bins, bird feeders, pet food, and beehives can become bear attractants if not properly secured. Composting in bear country may also be an issue, and many residents wonder how to compost without enticing curious bears.

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Brandon Craft and art sales to perk up chilly days

Posted on January 4, 2016 |
By Addison Independent



BRANDON — For the third year, the Compass Music and Arts Center is holding a series of sales during the winter months, giving crafters, artists and music enthusiasts an opportunity to sell their goods make some extra cash, free up some storage space and give someone else the chance to make use of and enjoy their items.

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Brandon art exhibit takes on winter

Posted on January 4, 2016 |
By Addison Independent



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BRANDON — The conflicting emotions of how people feel about the winter season was the spark for the juried exhibit, “Winter as Prism or Prison” at the Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon. The juried exhibit opens Friday, Jan. 15, and runs through March 26, with an opening reception to be held on Sunday, Jan. 17, from 1- 3 p.m.

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State cautions snowmobilers to follow guidelines for safe recreation

Posted on January 4, 2016 |
By Addison Independent



VERMONT — With snow expected in the coming weeks, the U.S. Forest Service is looking forward to a successful snowmobile season and wants to encourage all riders to put safety first. Green Mountain National Forest (GMNF) officials are recommending that snowmobilers exercise caution when operating on the National Forest, and all lands, in Vermont this winter. GMNF officials remind snowmobile enthusiasts to heed all gates and signs and to stay off roads and trails that are closed.

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Top stories of 2015: #1 — Vermont Gas abandons Phase II pipeline; PSB launches Phase I review

Posted on January 4, 2016 |
By Addison Independent



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Vermont Gas in 2015 received some sobering news in its efforts to expand its natural gas pipeline into Addison County and points further south.

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Top stories of 2015: #2 — Voters reject school funding plans; lawmakers push consolidation

Posted on January 4, 2016 |
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When school boards were wrapping up their budget proposals last January they knew that 2015 would be a difficult year in terms of money, but few knew just how difficult it would get. Bristol Elementary, for instance, was looking at six job cuts, Vergennes Union High School planned to cut the equivalent of three full-time teaching positions and a maintenance job as well as cutting funding for some extracurriculars, and the Hannaford Career Center was seeing a 2 percent spending increase but a 14.7 percent tuition increase.

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Top stories of 2015: #3 — Solar arrays abound, siting challenged

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The debate continued — and to some degree intensified — in 2015 over the value and aesthetics of ground-based solar arrays as more were installed or proposed locally from as far north as Ferrisburgh to as far south as Brandon.

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