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Police search Otter Creek for body of missing woman

Posted on August 18, 2015 |
By John Flowers



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CORNWALL — On Tuesday, the Vermont State Police Scuba Team and other search-and-rescue divisions of the VSP took advantage of a low water mark in the Otter Creek to investigate a roughly six-mile stretch of the waterway near the Cornwall-Salisbury border for possible remains of Denise Hart. The 24-year-old Hartford, Conn., woman was last seen leaving a friend’s home in Sudbury on Jan. 25.

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Man killed in parachute crash in West Addison

Posted on August 18, 2015 |
By Addison Independent



WEST ADDISON – An East Hardwick man was killed late Monday afternoon in West Addison in a parachuting accident.

Vermont State Police reported that Joseph G. Crossley, 68, died as a result of a hard landing after parachuting out of an airplane. Police were called to a field off Route 17 around four miles west of Route 22A just beyond the intersection with Jersey Street at 4:24 p.m. on Monday. Crossley was dead when police arrived.

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EPA, state plan huge, new cleanwater effort

Posted on August 17, 2015 |
By By MICHELLE MONROE St. Albans Messenger



ST. ALBANS — Vermont will invest millions of state and local funds in Lake Champlain cleanup efforts over the next few years as part of Vermont’s Clean Water Act passed by the Legislature this session and signed into law by Gov. Peter Shumlin in June.

To restore the quality of Lake Champlain’s waters, Vermont will have to reduce phosphorous loading in the lake by 33.8 percent.

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Middlebury College to sell its stake in language company

Posted on August 17, 2015 |
By Gaen Murphree



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MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College is selling its 40 percent stake in Middlebury Interactive Languages, a locally based developer of software and curricula used in language education in kindergarten through 12th-grade classrooms. The college on Aug. 4 said it is negotiating the sale of its share of MIL to its partner in the venture, K12 Inc., a Herndon, Va., for-profit company that creates online educational products and curriculum.

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Seasoned educator takes helm at Starksboro's Robinson Elementary

Posted on August 17, 2015 |
By Gaen Murphree



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STARKSBORO — “I love being a principal,” says new Robinson Elementary School Principal Edorah Frazer. “It’s kaleidoscopic. It changes every single day.”

Frazer took the helm at the Starksboro primary school July 1, and has been preparing for the start of classes next week. She took a breather last week to introduce herself to the community and discuss her background.

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Memoir tells of adventures mining for gold in the Klondike

Posted on August 17, 2015 |
By Joseph Brown



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BRIDPORT — It all started at the Bixby Memorial Library in Vergennes, where Monkton resident and author Ivor Hughes was giving a PowerPoint-driven lecture about the Klondike Gold Rush in northwestern Canada, which reached its apex at the end of the 19th century.

At the lecture Hughes was approached by Bridport resident Gary Payne, a grandson of George G. Shaw, who in the mid-1890s ventured to the West Coast from Long Lake, N.Y., where he eventually heard of the gold rush.

Payne was excited to talk about the gold rush.

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New Rokeby Museum book gives a peek into 19th century farm life

Posted on August 17, 2015 |
By Addison Independent



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FERRISBURGH — Today, “eating local” is all the rage, from school cafeterias to four-star restaurants. But not that long eating local was theonlyway. It was a way of life and a matter of necessity.

Rokeby Museum announces publication of a new book: “Farming & Feasting with the Robinsons,” with text by Jesse Natha and drawings by Rowland Evans Robinson. This unusual pairing — the work of an artist who died more than 100 years ago illustrating the words of a contemporary writer — works together seamlessly.

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Middlebury property tax rate rises 4 percent

Posted on August 17, 2015 |
By John Flowers



MIDDLEBURY — Most Middlebury homeowners are seeing their property tax rates rise almost 4 percent this year.

Taxpayers in the shire town this past Friday owed their first installment of their fiscal year 2016 property taxes, which were based on a new residential rate of $2.8251 per $100 in property value.

The new residential property tax rate is 10.8 cents more than the previous rate of $2.7175, an increase of 3.96 percent.

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Bridge on Route 116 in Bristol has re-opened to traffic

Posted on August 17, 2015 |
By Addison Independent



BRISTOL — Bridge No. 6, which is located on Route 116 in Bristol a quarter mile south of Carlstrom Road and the new bridge over the New Haven River, re-opened to all traffic this past Thursday.

The bridge closed on July 20 while work crews replaced the span over a small creek that flowed under the road and into the nearby New Haven River; a detour routed traffic out to Route 7.

Route 116 over Bridge No. 6 reopened a day ahead of schedule.

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Ferrisburgh to purchase new fire truck

Posted on August 17, 2015 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



FERRISBURGH — The Ferrisburgh selectboard on Aug. 4 signed a contract to purchase a new firetruck for $397,100 in 2016.

According to town officials, the new pumper truck will replace what the Ferrisburgh Volunteer Fire Department calls its “primary attack engine.” 

The department has already set aside $90,000 in its capital fund over the past three years, and Ferrisburgh Fire Chief Bill Wager said the department will add another $30,000 in the next fiscal year for a total down payment of $120,000.

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