Archive - Mar 12, 2009
Editor’s Note — You’ve doubtless heard the news: Vermont’s dairy industry, the backbone of agriculture in the state, is foundering. Projections from the Vermont Agency of Agriculture estimate that this year’s downturn in milk prices — which threatens to bankrupt many farms — will have a $200 million impact on the state.
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — Efforts by Addison County Transit Resources (ACTR) to build a new headquarters off Creek Road got a huge boost in the form of a $2.85 million earmark through the Omnibus Appropriation Bill of 2009 signed on Wednesday by President Barack Obama.
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — Members of Addison County’s legal community gathered on Monday to protest the recent elimination of the local Probation and Parole office and marshal opposition to what they fear could be a further, budget-driven reductions in services at the Frank Mahady Courthouse in Middlebury.
By ANDY KIRKALDY
ADDISON COUNTY — It proved to be an interesting girls’ basketball season in these parts, even if only one team, Mount Abraham, ended up with a winning record.
By Karl Lindholm
24-4.
That’s a pretty good record for a basketball team. For a Middlebury College men’s basketball team, it’s unprecedented.
Years ago, I played basketball here at Middlebury College — and now have been employed here for over three decades. In all that time, I have rarely missed a home basketball game.
