Archive - Jul 2010
July 5th
VERGENNES — Tick, tock: “It’s about time” that arts lovers and community-minded local residents chipped in for a good cause.
That’s the thinking (and the theme) behind a silent auction the Vergennes Lions Club is organizing to raise money for its community service efforts. This week’s auction will peddle the wares of 23 local artists, each tasked with creating at least one clock to donate for the charity auction.
MIDDLEBURY — How much can you learn in less than 18 minutes?
When the popular lecture series TEDx comes to town on Oct. 2, the Middlebury College community will answer that question.
At the conference, about a dozen speakers will address the theme “How we started from idea to impact.” In keeping with the spirit of the world famous Technology, Entertainment Design (TED) conferences, which the TEDx series grew out of, the speakers will limit their talks to 18 minutes or shorter.
MIDDLEBURY — During the 1990s, Vermont saw an influx of refugees resettled from countries on the Balkan region of southeastern Europe — specifically Bosnia, Serbia and Albania. Those refugees, many of whom are now firmly established in the state, continue to observe traditions and memories from their home countries.
The Vermont Folklife Center hopes to share its collection of traditions and stories of Vermonters from the Balkans with a new website, funded by a $5,000 grant that it recently received from the Vermont Humanities Council.
VERGENNES/PANTON — The Vergennes Panton Water District Board has decided to request voter approval to upgrade the aging water treatment plant on Arnold Bay in Panton. This treatment facility supplies water to Vergennes and Panton as well as customers in Ferrisburgh, Waltham and Addison.
MIDDLEBURY — Currently there are more than 2,000 people serving time in jail for state crimes committed in Vermont. More than a quarter of that number are housed in prisons more than 1,000 miles from where their crimes took place.
Each year, between 550 and 600 Vermont prisoners are held in privately run jails in Tennessee and Kentucky.
ADDISON COUNTY — The Mount Abraham Union High School baseball team may have officially reached dynasty status this spring, when the Eagles made their seventh appearance in a Division II championship game in 10 years and won their fifth title in those seven tries.
As we reflect on the joys celebrated this Fourth of July, we would be remiss if we did not also take a moment to recall the immense importance of this date in 1776. It was that year when, by the unanimous declaration of the 13 United States of America, the Declaration of Independence was signed.
Below, then, are excerpts of the immortal words penned by Thomas Jefferson and the founding fathers.
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