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August 21st

Poem: They're Laying a Pipeline

Posted on August 21, 2014 | Blog Category:
By Gary Margolis



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That’s not hay they’re spreading

    to mulch a garden, to keep the weeds

down. That machine isn’t a hand

    shovel to turn the ground for a bed

of seeds. It’s made for shallow ditch-

    digging, on Exchange Street.

For the other land taken in Vermont.

    It’s today’s day for laying pipe,

to bring the gas here from somewhere

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Addison's Briggs hopes to enter Addison-3 race

Posted on August 21, 2014 |
By John Flowers



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ADDISON — Peter Briggs firmly believes that if you see a problem, you should work to become part of the solution.

So when Briggs, 23, noticed a vacant GOP slot in the race for the two Vermont House seats representing Addison-3, the Addison Republican decided to wage a write-in campaign for the Tuesday, Aug. 26, primary in an effort to get onto the Nov. 4 General Election ballot.

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Community Forum: Politicians face single-payer test

Posted on August 21, 2014 |
By Paul Ralston



This week’s writer is Rep. Paul Ralston, a Democrat representing Middlebury in the Vermont House; he is not running for re-election. He is also chief executive officer of Vermont Coffee Co., a Middlebury business.

“Single payer” is the buzzword of Vermont’s 2014 election. A candidate’s pledge to support single payer is the litmus test for some. Big money — mostly from out-of-state unions — is flowing into Vermont to support candidates who pass the single-payer test.

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Community Forum: Eminent domain laws scrutinized

Posted on August 21, 2014 |
By Betty Nuovo



This week’s writer is Rep. Betty Nuovo, D-Middlebury.

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Trio readies for two-week canoe trip to battle polio

Posted on August 21, 2014 |
By Evan Johnson



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VERGENNES — On Aug. 23, Vergennes Day, Rob McNamara and two good friends plan to go for a long paddle on Lake Champlain, a two-week long paddle, to be more specific. Starting at the Vergennes falls at noon this Saturday, the three will paddle a kayak and a canoe some 300 miles southward, down Lake Champlain, through the Champlain Canal, and on to the mouth of the Hudson River.

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Aug. 27 forum to focus on ANwSU accounting problems

Posted on August 21, 2014 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — The Addison Northwest Supervisory Union board has scheduled a forum next week to allow ANwSU residents to learn more and ask questions about the district’s accounting problems and its efforts to correct them.

The meeting will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 27, at 6:30 p.m. in the Vergennes Union High School library.

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City officials, residents discuss toddler playground

Posted on August 21, 2014 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



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VERGENNES — On Monday Vergennes residents will have a chance to learn more about and weigh in on a topic that has generated debate in the community — a $42,000 toddler playground proposed for a patch of lawn between the city pool and East Street.

The Vergennes City Council scheduled an informational meeting for 6:30 p.m. on Monday in the Vergennes Fire Department basement, an event that will follow a 6 p.m. hearing on a proposed update to the Vergennes City Plan.

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Emily Peyton hopes to shake up GOP primary

Posted on August 21, 2014 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY — Emily Peyton of Putney makes no apologies for having never run for an elected position less lofty than that of governor.

“If the ship is headed up for an iceberg, why sign up for the crew?” the erstwhile independent candidate asked, rhetorically, with a smile on Tuesday while discussing her third try at Vermont’s top executive post.

“I think we need a new direction.”

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