Archive
February 9th, 2009
By KATHRYN FLAGG
BRISTOL — When Paulette Bogan steps down at the end of the year from her position as principal at Mount Abraham Union High School, a familiar face will be standing by to take the baton.
By JOHN FLOWERS
MONTPELIER — Rep. Betty Nuovo, D-Middlebury, has filed legislation to repeal Act 82, a law passed two years ago that requires public school budgets that exceed a prescribed threshold be presented to voters in two parts.
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDLEBURY — The Better Middlebury Partnership (BMP) will spice up the downtown scene on Feb. 21 with the “First Annual Middlebury Winter Carnival” that will feature a chili contest and many other fun activities for the entire family.
By ANDY KIRKALDY
MIDDLEBURY — Visiting Champlain Valley got off to a hot start against the Middlebury Union High School girls’ hockey team on Friday, then held off a rally from a tired but determined Tiger team before taking a 10-4 victory.
February 5th
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — Rep. Michael Fisher, D-Lincoln, has promised to file legislation calling for a temporary state income tax increase in order to preserve some of the programs that serve the Vermont’s most needy citizens.
By KATHRYN FLAGG
MIDDLEBURY — Gathering in Gov. Jim Douglas’ figurative back yard on Monday, several dozen residents from around Addison Country congregated at Court Square across from the Middlebury Inn to protest the Middlebury Republican’s proposed budget cuts to human service agencies, which protestors argued unfairly hurt low-income Vermonters.
By ANDY KIRKALDY
VERGENNES — In January directors of the four Addison Northwest Supervisory Union schools approved spending proposals for the 2009-2010 school year that, if approved by voters, would boost budgets by between 1.7 and 4.9 percent.
By ANDY KIRKALDY
MIDDLEBURY — Fifteen years ago, Middlebury College senior Ben Rudin’s family moved from New York City to suburban Scarsdale, N.Y. Rudin was the new kid at Quaker Ridge Elementary School.
Fortunately, it didn’t take too long for him to make new best friends with fellow second-grader Kyle Dudley and his twin brother, Kevin.
