Archive - Oct 12, 2009 - Page
MIDDLEBURY — Addison County residents seeking help to stay warm this winter have several options at their disposal, but the coordinators of those myriad programs have a common message: Apply early.
“If you apply after Dec. 1, you lose benefits,” said Richard Moffi, fuel assistance program chief for the Vermont Department of Children and Families. Moffi keeps close tabs on Vermont’s Seasonal Fuel Assistance Program, funded with federal dollars through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
MIDDLEBURY — The heartbreak and bad luck continued for the Middlebury Union High School field hockey team on Saturday, when undefeated defending Division I champion Champlain Valley scored with 25 seconds left in overtime to deal the Tigers a 2-1 loss.
The Tigers are just 4-6-2 despite outshooting every opponent except Champlain Valley twice. They have four one-goal losses, two in overtime, and have come out on the short end of two controversial calls that took away apparent game-winning goals.
MIDDLEBURY — Standing in the Porter Hospital courtyard on Thursday morning, Ferrisburgh resident Jeff Vigne’s voice cracked just a little, and his wife, Allison, reached out and touched his shoulder to support him.
Vigne was standing in front of about 100 Vergennes Union High School seniors, almost all of them former classmates of his daughter, Taylor, who succumbed to type 1 diabetes at the age of 13 on Oct. 16, 2005.
ADDISON COUNTY — Farmers in Addison County may be rallying behind milk price stabilization plans, but some of the dairy co-ops that collect and market their milk have been slow to the table.
Now, frustrated by what Orwell farmer Tom Audet dubbed the “sluggish” response of dairy cooperatives, many of those farmers are chastising their co-ops for failing to take strong stands on supply management programs.
