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January 13th
By KATHRYN FLAGG
ADDISON COUNTY — After bracing for a dismal holiday shopping season this year, many local retailers were pleasantly surprised to see sales hold steady and in some cases increase slightly over last December’s figures.
MIDDLEBURY—By now, François Clemmons is an old hand at planning Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations. At the height of the Civil Rights movement, Clemmons helped make large, annual vigils in King’s honor a success in New York City. Since then, the current Alexander Twilight Artist-in-Residence at Middlebury College has seen countless MLK events come and go. But, far from being rote or routine, this year’s celebration promises to hold a deeper meaning than usual for many observers.
By Karl Lindholm
Leadership: What is it?
It’s making the hard decision, and taking the hit; it’s providing vision and inspiration to a group; it’s being honest and fair; it’s being calm under pressure; it’s being loyal; it’s not making excuses; and it’s having good judgment.
By ANDY KIRKALDY
BRISTOL — The Mount Abraham Union High School girls’ basketball team made the most of a rare home game on Friday, dispatching Colchester, 51-30, to improve to 5-3.
In what was just their second appearance in Bristol this season, the Eagles held the 2-6 Lakers without a basket for the first 10:07.
After the Lakers cut a 16-1 Mount Abe lead to 16-10, the Eagles responded with a 10-0 run to make the lead an insurmountable 26-10 at the break.
January 8th
By KATHRYN FLAGG
MIDDLEBURY — Go big, or go home.
That’s the motto that could well be applied to the latest work to come out of Bob Crystal’s Cornwall ceramics studio, on display now at the Jackson Gallery at the Middlebury Town Hall Theater.
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — Local lawmakers and prosecutors are concerned that the impending closure of the Vermont Probation and Parole (VPP) office in Addison County will result in diminished oversight over local law breakers.
By KATHRYN FLAGG
BRISTOL — Several dozen Bristol residents piled into Holley Hall Tuesday night to discuss a long-in-the-making draft of a new town plan, many with the intention of weighing in on the topic du jour in Bristol: gravel extraction.
January 5th
By KATHRYN FLAGG
BRANDON — Otter Valley Union High School board members dialed back severe spending plan cuts at a board meeting last week, instead settling for an estimated $322,000 in cuts that will spare, in part, the French and tech education programs.
