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UD-3 eyes 3.8% hike in spending at MUHS, MUMS

Posted on November 29, 2012 |
By John Flowers



MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury Union Middle and High School officials will spend the next few weeks sharpening their pencils in an effort to reduce a draft UD-3 budget of about $16.7 million that would represent a 3.8 percent increase compared to this year’s spending plan of roughly $16.1 million.

And any major cuts will likely come with some pain, administrators noted, as a vast majority of a proposed roughly $612,000 increase is associated with fixed costs.

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City reveals more info about proposed police station

Posted on November 29, 2012 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



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VERGENNES — Vergennes aldermen at a Tuesday public information meeting at the city fire station released for the first time purchase price details of their proposed North Main Street site for a new police station, and they updated funding plans for what is estimated as a $1.75 million project.  

They told a gathering of about two-dozen residents, plus Police Chief George Merkel and several members of his department, that the chosen parcel could cost up to $259,000.

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Cornwall church offers a giving alternative

Posted on November 29, 2012 |
By John Flowers



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CORNWALL — While consumers throughout the country continue to recover from the frenzied shopping experiences that were Black Friday and Cyber Monday, leaders of the Cornwall Congregational Church are quietly organizing what could appropriately be called “Alternative Saturday,” a Dec. 1 opportunity for people to purchase the gift of basic necessities for people struggling just to survive.

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Lincoln’s Potato Hill Bakery rises through its first year

Posted on November 29, 2012 |
By Xian Chiang-Waren



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LINCOLN — A new company has sprung up in Lincoln this year that makes delicious bread.

Potato Hill Bakery, featuring homemade loaves by Lincoln native Johnny Johnson, has done well since its opening in July, distributing its products to the Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op, Almost Home Market in Bristol, the Lincoln General Store and the Jerusalem Country Store.

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Hancock trio charged with cooking meth at Route 125 home

Posted on November 26, 2012 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY/HANCOCK — Three Hancock residents appeared at the Addison County Courthouse on Wednesday, Nov. 21, to plead innocent to drug-related crimes in connection with an alleged methamphetamine operation at a home at 2698 Route 125 in Hancock.

It is the first substantial meth case to be prosecuted in Addison County.

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VUHS board to decide on bond at Dec. 10 meeting

Posted on November 26, 2012 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — The Vergennes Union High School board will meet on Dec. 10 to create a new bond proposal for voter approval, said board chairwoman Kristin Bristow on Wednesday.

Bristow spoke the morning after the board met for two hours in front of about 10 residents to discuss its options after its initial $6.5 million proposal to pay for needed repairs and major upgrades to the school and grounds lost on Election Day, by a tally of 2,244-1,653.

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Bristol siblings launch film careers

Posted on November 26, 2012 |
By Xian Chiang-Waren



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BRISTOL — For many 20-somethings, moving to New York City to make it as actors and directors is a pipedream.

For siblings Brighton and Sarah Jean Luke, Bristol natives and members of the Mount Abraham Union High School class of 2007, that pipedream isn’t just their reality — it’s also the inspiration for their first film, “American Dreamsicle,” which is currently in production.

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Bristol commission back at work on zoning

Posted on November 26, 2012 |
By Xian Chiang-Waren



BRISTOL — “Big cups for a big success!” said Bristol Planning Commission chair Chico Martin, doling out red solo cups of sparkling cider to the planning commissioners, town office staff and newspaper reporter gathered in Holley Hall last Tuesday.

It was the planning commission’s first meeting since the updated Bristol Town Plan, the product of eight years of the effort, passed with 68.7 percent of the vote on Election Day.

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Vermont Land Trust, Freidin conserve New Haven open space

Posted on November 26, 2012 |
By Addison Independent



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NEW HAVEN — Gail Freidin is working with the Vermont Land Trust to donate a conservation easement on 74 acres of her property on Munger Street. The land is a scenic and productive mix of open meadows and forest.

Fifty acres of cropland are used by the nearby Butler dairy farm.

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Middlebury imports new Parks and Recreation Department head

Posted on November 21, 2012 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY — Terri Arnold, 55, had been looking for a new adventure, and now she’s about to relocate cross-country to Middlebury to live it.

The Middlebury selectboard last week appointed Arnold as the town’s new director of parks and recreation. She currently lives in Langley, Washington, where she serves as director of South Whidbey Parks and Recreation District on Whidbey Island.

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