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Area schools revise cell phone policies

Posted on January 20, 2011 |
By Andrea Suozzo



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ADDISON COUNTY — As cell phones become an integral part of cultural, social and intellectual life, county schools are re-evaluating their approaches to student use of the electronic gizmos — and coming up with some very different policies.

While administrators at Vergennes Union High School this week temporarily instituted new, stricter cell phone rules, Middlebury Union High School was getting ready to loosen its rules at the end of a lengthy evaluation process.

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Ayer, Fisher take on health care reform this session

Posted on January 10, 2011 |
By John Flowers



MONTPELIER — Two veteran Addison County lawmakers will play key roles in the Legislature’s health care reform efforts this biennium.

Sen. Claire Ayer, D-Weybridge, will serve as chairwoman of the Senate Health Care Committee, while Rep. Michael Fisher, D-Lincoln, has been named vice chair of House Health Care panel.

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Top Ten 2010: New bridges take shape, school spending levels, economy shows spark

Posted on January 3, 2011 |
By Addy Indy Staff



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It’s no surprise that one year can sometimes blend into the next. The Addison Independent staff’s picks for the Top 10 local news stories for 2010 contain four that were also on the list in 2009. Our top story for this past year — the Cross Street Bridge in Middlebury — was No. 4 for 2009.

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Census shows slow growth in Vt.; early data for area similar

Posted on January 3, 2011 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



ADDISON COUNTY — With the first official U.S. Census data out showing Vermont’s population grew just 2.8 percent in the past decade, estimates from 2009 indicate the next batch of information to be released within the next two months may show that Addison County’s growth may have been even slower.

The Census pegged Vermont’s population as of April 1 as 625,741, up from 608,827 in 2000, the last time a full national count was completed.

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Chronology 2010: Bridges, schools and the economy

Posted on December 30, 2010 |
By Addy Indy Staff



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Editor’s note: The change of the year is a good time to look back over the last 12 months and recall where we’ve been before diving into the 12 months ahead of us. We present this look back at 2009 to help you bring to mind the big stories of the year and also some of the smaller ones that have touched our lives in Addison County. Happy New Year!

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Candidates report fund-raising

Posted on December 30, 2010 |
By John Flowers



ADDISON COUNTY — Orwell Republican Mark Young raised and spent the most of any of the Addison County candidates running for Vermont House or Senate seats in 2010.

Candidates had until Dec. 15 to file their final campaign finance reports closing out the 2010 elections.

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Strong tree sales surprise growers

Posted on December 23, 2010 |
By Andrea Suozzo



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ADDISON COUNTY — Addison County residents who waited until the week before Christmas to buy a tree found it a hard task this year.

Most area vendors reached the end of their Christmas tree supply last weekend, and by Sunday many had closed their doors for the season.

“It was a very early, very fast season,” said Cheryl Werner, who with her family runs Werner Tree Farm in Middlebury.

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Scramble for fuel aid heats up as temperatures fall

Posted on December 16, 2010 |
By John Flowers



ADDISON COUNTY — Vermont will officially enter winter next week having received $14.4 million of the total $14.9 million in heating fuel assistance that the federal government has thus far earmarked for the entire season.

And that $14.9 million total is considerably less than the $25.6 million the state received in federal heating fuel help last year.

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Group plots food system revamp

Posted on December 13, 2010 |
By Andrea Suozzo



ADDISON COUNTY — In today’s international food system, a consumer can get a pound of bananas grown in the tropics at any grocery store for under a dollar. But a local potato? That’s something the average consumer has to do a little work to find.

To the Addison County Relocalization Network (ACORN), however, change is imminent.

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Area real estate market seen remaining stable

Posted on December 6, 2010 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



ADDISON COUNTY — No, local experts said, the county’s real estate market is not booming, an opinion that probably will surprise nobody.

At the same time, appraisers said the news is not all bad, especially for owners of homes in more affordable price ranges.

The latest data from the Northern New England Real Estate Network, according to Vergennes appraiser Bill Benton, show a median sales price in Addison County of $205,000, down just 2.4 percent from 2009 despite lingering economic woes.

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