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Making a life in Addison County: Lack of jobs, housing strains young adults

Posted on August 12, 2010 |
By George Altshuler



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Editor’s note: Over the course of the summer, the Independent’s ongoing series “Making a Life in Addison County” has documented the lives of some of the 7,000 young adults in our community. We’ve looked at how people ages 18–35 view this community, why they choose to settle down here, and whether they choose to raise families here.

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Federal bill may offer schools aid

Posted on August 12, 2010 |
By Andrea Suozzo



ADDISON COUNTY — A federal jobs bill passed by the U.S. House this week allocates just over $19 million to prevent potential layoffs of Vermont public employees — most of whom would be teachers. It provided a glimmer of hope for officials at local schools this week as they began to grapple with a mandate last week by Vermont Education Commissioner Armando Vilaseca to cut school spending in Vermont by more than $23 million in fiscal year 2012.

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County, Vermont facing housing challenges

Posted on August 5, 2010 |
By Andrea Suozzo



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ADDISON COUNTY — On July 20, Bonnie and Stanley Godfrey closed on a Middlebury home with the help of the Addison County Community Trust (ACCT). With their grown children already out of the nest, the couple had been looking for a modest two-bedroom house that could be made handicap-accessible as they aged.

“We found a lot of houses way above what we could afford,” Bonnie Godfrey said.

And the ones that were within their price range would have needed renovations so costly that the low price tag was not worth it.

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Shumlin offers prescription for new jobs in state

Posted on July 29, 2010 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY — There was a time when Peter Shumlin wasn’t sure he would make it out of high school, let alone aspire to the state’s highest office.

Shumlin, the Vermont Senate President Pro Tem, recalled being called into his elementary school principal’s office along with his parents. There, school administrators reported that young Peter wasn’t cutting it, and that perhaps he should be steered toward non-academic pursuits.

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Some aid for the needy delayed; state says tech upgrades will help

Posted on July 29, 2010 |
By George Altshuler



MIDDLEBURY — As the state agency that administers benefits to people living in poverty implements a new processing system for its services, charities in Addison County have reported that some of their clients have experienced delays in receiving benefits.

Laura Morse and Donna Rose, two employees of the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity/Addison County Action (CVOEO) in Middlebury, said that last week alone, six people had received word that their applications had been delayed due to “work overload”

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Brian Dubie seeks state's top office

Posted on July 26, 2010 |
By Jason Starr (The Essex Reporter)



ESSEX — What had been accepted for months was confirmed in June when the Vermont Secretary of State’s deadline for candidates to file petitions for public office passed: Brian Dubie is the lone Republican running for governor of Vermont.

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Pollution in Lake Champlain, Part 3: Treading water: slow clean up continues

Posted on July 26, 2010 |
By Kathryn Flagg



ADDISON COUNTY — Warm weather earlier this month sparked blue-green algae blooms in Lake Champlain’s waters, prompting the Vermont Department of Health to caution boaters, swimmers, pet-owners and other residents to avoid contact with the contaminated water.

The water may not be clear, but this much is: Pollution in the form of phosphorus entering the lake poses a serious threat to Lake Champlain’s waters.

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Pollution in Lake Champlain, Part 2: Knee-high in July takes on new meaning

Posted on July 22, 2010 |
By Kathryn Flagg



Editor’s note: This article is the second in a three-part series about the Lake Champlain clean-up efforts. After examining the state of the county’s waterways on July 15, we’re turning our attention to the divisive debate about the role agriculture plays in water quality degradation. (All articles are available after print publication online at www.addisonindependent.com.) In next week’s final installment, we look ahead to what’s on the horizon for clean up efforts in the Lake Champlain basin.

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Area candidates start out slow in fund-raising

Posted on July 19, 2010 |
By John Flowers



ADDISON COUNTY — Addison County candidates for Vermont House and Senate seats are apparently expending more shoe-leather than money thus far in their campaigns.

Phone calls to district town clerks in which there are races reveal that only a few candidates raised or spent more than the requisite $500 needed to trigger the filing of campaign finance forms by last Thursday’s deadline.

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Burlington organization optimizes charitable donations

Posted on July 19, 2010 |
By Andrea Suozzo



BURLINGTON — When someone in the United States presses the “Send Payment” button to donate to a large charitable organization working overseas, it is difficult to track exactly how much is going to the organization’s upkeep and how much is going to on-the-ground work.

Bridging the Divide, a new, Burlington-based organization, is seeking to change all that.

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