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Hellier steps into Bristol planning vacancy

Posted on April 21, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



 

BRISTOL — Skimmer Hellier was appointed to a three-year term by the Bristol selectboard last week to fill a vacant space in the planning commission left by Stanley Livingston.

Hellier has lived in Vermont for more than 27 years and in Addison County for 16. He moved to Bristol four years ago and is the co-owner of Stark Mountain Woodworking, a custom woodworking company based out of New Haven. His wife Jill runs New Leaf Organics, an organic farm off of Bristol Road.

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School garden springs into the classroom

Posted on April 18, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



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BRISTOL — Students at Mount Abraham Union High School rolled up their sleeves, picked up their hoes, and got their hands dirty in the school garden last week. Overseen by volunteer Walter O’Donoghue, who runs the Mount Abe garden, a team of ninth-graders on Thursday turned the soil in the beds and began seeding a wide range of crops from spring lettuce and radishes to summer tomatoes and peppers to leeks and winter squash.

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Kayakers challenge Bristol's roaring rapids

Posted on April 14, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



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BRISTOL — Whitewater kayakers from up and down the East Coast and across the border in Canada tore over Bristol’s infamous Bartlett Falls at last Saturday’s New Haven River Festival. Organized by the University of Vermont (UVM) Kayak Club and the Vermont Paddlers Club, the festival hosted 59 paddlers in its third consecutive year, up from 26 last year.

At the heart of the festival was a grueling 1/3-mile race down a technical section of the New Haven River that finished at Bartlett Falls. And, the stakes were high.

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Bristol police cut proposed spending by 10.5 percent

Posted on April 14, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



BRISTOL — Voters in the Bristol Police District next month will weigh in a proposed budget for the 2011-2012 fiscal year that features a 10.5 percent cut in spending and would require 6.5 percent less money from taxpayers.

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Mount Abe busts a groove in NYC

Posted on April 11, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



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NEW YORK — A team of 97 Mount Abraham Union High School students rocked a nationwide music competition in New York City early this month, achieving top awards. Mount Abraham was the only school representing Vermont in the New York Heritage Music Festival, which drew 13 schools from states as far away as Virginia, Texas and California.

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Bristol extraction debate focuses on conservation

Posted on April 7, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



 

BRISTOL — Debate over gravel extraction in Bristol’s conservation district burst into flames at the Bristol Planning Commission meeting on Tuesday, where the commission disagreed over the meaning of the results of a public poll on gravel and sand extraction.

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Bristol planners analyze results of poll on sand and gravel extraction

Posted on April 7, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



 

BRISTOL — At Tuesday’s Bristol Planning Commission meeting, planners responsible for analyzing data from a March 1 public poll on gravel excavation in town submitted reasons for why residents were for or against gravel extraction in Bristol.

The planners examined public comments from the poll, which was used to gauge community sentiments surrounding gravel extraction in the downtown and conservation districts.

FOR EXTRACTION

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Lawmakers explain state budget cuts

Posted on March 31, 2011 |
By John Flowers



BRISTOL — Local House representatives said on Monday they regretted having to make substantial cuts in the fiscal year 2012 state budget — particularly in the area of human services — but they added the reductions would have been a lot deeper had they endorsed Gov. Peter Shumlin’s spending plan.

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Schools get a jolt of healthy energy

Posted on March 31, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



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BRISTOL — Students at three Addison Northeast Supervisory Union schools have kissed desserts, processed foods and daily hamburgers goodbye because the ANeSU’s new Food Service Cooperative isn’t having any of it.

When Kathy Alexander, president of the Vermont School Nutrition Association, grabbed the cooperative’s reigns last summer, the food staff put down their box cutters and picked up their paring knives, changed recipes to include healthier ingredients, and instituted a tighter fiscal monitoring system.

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Bristol police apprehend Champlain Farms burglar

Posted on March 31, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



 

BRISTOL — In the early morning hours of March 24, Bristol Police Officer George Crowe arrested 30-year-old Anoki J. Thompson of Salisbury. He was subsequently charged in the criminal division of Addison County Superior Court for the burglary of the Champlain Farms on Bristol’s West Street, where approximately $2,500-$3,000 in alcohol, cigarettes and other tobacco products was stolen.

Thompson was jailed on $25,000 bail, according to Police Chief Kevin E. Gibbs.

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