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Bristol forums to take on town plan, gravel

Posted on May 13, 2010 |
By Kathryn Flagg



BRISTOL — Pull up a seat, residents of Bristol: The planning commission is inviting residents back to the table as the board reopens the contentious proposed town plan and extraction ordinance knocked down by voters on Town Meeting Day.

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Clear the rink — it's roller derby time

Posted on May 10, 2010 |
By Kathryn Flagg



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BRISTOL — Erin Swigart popped up onto the toe stops of her well-worn, broken-in roller skates. She dashed forward on tiptoe, almost like a dancer preparing for a ballet leap, and then the eight wheels on her skates hit the concrete floor of the Bristol Recreation Club’s hockey rink, and she was off.

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Mount Abe reins in staff salaries

Posted on May 6, 2010 |
By Kathryn Flagg



BRISTOL — The Mount Abraham Union School Board on Tuesday night rejected the non-union support staff’s requests for across-the-board pay raises, instead striking a compromise that will largely spare the jobs of employees earning the smallest salaries while cutting raises entirely for more expensive senior staff.

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Bristol kids shear locks in lesson about empathy

Posted on May 3, 2010 |
By Kathryn Flagg



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BRISTOL — If you’d asked six-year-old Katie Havey how she felt about her decision to chop off her long hair a few days ago, she probably would have had one word for you: nervous.

“There were a lot of tears,” her mother, Linda, confessed.

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Holley Hall renovation awarded to Brandon firm

Posted on May 3, 2010 |
By Kathryn Flagg



BRISTOL — The Bristol selectboard on Monday, April 26, awarded the contract for the renovation of Holley Hall to Brandon-based Naylor & Breen Builders, who came in with the low bid for the project at $614,000.

Bristol voters approved the town to borrow up to $750,000 for the repairs in a December bond vote. The repairs will make the building more handicap accessible, fix structural and wiring problems, add insulation and reorganize the basement town offices.

The repairs will include:

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Bristol family revives shop

Posted on May 3, 2010 |
By Kathryn Flagg



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BRISTOL — A Bristol couple looking to revitalize a Main Street business is overhauling Reed’s Auto Supply and hoping to draw customers to Bristol’s downtown.

The new Forand’s Auto Supply, owned by husband-and-wife team Cathleen and Eric Forand, opened in March. For the Forands, purchasing the store previously owned by Mike Reed offered the chance to work close to home, realize their dream of owning a small business, and improve a longstanding storefront on Bristol’s main drag.

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Mt. Abe support staff, board clash over contract

Posted on April 22, 2010 |
By Kathryn Flagg



BRISTOL — Mount Abraham Union High School’s non-union support staff and members of the high school board clashed on Tuesday night over a tender subject: salary and benefit negotiations.

The conversation came after the Mount Abe board, in a rare move, decided to suspend the rules at its board meeting on Tuesday evening to openly discuss a topic normally left behind closed doors.

So far, the school board is pushing for no increase in salaries for the non-union staff, and has also indicated an interest in raising health insurance co-pays from 4 to 10 percent.

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Mount Abe eyes food plan

Posted on April 22, 2010 |
By Kathryn Flagg



BRISTOL — The Mount Abraham Union High School board on Tuesday decided to solicit bids from outside food service vendors as the board continues to weigh its choices for overhauling the school’s cafeteria system.

Board chair Lanny Smith said that sending the project out to bid doesn’t mean the board will necessarily choose an outside company to run the school’s food service program, but simply leaves that option open for next year.

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Teachers join forces for new Bristol studio

Posted on April 22, 2010 |
By Kathryn Flagg



BRISTOL — A group of movement and art teachers in Bristol are collaborating on a new, multi-purpose studio center on Main Street. Their goal: to provide space for everything from watercolor painting to yoga and dance classes under one roof.

The fruit of their labor — Open Sky Studio — opened earlier this month on Main Street in a brightly lit, 1,000-square-foot space above Cubber’s Restaurant.

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Local food fans push for school changes

Posted on April 15, 2010 |
By Kathryn Flagg



BRISTOL — Local foods advocates, educators and farmers convened on Tuesday afternoon with a full plate of work in front of them: Participants in the county-wide summit first and foremost want to see school districts in Addison County serving more food that is locally grown and produced — but that goal was the tip of the iceberg.

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