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The Fashion Bug to close in Middlebury

Posted on December 14, 2009 |
By John Flowers



MIDDLEBURY — The Fashion Bug women’s clothing store, a fixture in The Centre shopping plaza on Route 7 South for more than two decades, will close its doors by Jan. 31.

The Fashion Bug, along with the Lane Bryant and Catherines stores, are owned by Charming Shoppes Inc.

Company officials said the Middlebury Fashion Bug is one of 25 such stores nationwide scheduled for closing in the near future. The demise of the Middlebury location coincides with the expiration of its lease in The Centre, according to Chris Hunt of Myron Hunt Inc., the company that owns the shopping plaza.

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Greg bids farewell to his market; new era begins

Posted on December 10, 2009 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY — Many people can have problems suddenly adjusting to a new, rigorous work schedule.

Greg Wry woke up on Thursday, Dec. 10, trying to adjust to life without a hectic work schedule, one he maintained at a 70-hour-a-week pace as the face and driving force behind the community grocery store on Elm Street that has sported his name for the past 28 years.

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'Farm to Plate' plan on table at food summit

Posted on December 10, 2009 |
By Kathryn Flagg



MIDDLEBURY — Again and again on Tuesday, participants at an Addison County “farm to plate” summit pointed to the biggest roadblock impinging the expansion of a local foods movement in Vermont: the infrastructure for aggregating, processing and distributing locally grown food is all but nonexistent.

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New Greg's owners to stay the course

Posted on December 10, 2009 |
By John Flowers



MIDDLEBURY — Regular shoppers at Greg’s Meat Market will notice some new faces walking through the aisles — along with the absence of a familiar one.

Greg Wry on Tuesday formally sold the store to Bart Litvin and Lisa Hartman (see related story). The sale represents the end of an era and the beginning of a new one, though the new owners stressed they won’t tamper at all with the winning formula Wry has employed at the store for the past 28 years.

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Middlebury selectmen consider budget cuts

Posted on December 10, 2009 |
By Kathryn Flagg



MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury selectmen on Tuesday said they will explore more cuts, freezing staff vacancies and using a fund balance in order to trim another $106,905 from a draft fiscal year 2011 spending that would allow Middlebury to maintain the same municipal property tax rate next year.

It would be the second year in a row that Middlebury residents would be offered a budget to maintain the same municipal tax rate, which currently stands at 80.91 cents. The chore is being rendered a little more difficult this year, for two main reasons.

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Vigil raises flag on climate change

Posted on December 10, 2009 |
By Andrea Suozzo



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MIDDLEBURY — On Monday night, 15 Middlebury College students and community members huddled in a windswept circle in front of the college library. The candles they held flickered and went out almost as soon as they lit them, but soon a handful of battery-operated candles surfaced. These stayed lit against the biting wind.

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Dental clinic drums up funding

Posted on December 7, 2009 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY — Organizers of a new Addison County Dental Center that will serve low-income clients shared some good news and some bad news on Monday.

The good news is boosters have reached a $25,000 local fund-raising mark that will trigger a grant of another $5,000 through the United Way of Addison County, money that will help make the center a reality.

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Long Trail purchasing Otter Creek Brewing

Posted on December 3, 2009 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY — Bridgewater Corners-based Long Trail Brewing Co. is on the verge of acquiring Middlebury-based Otter Creek Brewing and Wolaver’s Certified Organic in a deal expected to make the Exchange Street brewery more financially stable and competitive.

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UD-3 board eyes 3.2 percent budget hike

Posted on December 3, 2009 |
By John Flowers



MIDDLEBURY — UD-3 school board members will consider cost cuts and the use of a fund balance to reduce the property tax impact of a draft 2010-2011 budget that includes a 3.2 percent increase in spending. The increase in the $16,025,483 spending plan is overwhelmingly driven by anticipated surges in special education expenses.

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More bridge beams to move through Middlebury

Posted on November 30, 2009 |
By John Flowers



MIDDLEBURY — Traffic interruptions will take place on Middlebury’s Merchants Row beginning Monday, Nov. 30, to accommodate the ongoing transport of huge, Cross Street Bridge-related beams through town.

The massive concrete beams — ranging in length from 65 feet to 110 feet — were made at J.P. Carrara & Sons and must be trucked, with escort, through downtown Middlebury at various intervals through Friday, Dec. 4.

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