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Frost: From Mt. Abe marching band to making movie music

Posted on January 23, 2012 |
By John S. McCright



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NEW HAVEN — As a very young child in New Haven, Julie Frost showed she had a great sense of rhythm and was drawn to music, recalled her mother, Jean Stilley.

“She loved to be part of family sing-alongs,” Stilley said.

Stilley and Frost’s father, Ted Wesley, gave Julie a guitar at age six, which she took to. She also learned a little piano and played the clarinet in the marching band at Mount Abraham Union High School.

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Misty Knoll adds value in new way

Posted on November 3, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



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NEW HAVEN — Little did John Palmer realize in the early ’80s that his daughter’s 4-H project, raising 20 turkeys from the basement of the family’s Monkton home, would grow into one of the state’s leading poultry operations.

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Program promotes pedal-powered pupils

Posted on October 6, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



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NEW HAVEN — The rapturous sounds of children bicycling carried across the leaf-scattered fields outside New Haven’s Beeman Elementary School last week, where students took advantage of 46 free bikes provided by Local Motion — the Burlington-based nonprofit promoting people-powered transportation — as part of its new Bike Smart Loaner Program.

For some students, it was a fun and insightful week of class with wellness teacher Patty Whittemore, but for others it was groundbreaking.

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Treleven embraces education

Posted on August 25, 2011 |
By Andrea Suozzo



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NEW HAVEN — Craggy hillsides surround the pond and a meadow of grazing sheep at Treleven Farm in New Haven, sheltering the small valley off Route 17 from the outside world.

The farm has welcomed all sorts of visitors over the years, but now Cheryl and Don Mitchell, owners of the farm and founding board members of the educational nonprofit Treleven, are refocusing their efforts inviting people in to learn and teach.

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Field Days results (Part 2)

Posted on August 25, 2011 |
By Addy Indy staff



4-H and Other Youth Sheep Show

NEW HAVEN — The following were recognized in the 4-H and Other Youth Sheep Show.

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Senior division: 1. Grace Smith, 2. Amy Davenport, 3. Lindsey Roush.

Intermediate division: 1. Sara Carr, 2. Merrick Mendenhall, 3. Grace Kuehne.

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Proposed New Haven solar farm clears another hurdle

Posted on August 18, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



NEW HAVEN — The Vermont Public Service Board (PSB) last week removed a roadblock for development of a solar energy farm off Route 7 in New Haven.

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Farmers offer Rep. Welch an earful on federal price support

Posted on August 18, 2011 |
By Michelle Monroe (St. Albans Messenger) and Andrea Suozzo



ST. ALBANS/NEW HAVEN — Farmers had plenty of suggestions for Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., as he solicited feedback about a proposed federal dairy reform bill in St. Albans last Wednesday and at Addison County Fair and Field Days in New Haven on Friday.

The bill in question is a draft proposal by Minnesota Rep. Colin Peterson. The plan would replace the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) and the Dairy Product Price Supports programs and change the federal milk order system that sets the wholesale price conventional milk producers get for their product.

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Artisan shows craft of cheesemaking

Posted on August 18, 2011 |
By Andrea Suozzo



NEW HAVEN — Visitors to the Addison County Fair and Field Days last week could follow the “Fresh cheese curds” sign and find themselves next to the Milking Parlor and Dairy Bar, at a simple white trailer with a window on one side.

Veronica Pedraza, wearing a net cap, guarded the sterile environment of her mobile cheesemaking unit. She was spending the summer traveling with the Orleans County Fair mobile cheese unit to county fairs around Vermont.

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2011 Field Days results

Posted on August 18, 2011 |
By Addy Indy staff



Editor’s note: With loads of fun activities, good weather, exciting rides and lots of friendly faces, the 63rd annual Addison County Fair and Field Days was by any account a great success. But some of the participants at last week’s fair can also demonstrate another measure of success: ribbons and honors from various competitions. Here are listings of many of those winners. Look for more in a future edition of the Addison Independent.

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Ag head talks up marketing at Field Days

Posted on August 15, 2011 |
By Andrea Suozzo



NEW HAVEN — Between petting cows in the 4-H barn, eating maple creemees at the Maple Barn and rubbing elbows with sheep shearers and cheesemakers, Vermont Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Ross’ visit to Addison County Fair and Field Days last Wednesday was a busy one.

Wednesday’s visit wasn’t just an afternoon of fun at the fair — Ross spent much of his time listening to the people he met, guided by Sen. Claire Ayer, D-Addison County and Brandon, and Rep. Will Stevens, I-Shoreham.

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