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ACSU will study school board consolidation

Posted on June 3, 2010 |
By John Flowers



MIDDLEBURY — The Addison Central Supervisory Union (ACSU) board last week took another small exploratory step into the arena of school governance consolidation, electing to create an ad hoc committee that will help coordinate debate on the controversial issue.

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Shoreham to vote on future of buildings

Posted on June 3, 2010 |
By John Flowers



SHOREHAM — Shoreham voters will soon get a chance to decide whether the town should build new municipal offices or incorporate them into a Newton Academy re-build that would also include a community center.

Plans call for the Shoreham selectboard to prepare a list of three options to address the town’s quest for more municipal office space and to potentially fill the void left by the April 7 burning of historic Newton Academy on School Street.

Those options, according to Shoreham selectboard Chairman Paul Saenger, will include:

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Lowe appeal for less time denied

Posted on June 3, 2010 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



MIDDLEBURY — Former Vergennes Police Chief Michael Lowe’s case in Addison County District Court concluded on May 26, when Judge Cortland Corsones denied motions by Lowe’s attorney to reduce the six-month sentence the judge gave Lowe on May 5 for a felony count of obtaining prescription drugs by fraud.

Lowe, at 51 a nine-year veteran of the Vergennes Police Department, almost all of it as its chief, reported on May 12 to Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield to await transport to an out-of-state prison.

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Lawmakers to let Current Use veto stand

Posted on June 3, 2010 |
By Kathryn Flagg



MONTPELIER — Legislative leaders will let stand Gov. James Douglas’ override of proposed changes to the “Current Use” program, opting against a special session of the Legislature in favor of designating the issue a top priority for next year.

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Moosalamoo area to mark 'National Trails Day' June 5

Posted on June 3, 2010 |
By Andrea Suozzo



GOSHEN — This Saturday, June 5, people across Addison County will take to the woods in celebration of National Trails Day.

In the 20,000-acre Moosalamoo National Recreation Area, visitors will find events designed to educate the public about the options available to them on the nearby trails, including bird-watching, hiking, biking and trail maintenance.

The celebration will be based at Blueberry Hill Inn and Cross Country Ski Center in Goshen. From there, groups will walk, caravan or carpool to trailheads for the day’s organized hikes and trail maintenance walks.

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Businesses get $50K in bridge-related loans

Posted on June 3, 2010 |
By John Flowers



ADDISON — The Addison County Economic Development Corp. (ACEDC) has loaned a combined total of $50,000 in state funds to two businesses hurt by last October’s closure of the Champlain Bridge, and officials hope many more qualifying enterprises step forward to claim some help.

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New VPR station plays classical 24/7

Posted on June 3, 2010 |
By Kathryn Flagg



MIDDLEBURY — Classical music enthusiasts in Addison County can sit back, relax and enjoy the show: The music of Schumann, Chopin, Beethoven and Bach will be back on the air next week after a two-and-a-half-year dearth of classical music on the region’s radio waves.

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Guide helps migrants communicate in Vt.

Posted on June 3, 2010 |
By Kathryn Flagg



ADDISON COUNTY — When Kathryn Kramer began teaching English to migrant farm laborers in Vermont, she quickly realized that everything she’d learned about English as a second language (ESL) needed to be revamped for working with Vermont’s population of Spanish-speaking farmworkers, most of whom work in the dairy industry.

Generic lessons about recent trips to the movie theater and going out to eat just didn’t make sense, Kramer realized.

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Wool wholesaler closing shop

Posted on June 3, 2010 |
By John Flowers



MIDDLEBURY — Only six months ago, the owner of Vermont Organic Fiber Co. (VOF) had high hopes of landing grant money that he said would have allowed him to expand operations and double his seven-person work force.

But last week saw VOF President Matthew Mole instead liquidating assets from the small Seymour Street-based enterprise he founded in 2000. Mole cited the recent recession and his inability to land critical economic development grants as the main reasons for his decision to close the wholesale supplier of yarns and fabrics made with certified organic wool.

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Douglas nixes Current Use changes

Posted on May 31, 2010 |
By Kathryn Flagg



MONTPELIER — Legislators angling for an overhaul of the popular “Current Use” program, which provides tax breaks for owners of farm and forest lands, said their proposals would have trimmed costs from the state budget.

Gov. James Douglas disagreed, and he said so last week when he sent H.485 back to the Statehouse without his signature.

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