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Bristol home destroyed in fire

Posted on October 17, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



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BRISTOL — A blaze of as-yet unknown origin destroyed an A-frame house at 239 Birch Ledge in Bristol — just off of Route 116 — during the evening of Wednesday, Oct 12. Bristol Fire Department officials confirmed that no one was injured in the blaze and surrounding homes remained untouched, though the structure belonging to John and Tonya Willard was labeled a complete loss.

According to Bristol Lister Claire Scribner, the house had been vacant for some time.

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Firms may tap Vergennes fund

Posted on October 17, 2011 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — Vergennes City Manager Mel Hawley is talking with two existing Vergennes businesses that may be interested in a loan from a $79,000 city fund to help them expand, Hawley told Vergennes aldermen at their Oct. 11 meeting.

Hawley said in a Thursday interview he could not yet identify the firms, but said “both businesses are growing businesses.”

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Probe into death awaiting final test

Posted on October 17, 2011 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — Although Vergennes Police Chief George Merkel said earlier this month he hoped to be able to complete by late last week a report on the death of a Vergennes resident during a Sept. 28 armed robbery, he confirmed on Thursday that the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office will not complete its part of the work until mid-November.

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Middlebury assessment of old courthouse stands for now

Posted on October 17, 2011 |
By John Flowers



While the town might lose some property tax revenue from the Lodge, it will be gaining some from the former Addison County Courthouse at 5 Court Square. That’s because the property will, for the first time ever in its lengthy history, be subject to property taxes this year.

The old brick courthouse was built in 1883 on land originally owned by one of Middlebury’s founders, Gamaliel Painter. The old courthouse became the property of Middlebury College once the structure was replaced by the current Frank Mahady Courthouse, built nearby in 1995 and 1996.

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Supreme court to visit Middlebury

Posted on October 13, 2011 |
By John Flowers



MIDDLEBURY — The Vermont Supreme Court (VSC) on Oct. 18 will convene for the first time in modern history in Addison County. The five justices will hear six cases and offer local citizens a first-hand glimpse into the workings of the state’s highest tribunal.

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County classrooms embrace new technologies

Posted on October 13, 2011 |
By Andrea Suozzo



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Editor’s note: This is the latest in a series of articles focusing on the changing role of information technology in various sectors.

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Board gives solar farm a green light

Posted on October 13, 2011 |
By John Flowers



MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury selectboard on Tuesday unanimously agreed to lease an acre of town property to a nonprofit group to use to house a small solar farm for the next 25 years.

The lease was struck with a local group called “Acorn Energy One Solar LLC” for an acre of land located north and a little west of the Middlebury police station off Lucius Shaw Lane.

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Shire town will mark 250th birthday with fireworks, fun

Posted on October 13, 2011 |
By John Flowers



MIDDLEBURY — Children will take center stage during two days of festivities this fall as Addison County’s shire town marks its 250th birthday with some epic games, drama and fireworks.

It was back on Nov. 4 of 1761 that Middlebury was chartered by colonial Gov. Benning Wentworth. The charter was awarded to John Evarts and 62 others. The town added a college and grew by leaps and bounds during the ensuing two-and-a-half centuries, to a point where more than 8,400 residents and students now call Middlebury their home.

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Teacher to plead guilty in child porn case

Posted on October 13, 2011 |
By Andrea Suozzo



STARKSBORO — Starksboro resident Will Parini, a former Addison Northeast Supervisory Union elementary school music teacher arrested in March on federal child pornography distribution and possession charges, will plead guilty on one of the two charges in a court hearing on Thursday, according to his attorney

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VUHS seniors raise $6,000 for hospital in annual walk-a-thon

Posted on October 13, 2011 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — The Vergennes Union High School class of 2012 set a new fund-raising record for the seniors’ annual walk for charity this week, when on Tuesday the class presented a check for more than $6,000 to the Child Life Services program at Burlington’s Vermont Children’s Hospital, a division of Fletcher Allen Health Care.

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