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Guest Editorial: The bigger picture

Posted on February 20, 2012 |
By Emerson Lynn



When Central Vermont Public Service was granted an emergency rate increase in 2001, the deal struck was that the utility would repay the difference to ratepayers when, and if, the utility was sold. The amount was an estimated $21 million.

CVPS is I the process of being acquired by Gaz Metro, the Quebec Company that owns Green Mountain Power and Vermont Gas. It took a nanosecond before the question of the $21 million took center stage.

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Fund's aim is to tip the balance

Posted on February 16, 2012 |
By David Donahue



I have lived in Addison County for 14 years, a drop in the bucket compared to many of my friends and neighbors. It’s a place that I am proud to call home. And although I love my hometown, Cornwall, clearly Middlebury is the economic engine that makes our county hum. 

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Editorial: Imagining new role for Ed Dept.

Posted on February 16, 2012 |
By Angelo S. Lynn



The case for making the state education department a cabinet-level agency with a secretary appointed by the governor gained strength this past week as the state’s test scores provided less than sterling results with no-one but local school boards to hold accountable.

What’s to be done?

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Clippings: Rwanda trip will offer adventure

Posted on February 16, 2012 |
By Andrea Suozzo



One week from now, I will be traveling through Rwanda — “land of 1,000 hills” — with 18 high school students.

I’m still trying to convince myself of this fact: On Sunday, I will abandon my desk here at the Addison Independent for three weeks and hop on a plane to sub-Saharan Africa, acting as a multimedia instructor for a group of students who are immersed in an unfamiliar country, a different history, a new reality.

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Politically Thinking: Obama visit sends wrong message

Posted on February 16, 2012 |
By Eric L. Davis



The White House and the Obama re-election campaign should reconsider their plans for the president’s trip to Vermont at the end of March. Obama will be taking a quick trip to Burlington and to Portland, Maine, on March 30 solely for the purpose of fundraising. All the events in Burlington will be at the Sheraton.

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Between the Lines: Republicans on the political extreme

Posted on February 16, 2012 |
By Greg Dennis



As a rookie reporter in 1974, one of the first stories I covered was the Eastern Wilderness Act. To get some details on the new law, I called the office of Vermont Republican Sen. George Aiken.

I was expecting to get a junior aide on the phone. Instead, the receptionist asked, “Would you like to speak to the senator? He’s right here.”

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Editorial: A fun night in the city

Posted on February 13, 2012 |
By Angelo Lynn



A few of us from the Addison Independent had fun in Boston Saturday night.

We were there for a conference, which incorporates two full-days of 90-minute training sessions (getting three hours of instruction both morning and afternoon) along with staff camaraderie and the annual awards banquet for the New England Newspaper-Press Association.

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Super Bowl ad scores TD

Posted on February 9, 2012 |
By Angelo S. Lynn



 

I’m not the dyed-in-the-wool football fan I used to be.

But I tuned in Sunday to watch the New York Giants snatch the momentum away from the New England Patriots late in the second half, and saw Eli Manning march his team down to a sure winning field goal and accidentally stumble in for the winning touchdown instead.

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Clippings: Solar panels spark hot interest

Posted on February 9, 2012 |
By Angelo S. Lynn



 

OK, OK. We’d had numerous people stop and ask various members of the Addison Independentstaff about the new décor on our southern-facing roof.

We put up two banks of solar panels on our roof late this fall, and they’ve generated a lot more interest than I might have expected. So, here’s the story:

We’d had a slow leak in our roof this past fall, ruining a ceiling tile or two, and causing us to push the photocopier off to the side for a couple days. Nothing major, but something to fix.

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Around the bend: Weather allows time for a deal

Posted on February 9, 2012 |
By Jessie Raymond



 

Since moving into our old farmhouse five years ago, Mark and I knew we’d eventually like to make some improvements. With a combination of indecision, insufficient funds and outright hostile disagreement, however, we’ve never gotten around to any renovations. But this winter’s oddly pleasant weather has given us the opportunity.

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