Mar 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
By KATHRYN FLAGG ADDISON COUNTY — Nine Addison County schools fell short of federal performance goals set by the No Child Left Behind Act, Vermont education officials reported last week. The schools were among 88 statewide — 29 percent of Vermont’s schools — that did...
Mar 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Kate Gridley has long been an accomplished artist. She can now add “sleuth” to her resume. Gridley and her son, Charles Barstow, are putting the finishing touches on one of the final reconstruction flourishes of the Town Hall Theater (THT)...
Mar 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
By JOHN FLOWERS BRIDPORT — Bridport voters on Tuesday, May 5, will vote on a trimmed-down 2009-2010 budget and a renovation bond for their local elementary school. Town school directors last week OK’d both measures for Australian ballot voting that will be preceded by...
Mar 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
By JOHN S. McCRIGHT MIDDLEBURY — When Frank Kane was eight years old his aunt Mildred gave him an antique trophy. It was silver, ornately engraved and featured a baseball player in an old fashion uniform poised to pitch a ball from the lid of the cup. He knew that it...
Mar 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
By KATHRYN FLAGG ADDISON COUNTY — Nine Addison County schools fell short of federal performance goals set by the No Child Left Behind Act, Vermont education officials reported last week. The schools were among 88 statewide — 29 percent of Vermont’s schools — that did...