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Journey renews Bristol man's ties to his Cuban heritage

Posted on February 3, 2016 |
By Gaen Murphree



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BRISTOL — Alfonso Enrique Ceballos — known more commonly around town as plain old American “Rick” — recently returned to Bristol, his home of many decades, from a trip that was a homecoming of a very different kind.

The 67-year-old banjo player extraordinaire, whose group Daddy Longlegs is known for its eclectic blend of traditional music, has just returned from a trip to Cuba, a homeland he has not seen for over 60 years.

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McGuire accepts position at SchoolHack Solutions

Posted on February 1, 2016 |
By Addison Independent



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BRISTOL — SchoolHack Solutions of Bristol announces the hiring of Ed McGuire to its management team of educational professionals. The company is currently offering its LiFT personalized learning platform to schools throughout the country.

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Aqua ViTea outgrowing space in Bristol, begins move to Middlebury

Posted on January 28, 2016 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY — It was around a decade ago that Jeff Weaber began brewing a healthy, fermented beverage called kombucha at his family’s home in Salisbury. It caught on with his friends and neighbors, which inspired him to make a commercial venture out of the drink, made simply from tea, sugar, water, and a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast.

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Addison elementary budget maintains jobs, avoids tax penalty

Posted on January 28, 2016 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



ADDISON — The Addison Central School board on Jan. 21 adopted a $1,606,375 spending proposal for the 2016-2017 school year that, if approved on Town Meeting Day, would make few changes to school’s program and would raise spending by 4.12 percent, or about $63,000.

That increase is almost entirely driven by an expected hike of roughly 8 percent in health insurance benefits and contracted raises, said Addison Northwest Supervisory Union Superintendent JoAn Canning this week.

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Bristol-area schools curb spending, maintain programs

Posted on January 28, 2016 |
By Gaen Murphree



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BRISTOL — School boards for all five elementary schools in the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union have approved 2016-2017 spending proposals that maintain level programming for students while staying within the Act 46 spending guidelines to avoid the tax penalties.

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Bike tours company to leave Bristol for new office in Williston

Posted on January 25, 2016 |
By Gaen Murphree



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BRISTOL — After 35 years in its iconic 18th-century yellow farmhouse in Bristol, a well-known company that leads bicycle tours around the world will pedal out of town this spring.

VBT Bicycling and Walking Vacations, originally known as Vermont Bike Tours, announced last Thursday that it is moving its headquarters from Bristol to a 14,500-square-foot office space in Williston, probably by the end of March.

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Mount Abe budget up 1 percent; proposal preserves staff & programs

Posted on January 21, 2016 |
By Gaen Murphree



BRISTOL — On Town Meeting Day, residents in the Bristol area will vote on a Mount Abraham Union High School budget that cuts spending from the current year by almost 4 percent to $13,389,914. But, because of an anticipated drop in the number of students, the budget proposal OK’d by the Mount Abe school board on Tuesday raises per-pupil spending by around 1 percent.

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ANeSU begins search for school leaders

Posted on January 21, 2016 |
By Gaen Murphree



BRISTOL — The search for a new superintendent is under way in the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union.

Former Vermont Secretary of Education Armando Vilaseca began his tenure as interim ANeSU on Nov. 30 and will serve through the end of the 2015-2016 school year.

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Budget wrinkle at Mount Abe

Posted on January 21, 2016 |
By Gaen Murphree



BRISTOL — Addison Northeast Supervisory Union officials notified the Independent on Wednesday that the Mount Abraham Union High School Board will likely need to revote the recently adopted 2016-2017 spending plan at a later meeting to formally approve it.

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Many seats up for grabs on ANeSU boards

Posted on January 18, 2016 |
By Gaen Murphree



BRISTOL AREA — Sixteen seats on Addison Northeast Supervisory Union school boards come up for election this March, and the deadline for getting your name on the ballot is only a week away.

Residents will be voting on six school board seats in Bristol, five in Monkton, two in Starksboro, two in Lincoln and one in New Haven. In Lincoln and New Haven, all open seats are for those communities’ respective elementary school boards. Open seats in Bristol, Monkton and Starksboro are split among the elementary school boards and the Mount Abraham Union High School Board.

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