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New Panton town clerk brings varied experience to post
January 9, 2025
Kyle Rowe, Panton’s new town clerk and treasurer, is a busy guy.
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Tiger girls skate to one victory in two recent home hockey games
January 13, 2025
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PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
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- LITTLE RAIGAN SANBORN, in the arms of her parents, Brittanie Loso Sanborn and Donald Sanborn of Pittsford, spreads her arms wide as she greets the world. She was the first baby born in 2025 at Porter Hospital, arriving at 9:42 p.m. on Jan. 2, and weighed in at 5 pounds, 5 ounces. Independent photo/Steve James
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- DONALD SANBORN OF Pittsford is clearly enthralled with his newborn daughter, Raigan, during a new child visit to Porter Hospital on Monday. Raigan, who arrived on Jan. 2, was the first baby born in Addison County in 2025, and the sixth child born to her mother, Brittanie Loso Sanborn. Independent photo/Steve James
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- THE ROSY PINK head and breast of this male purple finch, seen in Weybridge recently, adds a bit of warmth to these cold winter days. Photo by Susan Humphrey
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- AREA CHILDREN ON Dec. 31 found a great way to celebrate the dawn of a new year, without staying up past their bedtimes. Middlebury’s Ilsley Library offered a kid-friendly “countdown to noon” this past New Year’s Eve, which included crafts, snacks, story time and a balloon drop as the clock ticked past noon. Independent photo/Steve James
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- ILSLEY YOUTH SERVICES Librarian Tricia Allen begins the 10-second countdown to noon that allowed kids to celebrate New Year’s Eve without missing bedtime. Independent photo/Steve James
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- CALISTA CSEH, 6, WITH her dad, Alex, at the Ilsley Library Noon Year’s Eve Countdown. Independent photo/Steve James
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- CHILDREN RAISE THE countdown numbers toward the magic hour at Ilsley Library’s Noon Year’s Eve celebration. Independent photo/Steve James
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- HELEN AND ROYAL Yamin of Middlebury, with their friend from Albany, N.Y., salute the new year in front of a fun-but-faux Times Square backdrop. Independent photo/Steve James
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- LOCKWOOD AND FIELDING Klein, along with Cy Terry, had a super fun time watching the colorful fireworks in Middlebury on New Year’s Eve. By viewing from the park next to the Otter Creek falls downtown the trio simultaneously were wowed by the changing color of the water. Photo courtesy of Ashleigh Klein
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- SOME GOOD PERSON knit a dozen warm scarves and hats and hung them on the gazebo on the Middlebury town green just before the first of the year. They included a message telling passersby that they should take one if they needed it, or knew someone who needed it. Independent photo/ John S. McCright