Addison sets vote on ANWSD withdrawal

ADDISON — The town of Addison is making a bid to become the second Addison County community to withdraw from a unified school district, following Ripton’s successful bid this spring to separate from the Addison Central School District. The Addison selectboard has warned a July 13 town-wide vote on the question, “Shall the Town of Addison withdraw from the Addison Northwest School District?”The board said in a draft pre-vote flyer it was responding to an April citizen petition requesting a vote on that quest … (read more)

As the town of Addison prepares to vote July 13 on whether to withdraw from the Addison Northwest School District, residents in the district’s other towns should view the proceedings with empathy — as if they were living in Addison and it was their school … (read more)

VERGENNES — The Vergennes City Council on Tuesday voted to end the city’s deal to provide traffic patrols to the town of Addison at the end of July, unless the Addison selectboard chooses to renegotiate the contract.At issue for the councilors is City Man … (read more)

ADDISON — The following real estate sales were recorded in Addison in 2020 and the first four months of 2021: 2020: • Jan. 21: James Shaw and Anita Bamert to Judith Sutter, home at 6724 Route 125, $289,000. • Jan. 23: Donald Freda to John Oliva, home at 9 … (read more)

ADDISON — When Middlebury native Rene Paquette, a four-decade veteran of the residential and commercial awning business, describes his new full-service awning company as a family business, he’s not kidding. Paquette’s Integrity Awnings, which officially c … (read more)

VERGENNES — The Addison Northwest School District board on Monday, Jan. 11, looked at a $21.6 million final 2021-2022 budget draft that comes in at about $238,400 less than the spending level ANWSD residents approved for the district this past March. ANWS … (read more)

ADDISON — At age 14, Jacob Birchmore began working on cars just a mile down the road from where he would open  his own shop in Addison, Birchmore Sales & Service, seven years later.  Learning the ropes from Justin Almedia, Addison-based diesel mechanic an … (read more)

ADDISON — Mountain Road Preschool in Addison has earned national recognition as a Certified Nature Explore Classroom from the Nature Explore program, a division of nonprofit Dimensions Educational Research Foundation. This certification confers on Mountai … (read more)

ADDISON — On Friday the Agency of Natural Resources will honor Warren King for his long-time advocacy for wildlife. ANR Secretary Julie Moore will present the Sally Laughlin Endangered Species Award to King, a Ripton resident, on Friday at 2 p.m. at Dead … (read more)

ADDISON — The Chimney Point State Historic Site in Addison is hosting a modified Northeastern Open Atlatl Championship day on Saturday, Sept. 19. This is the 25th year of the annual event and will be a highlight also of the modified Vermont’s September Ar … (read more)

ADDISON — Joined by a former Vermont independent school administrator on Tuesday, the Addison selectboard looked at options for its students’ education that included operating an independent town school, tuitioning all its students to districts of familie … (read more)

Editor’s note: Get the link to the Zoom meeting, Sept. 1 at 7 p.m.at the Town of Addison website. ————— To control costs, gain local control and own our town’s viability and destiny, the Addison selectboard is considering the voter option of dissolution o … (read more)

VERGENNES — When in mid-August Addison Northwest School District Director of Operations and Finance Elizabeth Jennings discovered a state error in establishing the district’s homestead tax rate, the residential tax rates already calculated by ANWSD commun … (read more)

ADDISON — Vermont State Police cited a Bristol resident for reckless endangerment and aggravated assault for allegedly waving a pistol and threatening the occupants of a vehicle, including children, on the evening of Aug. 18 in Addison. Vergennes police o … (read more)

VERGENNES — Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes Youth of the Year Michael Davis has been selected as Vermont Boys & Girls’ Clubs’ Youth of the Year. According to Vergennes Club Interim Director Cookie Steponaitis, Davis prevailed over “a very competiti … (read more)