John S. McCright
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Brandon lets animal control officer Kahrs go
BRANDON — The town of Brandon is looking for a new animal control officer after the selectboard on Jan. 11 voted to dismiss Margaret Kahrs, who had held…
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Vermont sees spike in COVID-19 cases
ADDISON COUNTY — Along with the rest of Vermont, Addison County is caught up in a surge of COVID-19 cases stemming from an increase in a spread of…
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Eighty COVID cases traced back to Vergennes Christmas services
VERGENNES — After Vermont Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine singled out a Vergennes church as the source of 80 recent COVID-19 cases, the pastor of Victory Baptist Church…
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Harvey Smith returns to House
ADDISON-5 — Longtime incumbent Rep. Harvey Smith said he was surprised that his margin of victory in the Addison-5 House race wasn’t closer. Smith, a New Haven Republican,…
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Conlon to serve a third term
ADDISON-2 — Incumbent Rep. Peter Conlon, D-Cornwall on Tuesday easily won reelection to a third term representing the Addison-2 Vermont House seat that represents Cornwall, Salisbury, Leicester, Ripton,…
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Drive-through Halloween a big success in Middlebury
MIDDLEBURY — Community promoters know that Halloween is a BIG deal for kids and they didn’t want to let the coronavirus ruin the holiday. So the folks at…
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Many in county have already voted
ADDISON COUNTY — In a normal election year dozens — sometimes scores — of absentee ballots come into town clerks’ offices around Addison County before the main event,…
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Senior Lifestyles: Area seniors stay active in election despite COVID
Anyone who has been to a polling place in Vermont on Election Day knows that many of the volunteers who help their fellow citizens cast votes are senior…
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‘Spit’n Lyon’ melds music and history onstage
The nation is torn apart by factions haranguing their fellow citizens for wrong-headed thinking and transgressions both real and fabricated. The president, emboldened by sycophants, abuses his power,…
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Thomas Dairy to cease operation; Monument Farms still chugging along
RUTLAND TOWN — After more than 100 years in the milk business, Thomas Dairy is closing its doors. The venerable dairy on Route 7 in Rutland town had…
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At Middlebury College, the show must go on… online
If she is being completely honest, bassoonist Monica Ellis has reservations about performing online. “I miss terribly the palpable energy that comes only from live performances with my…
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Protesters condemn Postal Service cuts
ADDISON COUNTY AND BRANDON — Anger over the precipitous decline in the quality of mail delivery from the U.S. Postal Service showed itself this past Saturday when protests…
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Silas Wright monument gets a makeover
WEYBRIDGE — Exactly 170 years ago today, on Aug. 27, 1850, a gathering of Vermont and national luminaries spoke to between 4,000 and 6,000 spectators assembled on Weybridge…
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College makes campus COVID data available online
MIDDLEBURY — Addison County’s largest employer, Middlebury College, this week began publishing a report on its website that informs the community about the status of COVID-19 on campus.…
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14 seek 4 city council seats
VERGENNES — The race to fill four vacant seats on the Vergennes City Council in a Sept. 22 special election is set: 14 residents turned in papers to…
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Residents adjust to new voting protocols
ADDISON COUNTY — A record number of Vermonters voted in Tuesday’s primary, and the majority of them voted early by absentee ballot. As of Wednesday afternoon, with all…