John Vaaler
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Otterside Condos get a fresh new look
Ray Papandrea has been working eight months on renovating the surfaces of all six residence buildings at Otterside Condominiums, replacing old wood surfacing from the 1970s with a…
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College first responders ready to help in a pinch
“We actually — knock on wood — have not had to do one yet,” Middlebury College’s landscape horticulturalist and arborist Tim Parsons said.Parsons is referring to not having…
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Salisbury’s future in BLSG debated
BRANDON — At an Aug. 19 meeting held on Zoom and at the Stephen A. Douglas House, the Brandon Leicester Salisbury Goshen Pittsford Insect Control District board members…
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Field Days: Family business cooks up fried goodies
NEW HAVEN — “A lot of people just serve fried Oreos with powdered sugar or powdered cinnamon,” Charissa Swan said. “We actually offer an arrangement of specialty toppings.…
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Area businesses set vaccine policies
MIDDLEBURY/VERGENNES — Many businesses in Addison County have been deliberating in the past few weeks on how to keep their workplace safe from COVID-19 in light of to…
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Kids show calves at Field Days
“I’m the only one in my class right now, but first place is always the goal,” said Mount Abraham Union High School student Abigail Reen, 17.Reen, with her…
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Field Days competitons aim to be family friendly
NEW HAVEN — How does a judge in Addison County Fair and Field Days Home and Garden Department competitions assess crafts, home-grown vegetables, art work?Quality of workmanship, flavor,…
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Demolition Derby ROARS through Field Days
NEW HAVEN — “You always get told not to smash up a car all your life,” said New Haven resident Zachary Lavoie, 21. “(And then you) turn up…
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Film Review: ‘Goodfellas’ the most entertaining mob movie ever
It’s the anti-“Godfather” from frame one.The credits rush by with the sound of a car zooming. Three men in a car cruise down an empty road in the…
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Film Review: DeNiro, others lift ‘Cape Fear’ past plot holes
They never got a break. I mean the Bowden family in the film “Cape Fear,” who are terrorized by the ex-con Max Cady (Robert De Niro). Cady poisons…
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Youth group hauls timber, builds privy
LINCOLN — “They’re heavy,” Steve Abbot said. “They’re really awkward to carry. So you put (one) on your shoulders, and that works for 10 minutes. And then you…
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Champs take second, Marlins sixth in St. Albans
ST. ALBANS — The Vergennes Swim Team on Saturday led the field in the St. Albans Invitational during the morning session of races, which featured the younger swimmers,…
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Champs defeat Marlins in last dual meet
VERGENNES — The Vergennes Champs swim team easily defeated the Middlebury Marlins, 302-130, Thursday evening, July 29, at a dual meet in Vergennes. It was the last regular…
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Field Days will not require masks
NEW HAVEN — Masks, social distancing measures and vaccinations will not be required for attendees of Addison County Fair and Field Days, which is returning to New Haven…
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CIT interns help at MALT camp
MIDDLEBURY — Ella Bennette-Fitzsimmons proudly held a muddy, blinking, red creature in her hands. The 7-year-old grinned, identifying her new-found friend as a salamander.As a camper at Middlebury…
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Middlebury Rotary puts ‘service above self’
MIDDLEBURY — “We have a group of men in our club who are mostly retired who are carpenters,” Weybridge resident and Middlebury Rotary Club member Nancy Foster said.…