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Aviation Day shows students potential careers
AUSABLE | A little more than half of the 2,000-plus students who participated in Aviation Day recently had never flown in an airplane before. Read more
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County steps in to help ‘New Beginnings’
BEEKMANTOWN | The Clinton County Legislature authorized a contract with a local housing cooperative recently that local officials hope will facilitate the overhaul of a failing wastewater treatment system. Read more
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Middlebury receives Amtrak platform funds
MIDDLEBURY | Downtown Middlebury has received a $100,000 taxpayer grant from the Vermont Downtown Development Board for a new Amtrak passenger train railroad platform and associated parking spaces. Read more
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Vergennes, other towns receive taxpayer funds
VERGENNES | Thanks to an allocation of $2.2 million in federal taxpayer-funds earmarked for municipal projects, the City of Vergennes will be getting a new salt shed to store the winter season road additive. Read more
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Celebrating Milholland
TICONDEROGA | In some ways, Inez Milholland was the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of her day: An attractive, flamboyant, unabashed New Yorker — she would have been aces with a Twitter account. Read more
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Trade wins
TICONDEROGA | After North Country Community College declined to move forward with a proposed trade school in Ticonderoga, the Ticonderoga Revitalization Alliance has decided to move ahead with a more decentralized plan... Read more
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Ecology project receives funds
CASTLETON | The Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership has awarded the South Champlain Historical Ecology Project a $9,000 Collections Grant to initiate a 3D imaging project. Read more
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North Creek streetscape upgrades closer to reality
NORTH CREEK | After multiple delays over the last several years, the project to make North Creek’s Main Street more attractive and safer for pedestrians is now moving forward. Read more
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Board mulls Chester’s municipal water clarity, tank renovation
POTTERSVILLE | The Town of Chester’s project to paint its municipal water tank on Spring Street will likely be costing taxpayers far less than estimated late last year. Read more
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Chaffee offers free teen classes, activities
RUTLAND | Rutland’s Chaffee Art Center is currently welcoming teens and young people to the new Open Studio Hub. Read more
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$18M slated for farmland protection
AUSABLE FORKS | The state Farm Bureau and farmland conservation groups found good news in New York’s State Budget. Read more
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Middlebury boosts its computing power
MIDDLEBURY | A group of Middlebury College faculty members across a range of academic disciplines has received more than $150,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation to install a high-performance computing (HPC) cluster on campus. Read more
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Middlebury to receive downtown funds
MIDDLEBURY | The town of Middlebury is the recipient of a nationally recognized, taxpayer-funded grant to help mitigate stormwater-related problems in the downtown area. Read more
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KV Library to launch local history project
KEENE VALLEY | Start-up funds from three grants and local donations will allow the Keene Valley Library Association to launch a new oral and visual history-gathering project via online and in-person storytelling. Read more
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Local groups benefit from generous Cerf grants
MIDDLEBURY | The late Walter Cerf, one of Vermont’s wealthiest philanthropists of the latter part of the 20th century, left a lasting impact on the Addison County and northern Rutland County area... Read more
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WCS sixth-graders design, build greenhouse for raising vegetables
WARRENSBURG | In a project to explore aspects of natural science while promoting health, a group of about 16 sixth-grade students at Warrensburg Elementary School have been building greenhouses on wheels to raise vegetables year-round. Read more
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Farm-to-school funds
MONTPELIER | A celebration of the Vermont Farm-to-School and Childcare Grant Program took place at the Vermont State House last week. Read more
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Village of Lake George budget likely to breach tax cap
LAKE GEORGE | With financial pressures looming due to the pending construction of a new sewer plant, the tax increase in the Village of Lake George’s 2019-20 budget is likely to exceed the state’s tax cap... Read more
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Village-wide Wi-Fi envisioned for Lake George
LAKE GEORGE | Within a few years, Lake George Village residents and visitors will be able to connect to public Wi-Fi to stream movies, connect to social media and browse the internet without relying on cellular service... Read more
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Government watchdog seeks Queensbury supervisor post
CHESTERTOWN | Government watchdog Travis Whitehead, a professional engineer who for years has challenged decisions and expenditures of Warren County, has announced his candidacy for supervisor of Queensbury. Read more
