The Addison County Independent

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MIDDLEBURY — Democrat Tom Costello aims to topple incumbent Republican Brian Dubie in this year’s race for lieutenant governor with a platform that calls for economic assistance for Vermont seniors, a vigorous debate about the future of the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor and a focus on positive ways to attract business to the state. Full Story »

ADDISON — Transportation officials from Vermont and New York on Monday announced that the Champlain Bridge that spans Lake Champlain between Addison, Vt., and Crown Point, N.Y., will be demolished. Full Story »

COLCHESTER — The top-seeded, undefeated Colchester High School football team scored on two of its first three possessions Friday and held on for a 12-7 victory over visiting No. 4 Middlebury in a Division II semifinal marked by tough defense. Full Story »

Senate President Pro Temp Peter Shumlin and House Speaker Shap Smith are right to question the alleged benefits of allowing Entergy to spin off its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant (and five others) into a separate holding company called Enexus. Full Story »

MIDDLEBURY — Ken Dabbs on Dec. 23 will step down after a very brief, but tremendously productive tenure as executive director of Community Health Services of Addison County’s Open Door Clinic. Full Story »

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BRANDON — Brandon police are looking for the public’s help in locating the person or persons who robbed a Brandon storeowner recently. Full Story »

BRISTOL — “Fire at will!” shouted Mount Abraham Union High School physics teacher Tom Tailer, raising his air horn high above his head and sounding the start of the war games with a loud blast. Full Story »

ADDISON — Earl Bessett watched the one-seater bomber plane approach from the gunner stack of the USS Hunt. As it skimmed overhead, its wingtip just feet from where he stood, Bessett saw the man inside of the open cockpit: a Japanese kamikaze fighter with a red scarf flowing out behind him. Full Story »

MIDDLEBURY — Addison County Deputy State’s Attorney Christopher Perkett confirmed on Thursday that he will not challenge incoming prosecutor David Fenster in the November 2010 election. Full Story »

MOUNT ABRAHAM UNION High School students fire tennis balls at each other with cannons and slingshots they made in physics class for the school’s 25th annual Physics Wars last Thursday. The all-day event is a lesson in science and armed aggression. Full Story »

As part of their study, these students are hoping to gauge the community's general perceptions and opinions regarding the new biomass plant, and the future of biomass in the area. Full Story »

MIDDLEBURY’S EMILY ANDERSON won the Division II girls’ state championship cross-country title Saturday in Thetford. Josh Kaufman/St. Albans Messenger Full Story »

The nights are cooler, the days are shorter and winter is just around the corner. But just because summer is on its way out doesn’t mean you have to retire your outdoor gear quite yet. Full Story »

By ANDREA SUOZZO MIDDLEBURY — The sky was overcast and the breeze cool as the Middlebury Panthers and Vergennes Champs entered the municipal pool in Middlebury Tuesday evening. It was the only meet of the summer season in which the county rivals would face off. Full Story »

JIM TAYLOR, RIGHT, gets a laugh from Middlebury Union Middle School student James Munger-Rucker after playfully snatching his hat during an intergenerational program run at the Lodge at Otter Creek Tuesday morning. Full Story »

ADDISON — Vermont and New York transportation officials said on Wednesday they are “encouraged” by the potential of establishing a temporary ferry... Full Story »

MIDDLEBURY — Outside of the Middlebury American Legion post on Boardman Street, people began lining up as early as 8 a.m. on Tuesday for the state’s first public H1N1 vaccine clinic, which drew hundreds from all over Vermont to Middlebury in search of the vaccine. Full Story »

ADDISON — Vermont and New York transportation officials said on Wednesday they are “encouraged” by the potential of establishing a temporary ferry crossing of Lake Champlain near the now-mothballed Crown Point Bridge, a move that would aid commuters and throw an economic lifeline to area businesses who depend on pass-by traffic. Full Story »

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DR. WILL PORTER, back right, and Dr. Diana Barnard, front right, have left family practices to focus exclusively on treating patients who are homebound or nearing the end of their lives. Full Story »

MIDDLEBURY — Work has begun on a new Middlebury Volunteer Ambulance Association (MVAA) headquarters off South Street that will give the organization a more than five-fold increase in space and allow it to offer centralized dispatching for fire and emergency services throughout the county. Full Story »

VERGENNES — Addison Northwest Supervisory Union officials have scheduled three public forums as the district begins to consider uniting under one school board with proportional representation from its five towns, much as Vergennes Union High School is now run. Full Story »