Top Stories for Tuesday September 27, 2011

Field Dedication Celebrates a 54 Year Career in Education
By Cookie Steponaitis
   Statistics show that most Americans change careers at least five to seven times in their adult lives. Gone are the days of people serving twenty, thirty, forty, or even fifty years in a career and a community. That’s the beauty of statistics, because there is always someone to prove them wrong. Case in point is Vergennes resident and educator Roland Guyette.   [ more ]

Harper Smith Wins Design A Reusable Bag Contest
By Cookie Steponaitis
   End hunger now! For thirteen year old Harper Smith, whose favorite pastimes include drawing, reading, hockey, swimming, film production and volunteering, the words are important and a cause she feels strongly about. While her family was getting groceries at the local Hannaford store she and her mom saw the contest entry form to draw designs that reflect the theme of ending hunger in Vermont and how Vermonters work to reach that goal. Inspired, Harper went home and created her vision   [ more ]

Under the Rain And Lights, Middlebury Goes 4 and 0 Against The Red Raiders
By Marcie Bolton
   Before Friday night’s game, Peter Brakeley, coach of Middlebury’s freshmen football team, predicted that the varsity team would beat Rutland by 3 points.  He said it would be a great game; “Rutland has always been a very competitive team, and as a whole, are very into their football.   [ more ]