Top Stories for Monday July 31, 2017

Governor Phil Scott Spends The Morning With Some Sharks
By Cookie Steponaitis
Olympian Michael Phelps is not the only public figure to go swimming with the sharks this week. Governor Phil Scott recently jumped off into an educational Shark Tank at Middlebury Union Middle School. While the governor did not get wet in this adventure, he was none the less impressed with the efforts, research, and entrepreneurial talents of the MUMS students. "I was 16 when I started my first business, and I commend the efforts of these adolescents to learn how to become entrepreneurs at such a young age.”
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Getting Ready For Addison County Fair & Field Days
By Cookie Steponaitis
Have no doubt; life at the Bingham Family Farm has been focused on getting ready for this Addison County Field Days since last Addison County Field Days. That is simply because the cows are close to the family and when the family goes for a walk, the cows come along too. While no pun is intended Nate Bingham has been brushing, bathing and walking his bovine partner Doubt several times a week.  [ more ]

Sharing Memories With Cary And Joyce Marshall
By Cookie Steponaitis
Cary and Joyce Marshall will both turn 94 years young this fall. “He is eight days older than me,” shares Joyce with a grin. With 73 years of marriage under their belt and a family that includes seven children Beverlee, Dale, Peg, Karen, Cary Jr., Jenne, Judy, fifteen grandchildren, twenty-one great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren, you would think there is nothing left to put on the to-do list and you would be wrong. The couple’s social agenda this week alone includes Bingo, a great-grandchild’s birthday party, an interview for the paper and going grocery shopping.
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