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ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 25 No. 33
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Transitional apartments offered in Vergennes Shelter  helps  homeless  become  independent By  JOHN  FLOWERS VERGENNES  —  Robyn  Yoder  had  grown  weary  of  living  in  a  trou- bled  home  and  decided  earlier  this  year  that  it  was  time  for  a  change. “I  moved  away  from  my  family  of  struggling  addicts.  I  needed  to  cleanse  my  life  from  that,�  she  said  on  Thursday. So  Yoder,  24,  and  her  boyfriend,  Josh  Gordon,  26,  moved  from  south- ern  Vermont  to  the  Vergennes  area,  where  Gordon  was  raised. It  was  rough  in  the  beginning.  As  they  looked  for  work,  they  had  to  spend  some  time  at  the  John  W.  Gra- ham  Emergency  Shelter  on  Monkton  Road  and  at  local  hotels.  But  they  eventually  landed  jobs  and  recently  got  what  they  consider  to  be  a  huge  break  in  planning  the  next  chapter  of  their  lives  together:  An  apartment  of  their  own  in  a  new  transitional  hous- ing  project  at  74  Green  St.  in  Ver- gennes. Owned  and  operated  by  the  John  W.  Graham  Emergency  Shelter,  the  Green  Street  Transitional  Housing  (See  Shelter,  Page  2)
Meal,  housing  group  builds  community (GLWRUÂśV QRWH 7KLV LV WKH ÂżUVW LQ a  two-Âpart  series  that  highlights  the  people  and  programs  of  the  Charter  House  Coalition.  Cate  Costley,  a  ju- nior  at  Middlebury  College,  worked  this  past  summer  with  the  coalition.  By  CATE  COSTLEY MIDDLEBURY  —  “There  is  noth- ing  better  for  any  of  us  than  to  give,â€?  said  Dottie  Neuberger  as  she  looked  around  at  the  checkered  tablecloths  and  smiling  people  on  a  Friday  eve- ning  at  Community  Supper  in  the  Congregational  Church  of  Middle- bury.  As  Neuberger  —  the  coordina- tor  of  Community  Supper  —  said,  this  is  a  place  “to  give  and  get  love.â€?  With  her  characteristic  sincer- ity,  she  added,  “It  is  a  place  to  touch  souls.â€?  (See  Community  lunches,  Page  5)
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Mt.  Abe  rocked  by  student  suicide Editor’s  note:  The  following  con- tains  graphic  language. By  ZACH  DESPART BRISTOL  —  The  suicide  of  a  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School  junior  this  past  Wednesday  has  left  the  Bristol  school  and  many  in  the Â
surrounding  towns  reeling,  and  the  girl’s  family  is  pointing  to  bullying  at  school  and  online  as  a  cause. Olivia  Mae  Scott,  16,  of  New  Ha- ven  ended  her  life  on  Oct.  9  at  her  family’s  home  on  River  Road. Family  members  and  a  family Â
IULHQG SRLQW WR VSHFL¿F H[DPSOHV RI bullying  that  Olivia  endured  in  the  month  leading  up  to  her  death. Bethany  Scott,  Olivia’s  older  sis- ter,  said  Olivia  had  an  account  on  the  website  ask.fm.  On  the  site,  anony- (See  Mt.  Abe,  Page  32)