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Group claims 13,000 Vt. seniors going hungry
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Leaders promote ‘food stamps’ Community and state leaders gathered last week in Montpelier to discuss strategies to bring more food dollars to Vermont’s low-income seniors. Marissa Parisi, executive director of the Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger, claimed that “Hunger is on the rise among senior citizens in Vermont, yet only 40 percent of those eligible receive 3SquaresVT benefits, commonly called “food stamps.” While many seniors lose out on the help, Vermont also loses out on critical federal dollars to stimulate the economy,
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The noblest invention Little City Cycles, Vergennes
Vergennes’ annual French Heritage Day celebrated Addison County’s French-Canadian heritage last weekend. The 400th anniversary of Samuel de Champlain attracted more curious visitors this year than in the past. Here, visitors enjoy a ride in a classic vis à vis carriage, also called a sociable. The circa 1840s horse-drawn vehicle toured the Little City’s downtown French quarter. Here, it makes a turn off Main Street heading onto North Maple Street. Photo by J. Kirk Edwards
Eagle-Times daily of New Hampshire closes Not affiliated with New Market Press
Owner Tim Mathewson coaches Kara Pflaster, 12, Charlotte, with servicing her own bicycle at Little City Cycles in Vergennes. Award-winning cyclist Lance Armstrong—of Tour de France and Giro d'Italia race fame—once described the bicycle as “the noblest invention”. Armstrong considers the cycle “noble” primarily for its simplicity and its practicality as a means of low-cost, universal transportation. From Leonardo da Vinci to Albert Einstein, the bike has certainly inspired big ideas. Biographers claim Einstein worked out complex cosmic problems in his head while cycling around Santa Barbara, Calif. For Tim Mathewson, age 49, of Ferrisburgh, da Vinci’s 15th-century tinkerings inspired a lifelong passion for all things cyclical (pun intended).
See LITTLE CITY CYCLES, page 10
The owners of the Eagle-Times, a daily newspaper in Claremont, N.H., which serves both sides of the Connecticut River, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy last week. Owner Harvey Hill closed the paper ’s doors July 9. The Eagle-Times is not affiliated with The Eagle which is distributed in Addison and Chittenden counties by New Market Press Inc. The Vermont publishing company also publishes the Rutland Tribune. “Of course we’re very sorry to see any newspaper close its doors. The Eagle-Times appeared to be a popular paper in both New Hampshire and Vermont,”said Mark Brady, general manager of The Eagle and Tribune. “We’ve had a few telephone calls from customers and readers who heard ‘the Eagle’ and thought it was our paper. I can assure you—we are open for business in Vermont. Other than a similar sounding name, we are a free community weekly and not related to the Eagle-Times daily,” Brady said. Brady also said The Eagle, based in Middlebury, has ex-
panded circulation since it merged with its Vermont We’ve had a few teleTimes in Chittenden County phone calls from cusin February. tomers who heard ‘the “On a naEagle’ and thought it was tional level, community our paper. I can assure weekly newsyou — we are open for papers appear to be performbusiness in Vermont. ing better than — Mark Brady metro daily and weekly newspapers,” Brady said. “I'm unaware of the particular issues facing the Eagle-Times of Claremont that caused it to close its doors, but obviously their situation has no affect on our publications or our continued successes.”
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