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MIDDLEBURY — Vermont Law School and Middlebury College have signed an agreement that guarantees qualified Middlebury students and graduates admission to VLS. Both institutions will benefit VLS administrators anticipate an increase in the number of strong applicants and Middlebury students will have a wider range of opportunities following graduation. The agreement is one of several steps that VLS has taken in recent years to expand coordination with undergraduate institutions. Those efforts also include full scholarships for one or two students from Middlebury and five other schools. There is no limit as to the number of Middlebury students or alumni who may apply to VLS. “The agreements are good recruiting tools for these undergraduate schools and they keep VLS on the radar of prelaw advisors and faculty and top students who may be interested in law school,” said Kathy Hartman, VLS’s associate dean for enrollment management. “It’s a natural fit given Middlebury’s strong environmental studies program and student involvement in sustainability issues as well as VLS’s ranking as the No. 1 environmental law school in the country,” said Nan Jenks-Jay, Middlebury College dean of environmental affairs. “As students are thinking more in advance about attending graduate and professional schools, these collaborative institutional See LAW SCHOOL, page 10
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Rally ’round the flag in Monkton Residents to vote on new town flag
By Rob Hunter
rhunter@froghollow.org MONKTON — The residents of Monkton will be voting at Town Meeting March 6 to select a town flag. Voting will occur at the Monkton Central School gym between 10 a.m–1 p.m. and 4 p.m.-7 p.m. “This has been a wonderful community-building experience,” said Jonathan Corcoran of the Monkton Community Coffeehouse who organized the project. “Voting on our flag will spark a fire and set the stage for June 24 when Monkton celebrates its 250th birthday.” The project was launched in December. Residents had until Feb. 1 to submit their entries and applications. The school, town hall, library and the Monkton General Store served as pick-up and drop-off points for entries. Thirty-four entries were received including fourteen from Monkton Central School sixth grade students and See MONKTON FLAG, page 10
Pete Aube, Carmelita Burritt, Kristen Farrell, Michaela Granstrom, Dale Helms, Charlie Huizenga, Rob Hunter and Candace Polzella gathered to select town flag design finalists for the Town Meeting Day vote.
Town Hall work to resume in Brandon
Work is set to resume soon inside Brandon’s historic 19th century town hall. Photo by Lou Varricchio
BRANDON — It may appear to be slow going to outsiders, but Brandon officials are pleased to see the next phase of the historic town hall restoration project set to resume by early March. The McKernon Group of Brandon will finish the final $175,000 phase of the long project. McKernon officials said the deadline is May 1 to complete the final work inside the 19th-century landmark. More than $500,000 alone had been raised from the early stage of the project. The town will seek more grants to complete detail work including a new roof and top-floor heating. The intensive restoration job, which began in 1998, will now move to the next stage. New work will begin on the town hall’s handicap-access door, multiple restrooms, and a new backstage stairway and performer “green room.” According to Dennis Marden of the Friends of Brandon Town Hall, the new handicap-access restrooms will include a men’s and women’s rooms. The women’s room will include several stalls and the men’s room will include stalls and urinals. In addition, there will be a family friendly restroom.
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