Agriculture
Marathon
Busy stretch
Ag has many faces in Addison County. Read about three ventures in our ag section on Pages 12A-15A.
Ten County residents tested their metle in Boston on Monday and succeeded. See Page 2A.
College teams played key games, and the OV and VUHS lax teams squared off. See Sports, Page 1B.
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT Vol. 68 No. 17
Middlebury, Vermont
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Thursday, April 24, 2014 â—† 36 Pages
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