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ADDISON COUNTY
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Vol. 27 No. 42
Middlebury, Vermont
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BRANDON  —  This  week,  regular  funded  by  a  single  budget.  Vermont  citizens  will  get  a  chance  to  Voters  in  the  eight  Rutland  North- vote  on  Act  46.  The  law,  enacted  last  east  Supervisory  Union  towns  will  VSULQJ RIIHUV ÂżQDQFLDO LQFHQWLYHV IRU go  to  the  polls  on  Tuesday  to  cast  towns  to  merge  in  multi-Âschool  dis- 6HH 8QLÂżFDWLRQ 3DJH 30)
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Service  has  leased  one  room  in  a  5RXWH KRPH QH[W WR WKH JHQ- eral  store  to  serve  as  the  post  of- ¿FH LW KRVWV 3 2 ER[HV XVHG by  Granville  residents.  Citing  health  issues,  landlords  Alice  (See  Granville,  Page  22)
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Sweat  it  out MIDDLEBURY  COLLEGE  STUDENTS  participate  in  a  January  Term  physical  education  class  in  the  Virtue  Field  House  Tuesday  afternoon. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
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Comstock-Gay gave nonprofit big boost By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  —  It’s  safe  to  say  that  2008  was  a  very  challeng- ing  time  for  Stuart  Comstock-ÂGay  to  take  the  helm  of  the  Vermont  Com- munity  Foundation  (VCF),  an  orga- nization  that  receives  and  distributes  donated  funds  to  a  variety  of  chari- table  causes  throughout  the  Green  Mountain  State. STUART  COMSTOCK-ÂGAY  is  leaving  his  position  at  the  helm  of  the  “I  came  here  just  as  the  reces- Vermont  Community  Foundation  in  order  to  take  a  similar  position  in  sion  was  hitting,â€?  Comstock-ÂGay  Delaware.  Comstock-ÂGay  has  helped  substantially  increase  the  VCF’s  recalled  in  an  interview  last  week.  assets  and  programming  over  the  last  seven  years. “Over  the  course  of  around  nine  Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
months,  we  ended  up  having  to  lay  off  around  20  percent  of  the  staff.  7KH DVVHWV GURSSHG E\ DURXQG percent.  We  actually  did  better  than  most  people  with  investments.  It’s  partly  luck,  partly  the  way  we  have  managed  the  investments.  It  was  still  a  huge  hit  to  the  VCF,  as  it  was  to  everyone  else.â€? The  organization  during  those  tur- bulent  times  was  managing  a  portfo- lio  of  $140  million  in  assets. Fast-Âforward  to  2016. 6HH &RPVWRFN *D\ 3DJH 22)