The largest U.S. government horse sale in a decade will take place in Vermont June 12-13.
Renowned gun shop Pidgeon’s is celebrating 50 years of business.
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June 13, 2009
Police search for missing man Photo restoration reveals face of Vermont quaker On Friday, June 6, the Middlebury Police Department received a report that Skye S. Stone, age 40, has been missing since May 30. Stone was last seen in downtown Middlebury on the evening of May 29. Stone is a white male, approximately 6’0” tall, 160 pounds, with brown eyes, dark hair—usually worn in a ponytail—a long goatee-style beard and eyeglasses. Chief of Police Thomas Hanley said Stone usually wears a baseball cap, a t-shirt, and jean pants. Stone is believed to be operating a 2001 black Dodge truck with Vermont registration BLE528. Information received by police indicate that Stone may have gone camping at an unknown location or may have traveled to the Homestead, Fla. area. Anyone with information regarding the location of Stone is asked to contact Middlebury Police at 388-3191.
College student charged with video recording sex Middlebury College senior student Rupert C. Ralston was charged with video voyeurism in Addison County Court for secretly recording sexual activity with his girlfriend without her knowledge or consent. State’s Attorney John T. Quinn charged Ralston, age 22, with video voyeurism after a former girlfriend learned from others that he had secretly recorded sexual activity between them and had shown the video to others. Two Middlebury College students provided statements to police that Ralston had shown them a video recording of himself and girlfriend engaging in sex. Video voyeurism is a misdemeanor in Vermont and carries a maximum penalty of two years and a $1,000 fine. Ralston was released under the condition that he have no contact with the girl. He entered a “not guilty” plea and return to court for further proceedings June 8.
Before and after: Newly restored daguerreotype image of the patriarch of the Rokeby estate, Thomas Richardson Robinson of Ferrisburgh, Vt. Images courtesy of the Rokeby Museum
By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com Thomas Richardson Robinson was born in 1761 and raised in a wealthy Quaker family in Newport, R.I. At the time of the American Revolution, he was a young man who shunned the violence of conflict because of deeply held religious convictions.
In 1793, after marrying Jemima Fish Robinson, Thomas moved the family to the wilds and freedom of northern New England—to a new state called Vermont. There the Robinsons homesteaded the land and created a legacy that has been carefully and lovingly preserved. Although his mortal life ended in 1851, the living face of Thomas
Richardson Robinson—photographed near the end of his life—eerily pierces the veil of time to provide 21st-century viewers with a glimpse of what a genuine Vermont pioneer really looked like. According to Jane Williamson, director of the Rokeby Museum in
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Vermont’s “greenest” hotel
ROAD WORK — Just north of the historic Rattlin’ Bridge in Addison County, road construction on Pearson Road disrupted traffic while repairs were made. Subsidence of the roadbed in this area has been a recurring problem. Photo by J. Kirk Edwards
Kermit the Frog once said, “It’s not easy being green.” But if Vermont’s largest hotel can accomplish it with ease, Kermit may be singing a different tune soon. The Vermont Business Environmental Partnership has named the Sheraton Burlington Hotel & Conference Center as its latest, greenest partner in the Green Hotels in the Wearing of the green: Sheraton Burlington HoGreen Mountain State pro- tel & Conference Center. gram. Photo courtesy of Sheraton According to the Vermont Business Environmental Partnership, a Green Hotel is any Vermont lodging establishment that solidifies its commitment to environmental excellence by achieving a set of environmental standards. Although each property achieves these standards uniquely, each
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