Little Jerusalem
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Middlebury woman featured in television documentary
Vt. couple promotes goat farming at recent symposium
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MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College football players Matthew Crimmins (Mendham, N.J.), James Tilson (Basking Ridge, N.J.) and Ling Zhou (Cranbury, N.J.) have been named District I FirstTeam Academic All-Americans by CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America). The pair helped the Panthers to a second place finish in the NESCAC, ending with a 71 mark. Crimmins is an economics major at Middlebury with a 3.60 GPA. The junior linebacker finished the season seventh on the team with 27 tackles, 15 of them solo. He also had two tackles for lost yardage while recovering and forcing a fumble. Crimmins had tackles in every game this season with a season-best six in an October 13th win at Williams. He now owns 49 tackles in 16 games at Middlebury. Tilson is majoring in economics at Middlebury, owning a GPA of 3.70. The starting defensive lineman ended the season sixth on the team with 30 tackles this season, 20 of them solo. He was second in ’12 with 4.5 tackles for lost yardage, forcing a fumble and recovering another. He ends his career at Middlebury with 52 tackles, seven of them for lost yardage. Zhou is a senior mathematics majors at Middlebury with a 3.62 GPA. The starting right guard was part of one of the nation’s best offensive lines in ’12. The team ranked 12th nationally with just .63 sacks allowed/game, while protecting a passing game that was third in the nation with 371.38 yards/contest.
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By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com MIDDLEBURY — Figures don’t lie and the October unemployment figures, released by the Vermont Department of Labor Nov. 20, demonstrate that the seasonally-adjusted statewide unemployment rate for October increased over September. The jobless increase was by one-tenth of a percent with 5.5 percent of those residents reporting are unemployment. The percentage is probably higher with the longer-term unemployed dropping off the radar screen. Mathew Barewicz, Labor Market information chief at the Vermont Department of Labor, reported that the Vermont total labor force increased by 900 from the September estimates. “Total employment increased by 700 while total unemployment increased by 200. None of these over-the-month changes were statistically significant,” according to Barewicz. The highest unemployment rates in Vermont was over 6 percent in Newport and Rutland. For the second consecutive month, public and private education continued to be the driver of the increase in jobs, according to Barewicz. The following three sectors, as reported by the Vermont Department of Labor saw the largest percent declines: See UNEMPLOYMENT, page 9
Kelley Trombley of Weybridge is proud of her puppy Isaodora, nicknamed Izzy. The eight-month-old pooch just finished getting her legs for her Beginner Novice Obedience title and her Rally Novice title at Hand-in-Paw dog obedience school in Cornwall. “It just goes to show that little dogs are working dogs, too,” Trombley said. The long-coated Chihuahua weighs six pounds. Photo provided
Event to bring Vermont country stars together Make-A-Wish fundraiser, Dec. 8
By Lou Varricchio
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Keeghan Nolan
VERGENNES — Ferrisburgh resident Jackie Rivers had an idea after volunteering at a Make-A-Wish event in Burlington earlier this year. The idea, in addition to becoming more involved with Make-A-Wish, was to spread the mission of the wish-granting, non-profit foundation outside of Chittenden County—to encourage residents of Addison and Rutland counties to get involved since children from these areas are recipients of Make-A-Wish wishes, too. Rivers, who operates Conquer Artist Development, a talent promotion business, wanted to bring two of Vermont’s brightest, homespun country music stars together. The basic concept was to raise money for Make-A-Wish plus have a good time. Thus was born the Make-A-Wish Country Music Fundraiser, to be held Saturday, Dec. 8, 7-11 p.m., at the American Legion Post in Vergennes. See MAKE-A-WISH, page 9