Top Stories for Tuesday October 5, 2010

Tigers Solve Patriots 25-13...Community Learns of Dick Bullock’s Passing
By Mike Cameron
    On Friday October 1st, 2010 the Tigers were scheduled to play the Division 1 Patriots of Mount Anthony Union High from Bennington at Father Spinelli Field in that town. Heavy rain prevented this and the game was re-set for Saturday at 6 p.m. October 2, 2010 by the V.P.A.  [ more ]

In Celebration of a Milestone: The Bixby Memorial Library Approaches the Century Mark
By Cookie Steponaitis
    In the address delivered by Dr. John M. Thomas, president of Middlebury College on a crisp autumn morning October 1, 1912, he predicted “…books, from this library (Bixby) would reach people from the lake shore to the mountains as far north and south.” With 3,000 books in its collection, Bixby Memorial Library opened its doors and turned a corner in local history.
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Dead Creek Wildlife Day Brings Out the Curious and Showcases the Natural Community
By Cookie Steponaitis
    The name Dead Creek congers images in the mind of a place devoid of life and that couldn’t be farther from the truth. On Saturday, October 2, from 9:30-4:00 p.m. the Vermont Fish & Wildlife opened the Dead Creek Management Area to the public and provided varied educational opportunities such as Bird Banding, Beginning Bird Walks, Fly-tying, Live Critters of Vermont, Vermont’s Osprey, Snakes of Vermont, Vermont’s Bat& White Nosed Syndrome, Soap Carving and more.
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