Top Stories for Tuesday November 11, 2014

JoAn Canning Returns Home And Takes The Helm At ANWSU
By Emily Martin
When JoAn Canning returned to Addison Northwest Supervisory Union in June to assume the job of Superintendent of Schools, it was coming full circle. Canning worked for ANWSU from 1991 to 1994 as the Director of Special Education as well as schools in Chittenden County and the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.
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Tigers Repeat As Division I Champions
By Bill Hinman
It was a battle of the titans on Saturday night with two unbeatens facing off for the first time, the division one championship game. Middlebury faced its biggest challenge of the year against the St. Johnsbury Hilltoppers who’s stats were as impressive as the Tigers.
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Then and Now America’s Armed Forces Stand and Protect
By Cookie Steponaitis
Veterans Day comes but once a year with people and the media focusing their attention on the armed services of America and those who have served.  However there are 364 other days that the nearly one million women and men in uniform continue to protect our nation and its interests around the globe as America goes about its business.
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Veterans Day Honors All Who Serve
By Cookie Steponaitis
As the first Saturday of November dawns, the early morning light reveals a caravan of National Guard vehicles stopped at a local convenience store and service men and women filling up their cups of coffee for the day ahead. There is camaraderie amongst the group that is evident and even at this wee hour of the early morning, a cohesion and order to their movements. When thanked for their service, the group paused, smiled and took time to answer a few quick questions about Veterans Day and its personal meaning to each of them. Some of the responses you might expect, but others were of great surprise, but all were linked to a common thread of service to others.  [ more ]