Top Stories for Tuesday January 16, 2018

Celebrating Family And Service To Others With Kitty Oxholm
By Cookie Steponaitis
Kitty Oxholm was excited about her 80th birthday. Her children and grandchildren were in town from Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Arlington, Massachusetts and the whole group was headed out for dinner and that is when a text came from a friend she had not seen in quite some time and was eating a meal at American Legion Post # 14. Not one to stand up a friend, Kitty and her family drove over to say hello and visit for a quick bit.
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Exploring The Surprises To Be Found In Big Country Hardware

One of the blessings of living in a small county is that we know people, understand who they are as individuals and frequent their businesses because of the connection, service and quality of the product. Vermonters like to buy local. One of the surprises of this system happens when we do not go in for a while and assume things are the same as they have always been at a business. Such is the surprise that happens when you walk into Big County Hardware, AKA Broughton’s Farm Supply located on Route 22A in Bridport, Vermont.
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Jamboree Mites Win Saint Albans Andrew Irving Mite Hockey Tournament For Second Year
By Cookie Steponaitis
While Americans know of whom we speak when the term the ‘boys of summer’ is mentioned, it behooves us to salute the increasing numbers of winter warriors who take to the ice for fun, sport and victory.
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