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Addison County Animal Advocates, or ACAA, is made up of volunteers with various animal and rescue experience, from behavior experts to animal control officers. The team is partnering with the Addison County Sheriff’s Department to promote animal welfare by investigating nonemergency concerns and providing support when the situation demands it.

The relationship between Addison County’s prosecutor and law enforcement has gone from bad to worse in the course of two weeks. It began with DUI-refusal charges against Eva Vekos last Thursday after police said she got behind the wheel after drinking. Now, a disparaging email chain between Vekos and law enforcement is calling into question the state’s attorney’s relationship with local police.

Rising costs and staffing shortages have been detrimental to emergency dispatchers around the state. Smaller departments and those without in-house dispatchers are feeling the impacts the most. Now, a new partnership is changing the way some calls are answered. In Addison County, the sheriff’s office is exploring its options.

Assistant Judge Ross swore in Sheriff Michael Elmore, after which Sheriff Elmore gave the oath of office to all his deputy sheriffs.

Elmore won 8,177 (44.45%) of the 18,396 votes cast, prevailing over fellow candidates Gerald Grant of Addison and Mark Stacey of Leicester. Grant received 3,807 (20.69%) of the votes and Stacey won 3,105 votes (16.88%)

We’ll cast a vote for the consistency Elmore would provide the department if elected, and his ardent endorsements from George and Willey.

ADDISON COUNTY — Addison’s Michael Elmore easily prevailed over Ron Holmes of Middlebury, 1,199 to 646, in Tuesday’s Republican primary for Addison County sheriff. Elmore will now advance to the Nov. 8 General Election...