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MONDAY Â Â EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 26 No. 24

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Middlebury  is  expecting  10,000  for  â€˜Ciderbration’ By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Vermont  Hard  Cider  doesn’t  do  anything  halfway,  as  evidenced  by  last  week’s  grand  unveiling  of  its  new,  100,000-­square-­foot,  $34  million  cidery  off  Exchange  Street.  9DULRXV VWDWH RIÂżFLDOV DQG 8 6 Sen.  Patrick  Leahy,  D-­Vt.,  spoke Â

and  observed  the  ribbon  cutting  for  a  facility  that  will  churn  out  thou-­ sands  of  gallons  of  the  company’s  popular  Woodchuck  brand  cider. Now  the  company  is  setting  its  sights  on  a  more  public  opening,  one  that  could  draw  upwards  of  10,000  people  to  the  Middlebury  area  on  (See  Ciderbration,  Page  25)

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George  joins  the  write-­in  race  for  assistant  judge By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  â€”  There  are  now  three  write-­in  candidates  for  two  side  judge  slots  that  un-­ til  recently  had  no  takers.  Long-­ time  Middlebury  resident  Alice  *HRUJH KDV FRQÂżUPHG KHU SODQV WR join  Mark  Smith  and  Irene  Poole Â

in  a  write-­in  effort  for  the  Aug.  26  primary,  a  necessary  step  for  the  candidates  to  have  their  names  placed  on  the  Nov.  4  General  Election  ballot. George,  65,  needs  little  intro-­ duction  to  area  residents,  par-­ (See  George,  Page  22)

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Addison farmers testing soil-­saving methods By  ZACH  DESPART  ADDISON  COUNTY  â€”  A  te-­ net  of  good  business  practices  is  to  minimize  risk.  In  agriculture,  where  SURÂżW PDUJLQV DUH WKLQ WKLV LV HVSH-­ cially  true. Yet  Paul  and  Mark  Boivin,  who  own  Vermont  Golden  Harvest  Bio-­

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Service,  the  brothers  have  experi-­ mented  with  a  variety  of  new  soil  management  practices  in  an  effort  to  reduce  erosion  and  nutrient  runoff. “Mark  and  Paul  were  willing  to  get  in  on  this  grant,  called  a  Conser-­ vation  Innovation  Grant,â€?  said  UVM  Extension  agronomist  Rico  Balzano. Â

“It’s  a  demonstration  of  cover  crops  so  we  can  show  farmers.â€? Mark  Boivin  said  he  wanted  to  help  UVM  Extension  test  new  soil  management  practices  in  the  hope  WKDW LW ZRXOG ERWK EHQHÂżW KLV IDUP and  encourage  other  farmers  to  start  (See  Farmers,  Page  22)


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