MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 26 No. 47
Middlebury, Vermont
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Monday, February 9, 2015
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36 Pages
75¢
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street  art  itself  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  from  a  medium  disparaged  as  a  public  nuisance  to  a  movement  that  now  claims  some  of  the  most  recognizable  artists  in  the  world. 7DNLQJ D EUHDN IURP WKH PXUDO ² D PDVVLYH multicolored  diagonal  pattern  surrounding  the  en- WUDQFH WR WKH PXVHXP ² (LQH FKDWWHG DERXW KRZ KH PDNHV D OLYLQJ DV DQ DUWLVW DQG UHIXVHV WR VHWWOH too  comfortably  into  an  art  form,  should  it  no  lon- ger  challenge  him. ,Q MHDQV D KRRGHG VZHDWVKLUW DQG VQHDNHUV WKH QDWLYH RI (QJODQG REOLJHG WR DQ LQWHUYLHZ DIWHU VWHSSLQJ RXWVLGH WR VPRNH D FLJDUHWWH +HÂśV VNLQQ\ and  peered  across  the  table  at  which  we  sat  from  EHKLQG WKLFN IUDPHG JODVVHV
Vergennes  solar  array  output  comes  up  short By  ZACH  DESPART ADDISON  COUNTY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  face  it;Íž  Vermont  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  the  sunniest  of  places.  On  average,  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  only  a  51  percent  chance  it  will  be  sunny  here  during  daylight  hours. So  as  the  stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  infant  solar  indus- try  grows,  how  accurately  can  solar  developers  project  how  much  energy Â
an  array  will  produce? 9HUJHQQHV FLW\ RI¿FLDOV LQNHG D deal  with  a  solar  developer  in  2012  to  lease  city  land  for  a  solar  project  EXLOW E\ WKH %XUOLQJWRQ ¿UP (QFRUH Redevelopment.  In  exchange,  the  city  sees  a  credit  on  the  power  bill  for  its  wastewater  treatment  plant  (See  Solar,  Page  35)
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Ferrisburgh  school  directors  ask  for  3  percent  spending  increase By  ANDY  KIRKALDY )(55,6%85*+ ² $ \HDU DI- ter  watching  a  budget  defeat  for  WKH ÂżUVW WLPH LQ UHFHQW PHPRU\ the  Ferrisburgh  Central  School  board  has  adopted  a  $3.62  mil- lion  budget  proposal  for  the  2015- 2016  school  year  that  would,  if  approved,  increase  spending  over Â
the  current  level  by  2.97  percent. Ferrisburgh  residents  on  Town  0HHWLQJ 'D\ ZLOO DOVR EH DVNHG to  approve  two  separate  spend- ing  articles  to  support  Ferris- burgh  Central  capital  funds.  One  is  to  add  $20,000  to  the  schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  overall  capital  improvement  fund,  (See  Ferrisburgh,  Page  17)