MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 26 No. 18
Middlebury, Vermont
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Monday, July 7, 2014
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32 Pages
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Salisbury to  consider  bond  for  new  bridge
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By  JOHN  FLOWERS SALISBURY  —  Salisbury  resi- dents  are  being  asked  to  gather  at  a  special  meeting  on  Tuesday,  July  15,  to  hear  details  about  a  plan  to  replace  the  deteriorating  Maple  Street  bridge  in  the  village.  That  project  is  tentatively  estimated  at  $800,000,  of  which  $625,000  would  be  sought  through  a  bond  issue  to  be  ÀRDWHG WR 6DOLVEXU\ YRWHUV WKLV 1R- vember. $OVR NQRZQ DV Âł%ULGJH 1R ´ WKH span  is  a  half-Âmile  north  of  the  in- tersection  of  Maple  Street  and  West  Shore  Road.  It  was  built  in  1919,  is  23  feet  long  and  26  feet  wide,  and  has  a  posted  weight  limit  of  10  tons.  The  bridge  spans  the  Leicester  River  and  handles  about  270  vehicles  per  day,  DFFRUGLQJ WR VWDWH WUDIÂżF FRXQWV ,W KDV far  exceeded  its  80-Âyear  life  expec- tancy. :KLOH WKH EULGJH LV OLVWHG LQ ÂłIDLU´ (See  Salisbury,  Page  31)
Monkton resident arrested after sit-Âin at Vermont Gas
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CAMILLE  MALHOTRA,  11,  tees  up  the  ball  during  a  Middlebury  Recreation  Department  tennis  camp  last  week. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
By  ZACH  DESPART 6287+ %85/,1*721 ² $ handful  of  Addison  County  residents  staged  a  protest  at  the  headquarters  RI 9HUPRQW *DV 6\VWHPV WKLV SDVW Wednesday  afternoon,  an  act  they  said  was  in  retaliation  for  trespassing  by  the  company  on  their  land.  South  Burlington  police  arrested  one  pro- tester,  Jane  Palmer  of  Monkton,  after  she  refused  to  leave  the  premises  at  the  close  of  business. Palmer,  along  with  fellow  pro- (See  Monkton,  Page  14)
Middlebury  signs  on  College students’ food for  more  solar  power nonprofit taking flight By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  —  The  town  of  Middlebury  has  agreed  to  become  a  consumer  of  a  new,  150-Âkilowatt  solar  project  that  is  being  planned  by  the  Addison  County  Relocal- L]DWLRQ 1HWZRUN $FRUQ 5HQHZ- able  Energy  Co-Âop.
Under  terms  of  a  letter  of  intent  signed  with  the  co-Âop,  Middlebury  would  be  the  single  consumer  of  the  650-Âpanel  array’s  electricity  production  and  would  receive  an  estimated  $1,500  to  $2,000  an- nually  in  solar  generation  rebates  (See  Acorn,  Page  14)
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$ QRQSUR¿W RUJDQL]DWLRQ ODXQFKHG last  year  by  a  group  of  Middlebury  College  students  has  found  a  way  to  cut  prices  to  around  $1.50  by  distributing  food  boxes  at  locations  throughout  Addison  County. The  organization,  called  Middle- bury  Foods,  does  this  by  relying  on  (See  Healthy  food,  Page  15)