June 6 2016

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MONDAY EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 28 No. 9

Middlebury, Vermont

Monday, June 6, 2016

Bristol Republican in race for county’s two Senate seats Meet our Pet of the Week • Read about a variety of furry critters on our weekly Pet Pages. See Pages 32-33.

By JOHN FLOWERS BRISTOL — Lynn Dike has technically been a “senator” since she was a teenager. Now 65, she still proudly claims the moniker as an alum of Ralph C. Mahar Regional High School in Orange, Mass., whose sports teams bear the “Senators” nickname. The Bristol Republican now wants to give more literal significance to what has been a

fun scholastic title. Dike is seeking this fall to become one of two state senators representing Addison County, Huntington and Buel’s Gore. She joins a field that includes fellow Republican Peter Briggs of Addison and incumbent Sens. Claire Ayer, D-Addison, and Chris Bray, D-New Haven. This is Dike’s first foray into politics during (See Lynn Dike, Page 14)

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Auto repair teacher shifting gears after 44 years on the job By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — It’s not a stretch to say that diesel power technology teacher Phil Teer’s name has become synonymous with the Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center. They practically built the (See Teer, Page 6)

Shacksbury heads to the Little City • The Shoreham cidermaker signed a deal to set up shop at Kennedy Brothers Marketplace in Vergennes. See Page 3.

Athletes reach crunch time • Eight local squads faced elimination games, while track athletes went for gold. See Sports, Pages 28-30.

Hit the dirt MARY HOGAN ELEMENTARY School sixth-grader Owen Hamilton lands his long jump attempt during the school’s fifth- and sixth-grade track meet held at Middlebury College last Wednesday. For more photos of the event see Page 18.

Seniors walking across the country • A group at EastView is logging their miles until they add up to the distance to San Francisco. See Senior Lifestyles on Pages 19-26.

Independent photos/Trent Campbell

New Haven takes regulator to court over solar array By GAEN MURPHREE NEW HAVEN — After years of disagreements with the state utility regulator over the size and number of solar arrays being sited in the town’s scenic vistas, the New Haven selectboard has appealed to the Vermont Supreme Court. The town has asked the Vermont

Supreme Court to reverse a Public Service Board order granting a Certificate of Public Good for a 500-kilowatt solar array that would sit 900 feet west of Route 7 on the Russell Farm property. In a May 18 legal brief, the town contends that the PSB’s process in reaching the decision were “arbitrary and capri-

cious” and that the PSB acted “in violation of its own rules” and “outside the scope of its legal authority.” Vermont Law School’s Jared Carter noted that increasingly Vermont towns want a say in determining where solar arrays are erected. The Legislature last month approved S.230, a bill that seeks to answer

some of those concerns; it awaits Gov. Shumlin’s signature or veto. “This is a conversation that’s going on in the state of Vermont right now: What role do communities play when it comes to energy siting and energy production?” said Carter, who specializes in legal activism and (See New Haven, Page 31)


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