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ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT Vol. 68 No. 10

Middlebury, Vermont

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Thursday, March 6, 2014 â—† 36 Pages

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Town  Meeting  2014 MONKTON  RESIDENT  DEB  Gaynor,  above,  proposes  an  amendment  dur-­ ing  Monkton’s  town  meeting  Tuesday  morning  and  Middlebury  selectboard  member  Nick  Artim,  right,  speaks  from  WKH SRGLXP DERXW WKH WRZQ RIÂżFHV UHFUH-­ ation  facility  project  during  town  meet-­ ing  Monday  night.

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PAGE  2A  â€”  Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  March  6,  2014

Ferrisburgh  elects  Warden  and  Smits Clerk  and  treasurer  to  work  20-­hour  weeks By  ANDY  KIRKALDY FERRISBURGH  â€”  Ferrisburgh  residents  in  Town  Meeting  Day  Australian  balloting  at  Ferrisburgh  Central  School  elected  a  new  town  clerk  and  treasurer,  one  of  them  a  successful  write-­in  candidate.  Write-­in  candidate  Gloria  Warden  scored  a  decisive  victory  in  the  town  clerk  race,  outpolling  David  Hawkins,  470-­226.  Hawkins,  an  Army  National  Guard  sergeant  and  United  Technology  Corp.  employee,  is  the  grandson  of  outgoing  clerk  Chet  Hawkins.  Warden  also  ran  for  treasurer  as  a  write-­in  candidate,  but  lost  a  close  race  to  another  political  newcomer  who  was  on  the  ballot,  Garrit  Smits,  350-­332. Warden,  65,  moved  to  Ferrisburgh  26  years  ago,  when  she  also  began  ZRUNLQJ LQ &KDUORWWHÂśV WRZQ RIÂżFHV She  began  there  as  an  assistant  treasurer,  but  soon  moved  into  the  WRZQÂśV SODQQLQJ DQG ]RQLQJ RIÂżFH where  she  now  works  35  hours  a  ZHHN DQG LV WKH ÂżUVW SHUVRQ ZKR meets  residents  with  new  proposals.  She  is  also  the  clerk  of  the  zoning  board,  has  helped  maintain  the  town’s  website  and  served  as  the  town’s  wellness  and  911  coordina-­ tors,  and  in  the  1990s  completed  Champlain  College’s  business  FHUWLÂżFDWH SURJUDP In  Ferrisburgh,  Warden  served  for  nine  years  on  the  planning  commis-­ sion  in  the  1990s  and  has  also  been  a  member  of  the  town’s  recreation  committee. Warden’s  husband,  Jim  Warden,  who  won  an  uncontested  race  for  re-­election  on  Tuesday,  had  said  he  would  step  down  from  the  select-­ board  after  many  years  of  service  if  VKH ZRQ RIÂżFH Smits,  an  Addison  native,  moved  to  Ferrisburgh  10  years  ago.  He  has  two  bachelor’s  degrees  from  Champlain  College,  one  in  busi-­ ness  administration  that  he  earned  in  2004,  and  one  in  accounting  that  he  earned  in  2012  after  years  of Â

part-­time  study. Currently,  he  is  self-­employed  as  an  accountant,  does  tax  prepara-­ tion,  and  has  kept  books  for  several  ¿UPV 6PLWV DOVR ZRUNV SDUW WLPH LQ WKH )HUULVEXUJK 3RVW 2IÂżFH DQG KDV been  the  assistant  treasurer  for  the  Ferrisburgh  Methodist  Church. Smits  was  the  only  applicant  for  the  post  of  Ferrisburgh  assistant  treasurer  when  it  was  advertised  late  in  2013,  but  the  selectboard  opted  not  to  act  on  the  position  before  Town  Meeting  Day. Both  will  work  20  hours  a  week  under  the  budget  approved  by  voters  on  Tuesday  (see  related  story),  although  the  selectboard  put  in  a  contingency  fund  in  case  it  is  neces-­ sary  to  increase  their  hours.  Assistant  clerk  and  treasurer  Pam  Cousino  will  continue  to  work  full-­time. Outgoing  Town  Clerk  and  Treasurer  Chet  Hawkins  will  retain  his  post  as  delinquent  tax  collector  but  will  retire  from  his  combined  fulltime  job.  Hawkins  was  honored  by  Reps.  Warren  Van  Wyck  and  Diane  Lanpher  at  Tuesday’s  meet-­ ing.  Van  Wyck  read  a  joint  House-­ Senate  resolution  they  sponsored  lauding  Hawkins’  35  years  of  service  to  Ferrisburgh,  and  Hawkins  received  a  standing  ovation.  Although  there  were  no  other  contested  races  in  Ferrisburgh,  there  will  be  new  town  school  directors.  George  Gardner,  a  North  Ferrisburgh  resident,  earned  a  two-­ year  seat  on  the  FCS  board  as  a  newcomer.  Running  unopposed  for  another  three  years  on  the  FCS  board  was  incumbent  Chris  Kayhart.  Laurie  Gutowski,  Ferrisburgh’s  longtime  representative  on  the  VUHS  board,  stepped  down.  No  one  ¿OHG IRU KHU VHDW DQG WKH VHOHFWERDUG will  appoint  someone  for  a  one-­year  term  on  that  board.  Another  incumbent  selectman  also  ran  unopposed  for  re-­election:  Steve  Gutowski  received  a  two-­year  term. Andy  Kirkaldy  may  be  reached  at  andyk@addisonindependent.com.

County  residents  OK  most  school  budgets By  EVAN  JOHNSON ADDISON  COUNTY  AND  BRANDON  â€”  Voters  on  Town  Meeting  Day  gave  their  approval  to  four  out  of  the  five  local  high  school  spending  plans. While  residents  of  the  five  Addison  Northwest  Supervisory  Union  towns  rejected  the  Vergennes  Union  High  School  budget  (see  story,  Page  1A),  proposed  budgets  in  the  rest  of  Addison  County  and  northern  Rutland  County  met  with  approval.  Those  were  in  the  Addison  Central,  Addison  Northeast  and  Rutland  Northeast  supervi-­ sory  unions,  plus  the  Patricia  A.  Hannaford  Regional  Technical  School,  which  runs  the  Hannaford  Career  Center. Voters  in  the  seven  ACSU  towns  OK’d  the  $17,064,779  UD-­3  budget  by  a  vote  of   2,111  to  936.  ACSU  residents  also  approved  D ERQG IRU ÂżQDQFLQJ team  rooms  and  related  improve-­ ments  in  the  public  recreation  and  athletic  facilities  to  be  constructed  on  Creek  Road  in  Middlebury  to  be  leased  by  the  school  district  to  the  town  of  Middlebury.  The  2,000-­square-­foot  addition  onto  the  proposed  community  center  would  accommodate  four  team Â

rooms,  restrooms,  showers  and  storage  space.  The  ANeSU  passed  the  warned  $14,091,304  budget  with  a  tally  of  1,034-­710.  It  represents  a  2  percent  increase  from  the  current  spending  of  about  $13.8  million.  In  the  Brandon  area,  RNeSU  voters  approved  the  Otter  Valley  Union  High  School  budget,  1,152-­ 1,062.  The  $10,525,717  spending  plan  for  2014-­15  is  $16,351  lower  than  the  current  spending  plan.  But  despite  a  steady  decrease  in  enroll-­ ment  and  ever-­increasing  energy  costs,  the  OV  board  used  broad  strokes  to  both  increase  spending  in  some  areas  and  decrease  in  others.  The  biggest  cuts  came  with  the  elimination  of  the  dean  of  students  position  and  a  $110,000  decrease  in  special  education  spending. Residents  in  the  17  towns  that  make  up  the  ACSU,  ANwSU  and  ANeSU  can  send  their  chil-­ dren  to  the  Patricia  A.  Hannaford  Career  Center.  Those  residents  voted  4,498  to  1,977  to  approve  proposed  2014-­2015  spending  of  $3,419,913,  which  represents  a  2.73-­percent  cut  in  spending  that  will  call  for  elimination  of  the  center’s  building  trades  program  as  well  as  downsizing  of  the  school’s  administration.

I  feel  like  dancing VERGENNES  UNION  ELEMENTARY  School  student  Miranda  Brouillard  dances  her  way  out  of  the  school  gymnasium  after  the  opening  cel-­ ebration  for  the  school’s  March  read-­a-­thon  last  Friday  morning. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

UD-3 voters endorse $400,000 for team rooms addition By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Addison  Central  Supervisory  Union  residents  on  Tuesday  voted  1,698  to  1,343  in  favor  of  a  $400,000  bond  to  build  a  â€œteam  roomsâ€?  addition  onto  a  new  Middlebury  recreation  center  that  is  to  be  erected  on  a  2.5-­acre  parcel  off  Creek  Road. The  addition  will  be  a  little  less  than  2,000  square  feet  and  will  principally  host  a  total  of  four  team  rooms  for  home  and  visiting  student-­ athletes  who  use  the  surrounding  Middlebury  College-­owned  play-­ LQJ ÂżHOGV 7KRVH ÂżHOGV DUH XVHG E\ Middlebury-­area  teams  for  a  variety  of  sports.  The  self-­contained  addi-­ tion  will  also  include  restrooms,  shower  facilities  and  storage  space. Tuesday’s  vote  follows  a  vote  at  the  Feb.  25  annual  UD-­3  meet-­ ing  at  which  residents  of  the  seven  ACSU-­member  towns  agreed  to  allow  the  UD-­3  board  to  negotiate  a  lease  with  the  town  of  Middlebury  to  build  the  11,500-­square-­foot Â

recreation  center  on  the  Creek  Road  dugouts)  from  passing  storms.  The  parcel.  It  was  more  than  a  decade  new  recreation  center  will  replace  ago  that  UD-­3  â€”  which  encom-­ the  old  Legion  headquarters  build-­ passes  Middlebury  Union  Middle  ing,  which  is  unusable. and  High  schools  Critics  of  the  â€”  purchased  â€œI am glad voters recreation  center  the  parcel  from  are  concerned  it  M i d d l e b u r y  supported what will  be  located  too  American  Legion  far  outside  of  the  we have tried to Post  27  for  around  downtown;Íž  might  $275,000. not  adequately  do here, It shows Fans  of  the  serve  seniors;Íž  and  addition,  includ-­ that people in might  become  an  ing  UD-­3  board  UD-3 are comfortadjunct  gym  for  Chairman  Leonard  Middlebury  Union  Barrett,  said  the  able with what we High  School  project  will  give  are trying to do for students.  Town  m u c h -­ n e e d e d  DQG 8' RIÂżFLDOV changing,  rest-­ the kids.â€? have  pledged  to  room  and  shel-­ — Leonard Barrett, draft  a  â€œshared  use  ter  amenities  to  UD-3 board Chairman agreementâ€?  for  the  athletes.  Many  facility.  The  team  of  those  athletes  rooms  addition  must  currently  change  clothes  in  will  only  be  used  by  student-­athletes.  the  Creek  Road  parking  lot  or  in  The  $400,000  bond  will  be  paid  the  adjacent  woods,  and  have  no  by  taxpayers  in  the  ACSU-­member  refuge  (except  for  in  the  softball  towns  of  Bridport,  Cornwall, Â

Middlebury,  Ripton,  Salisbury,  Shoreham  and  Weybridge.  The  cost  of  the  recreation  center  will  be  absorbed  by  Middlebury  taxpayers  and  Middlebury  College,  which  has  agreed  to  underwrite  $4.5  million  of  the  combined  $6.5  million  construc-­ tion  bond  for  the  new  center  and  QHZ PXQLFLSDO RIÂżFHV DW 0DLQ St.  in  return  for  two  town-­owned  parcels  (see  related  story).  Barrett  said  he  was  pleased  to  see  the  team  rooms  addition  earn  voter  support,  though  he  would  have  preferred  to  see  a  wider  margin  of  victory. “I  am  glad  voters  supported  what  we  have  tried  to  do  here,â€?  said  Barrett,  who  was  also  pleased  with  the  2,111  to  936  vote  in  favor  of  the  proposed  UD-­3  budget  of  $17,064,779. “It  shows  that  people  in  UD-­3  are  comfortable  with  what  we  are  trying  to  do  for  the  kids.â€? Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  johnf@addisonindependent.com.

Environmental  lecture  details  human  role  in  earth’s  future MIDDLEBURY  â€”  KierĂĄn  Suckling,  founder  and  execu-­ tive  director  of  the  Center  for  Biological  Diversity  will  pres-­ ent  the  2014  Scott  A.  Margolin  â€™99  Lecture  in  Environmental  Affairs  at  Middlebury  College  on  Wednesday,  March  12,  at  7  p.m.  His  lecture,  titled  â€œSaving  Life  on  Earth:  A  Moral  Rejoinder  to  the  Anthropocene,â€?  will  be  presented  in  the  Robert  A.  Jones  â€™59  House  conference  room. Humans  have  transformed  the  earth,  its  atmosphere,  and  even  the  ocean  depths  so  profoundly  that  some  have  proposed  renam-­ ing  the  current  geological  epoch  the  Anthropocene,  or  Age  of  Man.  Nature,  to  this  way  of  thinking,  is  no  longer  the  predominant  reality;Íž  the  planet  is  primarily  shaped  by Â

human  cities,  agriculture  and  waste. The  greatest  and  most  ethically  disturbing  impact  has  been  the  mass  extinction  of  other  species.  Thousands  of  plants  and  animals,  many  of  which  had  survived  millions  of  years  of  climate  change  and  calamity,  have  been  driven  extinct  in  the  past  two  centuries.  Thousands  more  are  on  the  brink  of  oblivion  with  some  groups,  includ-­ ing  large  predators  and  amphib-­ ians  going  extinct  up  to  10,000  times  faster  than  the  natural  rate.  If  current  trends  continue,  the  earth  will  soon  pass  into  the  sixth  greatest  extinction  crisis  in  the  3.5  billion-­year  history  of  life,  and  the  only  one  caused  by  a  single,  glob-­ ally  dominant  species. Recognizing  humans’  extraordi-­ nary  global  impact,  however,  in  no Â

way  requires  naming  the  current  geological  time  in  honor  of  them.  Doing  so  will  exacerbate  anthro-­ pocentrism  rather  than  cultivate  sensitivity  to  the  ethical  call  of  other  species.  Indeed,  naming  the  â€œcurrentâ€?  geological  period  the  â€œAge  of  Manâ€?  is  nothing  new.  It  is  the  most  traditional  of  anthropo-­ centric  gestures,  something  every  generation  has  done  since  the  discovery  that  the  planet  has  ages  in  the  18th  century.  Anthropocene  thinking  is  the  cause  of  the  extinc-­ tion  crisis,  not  its  solution. Within  the  next  30  years,  oppor-­ tunities  to  save  wild  places  from  development  and  wild  animals  from  extinction  will  dwindle  toward  zero  as  the  human  population  grows  to  10  billion.  This  generation,  therefore,  has  a  vast  ethical  duty  to  preserve Â

as  much  habitat  and  as  many  species  as  possible  in  their  lifetime.  There  is  no  higher  calling.  Luckily,  they  have  the  knowledge,  the  means  and  the  moral  imperative  to  succeed. In  addition  to  overseeing  WKH FRQVHUYDWLRQ DQG ÂżQDQ-­ cial  programs  of  the  Center  for  Biological  Diversity,  Suckling  created  and  maintains  the  country’s  most  comprehensive  endangered  species  database.  He  acts  as  liaison  between  the  center  and  other  envi-­ ronmental  groups,  negotiates  with  government  agencies,  and  writes  and  lectures.  He  has  authored  VFLHQWLÂżF DUWLFOHV DQG FULWLFDO HVVD\V on  biodiversity  issues.  He  holds  a  master’s  in  philosophy  from  the  State  University  of  New  York  at  Stony  Brook  and  a  bachelor’s  from  Holy  Cross. Â

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Pipeline (Continued  from  Page  1A) affected  by  Phase  II  of  the  project,  which  the  PSB  has  yet  to  rule  on.   Phase  II  would  run  from  Middlebury  through  Cornwall  and  Shoreham  to  the  International  Paper  plant  in  Ticonderoga,  N.Y. Also  on  Monday  evening,  the  Energy  Committee  of  the  Addison  County  Regional  Planning  Commission,  which  represents  each  of  the  county’s  23  towns,  voted  4-­1  against  Phase  II  of  the  project.  The  commission  previously  endorsed  Phase  I.  In  Monkton,  half  an  hour  of  debate  preceded  the  vote.  A  slew  of  residents  spoke  in  favor  of  denouncing  the  pipeline.  None  rose  in  opposition  to  the  article. There  was  a  common  theme  in  Monkton:  that  the  pipeline  would  QRW EHQHÂżW WKH WRZQ WKDW 9HUPRQW Gas  was  bullying  residents,  and  that  the  company  has  not  been  respon-­ sive  to  residents’  questions  about  the  pipeline. Eugenie  Doyle,  who  does  not  live  along  the  proposed  pipeline  route,  urged  residents  to  vote  to  denounce  the  pipeline  as  a  show  of  solidarity  with  the  landowners  directly  affected  by  the  project. “It’s  the  least  we  can  do,â€?  she  said. Renee  McGuiness,  who  wrote  the  article  on  the  warning,  urged  town  residents  to  vote  in  favor  of  it. Âł7KH ZD\ 9HUPRQW *DV KDV GHDOW with  Monkton  throughout  this  process  has  really  been  abominable,â€?  McGuiness  said.  â€œIt  concerns  me  EHFDXVH LI 9HUPRQW *DV KDV EHKDYHG this  way,  up  until  this  point,  how  are  they  going  to  behave  when  they’re  actually  constructing  the  project?â€? McGuiness  said  the  town  would  QRW EHQHÂżW PXFK IURP WKH SLSHOLQH and  referred  to  estimates  made  by  Cornwall  about  how  much  that  town  ZRXOG EHQHÂżW IURP WKH SURMHFW “Under  Act  60,  80  percent  of  the  tax  revenues  from  the  pipeline  would  go  to  the  state  education  fund,â€?  McGuiness  said.  â€œThat  leaves  just  20  percent  for  the  town  of  Cornwall.â€? MONKTON  RESIDENT  CAROLE  Wageman  tells  neighbors  at  the  Monkton  Town  Meeting  that  Vermont  Gas  Ivor  Hughes  said  he  was  not  was  unresponsive  for  seven  months  to  her  concerns  about  its  proposed  gas  pipeline,  then  the  company  pleased  with  how  much  Monkton  abruptly  threatened  to  begin  eminent  domain  procedures. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell has  spent  so  far  on  attorneys  to  repre-­ sent  the  town  in  negotiations  with  expect  the  cost  of  our  fuel  to  go  up.â€? utility  would  begin  the  process  of  proceeding. 9HUPRQW *DV Carole  Wageman,  whose  Hollow  acquiring  it  by  eminent  domain. The  Public  Service  Board,  the  â€œThis  past  year,  we  the  taxpayers  â€œWe  waited  seven  months  for  a  three-­member  quasi-­judicial  body  have  spent  $27,000  on  attorney’s  Road  property  the  pipeline  would  run  IHHV MXVW WR GHDO ZLWK 9HUPRQW *DV ´ WKURXJK VDLG 9HUPRQW *DV QRW EHHQ response,  and  then  were  verbally  WKDW UHJXODWHV XWLOLWLHV LQ 9HUPRQW Hughes  said.  â€œThis  money  could  responsive  to  her  and  her  husband’s  threatened  with  condemnation  LVVXHG D &HUWLÂżFDWH RI 3XEOLF *RRG concerns.  She  recounted  how  she  proceedings  without  receiving  any  for  Phase  I  of  the  Addison  Rutland  have  been  much  better  spent.â€? Hughes  also  said  that  while  a  worked  with  several  different  land  acknowledgement  of  the  questions  Natural  Gas  Project,  which  will  agents  over  the  course  and  issues  we  had  given  them,â€?  run  from  Colchester  to  Middlebury,  fraction  â€”  about  13  of  2013,  and  that  Wageman  said.  â€œWe  have  never  shut  through  the  town  of  Monkton.  The  percent  â€”  of  homes  HDFK VDLG 9HUPRQW the  door  on  negotiations,  however  board  has  not  yet  ruled  on  Phase  II. and  businesses  in  â€œThis past year, Gas  might  be  able  to  this  is  an  unethical  and  bullying  tactic  CORNWALL,  SHOREHAM town  would  be  able  we the taxpayaccommodate  some  of  that  is  thoughtless,  ingenuous,  and  to  hook  up  to  the  ers have spent Cornwall  selectboard  Chair  Bruce  their  requests. GHÂżQLWHO\ LQ FRQWUDVW ZLWK 9HUPRQW Hiland  has  been  equally  frustrated  in  natural  gas  line,  those  Wageman  said  she  Gas’  stated  interest  to  apologize  for  KLV WRZQÂśV GHDOLQJV ZLWK 9HUPRQW *DV who  could  not  would  $27,000 on atsee  their  energy  costs  torney’s fees just received  in  December  its  earlier  blunders  in  the  community  â€œWe’ve  tried  to  communicate  rise.  Hughes  argued  to deal with Ver- 2013  a  draft  easement  of  Monkton.â€? ZLWK 9HUPRQW *DV DQG ,QWHUQDWLRQDO FRQWUDFW IURP 9HUPRQW Wageman’s  comments,  like  those  Paper.  Negotiations  need  to  have  the  natural  gas  hook-­ mont Gas. This Gas  that  was  identical  of  several  of  her  neighbors,  drew  intelligent  and  informed  people  on  XSV LQ 9HUJHQQHV to  the  draft  contract  applause  from  the  audience. Monkton  and  money could both  sides  of  the  table;Íž  Ben  Marks  VKH ZDV ÂżUVW VHQW LQ ,Q -DQXDU\ 9HUPRQW *DV VHQW and  I  haven’t  had  that  pleasure  yet,â€?  Middlebury  would  have been much February. letters  to  letters  to  several  Monkton  Hiland  said. lessen  the  demand  better spent.â€? for  trucked  fuel,  like  â€” Ivor Hughes “Nothing  had  been  landowners,  saying  if  they  did  not  â€œWe  feel  like  we’re  talking  to  an  changed,â€?  Wageman  come  to  the  negotiating  table,  the  gas  or  propane.  In  said.  â€œNot  one  of  our  utility  would  begin  condemnation  turn,  this  would  force  proceedings  in  front  of  the  Public  some  trucked  fuel  companies  out  of  concerns  had  been  mentioned.â€? Wageman  said  in  January  she  Service  Report.  Based  on  both  state  business. “That  leaves  the  rest  of  us  with  very  received  a  phone  call  from  the  agent  statutes  and  historical  precedents  of  little  competition,  and  the  dealers  who  assigned  to  her  property,  who  stated  utilities  seeking  land  via  eminent  are  left  will  be  left  with  rural  routes,â€?  that  if  Wageman  did  not  reach  an  GRPDLQ LQ 9HUPRQW LW LV XQOLNHO\ WKDW Hughes  said.  â€œTherefore,  we  can  DJUHHPHQW ZLWK 9HUPRQW *DV WKH landowners  would  prevail  in  such  a Â

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Ferrisburgh  debates  how  tax  collector  is  to  be  paid By  ANDY  KIRKALDY FERRISBURGH  â€”  A  tie  vote  at  the  Ferrisburgh  Town  Meeting  on  Tuesday  resulted  in  the  death  of  a  selectboard  proposal  to  change  the  way  the  town  will  pay  delinquent  tax  collector  Chet  Hawkins. Before  a  58-­58  paper-­ballot  vote  left  Hawkins’  tax  collector  pay  as  it  has  been,  debate  at  the  Ferrisburgh  Central  School  gym  lasted  for  about  20  minutes.  2IÂżFLDOV VDLG LQ WKH SDVW \HDU Hawkins  collected  about  $206,000  in  delinquent  taxes  and  was  paid  about  $17,000  to  do  so,  with  his  pay  coming  from  interest  penalties  on  the  late  taxes.  The  selectboard’s  proposed  budget  included  a  $3,000  line  item  for  a  collector’s  salary,  while  recent  budgets  included  a  $14,000  line  item,  an  amount  offset  by  revenue  collected  in  the  course  of  Hawkins’  work. Selectboard  Chairwoman  Loretta  Lawrence  said  the  selectboard  proposed  the  change  because  it  would  be  remiss  if  it  did  not  seek  more  money  for  the  town. “We  feel,  â€˜Why  not  have  the  revenue  go  right  to  the  town  and  pay  someone  to  do  it?’â€?  Lawrence  said. Some  residents  questioned  if  there  would  be  enough  incentive  for  future  collectors.

empty  room.â€? Cornwall  landowner  Randy  0DUWLQ H[SODLQHG WKH GLIÂżFXOW\ KHÂśV KDG GHDOLQJ ZLWK 9HUPRQW *DV DQG also  expressed  frustration  with  the  Public  Service  Board,  which  last  week  sent  him  a  letter  that  gave  him  RQO\ ÂżYH GD\V WR GHFLGH ZKHWKHU KH ZRXOG EHFRPH DQ RIÂżFLDO SDUW\ LQ WKH proceedings.  Marks  referred  to  a  2013  Addison  Independent  DUWLFOH LQ ZKLFK 9HUPRQW Gas  CEO  Don  Gilbert  was  quoted.  â€œDon  Gilbert  said,  â€˜If  you  don’t  want  us,  we  won’t  come,’â€?  Marks  said.  â€œThis  is  our  opportunity  to  respond  to  Don  and  tell  him  where  we  are  at.â€? That  same  evening  in  Shoreham,  the  division  of  opinion  was  not  as Â

“It  seems  to  be  a  pretty  steep  cut  from  $17,000  to  $3,000,â€?  said  Rick  Kerschner,  adding  that  he  wondered  if  future  collectors  would  â€œreally  get  out  thereâ€?  with-­ out  the  percentage  incentive. Selectman  Jim  Warden  said  other  towns,  including  Charlotte,  which  pays  its  collector  $4,000,  are  in  line  with  the  selectboard  proposal,  and  that  most  reported  the  job  involved  just  a  few  hours  a  month. Hawkins  himself  said  the  pay  would  be  reasonable,  but  only  if  the  selectboard  agreed  that  the  town  would  pick  up  all  related  costs,  including  postage,  paying  for  legal  fees  and  advertising  pending  tax  sales.  Hawkins  said  he  has  been  doing  all  the  work  himself,  saving  the  town  legal  fees.  Lawrence  said  it  was  â€œa  part  of  the  planâ€?  that  the  town  would  pick  up  such  expenses,  but  one  resident  noted  that  the  article  did  not  spec-­ ify  that  arrangement,  and  Hawkins  said  it  had  not  been  promised  to  him.  â€œYou  never  talked  to  me  about  it,  so  I  wasn’t  aware  of  that,â€?  Hawkins  said. When  ballots  were  cast,  modera-­ tor  Don  Bicknell  announced  the  tie,  and  said  without  a  majority,  the  article  would  fail  and  the  status  quo  prevail.

one-­sided,  but  it  did  tilt  away  from  WKH SLSHOLQH 7KH ÂżQDO IRXU LWHPV RQ the  town  meeting  warning  concerned  the  Addison-­Rutland  Natural  Gas  Project  and  received  the  most  discussion.  Article  13  was  the  centerpiece  of  the  discussion.  It  read:  â€œAre  you  as  a  Shoreham  voter  in  favor  of  the  proposed  Addison  Natural  Gas  Phase  2  gas  pipeline  which  extends  from  Middlebury  through  the  towns  of  Cornwall  and  Shoreham  beneath  Lake  Champlain  to  the  International  Paper  Mill  in  Ticonderoga?â€? $OPRVW WKUHH ÂżIWKV RI WKRVH YRWLQJ said  No.  the  tally  was  38  yes,  66  no. Independent  reporters  John  S.  McCright  and  Evan  Johnson  contrib-­ uted  to  this  story.

Real  Estate  and  You by  Ingrid Punderson  Jackson

KITCHEN APPEAL WHEN YOUR HOME IS ON THE MARKET Whether  you’re  a  gourmet  chef  or  need  to  ask  for  directions  to  get  to  the  kitchen,  it’s  a  whole  new  pot  of  spaghetti  when  your  home  is  on  the  market.  Here  are  the  ingredients  to  cook  up  a  success  when  you’re  marketing  the  KRPHÂśV PRVW KLJKO\ WUDIÂżFNHG DQG well-­loved  room!  Everyone  loves  a  kitchen  that  has  character—but  how  you  live  in  a  house  is  different  from  how  you  sell  a  house.  Your  kitchen  should  promote  the  sense  of  cleanliness.  Keep  all  the  countertops,  surfaces,  cabinetry  and  doors  clean  and  clear  of  utensils,  appliances  and  personal  items.  The  buyer  should  be  able  to  easily  imagine  their  own  set  of  WusthĂśf  knives  hanging  on  the  wall,  their  children’s  artwork  decorating  the  fridge  door,  and  their  crock  pot  on  the  counter.  Make  sure  there  are  no  â€œscience  projectsâ€?  inside  the  fridge—you  never  know  who’s  going  to  sneak  a  peek!  The  lighting  should  be  adequate  to  showcase  the  kitchen’s  amenities  and  conveniences.  A  low  wattage  bulb  on  above  the  VWRYH ZLOO KHOS EX\HUV HDVLO\ ÂżQG the  master  light  switch,  revealing  the  beautiful,  immaculately  kept  modern  kitchen  that  could  be  theirs  for  the  taking! Ingrid  Punderson  Jackson Real  Estate ‡ FHOO WROO IUHH www.middvermontrealestate.com

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Editor’s  note.  The  writer  sent  this  too  late  to  appear  before  this  week’s  vote,  but  she  asked  that  it  be  printed  now  because  of  the  broader  issues  it  raises. , ZLVK WR H[SUHVV P\ DSSUHFLDWLRQ WR %UHQGD (OOLVÂś OHWWHU RI )HE , also  have  been  following  the  discus-­ sion  on  the  town  hall  issues,  and  as  I  expressed  in  a  letter  two  months  DJR , DOVR ZDV YHU\ GLVWUHVVHG ZLWK WKH XQQHFHVVDU\ WRQH RI WKH GHEDWH %XW , KDYH FRPH WR WKH RSSRVLWH FRQFOXVLRQ WR %UHQGDÂśV ² , DP going  to  vote  â€œnoâ€?  on  the  bond  vote  EHFDXVH , DP GHFLGHGO\ QRW UHDG\ WR YRWH Âł\HV ´ :KLOH , ZLVK YHU\ PXFK WR VHH 0LGGOHEXU\ FUHDWH DQ HIÂżFLHQW VDIH DQG SURIHVVLRQDO VSDFH IRU WRZQ ZRUNHUV DQG PXQLFLSDO functions,  I  wish  more  to  see  the  decision  made  under  better  circum-­ stances,  moving  into  2014  with  a  GHWHUPLQDWLRQ WR SXW WKH DFULPRQ\ RI 2013  behind  us. , XQGHUVWDQG WKDW WKH FROOHJH PD\ withdraw  its  current  offer  if  this  GHFLVLRQ LV GHOD\HG IXUWKHU , GR QRW EHOLHYH WKDW EHFDXVH , UHDOO\ GR believe  that  the  college  has  good  intentions  in  helping  to  forge  a  resolution  that  is  best  for  town  and  gown.  I  am  more  concerned  about  a  more  pressing  deadline:  the  date  on  ZKLFK WKH FXUUHQW WRZQ J\P LV WRUQ down. , ZRUU\ OHVV DERXW WKH ROG VFKRRO building  that  houses  the  town  RIÂżFHV DOWKRXJK WKHUH DUH PDQ\ LQ-­ teresting  features,  such  as  the  now-­ GHIXQFW HDVW IDFLQJ GRRUZD\ WKDW , WKLQN ZRXOG EH ZRUWK SUHVHUYLQJ and  returning  to  an  attractive  pur-­ SRVH %XW WKH J\P , WKLQN LV ZRUWK DQRWKHU FDUHIXO ORRN EHIRUH ZH WHDU LW GRZQ ,W KDV LWV RZQ KLVWRU\ VHSD-­ rate  from  the  old  school:  It  was  built  LQ WKH V DV SDUW RI WKH 1HZ 'HDO V\VWHP RI ZRUNV SURMHFWV 7KLV LV D KLVWRU\ ZRUWK FHOHEUDWLQJ DQG LW KDV PDQ\ IHDWXUHV WKDW ZLOO QRW EH IRXQG LQ WKH QHZ IDFLOLW\ , VSHQW PDQ\ KRXUV LQ WKH J\P WKURXJK P\ FKLO-­ GUHQÂśV YDULRXV UHFUHDWLRQ DFWLYLWLHV DQG DOVR HQMR\HG WKH VSDFH P\VHOI LQ H[HUFLVH FODVVHV RYHU WKH \HDUV , DOZD\V PXFK DSSUHFLDWHG WKDW JUDQG space,  and  the  light  from  those  high  windows.  And  it  has  served  us  all  well  as  a  town  meeting  place  over  WKH \HDUV 7KH QHZ IDFLOLW\ PD\ KDYH PDQ\ HIÂżFLHQFLHV DQG PRGHUQ conveniences,  but  I  fear  that  it  will  be  a  lesser  space. This  town  has  an  unfortunate  KLVWRU\ RI ZDONLQJ DZD\ IURP XV-­ DEOH DQG KLVWRULF VSDFHV :RXOGQÂśW 7ZLOLJKW +DOO IRU H[DPSOH PDNH D ZRQGHUIXO FHQWHU IRU WRZQ RIÂżFHV" For  that  matter,  the  old  town  hall  would  also  have  made  a  great  town  KDOO DV PXFK DV ZH DOO HQMR\ LWV FXU-­ UHQW IXQFWLRQ 6R OHWÂśV DOO WDNH D GHHS breath  and  reconsider  this  whole  SURMHFW RYHU WKH QH[W \HDU RU WZR DW which  point,  I  hope,  we  will  have  more  consensus,  or  at  least  a  better  appreciation  for  all  who  have  put  WKHLU SDVVLRQ DQG PDQ\ PRQWKV RI KDUG ZRUN WR WU\ WR VHUYH WKH WRZQ on  both  sides  of  the  issue. Dawn  Saunders East  Middlebury

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Letters to the Editor Program  personnel,  not  space,  make  the  difference In  your  recent  article  about  the  Russ  Sholes  Senior  Center  and  its  possible  move  from  the  basement  of  the  municipal  building,  there  was  a  highlighted  comment  implying  that  the  Russ  Sholes  Center  is  less  than  a  cheerful  place. The  sunny  warmth  and  good  humor  of  Tracy  Corbett,  who  organizes  the  community  meals  at  Russ  Sholes,  goes  a  long  way  toward  making  sure  that  everyone  who  comes  to  lunch  feels  welcome,  comfortable  and  respected.  Tracy’s  regard  for  seniors  and  appreciation  of  them  and  their  lives  guarantees  a  good  time.  This  needs  to  weigh  in  when  there’s  con-­ cern  about  the  physical  environment Â

of  the  site. I’m  reminded  of  another  orga-­ nization  that  did  good  work  in  the  basement  of  the  municipal  building  PDQ\ PDQ\ \HDUV DJR ,W ZDV WKH ÂżUVW home  of  Addison  County  Community  Action  Group  (ACCAG)  under  the  leadership  of  John  Graham.  It  was  dark  down  there,  very  cramped  and  water  came  inside  in  the  spring.  It  was  connected  by  a  long  corridor  to  the  Russ  Sholes  Center,  but  was  in  far  ZRUVH VKDSH ² QRW RQO\ LQ WKH VSULQJ Despite  these  conditions,  John  Gra-­ ham  and  his  staff  offered  outstanding,  inspiring  services  to  people  living  in  poverty.  Emergency  needs  were  met.  Long-­term  projects  blossomed  around Â

issues  like  employability,  school  lunches  and  dental  care.  It  was  a  haven,  a  welcoming  place  for  people  to  come  to  talk  and  to  be  heard. This  isn’t  to  say  that  the  quality  of  physical  space  isn’t  important.  Of  course  it  is.  If  it  can  be  improved,  it  should  be.  Every  year,  United  Way  volunteers  put  in  many  hours  of  work  WR SDLQW Âż[ EXLOG DQG PXFK PRUH However,  the  crucial  ingredient  of  any  program  comes  not  from  what  the  site  looks  like,  but  from  the  people  who  work  there.  Put  Tracy  Corbett  or  the  spirit  of  John  Graham  in  any  space,  and  it’s  a  good  place  to  be. Ronnie  Chirnoff Ripton

As  cold  as  it  has  been,  there  are  much  colder  places Twilight  is  reaching  the  North  Pole.  Soon  the  sun  will  start  shining  there  and  the  north  can  stop  sending  us  cold. Actually  other  places  are  warmer  than  usual.  The  Iditarod  sled  dog  race  in  snow  was  moved  further  north  due  to  warm  weather. Flowers  have  been  growing  in  northern  Europe  for  weeks. It  is  colder  in  Siberia.  In  Dza-­ linda,  it  might  get  up  to  minus  1  F  today  and  minus  23  tonight. And  yet  we  have  a  record  cold Â

spell. Why  us? Further  Google  research  shows  that  Oymyakon,  Siberia,  is  the  â€œworld’s  coldest  permanently  inhab-­ ited  town,â€?  where  â€œthere’s  no  record  of  temperatures  rising  above  zero  degrees  F  between  December  1  and  March  1!â€?  Does  that  warm  anyone’s  toes? If  not,  try,  â€œOn  Feb.  6,  1933,  an  observer,  there,  measured  a  tem-­ perature  of  minus  89.8  degrees  Fahrenheit.  This  is  a  full  10  degrees Â

colder  than  the  U.S.  cold  record  of  minus  79.8  degrees  F  at  Prospect  Creek,  Alaska,  on  Jan.  23,  1971.  (Incidentally,  the  record  coldest  temperature  measured  on  Earth  was  at  the  Russian  South  Pole  research  station  of  Vostok,  Antarctica,  minus  128.6  deg.  F,  on  July  21,  1983.)â€? $QG , FDQÂśW ÂżQG ']DOLQGD LQ P\ giant  atlas,  so  it  doesn’t  count.  Why  did  Google  come  up  with  that  place? Peter  Grant Bristol

and  one  that  makes  everyone  look  like  a  winner.  But  when  an  Exxon  Valdez  crash-­ es  or  a  Deepwater  Horizon  explodes,  the  façade  is  rattled  and  the  polished  image  of  â€œgood  corporate  citizenâ€?  cracked.  The  coupons  residents  found  in  their  mailbox  weeks  ago,  KRZHYHU LQQRFXRXV GRQÂśW KHOS LI anything  they  do  the  opposite.  There  is,  in  fact,  very  little  regard  for  human  life  or  environmental  preservation  when  going  after  some-­ thing  thousands  of  feet  underground.  Yet  the  commitment  to  this  relentless  expansion  at  such  an  immeasurably  high  cost  continues  and  the  only  WLPH $PHULFDQ FRQVXPHUV ² ZKRVH only  fault  is  the  constant  demand  for  FKHDS IXHO ² UHJDUG WKLV DV PRUDOO\

opaque,  is  when  a  coupon  arrives  in  their  mailbox  following  an  explo-­ sion.  Meanwhile,  here  in  Addison  County,  the  natural  gas  discussion  has  become  manifested  in  the  form  of  a  proposed  pipeline  running  from  Colchester  to  Ticonderoga,  N.Y.,  and  on  to  Rutland.  It  will  be  interesting  to  see  how  quickly  the  communica-­ WLRQV RIÂżFHV DW 9HUPRQW *DV DQG its  parent  company  Gaz  MĂŠtro,  can  dispel  concerns  and  hold  discussion  on  their  terms,  and  I  encourage  you  to  monitor  their  messages.  And  who  knows,  in  the  event  of  an  earth-­shak-­ ing  explosion,  we  can  take  comfort  in  knowing  a  coupon  for  one  Domi-­ no’s  Oreo  Pizza  is  on  its  way. But  please,  only  one  per  customer.

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Letter (Continued  from  Page  4A) serviceable  lives  (like  the  pre-­ EXEEOH ÂżHOG KRXVH 7KHVH EXLOGLQJV are  torn  down  to  make  way  for  the  new,  more  stylish  and  usually  much  larger  replacements. Along  the  same  time-­line,  Middle-­ bury  College  has  been  promoting  itself  as  one  of  the  â€œgreenestâ€?  col-­ OHJHV LV $PHULFD , ÂżQG WKLV LQFRQ-­ sistency  to  be  quite  ironic.  I  do  not  care  how  many  solar  panels  spring  XS LQ WKH ÂżHOG KRZ PXFK ZLOORZ biomass  is  produced  and  burned,  how  many  board-­feet  of  LEED-­ FHUWLÂżHG OXPEHU DUH LQFRUSRUDWHG into  the  never-­ending  construction  or  even  that  the  destroyed  buildings  are  ground  up  into  gravel  and  recycled,  Middlebury  College’s  behavior,  at  a  macro  environmental  level,  has  been  anything  but  green.  Middlebury  College’s  actions  over  the  past  two  decades  can  best  be  characterized,  in  fact,  as  rampant  architectural  consumerism  executed  on  the  largest  scale.  Middlebury  College  seems  to  KDYH IRUJRWWHQ WKH ÂżUVW WZR WKLUGV RI the  most  basic  environmental  tenet  we  all  learned  back  in  elementary  VFKRRO WKDW Âł5HGXFH´ DQG Âł5H XVH´ come  before  â€œRecycle.â€? Now  Middlebury  College  ex-­ pands  its  appetite  for  destruction  to  the  town  of  Middlebury.  In  what  has  become  typical  Middlebury  College  style,  money  is  no  object,  a  serviceable  building  will  be  razed,  and  the  college’s  institutional  ego  will  be  well  served  (by  the  much-­

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improved  vista  of  the  college’s  other  status-­projects).  There  would  be  QR FRQWURYHUV\ RQ WKH WRZQ RIÂżFH gym  issue  if  it  were  not  for  the  $5.5  million  that  Middlebury  College  has  conditionally  placed  on  the  table.  The  fact  that  this  cash  is  referred  to  as  an  â€œincentiveâ€?  and  not  a  â€œbribeâ€?  makes  it  no  less  unsavory.  It  is  LQWHQGHG WR LQĂ€XHQFH EHKDYLRU I  have  no  issue  with  nice  new  buildings  and  respect  the  town  of  Middlebury’s  right  and  responsi-­ bility  to  select  the  best  plan  from  amongst  the  options  that  are  avail-­ able.  I  do  have  an  issue  with  the  VXSHUÂżFLDO QDWXUH RI 0LGGOHEXU\ College’s  self-­proclaimed  environ-­ mentalism  and  feel  that  the  college  has  stacked  the  decks  to  create  an  inevitable  outcome.  I  hope  that  the  people  of  Middlebury  will  pause  and  consider  the  larger  environmen-­ tal  consequences  of  their  choices,  even  if  Middlebury  College,  appar-­ ently,  will  not.  Tearing  down  usable  buildings  and  constructing  replace-­ ments  is  very  exciting  but  does  not  represent  sound  or  sustainable  envi-­ ronmental  policy  when  you  look  at Â

the  huge  overall  ecological  footprint  of  such  actions.  If  the  town  does  elect  to  take  Middlebury  College’s  money  and  commit  to  the  plan  that  goes  with  it,  I  might  counsel  waiting  a  few  weeks  before  putting  up  the  next  batch  of  â€œno-­idlingâ€?  signs  how-­ ever,  lest  the  town  risk  appearing  just  as  naked  as  our  much-­lauded  environmental  emperor  on  the  hill. Stephen  M.  Koller Bridport

Davis (Continued  from  Page  4A) If  Leahy  were  to  retire  in  2016  and  neither  Welch  nor  Shumlin  were  to  run  for  the  Senate,  Leahy’s  successor  would  likely  come  from  a  younger  generation  of  Democrats,  including  but  not  limited  to  House  Speaker  Shap  Smith,  Chittenden  State’s  At-­ torney  T.J.  Donovan,  and  former  gu-­ bernatorial  candidate  Matt  Dunne. Eric  L.  Davis  is  professor  emeri-­ tus  of  political  science  at  Middlebury  College. Â

Former  Middlebury  town  planner  the  plan  for  a  new  gym  on  district  Fred  Dunnington  sent  along  photos  land  by  an  overwhelming  margin  of  taken  in  the  tropics  with  the  underwa-­ nearly  three  to  one.  ter  camera  he  got  as  a  retirement  pres-­ But  if  you’d  had  to  judge  the  out-­ ent  this  past  summer.  With  the  tem-­ come  of  Tuesday’s  Middlebury  vote  perature  on  Monday  night  hovering  from  the  impassioned  comments  at  zero,  selectboard  Chairman  Dean  at  Town  Meeting,  you  would  have  George  said  at  Middlebury’s  town  thought  hardly  anyone  thought  the  meeting  he  was  glad  someone  was  proposal  was  a  good  idea.  enjoying  warm  weather  Even  the  customary  somewhere. practice  of  having  town  Dennis  Cassidy  asked  RIÂżFLDOV H[SODLQ WKH SODQ the  moderator,  former  details  was  heatedly  Gov.  Jim  Douglas,  if  he  challenged  by  some  vot-­ was  ready  to  declare  he  ers.  They  felt  that  like  was  running  for  gover-­ individual  voters  them-­ nor  again.  Douglas  dryly  VHOYHV WRZQ RIÂżFLDOV quipped  that  Cassidy  was  should  have  to  limit  â€œout  of  order  on  many  their  comments  to  two  fronts.â€? minutes  or  less. The  troubled  snow  re-­ Douglas  adroitly  moval  machine  topped  skirted  that  issue.  But  the  debate  during  the  bud-­ soon  the  barrage  of  criti-­ get  discussions.  Everyone  cism  from  the  audience  agreed  they  were  against  was  in  full  swing.  More  having  too  much  snow  on  than  10  speakers  rose  to  the  sidewalks.  inveigh  quite  articulate-­ Ruth  Hardy  â€œput  a  plug  ly  about  the  proposal,  in  there  for  the  old  fash-­ by Gregory Dennis EHIRUH VRPHRQH ÂżQDOO\ ioned  wayâ€?  of  having  said  maybe  it  wasn’t  people  shovel  their  own  such  a  bad  plan  after  all. sidewalks.  And  the  Public  Works  To  hear  the  opponents,  you  would  &RPPLWWHH YRZHG WR ÂżQG D ZD\ WR have  thought  we  were  talking  about  brush,  blow  and  scoop  snow  better  desecrating  sacred  land,  â€œthe  heart  of  next  winter. Middlebury,â€?  instead  of  a  sawed-­off  But  of  course  the  most  lively  por-­ building  half-­destroyed  60  years  ago  tion  of  Middlebury  Town  Meeting  on  LQ D ÂżUH 7KH SURSHUW\ LV ZRUWK DW OHDVW Monday  night  was  the  debate  on  the  $12  million,  said  one.  We  don’t  need  complicated  proposal  to: any  more  parks,  said  others. ‡ 5HORFDWH DQG EXLOG QHZ WRZQ RI-­ “Citizens  of  our  town  were  denied  ¿FHV their  rightful  place  at  the  tableâ€?  during  Â‡ .QRFN GRZQ WKH H[LVWLQJ PX-­ the  decision-­making  process,  claimed  QLFLSDO EXLOGLQJ DQG J\P selectboard  member  Craig  Bingham  Â‡ %XLOG D QHZ J\P RQ VFKRRO GLV-­ ² OHDYLQJ VRPH RI XV WR ZRQGHU ZKR WULFW ODQG DORQJ &UHHN 5RDG he  thought  all  those  people  were  in  Â‡ &UHDWH D QHZ GRZQWRZQ SDUN the  audience  during  board  meetings. ‡ 6ROYH WKH LQWHUQDWLRQDO FULVLV RYHU It’s  been  a  nasty  process  that  has  the  Russian  occupation  of  Crimea. enraged  our  â€œlizard  brainâ€?  and  â€œin-­ 2. VR , PDGH XS WKH SDUW DERXW IHFWHG´ WKH WRZQ VRPH VDLG ² DV LI Crimea.) no  one  in  Middlebury  had  ever  before  And,  oh  yes,  do  all  that  at  a  price  disagreed  about  an  issue.  One  almost  tag  well  below  what  it  would  cost  to  H[SHFWHG 5RGQH\ .LQJ ZKR ZDV DW build  new  facilities  on  the  existing  the  center  of  the  L.A.  riots,  to  show  site  of  the  crumbling  municipal  of-­ up  and  ask  why  we  can’t  all  just  get  ¿FHV DQG J\P ² WKDQNV WR DQ RIIHU along. from  Middlebury  College  to  pick  up  Among  project  foes  were  several  most  of  the  tab. Middlebury  College  faculty  mem-­ School  district  voters,  largely  Mid-­ bers,  biting  the  hand  that  feeds  them.  dlebury  residents,  last  week  approved  It’s  nice  to  know  academic  freedom  is Â

Between The Lines

Fracking  causes  many  problems  nationwide We  have  decided  in  Vermont  to  ban  â€œfracking.â€?  We  can  be  proud  of  that  decision.  How  do  we  then  jus-­ tify  using  the  product  of  the  frack-­ ing?  It  is  such  avarice,  greed  and  hypocrisy  that  it  is  embarrassing. Has  the  Public  Service  Board  not  heard  the  news  from  Okla-­ homa?  Over  2,000  three-­point  earthquakes  in  Oklahoma  as  a  result  of  fracking.  Or  the  water  crisis  in  Pennsylvania  due  to  the  results  of  fracking?  For  the  sake  of  saving  dollars  we  are  willing  to  let  Canadians  jeopardize  their  water  and  possibly  our  own.  (We  are  not  so  far  from  the  Canadian  aquifer.)  Do  we  not  have  a  moral  problem  with  what  we  are  about  to  do? What  about  cutting  through  Lake  Champlain  to  bury  potentially  GDQJHURXV SLSHV IRU WKH EHQHÂżWV of  International  Paper,  a  New  York  company,  most  likely  planning  to  shut  down  in  a  few  years  any-­ way.  Any  archaeological  studies  planned,  or  is  history  not  important  ZKHQ LW LV LQ FRQĂ€LFW ZLWK FRUSR-­ rate  money? Does  this  all  sound  bitter?  Mostly  it  is  sad. Pat  Ullom Orwell

alive  and  well. Almost  all  the  selectboard  candi-­ dates  opposed  the  plan.  Because  of  GHDGOLQH SUHVVXUHV ,ÂśP ÂżOLQJ WKLV FRO-­ umn  before  the  results  of  Tuesday’s  voting  are  known.  But  if  the  plan  passed,  it  will  be  interesting  to  see  how  any  newly  elected  opponents  be-­ have  as  the  selectboard  oversees  the  projects. All  but  ignored  Monday  night  were  exhibits  that  showed  how  the  railroad  tracks  at  Merchants  Row  and  Main  Street  will  be  repaired  and  covered  to  create  new  park  space.  Another  set  of  signs  explained  pending  improve-­ ments  to  the  Route  125  bridge  over  the  river  in  East  Middlebury. The  signs  were  reminders  this  is  a  community  that  both  treasures  its  history  and  still  moves  forward  when  appropriate. $QG ÂżQDOO\ DIWHU PRVW RI WKH RSSR-­ nents  had  had  their  say,  a  few  project  supporters  offered  their  perspectives.  Benj  Deppman  thanked  the  college  for  the  positive  role  it  plays  in  the  community.  He  praised  its  willing-­ ness  to  support  the  selectboard’s  plan,  once  the  board  had  decided  the  town  DORQH FRXOG QRW DIIRUG WR Âż[ SUREOHPV with  the  existing  buildings.  Chip  Malcolm  noted  he’d  been  KHUH IRU \HDUV Âł7KH WRZQ RIÂżFHV were  decrepit  then,  and  they’re  de-­ crepit  now,â€?  he  said. As  the  audience  comments  were  coming  to  a  close,  one  speaker  said  the  selectboard  plan  â€œhas  been  cussed  and  discussed.â€? As  several  speakers  remarked  Monday  night,  the  town  has  spent  many  years  and  gone  through  many  committees  trying  to  decide  what  to  GR DERXW WKH PXQLFLSDO RIÂżFH DQG gym  that  once  served  as  the  high  school. Harkening  back  more  than  200  years  in  the  town’s  history,  Nancy  Malcolm  noted  that  historian  Glenn  Andres  said  it  took  the  town  20  years  to  decide  where  to  locate  the  Congre-­ JDWLRQDO &KXUFK ² ÂłVR , JXHVV ZHÂśUH right  on  schedule.â€? Gregory  Dennis’s  column  appears  here  every  other  Thursday  and  is  archived  on  his  blog  at  http://greg-­ dennis.wordpress.com.  Email  him  at  GregDennisVt@  yahoo.com.

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Obituaries

Arland Atkins, 71, Ferrisburgh )(55,6%85*+ ² $UODQG ³$UQLH´ $WNLQV GLHG )ULGD\ )HE 28,  2014,  at  his  home  in  Vergennes  DIWHU D EULHI EDWWOH ZLWK FDQFHU +H ZDV ERUQ -DQ WKH VRQ of  John  and  Mildred  (DeCoursey)  $WNLQV +H RZQHG DQG RSHUDWHG D GDLU\ IDUP LQ )HUULVEXUJK IRU \HDUV +LV IDPLO\ VD\V KLV KREELHV ZHUH EDOLQJ hay  and  riding  around  on  the  roads  RI $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ DQG KH HQMR\HG JRLQJ WR D WUDFWRU SXOO 7KH\ VD\ KH ZDV DOZD\V WKHUH WR OHQG D KHOSLQJ KDQG +H LV VXUYLYHG E\ WKUHH FKLOGUHQ John  and  Sue  Atkins,  Candie  and  Dudley  Leavitt,  and  Carleen  Atkins  DQG %UXFH VHYHQ JUDQGFKLOGUHQ WZR JUHDW JUDQGFKLOGUHQ VHYHUDO QLHFHV DQG QHSKHZV +H ZDV SUHGHFHDVHG E\ KLV SDUHQWV DQG KLV WKUHH EURWKHUV (GPXQG +XEHUW DQG 5ROOLQ Funeral  services  were  held  on  Monday,  March  3,  at  Brown-­ 0F&OD\ )XQHUDO +RPH LQ 9HUJHQQHV ,QWHUPHQW ZLOO EH LQ *DJH &HPHWHU\ LQ )HUULVEXUJK LQ WKH VSULQJ ,Q OLHX RI

Rhonda Whitehead, 64, native of Middlebury Harold Bushey, 82, Brandon

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Geneva Holbrook, Vergennes

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Mary Pierce, 84, Lincoln Anne Wesson, 84, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Anne  Gouverneur  Simonds  Wesson,  84,  died  Sunday  morning,  March  2,  2014,  at  the  Lodge  at  Otter  Creek  where  she  OLYHG IRU ÂżYH \HDUV 6KH SDVVHG DZD\ SHDFHIXOO\ DQG ZDV VXUURXQGHG E\ KHU IRXU FKLOGUHQ Anne,  daughter  of  Frederick  William  Simonds  and  Mary  Ethel  6DQJHU 6LPRQGV ZDV ERUQ LQ 1HZ York  City  on  July  21,  1929,  and  grew  XS LQ +HZOHWW 1 < DQG %UDWWOHERUR 9W 6KH JUDGXDWHG IURP WKH :LQGVRU 0RXQWDLQ 6FKRRO LQ 0DQFKHVWHU 9W and  the  Brimmer  and  May  School  in  Boston,  and  then  went  on  to  HDUQ D %$ LQ +LVWRU\ RI $UW DW %U\Q 0DZU &ROOHJH FODVV RI :LWK DQ LQVDWLDEOH DSSHWLWH IRU OHDUQLQJ she  continued  studying  a  variety  of  VXEMHFWV DW PDQ\ VFKRROV LQFOXG-­ LQJ WKH .DWKHULQH *LEEV 6HFUHWDULDO School  in  Manhattan,  the  Sharon  Arts  &HQWHU LQ 3HWHUERURXJK 1 + WKH Bryn  Mawr  Alumnae  Travel  Program  overseas,  and  the  Bread  Loaf  Writers’  &RQIHUHQFH DW 0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH $QQH PDUULHG %LOO :HVVRQ LQ The  newlyweds  took  a  two-­year  SRVWZDU DVVLJQPHQW LQ )UDQNIXUW *HUPDQ\ ZKHUH WKHLU ÂżUVW FKLOG ZDV ERUQ 8SRQ WKHLU UHWXUQ WR WKH 8QLWHG States  in  the  mid-­1950s,  they  settled  LQ 0DQWRORNLQJ 1 - ZKHUH WKH\ raised  their  four  children  in  the  not-­ \HW SRSXODU WUDGLWLRQ RI QDWXUDO IRRGV DQG QR WHOHYLVLRQ $QQH HQMR\HG UHJXODU YLVLWV WR 1HZ York  City,  where  she  was  an  active  PHPEHU RI WKH 1DWLRQDO $UWV &OXE 6KH ZDV DOVR D OLIHWLPH PHPEHU RI WKH 1DWLRQDO 6RFLHW\ RI WKH &RORQLDO 'DPHV WKH +XJXHQRW 6RFLHW\ RI America,  and  the  Mantoloking  <DFKW &OXE ,Q $QQH PRYHG WR 3HWHUERURXJK 1 + ZKHUH VKH GHYRWHG KHU WLPH WR ZULWLQJ SRHWU\ UHDGLQJ SDLQWLQJ DWWHQGLQJ WZR ORFDO ERRN JURXSV DQG KRVWLQJ IDPLO\ UHXQLRQV 6KH ZDV D GHYRWHG communicant  of  All  Saints’  Church,  and  volunteered  regularly  at  its  6HUHQGLSLW\ 7KULIW 6KRS Anne’s  last  years  at  the  Lodge  ZHUH HQULFKHG E\ WKH H[TXLVLWH FDUH and  attention  she  received  from  her  caregivers  from  Vermont,  Thailand,  %RVQLD DQG *KDQD 6KH OHDUQHG KRZ to  greet  each  one  of  them  in  their  QDWLYH ODQJXDJHV $QQH ZLOO EH JUHDWO\ PLVVHG E\ DOO

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Alexander Charlamb, 94, Middlebury

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The family of Simone B. Malzac wishes to express their gratitude to the staff (Otter Creek Wing) including Andy and Mike for the love and care given to our mother during her time at Helen Porter Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Also to our families, extended families, neighbors and friends for the flowers, cards and food. With sincere gratitude for your thoughtfulness and support during this difficult time. Thank you, Janet Leggett Roch & Elizabeth Malzac

Those we love don’t go away they walk beside us every day Unseen, unheard, but always near Still loved, still missed and very dear

Bonnie, Ronnie, Carroll, Lori, Patrick, Terri, Mike and Rachel

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Bobolink  talk  set  at  Ilsley MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Otter  Creek  Audubon  presents  the  third  in  its  Cabin  Fever  Lecture  Series  on  Thursday,  March  13,  at  7  p.m.  at  Middlebury’s  Ilsley  Library.  In  â€œThe  Bobolink  Project  â€?  Dr.  Allan  Strong,  associate  dean  of  the  Rubenstein  School  of  Environment  and  Natu-­ ral  Resources  of  the  University  of  Vermont,  will  provide  an  illustrated  overview  of  the  Bobolink  Project. Faced  with  a  rapidly  and  persis-­ tently  declining  bobolink  popula-­ tion  and  increasingly  intensive  man-­

agement  of  Vermont’s  grasslands,  Strong  helped  put  together  a  novel  strategy  for  raising  community  funds  to  support  healthy  bobolink  habitat  in  Vermont.  In  this  project,  which  will  continue  in  2014,  the  money  raised  from  donations  goes  directly  to  individual  farmers  to  re-­ imburse  them  for  the  cost  of  post-­ poning  mowing.  The  delay  allows  bobolinks  to  raise  a  nest  of  young.  This  event  is  sponsored  by  the  Ot-­ ter  Creek  Audubon  Society.  It  is  free  and  open  to  the  public.

VUHS  (Continued  from  Page  1A) 902-­896.  Residents  of  four  towns  supported  that  measure,  but  it  lost  overwhelm-­ ingly  in  Ferrisburgh  to  send  it  down  to  defeat. The  VUHS  board  will  meet  this  coming  Monday  at  6:30  p.m.  to  be-­ gin  planning  its  next  move. ANwSU  Superintendent  Tom  2Âś%ULHQ VDLG RIÂżFLDOV GLG QRW QHFHV-­ sarily  have  a  fallback  plan  in  place  other  than  to  come  up  with  a  new  proposal  and  put  it  before  voters  as  soon  as  feasible.  â€œMonday  will  be  â€˜Where  are  we  and  where  do  we  want  to  go  next?’â€?  he  said. VUHS  board  chairman  Kurt  Hai-­ gis  likewise  had  little  to  say  about  the  board’s  next  steps.  â€œWe’ll  be  meeting  on  Monday,  and  hopefully  at  that  point  we’ll  set  some  direction,â€?  he  said.  O’Brien  and  Haigis  declined  to  VD\ LI WKH\ KDG VSHFLÂżF UHFRPPHQGD-­ tions  for  cuts  to  a  budget  that  will  be  further  complicated  next  year  by  spe-­ cial  education  cost  over-­runs  during  the  current  school  year. Co-­Principal  Ed  Webbley  did  not  ZDQW WR EH RYHUO\ VSHFLÂżF HLWKHU EXW acknowledged  VUHS  could  prob-­ ably  not  keep  its  current  teacher-­stu-­ dent  ratio. “We  don’t  have  enough  students  to  employ  all  our  teachers  anyway,â€?  he  said.  â€œWe’re  going  to  have  to  make  some  adjustments  by  attrition.â€? At  the  same  time,  Webbley  said  VUHS  administrators  hope  the  board  will  accept  a  middle  road  in  making  cuts  given  the  level  of  support  shown  in  most  towns.   â€œWe  don’t  know  what  the  board’s  reaction  will  be.  We’re  queasy  about  it  and  don’t  know  if  they  will  over-­ react,â€?  he  said.  â€œIt  wasn’t  the  land-­ slide  we  were  fearing.â€? Town  by  town,  the  vote  against  the Â

budget  went:  Â‡ $GGLVRQ ‡ )HUULVEXUJK ‡ 3DQWRQ ‡ 9HUJHQQHV ‡ :DOWKDP Voting  on  the  $50,000  capital  fund  proposal  town-­by-­town  went: ‡ $GGLVRQ ‡ )HUULVEXUJK ‡ 3DQWRQ ‡ 9HUJHQQHV ‡ :DOWKDP In  high  turnout  in  Ferrisburgh,  voters  defeated  a  $3.62  million  FCS  budget  plan,  450-­279.  That  budget  called  for  an  11  percent  increase,  due  in  part  to  the  FCS  board’s  proposal  to  add  a  new  teacher  and  a  modu-­ lar  classroom  to  help  handle  a  large  blended  5th-­  and  6th-­grade  class.  Neither  the  FCS  administration  nor  $1Z68 RIÂżFLDOV HQGRUVHG WKDW GHFL-­ sion.  Complicating  that  vote  was  the  IDFW WKDW ODVW \HDUVÂś EXGJHW ÂżJXUH ZDV printed  on  this  year’s  ballot.  O’Brien  said  voters  in  Ferrisburgh  were  prob-­ ably  unhappy  with  that  mistake  as  well  as  the  combined  projected  16-­percent  tax  impact  of  both  of  the  budgets. The  FCS  and  VUHS  budgets  were  the  only  ones  rejected  in  Addison  County.  Ferrisburgh  has  not  defeat-­ ed  a  central  school  budget  during  O’Brien’s  13-­year  tenure,  and  the  town  usually  shows  as  much  or  more  support  for  VUHS  budgets  than  oth-­ er  ANwSU  towns. O’Brien  noted  the  statewide  trend  of  budget  defeats.  According  to  the  As-­ sociated  Press  on  Wednesday,  at  least  29  budgets  were  defeated  statewide  on  Tuesday,  six  more  than  in  2013.  â€œIn  our  local  budgets  and  state-­ wide  it  had  to  do  with  the  tax  rates,â€?  O’Brien  said. Andy  Kirkaldy  may  be  reached  at  andyk@addisonindependent.com.

City  council  (Continued  from  Page  1A) city  council  earlier  this  past  decade,  said  he  believes  incumbent  Mayor  Bill  Benton  is  doing  a  good  job  and  does  not  plan  on  challenging  for  that  post  again  when  Benton’s  term  ex-­ pires  next  year. Perry,  a  former  mayor  and  city  manager  in  the  Granite  State,  said  he  has  already  been  scaling  back  his  personnel  work  for  the  Vermont  court  system,  will  retire  in  August  and  will  be  able  to  devote  more  en-­ ergy  to  city  issues.  Donnelly,  a  real  estate  broker  and  former  Panton  selectwoman,  was  appointed  to  the  city  council  in  April  WR ÂżOO D YDFDQF\ FUHDWHG ZKHQ %HQ-­ ton,  then  on  the  council,  was  elected  mayor  in  March  2013.  Donnelly  told  council  members  when  she  was  in-­ terviewed  last  year  that  she  intended  to  seek  election  this  year. One  other  race  was  contested:  Incumbent  Vergennes  Union  High  School  director  Chris  Cousineau  turned  back  a  write-­in  challenge  from  former  Addison  Northeast  Su-­ pervisory  Union  business  manager  Greg  Burdick,  280-­126. Winning  without  opposition  were  incumbent  Vergennes  Union  Ele-­

mentary  School  board  director  Tara  Brooks,  lister  Karen  Quigley  and  grand  juror  Michelle  Eastman.  Pa-­ tricia  Ganson  was  on  the  ballot  for  the  Vergennes-­Panton  Water  District  board,  where  she  will  be  joined  by  successful  write-­in  candidate  Jeffrey  Fritz. All  charitable  contributions  earned  support.  Aldermen  will  craft  the  city’s  2014-­2015  budget  in  June.  Voters  in  Panton,  Waltham  and  Vergennes  backed  the  $4.26  mil-­ lion  VUES  spending  plan,  357-­298,  in  commingled  balloting.  That  pro-­ posed  budget  called  for  an  increase  of  about  $178,000,  or  4.34  percent.  Voters  also  backed  $15,000  for  the  annual  VUES  capital  improvement  fund  request,  $10,000  less  than  a  year  ago.  Vergennes  residents  voted  against  the  proposed  $9.73  million  Ver-­ gennes  Union  High  School  budget,  248-­227.  Overall,  that  budget  lost  in  WKH ÂżYH $GGLVRQ 1RUWKZHVW 6XSHUYL-­ sory  Union  towns,  961-­747. A  separate  measure  to  start  a  $50,000  capital  investment  fund  for  VUHS  won  274-­198  approval  in  Vergennes,  but  failed  overall  by  six  votes,  902-­896.

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A  CROSS-­COUNTRY  skier  passes  by  a  house  on  the  edge  of  the  Rikert  Nordic  Center  trails  in  Ripton  recently.

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Selectboard  (Continued  from  Page  1A) Network  (ACoRN)  and  the  related  passed  on  Town  Meeting  Day  by  a  915  ACoRN  Renewable  Energy  Co-­op.  to  798  margin.  The  vote  was  preceded  6KH LV D FHUWLÂżHG HQHUJ\ DXGLWRU ZKR by  months  of  heated  debate  among  currently  works  at  the  Middlebury  citizens  about  the  merits  of  the  project,  Natural  Foods  Co-­op. which  calls  for  a  new  municipal  build-­ “I  am  honored  to  be  one  of  several  ing  to  be  erected  at  77  Main  St.  and  TXDOLÂżHG FDQGLGDWHV FKRVHQ IRU VH-­ a  new  recreation  center  to  be  built  off  lectboard,â€?  Asermily  said  of  her  suc-­ Creek  Road.  Middlebury  cessful  campaign.  â€œI  will  College  has  agreed  to  un-­ “I will work work  collaboratively  derwrite  $4.5  million  of  collaboratively toward  progress  for  all  the  $6.5  million  construc-­ Middlebury  residents.  I  tion  costs  in  exchange  for  toward promise  an  open,  partici-­ a  town-­owned  parcel  at  progress for patory  style  that  honors  6  Cross  St.  and  the  cur-­ all Middlebury the  decision  voters  made  rent  municipal  building-­ residents. RQ WKH WRZQ RIÂżFH DQG gym  parcel  at  94  Main  I promise gym  proposal  and  our  St.,  which  will  be  turned  budgets.â€? an open, into  a  public  park.  Up  to  ,W ZDV $VHUPLO\ÂśV ÂżUVW another  $1  million  will  participatory run  for  the  selectboard. be  paid  by  the  college  style that In  the  short  term,  Aser-­ WR ÂżQDQFH FOHDULQJ RI honors the mily  pledged  to  â€œseek  Main  St.  and  moving  the  decision voters ways  we  can  heal  the  Osborne  House  to  its  new  made on the recent  and  intense  divi-­ site. siveness  experienced  in  Only  two  of  the  eight  WRZQ RIĂ€FH DQG our  community  and  re-­ selectboard  candidates  gym proposal Ă€HFWHG LQ WKH YRWH RQ WKH —  George  and  Carpenter  and our WRZQ RIÂżFHV UHFUHDWLRQ —  went  on  record  as  sup-­ budgets.â€? center).  I  will  request  porting  the  project.  The  â€” Laura Asermily this  as  a  selectboard  other  six  candidates  op-­ agenda  item  for  our  next  posed  the  proposal,  based  meeting  and  make  myself  available  on  process  and  concerns  over  parking  regularly  to  hear  from  community  adequacy,  siting  and  a  notion  that  the  members  in  small  and  face-­to-­face  town  should  retain  the  94  Main  St.  meetings  throughout  Middlebury.â€? parcel. Carpenter,  owner  of  Champlain  Val-­ Asermily,  54,  has  been  a  leader  in  ley  Equipment  and  a  brigadier  general  local  â€œgreenâ€?  initiatives.  She  currently  and  commander  of  the  Vermont  Army  serves  on  the  Middlebury  Town  En-­ Guard,  was  grateful  for  the  support  he  ergy  Committee  and  helped  establish  received  at  the  ballot  box. the  Addison  County  Relocalization  â€œThe  easy  part  is  done,â€?  Carpenter, Â

52,  said  of  the  election.  â€œNow  comes  Craig  Bingham  was  a  very  vocal  the  hard  part.â€? RSSRQHQW RI WKH WRZQ RIÂżFH UHFUH-­ Like  Asermily,  Carpenter  said  he  ation  center  projects  since  they  were  wants  to  work  to  heal  some  of  the  rifts  introduced  to  the  community  last  that  might  have  formed  in  the  com-­ June.  During  that  time,  he  challenged  munity  in  the  aftermath  of  the  town  the  accuracy  of  an  informational  RIÂżFHV GHEDWH Ă€LHU DERXW WKH SURMHFWV WKDW WKH WRZQ “A  lot  of  work  lies  sent  to  households  last  ahead  of  us  to  bring  both  â€œA lot of work month,  and  raised  ques-­ sides  together  to  work  lies ahead of tions  about  whether  one  for  the  betterment  of  the  his  then-­colleagues  us to bring both of  town,â€?  Carpenter  said. —  former  Selectman  He,  like  George,  sides together Victor  Nuovo  â€”  should  was  pleased  with  the  to work for be  allowed  to  vote  on  voter  turnout  on  Tues-­ the betterment matters  relating  to  the  day.  More  than  1,600  of the town‌ building  proposals.  Nu-­ Middlebury  residents  I know ovo  is  a  retired  profes-­ voted  â€”  several  hundred  sor  of  philosophy  at  the  more  than  have  typically  that people college  who  still  holds  cast  ballots  in  past  town  care deeply the  title  of  professor  about their meetings. emeritus.  Bingham  and  â€œI  know  that  people  community.â€? others  argued  that  such  care  deeply  about  their  â€” Brian Carpenter DQ DIÂżOLDWLRQ UHTXLUHG community,â€?  Carpenter  Nuovo  to  recuse  himself  said. from  voting  on  elements  â€œI’m  very  thankful,â€?  George  said.  of  the  project,  due  to  the  college’s  â€œI  was  very  glad  to  see  so  many  peo-­ involvement  in  the  proposed  deal.  ple  interested  in  participating  in  local  1XRYR DUJXHG WKDW KH KDG QR FRQĂ€LFW government.  I  hope  that  trend  contin-­ but  resigned  this  past  January  so  as  ues.â€? not  to  become  a  â€œdistraction.â€? George  and  his  colleagues  will  be  Bingham  issued  the  following  shepherding  some  major  downtown  statement  on  the  election  outcome: building  projects  next  year.  â€œIn  the  end  we  did  not  defeat  a  Work  is  expected  to  begin  in  the  well-­oiled  political  machine  that  had  spring  on  a  new  tunnel  that  will  re-­ access  to  virtually  unlimited  print  place  the  deteriorating  railroad  over-­ media  and  was  willing  to  stretch  the  passes  on  Main  Street  and  Merchants  truth  to  sell  their  product,â€?  Bingham  Row.  And  construction  is  slated  to  said.  â€œI  am  proud  that  I  represented  begin  before  the  end  of  the  year  on  the  views  of  the  47  percent  of  Mid-­ WKH QHZ WRZQ RIÂżFH EXLOGLQJ DQG UHF-­ dlebury  voters  who  oppose  the  town  reation  center. RIÂżFHV UHFUHDWLRQ IDFLOLWLHV SODQ ´

An  evening  of  music,  drama  to  be  held  in  Starksboro STARKSBORO  â€”  The  third  an-­ nual  performance  of  â€œStarksboro’s  Own  Stone  Soupâ€?  story  â€”  an  eve-­ ning  of  music  and  lighthearted  drama  â€”  is  scheduled  for  Sunday,  March  16.  The  HIMS,  Hunting-­ ton’s  Incredible  Male  Singers,  will  perform  at  5  p.m.  The  HIMS  are  well  known  for  their  great  vocals  and  instrumental  bluegrass  gospel  music.  This  year’s  performance  of  Stone  Soup  features  three  hungry  and  tired  cowboy  actors  who  stumble  upon  a Â

community  of  folks  who  live  up  in  the  little  valley  underneath  Big  Hog  Heaven  Mountain.  Two  jokesters  and  a  youth  jug  band  will  perform  between  acts.      Attendees  are  asked  to  bring  a  non-­perishable  food  item  for  the  Starksboro  Food  Shelf  and  a  dish  to  share  at  the  potluck  supper  that  fol-­ lows  the  25-­minute  performance.  At  least  one  of  the  soups  served  at  the  potluck  is  likely  to  be  made  with  a  stone.  Stone  Soup  director  of  drama  Roberta  McKinney,  kidsrme7316@

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Instructor: Dr. Matthew Kohler. These are six-week, RZQ SURMHFW PD\EH VWDUW \RXU ÂżUVW Red  Hot  Juba  in  concert  in  quilt  or,  if  you’re  an  old  pro,  feel  Lincoln.  Saturday,  March  8,  7:30-­9  small group (max 6 students) training courses. Cost is $150 for free  to  share  the  joy  of  quilting  by  S P %XUQKDP +DOO &RXQWULÂżHG the whole course. Details: www.CrushTheTest.com. To register, helping  others.  Info:  453-­5276.  jazz  and  blues  concert,  part  of  the  call 802.282.2763. Twist  O’  Wool  Spinning  Guild  Burnham  Music  Series.  Tickets  $8  meeting  in  Middlebury.  adults,  $3  for  seniors  and  children,  MIDDLEBURY STUDIO SCHOOL – Adult: Monet in a Day March Thursday,  March  6,  7-­9  p.m.,  available  at  the  door.  Info:  388-­6863.  22, Mary Lower’s Mon. PM Beg. Oils, Tad Spurgeon’s Weds American  Legion.  General  meet-­ “An  Evening  of  Songs  and  Ariasâ€?  ing  followed  by  a  talk  by  Amy  at  Middlebury  College.  Saturday,  AM Int/Adv Oils, Thurs. AM Beg. Oils, Thurs. Night Drawing, Oxford  about  needle-­punch  rug  March  8,  8-­10  p.m.,  Mahaney  Children’s: Weds. after school Leonardo’s Workshop, hooking.  All  are  welcome.  Info:  Center  for  the  Arts.  A  select  group  Whirligigs & Thingamajigs-Mondays with Kathy Hall, Mon. & 453-­5960.  of  students  from  the  Department  of  Weds.Wheel, Thurs. Hand Building. Contact Barb at 247-3702, Music  present  a  variety  of  songs,  duets  and  arias,  ranging  from  the  ewaldewald@aol.com, middleburystudioschool.org Baroque  era  to  the  present.  Free.  THERAPEUTIC TOUCH WORKSHOP – Learn a simple, Info:  www.middlebury.edu/arts  or  Senior  luncheon  443-­3168.  gentle yet powerful healing energy treatment to help others. with  live  music  in  â€œFrom  Up  on  Poppy  Hillâ€?  screen-­ Effective for illness, injuries, relaxation and more. Beginners Middlebury.  Friday,  ing  at  Middlebury  College.  welcome! Saturday, March 15, 9:00 to 2:00, in Middlebury. March  7,  11  a.m.-­1  p.m.,  Saturday,  March  8,  8-­10  p.m.,  Middlebury  VFW.  CVAA’s  monthly  Dana  Auditorium.  A  2011  animated  Taught by Barbara Clearbridge. Love offering. www. First  Friday  St.  Patrick’s  Day  -DSDQHVH ÂżOP VHW LQ FeelingMuchBetter.org, 802-324-9149. feast,  with  corned  beef,  braised  Yokohama.  A  16-­year-­old  student  cabbage,  sliced  carrots,  maca-­ joins  hands  with  her  male  classmate  roni  and  cheese,  potatoes  O’Brien,  dinner  roll  or  388-­6829.  Shun  in  order  to  preserve  their  rundown  school  and  St.  Patty’s  day  cake  for  dessert.  O’hAnleigh  Vermont  Health  Connect  informational  session  clubhouse.  In  Japanese  with  English  subtitles.  will  entertain  the  crowd  with  Irish-­American  in  Shoreham.  Saturday,  March  8,  11:30  a.m.-­1  )UHH 3DUW RI DQ LQWHUQDWLRQDO ÂżOP VHULHV VRPH ÂżOPV music.  Suggested  donation  $4.  Reservations  p.m.,  Platt  Memorial  Library.  Navigators  from  the  may  be  inappropriate  for  children.  required:  1-­800-­642-­5119.  Free  transportation  Open  Door  Clinic  in  Middlebury  will  be  available  to  Paula  Poundstone  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  March  by  ACTR:  388-­1946.  DQVZHU TXHVWLRQV DERXW HOLJLELOLW\ ÂżQDQFLDO DVVLV-­ 8,  8:30-­10:30  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  Legendary  Exhibit  opening  reception  in  Bristol.  Friday,  tance  and  enrollment  deadlines.  To  schedule  an  comedian  Paula  Poundstone  performs.  Tickets  March  7,  4-­5:30  p.m.,  Art  on  Main.  Celebrating  appointment  or  learn  more,  call  989-­6872.  DYDLODEOH DW WKH 7+7 ER[ RIÂżFH RU the  10th  annual  Emerging  Artists  Exhibit,  featur-­ Sugar  on  snow  party  in  Starksboro.  Saturday,  www.townhalltheater.org.  LQJ D YDULHW\ RI ZRUN LQ WKH ÂżQH DUWV FUHDWHG E\ March  8,  1-­3  p.m.,  Starksboro  First  Baptist  Church.  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School  students.  On  Annual  party  featuring  traditional  sugar  on  snow,  exhibit  through  March  26.  Info:  www.artonmain. homemade  doughnuts,  sour  pickles  and  bever-­ net  or  802-­453-­4032.  ages.  Live  music  by  Toss  the  Feathers  at  2  p.m.  â€œScouting  for  Foodâ€?  community  .QLJKWV RI &ROXPEXV ÂżVK IU\ LQ 9HUJHQQHV  Tickets  $5  single  serving,  $6  double  serving  for  breakfast  in  Orwell.  Sunday,  March  Friday,  March  7,  5-­6:30  p.m.,  St.  Peter’s  Parish  one,  $3  for  children  12  and  under.  Starksboro  9,  8-­10:30  a.m.,  Orwell  Town  Hall.  Fourth  Hall.  Battered  baked  haddock,  fries,  macaroni  PHUFKDQGLVH IRU VDOH DV ZHOO 3URFHHGV EHQHÂżW annual  community  breakfast  hosted  by  the  and  cheese,  green  beans,  coleslaw,  rolls,  punch,  the  Starksboro  Village  Meeting  House  Society  for  Scouting  organizations  of  Orwell,  Benson  and  milk,  coffee.  Adults  $10,  ages  6-­12  $6,  $30  family  restoration  of  the  meetinghouse.  Info:  453-­5227  or  Whiting.  Scrambled  eggs,  pancakes,  French  toast,  maximum.  Please  bring  a  dessert  to  share.  Info:  www.starksboromeetinghouse.org.  sausage,  bacon,  hash,  home  fries,  fresh  fruit,  877-­2367.  Vermont  Chili  Festival  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  orange  juice,  milk  and  coffee.  Cost  is  two  or  more  â€œThe  Things  We  Don’t  Talk  Aboutâ€?  screening  March  8,  1-­8  p.m.,  downtown  Middlebury.  Sixth  nonperishable  food  items  per  person.  All  food  will  at  Middlebury  College.  Friday,  March  7,  7-­9  annual  festival,  named  at  Top  Ten  Winter  Event  be  donated  to  the  Whiting  Food  Shelf.  p.m.,  Hillcrest  103.  In  this  72-­minute  documen-­ IRU WKH SDVW ÂżYH \HDUV E\ WKH 9HUPRQW &KDPEHU tary,  Isadora  Leidenfrost  documents  how  the  of  Commerce.  Chili  from  over  50  restaurants  and  St.  Peter’s  Parish  breakfast  in  Vergennes.  Sunday,  March  9,  8-­10  a.m.,  St.  Peter’s  Parish  Hall.  The  Red  Tent  movement  is  changing  the  way  women  caterers  from  around  the  state,  plus  street  enter-­ Knights  of  Columbus  host  this  breakfast  of  eggs,  interact  and  support  each  other  by  providing  a  tainers,  face  painting,  live  music,  beverage  tent  omelets,  hotcakes,  French  toast,  bacon,  sausage  place  that  honors  and  celebrates  women.  Info:  and  more.  Unlimited  chili  samples  $5.  Info  and  and  more.  Adults  $8,  seniors  $7,  kids  8-­12  $6,  kids  khanta@middlebury.edu.  festival  passes:  www.vtchilifest.com.  XQGHU IUHH IDPLOLHV RI ÂżYH RU PRUH 6WDWH Exhibit  opening  reception  at  Middlebury  â€œFrom  Up  on  Poppy  Hillâ€? 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Legislative  breakfast  in  Bristol.  Monday,  March  10,  7-­8:45  a.m.,  Bristol  American  Legion.  Breakfast  at  7  a.m.,  program  7:30-­8:45.  The  purchase  of  breakfast  is  not  required  but  it  helps  the  hosts  to  defray  the  costs  of  opening  their  hall.  Illustrated  lecture  by  artist  Michael  Cherney  at  Middlebury  College.  Monday,  March  10,  4:30-­6  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts,  Room  125.  In  â€œThe  Sun  Is  Not  So  Central,â€?  Cherney  shares  his  artistic  process  as  a  photographer,  calligrapher  and  book  artist.  Free.  Info:  www.middlebury.edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.  Tai  Chi  for  Arthritis  evening  class  in  Orwell.  Monday,  March  10,  5:30-­6:30  p.m.,  Orwell  Town  Hall.  CVAA  presents  a  special  evening  Tai  Chi  for  Arthritis  class  for  anyone  50  or  older.  Meets  Mondays  and  Wednesdays  for  six  weeks.  Newcomers  may  join  through  March  19.  Register  at  1-­800-­642-­5119,  ext.  1017.  â€œSuccess  Without  Stressâ€?  lecture  at  Middlebury  College.  Monday,  March  10,  7-­9  p.m.,  Dana  Auditorium.  Cal  Newport,  author  of  the  blog  â€œStudy  Hacks,â€?  presents  â€œSuccess  Without  Stress:  Escaping  the  Cult  of  Overwork,â€?  a  lecture  for  students.  Addison  County  Right  to  Life  meeting  in  Middlebury.  Monday,  March  10,  7-­8  p.m.,  Grace  Baptist  Church.  On  the  agenda,  plans  for  the  April  5  dinner  meeting  at  St.  Peter’s  Parish  Hall  in  Vergennes.  Visitors  welcome.  Info:  388-­2898  or  L2Paquette@aol.com.  Book  club  meeting  in  Bridport.  Monday,  March  10,  7-­8  p.m.,  Carl  Norton  Highway  Department  confer-­ ence  room.  Discussing  â€œThe  Historianâ€?  by  Elizabeth  Kostova.  All  interested  readers  are  welcome.  Info:  758-­2858. Â

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folk  quintet  from  Burlington  offers  stellar  vocal  harmonies,  original  music  and  impressive  acoustic  instrumentation.  Tickets  $15.  Info  and  reserva-­ tions:  802-­465-­4071  or  info@brandon-­music.net.  â€œHoly  Motorsâ€?  screening  at  Middlebury  College.  Saturday,  March  15,  8-­10  p.m.,  Dana  Auditorium.  $ IDQWDVWLFDO ÂżOP E\ /HRV &DUD[ DERXW WKH DGYHQ-­ tures  of  eccentric  actor  Monsieur  Oscar.  In  French  and  Chinese  with  English  subtitles.  Free.  Info:  www.middlebury.edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.  International  Women’s  Day  concert  at  Middlebury  College.  Saturday,  March  15,  8-­10  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  The  Vermont  Contemporary  Music  Ensemble  performs  music  by  contemporary  women  composers  in  observance  of  International  Women’s  Day.  Free.  Info:  www.middlebury.edu/ arts  or  802-­443-­3168. Â

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TUESDAY

Blood  drive  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  March  11,  10  a.m.-­4  p.m.,  Middlebury  American  Legion.  Info  or  appointments:  www.redcrossblood.org  or  1-­800-­RED-­CROSS.  â€œClimate  Change  and  Gardening  in  Vermontâ€?  lecture  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  March  11,  1-­3  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Winters  are  growing  shorter  making  it  easier  for  shrubs  (and  pests)  to  survive,  ZKLOH VHYHUH ZHDWKHU DQG Ă€RRGLQJ DUH LQFUHDVLQJ Climate  researcher  Dr.  Alan  Betts  will  talk  about  how  gardeners  can  address  this  transition  and  make  a  creative  contribution  to  the  future.  Info:  388-­4095.  Taikoza  Japanese  Music  Ensemble  at  Middlebury  College.  Tuesday,  March  11,  4:30-­6:30  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  A  performance/lecture  featuring  taiko  drumming/percussion,  as  well  as  the  VKDNXKDFKL Ă€XWH VKLQREXH Ă€XWH QRK WKHDWHU Ă€XWH and  koto  zither.  An  introduction  to  Japanese  music  and  culture.  Free.  Info:  www.townhalltheater.org  or  802-­443-­3168.  Brain  Injury  Awareness  support  meeting  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  March  11,  6-­8  p.m.,  Hannaford  Career  Center,  Room  208.  This  month’s  topic:  â€œMind-­Body-­Spirit  Health  Connection.â€?  Info:  388-­2720.  Vermont  Health  Connect  informational  session  in  Orwell.  Tuesday,  March  11,  6-­8  p.m.,  Orwell  Free  Library.  Navigators  from  the  Open  Door  Clinic  in  Middlebury  will  be  available  to  answer  questions  DERXW HOLJLELOLW\ ÂżQDQFLDO DVVLVWDQFH DQG HQUROOPHQW deadlines.  To  schedule  an  appointment  or  learn  more,  call  989-­6872. Â

Mar

12

WEDNESDAY

“The  Beethoven  Projectâ€?  lecture/ demonstration  at  Middlebury  College.  Wednesday,  March  12,  4:30-­6  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  The  Elias  String  Quartet  shares  their  experiences  and  insights  about  their  journey  to  perform  all  of  Beethoven’s  string  quartets  and  record  them  live  at  Wigmore  Hall  in  London.  They  will  talk  about  the  two  string  quartets  to  be  performed  at  Middlebury  College  on  March  13.  Free.  Info:  www.middlebury.edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.  Screening  of  â€œMedoraâ€?  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  March  12,  6:30-­8:30  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  A  documen-­ tary  about  the  struggles  of  a  small  Indiana  town  and  its  basketball  team,  which  battles  a  brutal  losing  streak.  A  Second  Wednesday  Community  Cinema  event.  Info:  388-­4095.  Environmental  lecture  on  the  â€œAge  of  Manâ€?  at  Middlebury  College.  Wednesday,  March  12,  7-­8:30  p.m.,  Robert  A.  Jones  â€™59  House.  KierĂĄn  Suckling,  executive  director  of  the  Center  for  Biological  Diversity,  presents  â€œSaving  Life  on  Earth:  A  Moral  Rejoinder  to  the  Anthropocene.â€?  Suckling  talks  about  how  humans  have  dramatically  transformed  the  earth  and  its  atmosphere,  resulting  in  the  mass  extinction  of  other  species.  Free. Â

Mar

13

THURSDAY

Aurora  School  Story  Hour  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  March  13,  10:30-­11:30  a.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Aurora  Middle  School  seventh-­graders  and  Aurora  (OHPHQWDU\ 6FKRRO NLQGHUJDUWQHUV DQG ÂżUVW JUDGHUV will  share  and  read  from  original  books  they  wrote  and  illustrated  together.  The  theme  of  all  the  books  is  friendship.  â€œCreative  Collectivityâ€?  talk  at  Middlebury  College.  Thursday,  March  13,  4:30-­6:30  p.m.,  Axinn  Center  229.  Craig  Shepard  will  talk  about  his  experience  in  WKH :DQGHOZHLVHU *URXS ZLOO GLVFXVV LWV ÂżQDQFLDO and  organizational  structure,  and  will  give  practical  suggestions  on  how  artists  can  work  together  effec-­ tively  in  groups.  Rabies  clinic  in  Salisbury.  Thursday,  March  13,  S P 6DOLVEXU\ WRZQ RIÂżFH )RU GRJV DQG cats.  You  can  license  your  dog  at  this  time  as  well.  â€œThe  Bobolink  Projectâ€?  lecture  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  March  13,  7-­9  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Dr.  Allan  Strong  of  UVM  gives  an  illustrated  lecture  on  the  Bobolink  Project,  which  has  put  together  a  novel  strategy  for  raising  community  funds  to  save  the  rapidly  declining  bobolink  population  in  Vermont.  Part  of  the  Cabin  Fever  Lecture  Series.  Info:  388-­4095.  Elias  String  Quartet  at  Middlebury  College.  Thursday,  March  13,  7:30-­9:30  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  The  quartet  plays  Beethoven’s  Quartet  no.  4  in  C  Major,  and  his  second  â€œRazumovskyâ€?  quartet,  DV ZHOO DV .XUWDJÂśV 2IÂżFLXP EUHYH LQ PHPRULDP Andreae  Szervanszky.  Free.  Info:  www.middlebury. edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.  Verbal  Onslaught  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  March  13,  9-­11  p.m.,  51  Main.  Spoken-­word  open-­mike  night.  Shy  and  outspoken  poets,  good  listeners,  ORXG KDQG FODSSHUV DQG ÂżQJHU VQDSSHUV ZULWHUV DQG artists  welcome.  Info:  www.go51main.com. Â

Mar

14

FRIDAY

Vermont  Health  Connect  informational  session  in  Cornwall.  Friday,  March  14,  noon-­1  p.m.,  Cornwall  Town  Hall/Library.  Navigators  from  the  Open  Door  Clinic  in  Middlebury  will  be  available  to  answer  questions  about  eligibil-­ LW\ ÂżQDQFLDO DVVLVWDQFH DQG HQUROOPHQW GHDGOLQHV 7R schedule  an  appointment  or  learn  more,  call  989-­6872.  â€œOn  Foot:  Brooklynâ€?  music/video  performance  at  Middlebury  College.  Friday,  March  14,  4:30-­5:30  p.m.,  Axinn  Center  229.  An  hour-­long  video  by  Beth  2Âś%ULHQ ZKR ÂżOPHG &UDLJ 6KHSDUGÂśV PXVLF DQG performance  project,  â€œOn  Foot:  Brooklyn,â€?  where  he  spent  three  months  traveling  only  on  foot.  Each  week  he  composed  a  new  piece,  led  a  free  walk  to  a  differ-­ ent  outdoor  public  space  in  Brooklyn,  and  performed  the  new  piece.  /HQWHQ ÂżVK IU\ LQ %ULVWRO  Friday,  March  14,  5-­7  p.m.,  St.  Ambrose  Church.  Fifteenth  annual  Lenten  DOO \RX FDQ HDW ÂżVK IU\ 0HDO LQFOXGHV IULHG RU EDNHG haddock,  French  fries,  coleslaw,  beverage  and  dessert.  Adults  $12,  children  under  11  $5,  immediate  IDPLO\ RI ÂżYH ,QIR $OVR RQ 0DUFK and  April  11.  Gymkhana  in  New  Haven.  Friday,  March  14,  6-­10  p.m.,  Wishful  Thinking  Farm,  3292  South  St.  A  fun  gymkhana  WR EHQHÂżW +DQQDKÂśV +RXVH $OO VHDWV ZHOFRPH UDLQ RU shine.  Call  for  more  details:  453-­3294.  Board  game  night  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  March  14,  6:30-­9  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  The  Addison  County  Gamers  invite  everyone  to  come  play  tabletop  board  games  such  as  Settlers  of  Catan,  7  Wonders  or  Ticket  to  Ride.  Anyone  under  13  must  be  accompanied  by  an  adult.  Info:  758-­3250  or  chuck@burkins.net.  â€œThe  Wizard  of  Ozâ€?  on  stage  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  March  14,  7-­9  p.m.,  Middlebury  Union  High  School.  The  MUHS  senior  class  presents  the  beloved  stage  PXVLFDO 3URFHHGV EHQHÂżW 3URMHFW *UDGXDWLRQ 7LFNHWV $12  adults/$8  students  and  seniors.  Info:  382-­1192.  Also  on  March  15  and  16.  A  Celtic  celebration  with  O’hAnleigh  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  March  14,  8-­10  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  THT  wears  green  for  St.  Patrick  at  this  Celtic  celebration,  featuring  O’hAnleigh’s  Tom  Hanley  and  Cindy  Hill,  with  special  guests  Doug  Riley  on  cittern  and  vocals,  Margie  Beckoff  on  harp  and  Steve  Bentley  on  bodhran  and  vocals.  Cash  bar  with  Guinness  available.  Tickets  DYDLODEOH DW WKH 7+7 ER[ RIÂżFH RU www.townhalltheater.org. Â

Mar

15

SATURDAY

Green  Mountain  Club  hike  in  New  Haven/Bristol.  Saturday,  March  15,  Waterworks  Property.  A  Bread  Loaf  Section  outing.  Easy  3-­mile  loop.  Meet  at  Waterworks  parking  lot  (1300  Plank  Road,  New  Haven).  Call  leader  Ruth  3HQÂżHOG IRU WLPH DQG GLUHFWLRQV RU UXWK-­ SHQÂżHOG#JPDLO FRP Rabies  clinic  in  Lincoln.  Saturday,  March  15,  9-­10  D P /LQFROQ WRZQ RIÂżFH Books  for  Babies  reception  in  Bristol.  Saturday,  March  15,  10:30  a.m.-­noon,  Lawrence  Memorial  Library  Children’s  Room.  Celebrating  all  the  babies  born  in  Bristol  during  2013.  New  picture  books  are  dedicated  to  each  baby  and  become  part  of  the  library’s  collec-­ tion.  Refreshments  served.  Info:  453-­2366.  Sugar  on  snow  party  in  Ferrisburgh.  Saturday,  March  15,  noon-­4  p.m.,  Dakin  Farms.  Free  samples,  includ-­ ing  ham,  bacon  cheese  and  more,  plus  maple  syrup  over  spring  snow  or  ice  cream.  Free  balloons,  boiling  demonstrations,  and  live  music.  Continues  March  16,  22  and  23.  Met  Opera  live  in  HD  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  March  15,  1-­4  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  The  Met  Opera  presents  Massenet’s  â€œWerther,â€?  starring  tenor  Jonas  Kaufmann.  Preceded  at  12:15  p.m.  by  an  opera  talk  with  Opera  Company  of  Maestro  Emmanuel  Plasson  on  the  lower  level  of  the  THT.  Tickets  $24/$10,  avail-­ DEOH DW WKH 7+7 ER[ RIÂżFH RU ZZZ WRZQ-­ halltheater.org.  â€œHoly  Motorsâ€?  screening  at  Middlebury  College.  Saturday,  March  15,  3-­5  p.m.,  Dana  Auditorium.  A  IDQWDVWLFDO ÂżOP E\ /HRV &DUD[ DERXW WKH DGYHQWXUHV of  eccentric  actor  Monsieur  Oscar.  In  French  and  Chinese  with  English  subtitles.  Free.  Info:  www. middlebury.edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.  International  Women’s  Day  pre-­concert  lecture  at  Middlebury  College.  Saturday,  March  15,  6:30-­8  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts,  Room  221.  Professor  Judith  Tick  of  Northeastern  University  is  a  specialist  in  American  music,  music  history,  20th-­century  music  and  women’s  history.  Her  talk  precedes  the  Vermont  Contemporary  Music  Ensemble’s  8  p.m.  concert.  Free.  Info:  www.middlebury.edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.  â€œThe  Wizard  of  Ozâ€?  on  stage  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  March  15,  7-­9  p.m.,  Middlebury  Union  High  School.  The  MUHS  senior  class  presents  the  beloved  stage  PXVLFDO 3URFHHGV EHQHÂżW 3URMHFW *UDGXDWLRQ Tickets  $12  adults/$8  students  and  seniors.  Info:  382-­1192.  Also  on  March  16.  PossumHaw  in  concert  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  March  15,  7:30-­9:30  p.m.,  Brandon  Music,  62  Country  Club  Road.  This  authentic  bluegrass  and Â

SUNDAY

All-­you-­can-­eat  pancake  breakfast  in  Addison.  Sunday,  March  16,  7-­11  a.m.,  Addison  Fire  Station.  Plain  and  blueberry  pancakes,  sausage,  bacon,  home  fries,  coffee,  hot  chocolate  and  orange  juice.  Adults  $6,  kids  under  12  $4.  Funds  raised  will  be  used  to  purchase  equipment  for  the  Addison  Volunteer  Fire  Department.  Info:  759-­2237.  All-­you-­can-­eat  breakfast  in  Bristol.  Sunday,  March  16,  7:30-­10:30  a.m.,  Bristol  American  Legion.  Offered  by  the  Bristol  American  Legion  Ladies  Auxiliary.  Cost  $8  per  person.  Third  Sunday  of  the  month.  Sugar  on  snow  party  in  Ferrisburgh.  Sunday,  March  16,  noon-­4  p.m.,  Dakin  Farms.  Free  samples,  including  ham,  bacon  cheese  and  more,  plus  maple  syrup  over  spring  snow  or  ice  cream.  Free  balloons,  boiling  demonstrations,  and  live  music.  Continues  March  22  and  23.  â€œThe  Wizard  of  Ozâ€?  on  stage  in  Middlebury.  Sunday,  March  16,  2-­4  p.m.,  Middlebury  Union  High  School.  The  MUHS  senior  class  presents  the  EHORYHG VWDJH PXVLFDO 3URFHHGV EHQHÂżW 3URMHFW Graduation.  Tickets  $12  adults/$8  students  and  seniors.  Info:  382-­1192.  Also  on  March  16.  The  Watershed  Center  annual  meeting  and  presentation  in  Bristol.  Sunday,  March  16,  3-­4:15  p.m.,  Howden  Hall.  In  addition  to  a  quick  review  of  the  state  of  the  organization  and  its  newly  expanded  Waterworks  forest  preserve  in  northwest  Bristol,  the  gathering  will  feature  a  presentation  by  UVM  adjunct  professor  and  herpetologist  Jim  Andrews.  Andrews  will  talk  about  some  of  the  many  fascinating  reptiles  and  amphibians  found  on  the  property.  Ideas  for  2014  welcomed.  Light  potluck  refreshments  served.  Info:  info@thewatershedcentervt.org.  St.  Patrick’s  Day  concert  at  Middlebury  College.  Sunday,  March  16,  4-­6  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  WKH $UWV 0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH $IÂżOLDWH $UWLVW 7LPRWK\ Cummings  (on  Highland  pipes,  Scottish  smallpipes  and  whistle)  will  be  joined  by  colleagues  Pete  Sutherland  and  Dominique  Dodge  in  a  concert  celebrating  the  traditional  music  of  the  British  Isles.  Free.  Info:  802-­443-­3168  or  www.middlebury.edu/ arts.  Timothy  Cummings  and  Guests  in  concert  at  Middlebury  College.  Sunday,  March  16,  4-­6  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  Taking  up  the  baton  from  François  Clemmons,  Cummings  shares  tradi-­ tional  dance  tunes  from  Ireland  and  Scotland  on  a  variety  of  pipes  and  whistles.  Guest  artists  include  3HWH 6XWKHUODQG RQ ÂżGGOH JXLWDU DQG EDQMR DQG Dominique  Dodge  on  harp  and  vocals.  Approx.  80  minutes,  no  intermission.  Free.  Info:  www.middle-­ bury.edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.  â€œStarksboro’s  Own  Stone  Soupâ€?  story  and  potluck.  Sunday,  March  16,  5-­7  p.m.,  First  Baptist  Church  of  Starksboro.  Huntington’s  Incredible  Male  Singers,  â€œThe  HIMS,â€?  play  the  opening  set  for  Starksboro  Community  Players’  performance  of  â€œStone  Soup,â€?  this  year  featuring  three  hungry  and  tired  cowboy  actors  who  stumble  upon  a  commu-­ nity  of  folks  in  the  valley  below  Big  Hog  Heaven  Mountain.  Two  jokesters  and  a  youth  jug  band  will  perform  between  acts.  Bring  a  nonperishable  food  item  for  the  Starksboro  Food  Shelf  and  a  dish  to  share.  Info  or  to  volunteer:  kidsrme7316@gmail. com. Â

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TUESDAY

Women  Business  Owners  Network  meeting  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  March  18,  8-­9:30  a.m.,  Rosie’s  restaurant.  This  month  Sue  Monaco  will  present  â€œCreating  Raving  )DQV ´ /HDUQ ZKDW LW WDNHV WR EXLOG D ÂżHUFHO\ OR\DO customer  base.  Cost  $8  for  members,  $10  for  guests.  RSVP  to  info@nourishyourpurpose.com.  Community  Visit  Day  in  Vergennes.  Tuesday,  March  18,  2:15-­8:30  p.m.,  various  downtown  locations.  Residents  are  invited  to  come  talk  about  their  vision  for  Vergennes  with  state,  federal,  business  and  QRQSURÂżW OHDGHUV ,QIRUPDWLRQDO VHVVLRQV DW %L[E\ Memorial  Library  and  Vergennes  Opera  House.  Free  community  dinner.  at  St.  Peter’s  church.  See  a  full  schedule  of  events  and  times  at  www.vtrural.org. Â

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Legislators (Continued  from  Page  1A) Vineyard  to  recognize  certain  school  funding  realities  as  they  visited  the  town  meetings  within  their  respective  districts. “The  school  boards  have  worked  re-­ ally  hard  to  keep  the  budgets  reason-­ able  and  the  reasons  taxes  might  be  going  up  needs  to  be  dealt  with  at  the  state  level,â€?  she  said. Rep.  Dave  Sharpe,  is  a  member  of  the  House  Ways  and  Means  Com-­ mittee.  The  Bristol  Democrat  said  the  7-­cent  increase  on  the  statewide  education  property  tax  rate  is  being  caused  by  a  projected  $47  million  in-­ crease  in  school  spending  statewide  based  on  draft  budgets;Íž  an  additional  $10  million  in  other  related  expenses  â€”  primarily  special  education;Íž  and  the  absence  of  $20  million  in  federal  fund-­ ing  that  was  used  to  lower  the  rates  last  year. “It  all  adds  up  to  $77  million  â€”  roughly  a  penny  for  each  $10  million,â€?  Sharpe  said. “Local  voters  â€”  you  all,  and  all  the  citizens  of  Vermont  get  to  go  to  the  polls  on  Town  Meeting  Day  â€Ś  and  vote  for  the  local  school  budgets,â€?  he  added.  â€œThen  the  task  falls  to  the  Leg-­ islature  to  fund  those  budgets.  So  we  get  blamed  for  raising  the  taxes  and  we  are  sensitive  to  that.  We  are  also  sensi-­ tive  to  the  fact  that  education  is  expen-­ sive  in  Vermont.â€? Sharpe  said  Vermont  continues  to  be  one  of  the  most  expensive  (per  pupil)  public  school  systems  in  the  country,  with  student  outcomes  that  â€œcould  be  better.â€? With  that  in  mind,  Sharpe  said  an  in-­ creasing  number  of  legislators  are  sub-­ scribing  to  the  notion  that  Act  68,  the  VWDWHÂśV HGXFDWLRQ ÂżQDQFH ODZ PLJKW have  run  its  course,  and  that  it  is  time  to  look  at  a  new  strategies  and  funding  sources  for  schools  that  don’t  rely  as  KHDYLO\ RQ SURSHUW\ WD[HV +H VSHFLÂż-­ cally  cited  two  strategies  under  debate  in  the  Statehouse: ‡ 6FKRRO JRYHUQDQFH FRQVROLGDWLRQ Sharpe  spoke  of  a  bill  that  would  eliminate  supervisory  union  boards  and  create  a  single  board  within  that  union  to  handle  such  administrative  chores  as  setting  school  budgets  and  negotiating  teachers’  contracts. “It  would  take  that  load  of  respon-­ sibility  off  all  the  school  boards  and  allow  and  empower  the  local  school  boards  to  have  a  lot  more  to  do  with Â

(promoting)  excellence  in  education  in  ³VXFN WKH ÂżQDQFLDO OLIH RXW RI PRVW RI the  buildings  they  are  responsible  for,â€?  us,â€?  Smith  said. Sharpe  said.  â€œWe  believe  while  there  But  Rep.  Willem  Jewett,  D-­Ripton,  might  not  be  short-­term  savings,  there  cautioned  that  lawmakers  must  not  will  be  long-­term  savings,  because  tamper  with  key  features  of  Act  68  school  boards  will  be  more  able  to  that  ensure  property-­rich  and  property-­ strategically  use  resources  in  the  larger  poor  towns  have  the  same  tax-­raising  community  and  that  voters  will  con-­ capabilities.  Prior  to  Act  60  and  Act  tinue  to  participate  in  setting  priorities  68,  Jewett  noted,  towns  like  Stowe  and  and  voting  for  budgets.â€? Killington  could  raise  far  Â‡ %LOO + 7KLV more  per  penny  on  their  would  scrap  the  current  tax  rates  (thanks  to  their  HGXFDWLRQ ÂżQDQFH ODZ WKDW grand  lists)  for  education  relies  heavily  on  property  spending  than  communi-­ taxes  in  favor  of  a  â€œtiered  ties  like  Middlebury  and  education  tax  based  on  lo-­ Bristol. cal  spending  and  personal  The  inequities  of  the  income,â€?  according  to  the  previous  system  were  bill.  There  would  remain  hammered  home  in  a  a  property  tax  compo-­ ODZVXLW ÂżOHG RQ EHKDOI RI nent,  though  it  would  be  Whiting  student  Amanda  D Âż[HG VWDWHZLGH UHVLGHQ-­ Brigham.  The  Vermont  tial  rate. Supreme  Court  ruled  the  The  problem  is,  ac-­ “Acts 60 and system  unconstitutional,  cording  to  Sharpe,  the  68 gave those which  led  to  the  Legisla-­ transition  in  Vermont  to  (property-poor) ture’s  adoption  in  1997  of  an  education  income  tax  towns ‌ an Act  60,  amended  in  2003  would  cost  approximately  as  Act  68. equal playing $220  million. “Education  has  always  â€œWe  aren’t  going  to  be  Ă€HOG ZLWK WKH been  strongly  supported  able  to  move  there  in  one  ones that could here  in  Addison  County,  year,â€?  Sharpe  said. regardless  of  the  district,â€?  raise (money) “This  is  not  an  easy  pretty easily.â€? Jewett  said.  â€œActs  60  and  process.â€? — Rep. Willem 68  gave  those  (property-­ Rep.  Harvey  Smith,  Jewett poor)  towns  â€Ś  an  equal  R-­New  Haven,  called  SOD\LQJ ÂżHOG ZLWK WKH education  funding  reform  â€œthe  largest  ones  that  could  raise  (money)  pretty  issue  that  we  face  in  Vermont  today.â€? easily. He  said  the  current,  equalized  sys-­ “I’m  not  standing  up  here  to  defend  tem  of  Act  68  allowed  previously  our  current  law  in  total,  but  it  is  impor-­ cash-­strapped  communities  to  quickly  tant  to  understand  what  it  was  founded  and  steadily  ramp  up  spending  on  edu-­ upon,â€?  he  added.  â€œIt  is  founded  upon  cation.  He  said  Vermont  communities  fairness.â€? were  spending  an  average  of  around  Jewett  said  the  state’s  biggest  prob-­ $7,000  per  pupil  when  Act  60  (the  pre-­ lem,  with  respect  to  education  fund-­ decessor  of  Act  68)  came  to  the  fore  ing,  boils  down  to  demographics.  He  around  15  years  ago. believes  the  state  needs  to  do  more  to  â€œWe  are  at  around  $16,000  or  attract  and  retain  young  families  with  $17,000  (per  pupil)  today,â€?  Smith  said. children. He  added  Act  68  gives  the  impres-­ “We  are  losing  kids,â€?  he  said.  sion  of  a  disorganized  system. “There  are  less  and  less  kids  in  our  â€œThe  local  folks  get  a  chance  to  vote  schools.  We’re  a  graying  state.â€? on  their  budget,  their  budget  is  passed,  In  the  meantime,  local  voters  con-­ then  it  goes  to  the  state  and  we  don’t  tinue  to  have  discretion  over  their  know  what  the  outcome  is  going  to  be  school  budgets  on  Town  Meeting  Day,  until  every  single  budget  in  the  state  is  according  to  Jewett. passed,â€?  Smith  said.  â€œThen  the  Legis-­ SPENDING  INCREASES lature  is  supposed  to  set  the  tax  rate.  Addison  resident  Paul  Boivin  voiced  We’ve  lost  connections  with  the  voter  frustration  that  school  taxes  continue  making  an  individual  choice  in  what  to  rise  in  spite  of  new  technology  that  their  tax  rates  are  going  to  be.â€? has  been  advanced  by  some  school  of-­ Leave  Act  68  unchanged  and  it  will  ¿FLDOV DV D ZD\ RI LPSURYLQJ OHDUQLQJ

and  streamlining  expenses.  And  he  noted  the  recently  announced  3-­per-­ cent  increase  in  tuition  for  the  state  colleges  system. “You  take  one,  two,  three  percent  and  extrapolate  that  out  over  10  or  15  years,  and  that  far  outstrips  the  growth  in  income  people  are  seeing,â€?  Boivin  said. Rep.  Mike  Fisher,  D-­Lincoln,  said  dollars  are  tight  everywhere  â€”  includ-­ ing  in  the  Vermont  Statehouse. “We  can’t  print  money,  and  we  have  values  about  what  we  want  to  provide  for  our  communities  â€”  and  our  com-­ munities  care  about  their  schools,â€?  he  said.  â€œIt  costs  a  lot  of  money.â€? Sen.  Chris  Bray,  D-­New  Haven,  noted  Vermont  is  a  state  that  has  his-­ torically  â€œmade  more  compassion  than  we  have  money  in  the  bank.  We  are  al-­ ways  stretching  the  line  of  how  much  we  can  afford  to  do.â€? Bray  lamented  the  fact  that  middle-­ income  Americans  are  making  less  money,  â€œyear  after  year  after  year.â€? Other  discussion  at  Monday’s  legis-­ lative  breakfast  focused  on: ‡ 7KH 3KDVH ,, $GGLVRQ 5XWODQG Natural  Gas  Project.  Residents  along  the  pipeline  route  (from  Middlebury  to  the  International  Paper  mill  in  Ticond-­ eroga,  N.Y.)  continue  to  ask  legislators  to  represent  their  frustrations  about  the  project.  The  Vermont  Public  Service  Board  will  determine  whether  to  give  WKH SURMHFW WKH FHUWLÂżFDWH RI SXEOLF good  it  needs  to  proceed.  The  PSB  has  already  green-­lighted  Vermont  Gas’s  Phase  I  pipeline  from  Colchester  to  Middlebury. At  town  meetings  this  week,  resi-­ dents  in  Cornwall,  Shoreham  and  Monkton  overwhelmingly  endorsed  referenda  in  opposition  to  the  Addi-­ son-­Rutland  Natural  Gas  Project  (see  related  story).  Randy  Martin  is  one  of  six  Cornwall  property  owners  that  would  be  directly  affected  by  the  pipe-­ line  project.  He  voiced  concerns  at  the  legislative  breakfast  on  Monday  that  opponents  of  Phase  II  are  being  JLYHQ MXVW RQH ZHHN WR ÂżOH SDSHUZRUN to  intervene  in  the  project  application  process. ‡ 5HGXFHG VWDWH VSHQGLQJ FRPPLW-­ ments  for  programs  aimed  at  prevent-­ ing  drug  addiction  and  poverty. ‡ /HJLVODWLRQ WKDW FRXOG IUHH XS physicians  to  prescribe  long-­term  an-­ tibiotic  treatment  to  patients  suffering  from  Lyme  disease.

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By  the  way  (Continued  from  Page  1A) Two  Addison  County  students  of  daylight  at  the  end  of  each  day.  are  heading  to  the  Barre  Opera  House  on  March  12-­13  to  compete  The  big  winner  at  the  Oscars  this  in  the  2014  Vermont  Poetry  Out  past  Sunday,  â€œ12  Years  a  Slave,â€?  Loud  State  Competition.  There  has  a  Middlebury  connection.  they  will  meet  students  from  other  Henry  Bliss  Northrup,  the  upstate  Vermont  high  schools,  all  looking  New  York  attorney  who  rescued  to  win  the  state  championship  in  Solomon  Northrup  from  slavery  the  national  poetry  recitation  com-­ in  Louisiana,  was  a  member  of  the  petition  and  move  on  to  the  Na-­ Middlebury  College  Class  of  1829.  tional  Competition  in  April.  Olivia  The  college  recently  acquired  por-­ Cacciatore  of  Middlebury  Union  traits  of  Henry  Bliss  Northup  and  High  School  and  Addy  Campbell  his  wife,  Electa,  which  the  college  of  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  was  happy  to  show  off  to  media  School  are  both  already  champi-­ this  week,  even  though  they  haven’t  ons,  having  won  their  individual  been  professionally  cleaned  since  high  school’s  competition.  The  1946.  Alas,  H.B.  Northup  was  not  students  competing  in  this  year’s  named  in  the  movie;Íž  Professor  of  Poetry  Out  Loud  State  Compe-­ History  William  Hart  suggested  tition  represent  40  high  schools  WKDW WKH ÂżOPPDNHU PD\ KDYH IHDUHG in  12  of  Vermont’s  14  counties.  that  audiences  would  he  confused  Nearly  5,000  Vermont  high  school  because  the  illegally  enslaved  man  students  participated  in  classroom  and  the  rescuer  had  the  same  last  competitions  and  winners  pro-­ name. ceeded  to  school  competitions. Â

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MIDDLEBURY  RESIDENTS  FILL  most  of  the  bleachers  and  chairs  set  up  for  Monday  night’s  town  meeting  in  the  municipal  gym.

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Weybridge

Town  Meeting  Results

★ Addison ★ ADDISON  â€”  Addison  residents  on  Town  Meeting  Day  supported  the  town’s  taking  ownership  of  Addi-­ son’s  former  town  hall  and  a  spend-­ ing  measure  that  will  allow  study  of  a  septic  system  site  for  that  and  other  area  buildings,  including  the  town’s  ¿UH VWDWLRQ DQG WKH $GGLVRQ &RPPX-­ QLW\ %DSWLVW &KXUFK Addison  residents  in  Australian  balloting  also  backed  all  other  pro-­ posed  town  spending  measures,  in-­ FOXGLQJ WRZQ DQG $GGLVRQ &HQWUDO School  budgets,  a  major  culvert  project,  and  all  charitable  contribu-­ WLRQV 7KHUH ZHUH QR FRQWHVWHG UDFHV IRU WRZQ RI¿FHV By  a  tally  of  180-­130,  residents  supported  the  question  of  whether  Addison  should  take  â€œownership  and  responsibility  of  the  Town  Hall  and  the  land  it  sits  on  from  the  church  by  an  agreement  to  supply  the  church  a  connection  to  the  waste  water  system  for  the  Town  Hall?  (Taking  ownership  enables  the  town  to  apply  for  grants  toward  the  restoration  of  WKH EXLOGLQJ LQWR 7RZQ 2I¿FHV DQG PHHWLQJ VSDFH ´ The  church  referred  to  is  the  Ad-­ GLVRQ &RPPXQLW\ %DSWLVW &KXUFK which  now  holds  title  to  town  hall  and  has  agreed  to  give  it  to  the  town  LQ H[FKDQJH IRU VHSWLF VHUYLFH The  related  article  asked  if  the  selectboard  could  borrow  up  to  $55,380  to  fund  a  septic  study,  the  ¿UVW VWHS LQ WKH SURFHVV IRU SURYLGLQJ that  septic  service  and  allowing  the  QRZ YDFDQW WRZQ KDOO¶V UHVWRUDWLRQ Voters  backed  that  measure,  165-­ Addison’s  140-­year-­old  town  hall  has  never  had  running  water  or  sep-­ WLF DQG $GGLVRQ 7RZQ +DOO &RPPLW-­ WHH &KDLUPDQ -RKQ 6SHQFHU KDV VDLG WKH ¿UH VWDWLRQ DQG WKH FXUUHQW FOHUN¶V RI¿FH KDYH TXHVWLRQDEOH VHSWLF V\V-­ WHPV According  to  Spencer,  septic  system  construction,  engineering,  permitting  and  purchase  of  an  ease-­ ment  for  the  site  are  estimated  at  $675,000,  but  he  is  optimistic  the  state  will  award  Addison  a  grant  for  SHUFHQW RI WKH WDE RU 7KH 7RZQ +DOO &RPPLWWHH DOVR has  plans  drawn  up  for  a  $1  million  renovation  of  Addison  Town  Hall  to  replace  what  many  believe  is  an  in-­ creasingly  inadequate  town  clerk’s  RI¿FH ZKLFK KDV OLWWOH VWRUDJH RI-­ ¿FH URRP DQG PHHWLQJ VSDFH DQG D QHDUO\ IXOO YDXOW ([SHUWV KDYH GHWHU-­ mined  town  hall’s  structure  is  sound,  and  Spencer  said  grants  would  prob-­ DEO\ KHOS SD\ IRU UHVWRUDWLRQ Voters  also  backed  what  was,  at  least  up  front,  a  larger  request:  a  ¿YH \HDU ORDQ WR UHSODFH D IDLOHG FXOYHUW RQ 7RZQOLQH 5RDG The  vote  for  that  proposal  was  217-­ The  selectboard’s  proposed Â

$307,781  general  fund  budget  pre-­ vailed,  232-­86,  and  proposed  road  spending  of  $651,110  won  backing,  1HLWKHU RI WKRVH EXGJHWV VDZ PDMRU FKDQJHV 5HVLGHQWV EDFNHG DQ $GGLVRQ &HQ-­ WUDO EXGJHW SURSRVDO RI DERXW PLOOLRQ ,W FDOOHG IRU D GH-­ crease  of  about  2  percent  and  for  cutting  a  full-­time  teacher  and  the  VFKRRO¶V SDUW WLPH PDWK LQVWUXFWRU Two  classrooms  will  be  merged  to  DOORZ WKH WHDFKLQJ SRVLWLRQ FXW There  were  no  contested  races  on  WKH EDOORW 6HOHFWERDUG PHPEHUV /LVD Davis  and  Rob  Hunt  retained  their  VHDWV DV GLG $&6 ERDUG PHPEHUV 0LFKHOH .HOO\ DQG $OLVRQ 0DUWLQ 1R RQH ¿OHG D SHWLWLRQ IRU $GGL-­ son’s  vacant  seat  on  the  Vergennes  8QLRQ +LJK 6FKRRO ERDUG 7RZQ &OHUN 0DULOOD :HEE VDLG QR ZULWH LQ candidate  garnered  enough  votes  to  earn  the  seat  and  a  director  will  be  DSSRLQWHG Among  the  charitable  contribu-­ tions  residents  saw  on  the  Addison  EDOORW ZDV IRU WKH %L[E\ /L-­ EUDU\ LQ 9HUJHQQHV 7KH VHOHFWERDUG opted  to  take  the  Bixby  out  of  the  budget  and  let  voters  decide  whether  Addison  should  support  the  library,  and  they  did  so  by  a  183-­131  mar-­ JLQ $OO RWKHU QRQSUR¿W UHTXHVWV ZHUH DOVR EDFNHG Addison  residents  voted  against  WKH SURSRVHG PLOOLRQ 9HU-­ gennes  Union  High  School  budget,  which  went  down  to  a  918-­747  de-­ IHDW They  backed  a  $50,000  capital  fund  for  VUHS,  165-­152,  but  that  proposition  lost  by  six  votes  overall, Â

Shoreham

Hancock

VFKRRO ERDUG PHPEHU :LWK GHFOLQ-­ LQJ HQUROOPHQW :KLWH LV QRZ WKH sole  Brandon  rep  on  the  OV  school  ERDUG 1HVKREH VFKRRO ERDUG PHP-­ EHUV 0LNH /XINLQ 'HYRQ )XOOHU DQG 'HEELH %R\FH ZRQ XQRSSRVHG The  proposed  $3,276,095  town  EXGJHW ZKLFK FDUULHG D SHUFHQW spending  increase,  was  soundly  de-­ feated  by  voters  by  a  two-­to-­one  mar-­ JLQ 9RWHUV KDG D KDUG WLPH with  the  almost  15  percent  increase,  which  would  have  translated  to  an  additional  $200  in  property  taxes  on  D KRPH 7KH 1HVKREH (OHPHQWDU\ 6FKRRO budget  was  defeated  by  62  votes,  7KH SURSRVHG spending  plan  entailed  a  manageable  SHUFHQW LQFUHDVH DQG D FHQW LQ-­ FUHDVH LQ WKH VFKRRO WD[ The  Otter  Valley  school  budget  ZDV DSSURYHG 7KH $10,525,717  budget  is  $16,351  lower  WKDQ WKH FXUUHQW VSHQGLQJ SODQ 7KH biggest  cuts  came  with  the  elimina-­ tion  of  the  dean  of  students  position  and  a  $110,000  decrease  in  special  HGXFDWLRQ VSHQGLQJ

★ Bridport ★ BRIDPORT  â€”  Bridport  residents  at  their  town  meeting  passed  all  of  the  money  items  on  their  warning,  in-­ cluding  their  elementary  school  bud-­ JHW E\ D WDOO\ %ULGSRUW &HQWUDO 6FKRRO GLUHF-­ tors  proposed  a  2014-­2015  spending  plan  of  $1,464,069,  representing  a  SHUFHQW LQFUHDVH FRPSDUHG WR WKLV \HDU %XW D GHFOLQH LQ %ULGSRUW¶V

Middlebury

common  level  of  appraisal,  among  other  factors,  are  projected  to  result  LQ D SHUFHQW LQFUHDVH LQ WKH town’s  K-­12  local  homestead  educa-­ WLRQ SURSHUW\ WD[ UDWH Residents  agreed  to  borrow  up  to  $200,000,  to  be  amortized  for  up  WR ¿YH \HDUV WR SXUFKDVH D GXPS WUXFN SORZ DQG VDQGHU 7KH\ DOVR green-­lighted  the  borrowing  of  up  to  $100,000  to  buy  a  new  tractor  and  URDGVLGH PRZHU The  proposed  town/highway  bud-­ get  of  $1,131,830  â€”  down  around  $150,000  from  this  year’s  spending  plan  of  $1,284,914  â€”  received  ap-­ SURYDO 7KH DPRXQW WR EH UDLVHG E\ taxes  is  shown  to  increase  from  the  current  $706,549  to  $987,105,  ow-­ ing  to  an  accounting  error  made  by  WRZQ RI¿FLDOV ODVW \HDU /DVW \HDU¶V VSHQGLQJ SODQ VKRXOG KDYH UHÀHFWHG a  combined  total  of  $230,000  in  state  and  federal  money  Bridport  received  to  replace  a  Middle  Road  culvert  that  had  been  destroyed  by  Tropical  Storm  ,UHQH %XW WKH VHOHFWERDUG WRZQ DXGL-­ tor  and  treasurer  did  not  pick  up  on  the  error,  resulting  in  the  appearance  WKLV \HDU RI D ODUJH WD[ LQFUHDVH 9RWHUV DJUHHG WR VXSSRUW WKHLU ¿UH department  to  the  tune  of  $12,500,  DQG 7RZQ /LQH )LUVW 5HVSRQVH IRU Area  social  services  agencies  re-­ ceived  a  combined  total  of  $18,780  IURP %ULGSRUW YRWHUV WKLV \HDU Bridport  had  no  contested  elections  WKLV \HDU (DUO $XGHW DQG -HUU\ )RUEHV were  unopposed  for  terms  of  two  years  and  three  years,  respectively,  RQ WKH WRZQ VHOHFWERDUG 6HOHFWPDQ Steve  Huestis  decided  not  to  run  for  re-­election  after  more  than  two  de-­

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Cornwall Ferrisburgh

Brandon

FDGHV RQ WKH ERDUG Incumbent  Rick  Scott  was  alone  in  running  for  a  two-­year  spot  on  WKH %ULGSRUW &HQWUDO 6FKRRO ERDUG $ three-­year  term  on  the  ballot  had  no  WDNHUV

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Bristol

★

%5,672/ ² 9RWHUV LQ %ULVWRO DS-­ proved  all  20  articles  as  warned  at  the  annual  town  meeting  Monday  eve-­ ning  at  Holley  Hall,  and  in  the  one  contested  election  a  candidate  named  3HUOHH ZRQ Residents  approved  a  number  of  ¿VFDO LWHPV LQFOXGLQJ D KLJKZD\ EXG-­ get  of  $714,268  and  a  general  fund  EXGJHW RI 7KH VXP RI DOO town  expenditures  totals  $2,178,535,  D SHUFHQW LQFUHDVH IURP WKH ¿VFDO \HDU 7KLV WUDQVODWHV LQWR DQ HVWLPDWHG SHUFHQW SURS-­ HUW\ WD[ LQFUHDVH IRU UHVLGHQWV 7KH town  plans  to  generate  $389,950  in  non-­tax  revenue,  leaving  $1,788,535  WR EH IRRWHG E\ WD[SD\HUV Voters  who  reside  in  the  police  district  also  approved  a  budget  for  the  Bristol  Police  Department  of  E\ D YRWH RI 7KLV EXGJHW UHSUHVHQWV D SHUFHQW spending  increase  from  the  previ-­ RXV ¿VFDO \HDU 7KH\ DOVR DXWKRUL]HG the  selectboard  to  purchase  a  new  SROLFH FUXLVHU E\ D YRWH RI The  funds  for  the  new  vehicle  have  DOUHDG\ EHHQ UDLVHG Bristol  residents  at  town  meeting  also  OK’d: ‡ $ EXGJHW RI IRU WKH Arts,  Parks  and  Recreation  Depart-­

★ Brandon ★ BRANDON  â€”  For  only  the  third  time  in  almost  50  years,  Brandon  has  a  new  town  clerk  and  treasurer,  and  the  town  budget  went  down  with  a  WKXG By  a  wide  margin,  Sue  Gage  won  the  four-­way  race  to  replace  long-­ WLPH FOHUN DQG WUHDVXUHU %LOO 'LFN Gage  tallied  568  votes  compared  to  IRU 6DUD -RKQVWRQ 6WHYHQV for  town  administrative  assistant  Anna  Scheck,  and  113  for  former  longtime  selectman  and  interim  town  PDQDJHU 5LFKDUG %DNHU 7KH WUHDVXU-­ er  election  results  were  similar:  Gage  6WHYHQV 6FKHFN DQG %DNHU Baker  also  ran  for  two  different  selectboard  seats,  but  came  up  short  WKHUH DV ZHOO ,QFXPEHQWV %ODLQH &OLYHU DQG (WKDQ 6ZLIW were  re-­elected  to  one-­year  seats,  DQG 0DULD $PPDWXQD ZDV HOHFWHG WR D WKUHH \HDU VHDW %DNHU received  470  votes  for  the  one-­year  VHDW DQG IRU WKH WKUHH \HDU VHDW 'LFN :KLWH ZDV UH HOHFWHG WR UHS-­ resent  Brandon  as  an  Otter  Valley Â

Leicester New  Haven

ment,  $177,399  of  which  will  be  UDLVHG E\ WD[HV ‡ $ EXGJHW RI IRU WKH /DZUHQFH 0HPRULDO /LEUDU\ DOO RI ZKLFK ZLOO EH UDLVHG E\ WD[HV ‡ WR WKH %ULVWRO 5HFUHDWLRQ &OXE D SULYDWH HQWLW\ WR LPSURYH WKH facilities  at  the  Bristol  Recreation  )LHOG ‡ WR $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ 7UDQVLW 5HVRXUFHV ‡ WR WKH %ULVWRO 5HVFXH 6TXDG Voters  also  approved  the  Bris-­ WRO (OHPHQWDU\ 6FKRRO EXGJHW RI E\ D YRWH RI The  budget  represents  a  1  percent  GHFUHDVH IURP WKH FXUUHQW ¿VFDO \HDU Non-­tax  revenues  are  projected  to  fall  SHUFHQW IURP WKH SUHYLRXV \HDU IURP WR 3HU SX-­ SLO VSHQGLQJ ZLOO LQFUHDVH SHUFHQW IURP WR 7KH HVWL-­ PDWHG WD[ UDWH LV 5HVLGHQWV DOVR HOHFWHG WRZQ RI¿-­ FLDOV ,Q WKH ELJ UDFH RQ WKH VODWH RI candidates  Michelle  Perlee  won  a  three-­year  term  on  the  selectboard  RYHU .ULV 3HUOHH 0LFKHOOH LV PDUULHG WR .ULV¶V FRXVLQ ,QFXPEHQW 6KDURQ &RPSDJQD ZDV uncontested  for  a  two-­year  seat  on  WKH VHOHFWERDUG 6HOHFWERDUG PHPEHU Alan  Huizenga  decided  not  to  seek  DQRWKHU WHUP Three  people  ran  uncontested  IRU VHDWV RQ WKH %ULVWRO (OHPHQWDU\ 6FKRRO ERDUG ,QFXPEHQWV &KULV &UR-­ GLQ 6KHU\O 7KXUEHU DQG (OLQ 0HO-­ chior  won  re-­election  to  one-­year  WHUPV Three  residents  were  chosen  to  rep-­ resent  Bristol  on  the  Mount  Abraham  8QLRQ 0LGGOH +LJK 6FKRRO ERDUG &DURO (OGULGJH DQG $OLFLD .XUWK ZRQ two-­year  terms,  while  Douglas  De-­ ZLWW ZRQ D WKUHH \HDU WHUP Fred  Baser  was  elected  town  agent,  town  moderator  and  town  school  PRGHUDWRU &KLHI .HYLQ *LEEV DQG 6JW 5DQG\ &URZH ZHUH FKRVHQ IRU WKH WRZQ¶V WZR FRQVWDEOH SRVWV )UDQN Buonincontro  will  be  the  new  grand  MXURU Two  candidates  were  chosen  to  be  WUXVWHHV RI WKH /DZUHQFH 0HPRULDO /LEUDU\ 0RLUD *DUULW\ LV ZDV HOHFWHG to  the  open  three-­year  term,  while  Mary  Yates  was  chosen  for  the  two-­ \HDU WHUP Two  candidates  were  chosen  for  WKH WZR WRZQ OLVWHU SRVLWLRQV &UDLJ 6 6FULEQHU 6U ZRQ WKH WKUHH \HDU JLJ while  Theresa  Gile  was  chosen  for  the  one  remaining  year  of  the  other  WHUP 7KH YDFDQF\ ZDV FUHDWHG ZKHQ ORQJWLPH OLVWHU &ODLUH 6FULEQHU &UDLJ 6FULEQHU¶V ZLIH GLHG ODVW \HDU

★Cornwall★ DYLAN  HICKS  SNUGGLES  in  his  mom  Jane  Lindholm’s  arms  during  town  meeting  in  Monkton  Tues-­ day  morning. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

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Bristol

Monkton

Waltham

Weybridge

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(Cornwall  from  Page  12A) the  goal  of  giving  Vermont  Gas  Sys-­ tems  and  the  Vermont  Public  Ser-­ vice  Board  a  very  clear  message:  We  don’t  want  the  proposed  natural  gas  pipeline  to  run  through  our  town.  The  message  was  delivered  through  the  only  paper  ballot  vote  of  the  evening,  which  tallied  a  result  of  126-­16  on  a  resolution  that  stated  the  town’s  opposition  to  the  pro-­ posed  Phase  II  of  the  Addison  Rut-­ land  Natural  Gas  Project,  a  Vermont  Gas  pipeline  that  would  run  from  Middlebury  through  Cornwall  and  Shoreham  and  under  Lake  Cham-­ plain  to  the  International  Paper  mill  in  Ticonderoga,  N.Y. Before  the  vote,  selectboard  Chair  Bruce  Hiland  told  the  approximately  150  people  in  attendance  that  Ver-­ mont  Gas  CEO  Don  Gilbert  had  been  quoted  as  saying  a  silent  majority  in  Cornwall  and  Shoreham  supported  the  pipeline,  and  the  Cornwall  se-­ lectboard  wanted  to  be  able  to  show  that  wasn’t  true. “That’s  why  we  put  it  on  the  bal-­ lot,â€?  he  said.  â€œThis  allows  the  select-­ board  to  take  the  gloves  off.â€? While  the  pipeline  discussion  and  vote  took  up  the  most  time,  towns-­ people  also  talked  a  fair  amount  about  what  to  do  with  a  $132,000  surplus.  One  person  suggested  sav-­ ing  some  of  it  to  pay  for  an  expert  witness  on  pipeline  issues  in  regula-­ tory  hearings.  Residents  in  the  end  voted  to  use  it  to  decrease  taxes.  On  the  money  items,  Cornwall  approved  by  voice  vote  a  proposed  general  fund  budget  of  $487,511;Íž  a  highway  budget  of  $394,450,  up  from  $373,800;Íž  and  a  Bingham  Memorial  School  spending  plan  of  $1,451,290,  a  5.31-­percent  increase  compared  to  this  year.  Other  expenditures  that  were  OK’d  included  $56,600  for  the  lo-­ FDO ÂżUH GHSDUWPHQW IRU WKH local  library  and  a  combined  total  of  $22,103  to  assist  various  Addison  &RXQW\ QRQSURÂżWV 9RWHUV WDEOHG D move  to  spend  $15,000  to  allow  the  ¿UH GHSDUWPHQW WR LQVWDOO VLJQV for  the  remaining  unmarked  Corn-­ ZDOO UHVLGHQFHV ZKLOH ÂżUHÂżJKWHUV UH-­ ÂżQHG WKHLU HVWLPDWHV RI WKH FRVW

FERRISBURGH  â€”  Ferrisburgh  residents  on  Town  Meeting  Day  elected  a  new  town  clerk  and  trea-­ surer,  changed  future  town  meetings  from  Tuesday  mornings  to  Saturday  morning,  amended  the  selectboard’s  proposed  town  budget,  rejected  in  a  tie  vote  a  selectboard  proposal  to  change  the  way  the  town  will  pay  de-­ linquent  tax  collector  Chet  Hawkins,  DQG VDLG QR IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH LQ UHFHQW memory  to  a  proposed  Ferrisburgh  Central  School  budget. Elected  positions  and  school  bud-­ gets  â€”  Ferrisburgh  joined  other  Ad-­ dison  Northwest  Supervisory  Union  towns  in  voting  down  a  Vergennes  Union  High  School  spending  plan  â€”  were  decided  by  daylong  Tues-­ day  Australian  ballot  in  the  central  school  gym,  while  town  spending  and  other  decisions  were  made  from  WKH Ă€RRU RI WKH VFKRRO J\P RQ 7XHV-­ day  morning. Write-­in  candidate  Gloria  War-­ den  scored  a  decisive  victory  in  the  town  clerk  race,  outpolling  David Â

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MIDDLEBURY  SELECTBOARD  CHAIR  Dean  George  speaks  from  the  podium  Monday  night.  George  won  a  re-­election  bid  and  will  serve  an-­ other  one-­year  term  on  the  board. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

Hawkins,  470-­226.  Warden’s  hus-­ band,  Jim  Warden,  had  said  he  would  step  down  from  the  selectboard  after  many  years  of  service  if  she  won  election.  Gloria  Warden  also  ran  for  trea-­ surer,  but  lost  a  close  race  to  Gar-­ rit  Smits,  350-­332.  Both  will  work  20  hours  a  week  under  the  budget  approved  by  voters  on  Tuesday,  al-­ though  the  selectboard  put  in  a  con-­ tingency  fund  in  case  it  is  necessary  to  increase  their  hours.  Assistant  clerk  and  treasurer  Pam  Cousino  will  continue  to  work  full-­time. They  replace  outgoing  town  clerk  and  treasurer  Chet  Hawkins,  who  will  retain  his  post  as  delinquent  tax  collector  but  retired  from  his  com-­ bined  full-­time  job.  Hawkins  was  honored  by  Reps.  Warren  Van  Wyck  and  Diane  Lanpher  at  the  meeting.  Van  Wyck  read  a  joint  House-­Sen-­ ate  resolution  they  sponsored  laud-­ ing  Hawkins’  35  years  of  service  to  Ferrisburgh,  and  Hawkins  received  a  standing  ovation.  By  an  overwhelming  voice  vote  majority  at  Tuesday’s  meeting,  resi-­ dents  backed  the  switch  to  Saturday,  which  had  been  recommended  by  the  central  school  board.  That  board  pointed  out  that  Tuesday  meetings  cancelled  school,  and  a  Saturday  meeting  at  the  school  could  also  show  off  the  facility  to  residents.  No  ¿UP GHFLVLRQ ZDV PDGH RQ ZKHWKHU to  hold  all  votes  at  the  nearby  town  RIÂżFH EXLOGLQJ EXW WRZQ RIÂżFLDOV were  leaning  in  that  direction. The  selectboard  had  proposed  paying  a  salary  of  up  to  $3,000  to  Chet  Hawkins  to  collect  delinquent  taxes.  Previously,  the  town  bud-­ geted  $14,000  for  the  position,  and  Hawkins  made  about  $17,000  this  past  year  by  keeping  the  8  percent  late  penalty  for  the  money  he  col-­ lected,  minus  expenses.  Selectboard  chairwoman  Loretta  Lawrence  said  the  town  would  pick  up  those  ex-­ penses  on  top  of  the  proposed  sal-­ ary,  although  that  provision  was  not  spelled  out  in  the  article. The  116  residents  at  the  meeting  split  evenly,  58-­58,  on  the  ques-­ tion,  meaning  the  motion  failed.  The  $3,000  line  item  remained  un-­ FKDQJHG LQ WKH EXGJHW EXW RIÂżFLDOV said  it  would  not  affect  the  amount  ¿QDOO\ DSSURYHG EHFDXVH +DZNLQV

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One  of  the  few  voice  votes  that  drew  any  No’s  was  a  measure  near  the  end  of  the  school  meeting  that  would  give  the  school  board  per-­ mission  to  sell  the  old,  vacant  town  schoolhouse  on  South  Bingham  Street.  The  property  has  been  as-­ sessed  locally  at  $22,600.  Some  peo-­ ple  thought  it  was  worth  a  lot  more  than  that.  The  measure  passed. There  were  no  contested  elections  in  this  year’s  ballot.  Incumbent  Da-­ vid  Sears  and  newcomer  Benjamin  Marks  won  terms  of  three  years  and  two  years,  respectively,  on  the  se-­ lectboard.  No  one  has  stepped  forward  to  run  for  a  two-­year  term  on  the  local  school  board  or  the  planning  com-­ mission.  The  selectboard  will  ap-­ point  people  to  those  positions. Cornwall  residents  gave  a  nice  round  of  applause  thanking  Judy  Watts,  who  had  served  on  the  select-­ board  for  several  years  and  was  not  standing  for  re-­election.

IAN  BROWN,  WHO  will  turn  one  year  old  next  week,  occupies  himself  Tuesday  morning  while  the  adults  around  him  participate  in  the  Monkton  Town  Meeting.

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will  be  paid  by  revenue  that  is  not  in  the  budget,  either. In  amending  the  budget,  resi-­ dents  almost  unanimously  in  a  voice  vote  overruled  the  selectboard  on  Bixby  Library  funding.  They  added  $13,559  to  proposed  Bixby  support  for  a  total  of  $52,559,  in  line  on  a  per  capita  basis  with  other  towns  the  library  serves.  Residents  also  over-­ ruled  the  selectboard  in  the  same  fashion  with  the  same  numbers  in  2013. With  those  discussions  out  of  the  way,  residents  backed  a  $1,674,338  town  budget  for  the  2014-­2015  year  and  then  added  another  $30,840  in  charitable  contributions. The  resulting  total  of  $1,705,178  increases  spending  by  almost  exact-­ ly  $35,000.  The  expected  tax  hike  to  pay  for  town  spending  alone  will  be  around  a  penny  or  a  little  less. Ferrisburgh  residents  did  not  smile Â

on  school  budgets,  however.  The  $3.62  million  FCS  budget  proposal  lost,  450-­279,  or  about  62-­ 38  percent.  The  budget  called  for  an  11  percent  increase,  driven  in  part  by  a  special  education  cost  shift  within  Addison  Northwest  Supervisory  Union.  But  the  board  also  proposed  adding  a  new  teacher  and  a  modular  class-­ room  to  help  handle  a  large  blended  5th-­  and  6th-­grade  class,  a  move  that  ERWK $1Z68 RIÂżFLDOV DQG WKH )&6 administration  did  not  endorse. Voters  did  back  FCS  technology  and  capital  improvement  funds.  Ferrisburgh  residents  voted  against  the  proposed  $9.73  million  VUHS  budget,  435-­294.  Overall,  WKDW EXGJHW ORVW LQ WKH ÂżYH $1Z68 towns,  961-­747. A  separate  measure  to  start  a  $50,000  capital  investment  fund  for  VUHS  lost  in  Ferrisburgh,  476-­352, Â

and  failed  overall  by  six  votes,  902-­ 896,  despite  winning  approval  in  the  other  four  ANwSU  towns.    Although  there  were  no  other  contested  races  in  Ferrisburgh,  there  will  be  new  town  school  di-­ rectors.  George  Gardner  earned  a  two-­ year  seat  on  the  FCS  board  as  a  newcomer.  Running  unopposed  for  another  three  years  on  the  FCS  board  was  incumbent  Chris  Kay-­ hart.  Laurie  Gutowski,  Ferrisburgh’s  longtime  representative  on  the  VUHS  board,  stepped  down.  No  RQH ÂżOHG IRU KHU VHDW DQG WKH VHOHFW-­ board  will  appoint  someone  for  a  one-­year  term  on  that  board.  Two  incumbent  selectmen  ran  un-­ opposed  for  re-­election:  Warden  did  earn  another  three  years,  and  Steve  Gutowski  received  a  two-­year  term.  (See  Goshen,  Page  13A)

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★ Goshen ★ GOSHEN  â€”  In  the  one  contested  race  in  tiny  Goshen,  challenger  Da-­ vid  Bishop  beat  incumbent  Irene  Rubbins  for  a  three-­year  seat  on  the  Rutland  Northeast  Supervisory  Union  School  board,  by  a  tally  of  41-­19.  Incumbent  Selectman  David  Gale  was  returned  to  his  seat  for  a  three-­year  term.  He  garnered  all  57  votes  cast. Voters  on  Monday  night  passed  the  town’s  general  fund  budget  of  $215,285  and  the  highway  spend-­ ing  plan  of  $134,200  as  warned.  They  also  OK’d  the  school  budget  of  $145,456. There  was  a  fair  amount  of  dis-­ cussion  on  the  annual  school  audits,  which  cost  $2,500  and  cover  all  of  15  transactions,  according  to  mod-­ erator  Kevin  O’Classen.  Goshen  is  required  by  state  law  to  perform  the  audits  every  year,  and  some  believe  that  is  not  worth  the  expense  to  do  it  so  often.  A  group  of  Goshen  citizens  have  been  in  contact  with  state  Rep.  Willem  Jewett  and  state  Sen.  Chris  Bray  about  amending  the  law  to  ease  up  on  the  requirement.  O’Classen  said  the  citizens  read  aloud  at  Mon-­ day’s  meeting  emails  from  both  Jewett  and  Bray  that  showed  sym-­ pathy  for  the  town’s  situation,  but  O’Classen  said  they  didn’t  give  any  indication  that  a  change  would  come  any  time  soon.  In  uncontested  elections,  the  fol-­ lowing  won  seats:  Â‡ 2Âś&ODVVHQ WRZQ DQG VFKRRO moderator. ‡ %DUEDUD - %URZQ GHOLQTXHQW tax  collector. ‡ -DPHV +D\HV WRZQ DJHQW DQG grand  juror. ‡ /RUL /RYHOO DXGLWRU ‡ %DUEDUD :DOVK OLVWHU ‡ 7DPP\ :DOVK WUXVWHH RI SXEOLF funds.

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warned).  That  corrected  municipal  warning  was  then  amended  at  the  meeting  to  $290,334  after  a  $2,500  FXW LQ IXQGLQJ WR WKH ÂżUH GHSDUWPHQW That  represented  a  spending  increase  of  $29,313  from  last  year. For  the  town  highway,  voters  ap-­ proved  cutting  about  $10,756  out  of  the  warned  budget  and  approved  spending  of  $110,300  on  the  road.  That  represents  a  decrease  of  about  $9,000  from  last  year. Citing  additional  tuition  costs,  the  town  passed  an  amended  school  spending  plan  of  $627,361,  an  in-­ crease  of  $24,722  from  the  origi-­ nal  amount  recommended.  School  spending  will  be  around  $97,000  more  next  year  than  this  year. In  a  contested  selectboard  race,  Michele  Brown  defeated  Kevin  Bradley,  29-­13.  Brown  replaces  Jackie  Hammond,  who  did  not  seek  reelection.  Other  articles  passed  included: ‡ WR SXUFKDVH JUDYHO IURP Granville  Manufacturing  Company  Inc.  to  stockpile  for  use  on  town  roads. ‡ WR UHSD\ WKH ORFDO PDWFK of  the  FEMA  expenses  toward  pay-­ ing  off  a  $121,816  loan. ‡ $XWKRUL]DWLRQ IRU WKH VHOHFW-­ board  to  post  the  former  Robert  Akin  property  for  sale. The  proposed  upgrade  to  Old  Stage  Road  from  a  Class  4  town  highway  to  a  maintained  Class  3  town  highway  was  tabled. Â

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percent  from  the  $356,277  spending  plan  approved  last  year.  Among  individual  appropriations,  Hancock  residents  rejected  a  $31,654  appropriation  for  White  River  Valley  Ambulance,  and  approved  $2,460  for  the  Quin-­Town  Senior  Center,  and  $1,475  for  the  Visiting  Nurse  Alli-­ ance  of  VT/NH  Inc. 7RZQ RI¿FHV DUH ¿OOHG DW WRZQ meeting,  some  by  paper  ballot.  John  Ross  was  re-­elected  to  a  three-­year  term  on  the  selectboard.  Denise  Chapin  was  tapped  for  the  three-­ year  term  on  the  school  board.  Town  Clerk  and  Treasurer  Sara  Deering  was  re-­elected  to  both  of  those  posi-­ tions.

★ Leicester★ /(,&(67(5 ² 9RWHUV LQ /HLFHV-­ ter  this  week  approved  the  proposed  school  spending  plan  and  town  spending  plan  and  even  OK’d  from  WKH Ă€RRU RI 0RQGD\ HYHQLQJÂśV WRZQ meeting  a  proposal  to  spend  an  ad-­ ditional  $20,000  on  paving. The  selectboard  and  school  direc-­ WRUV LQ /HLFHVWHU Ă€RDWHG budgets  that  propose  single-­digit  VSHQGLQJ LQFUHDVHV 7KH /HLFHVWHU Central  School  spending  plan  of  $1,146,359  was  OK’d  by  Australian  ballot,  84-­68.  That  represents  an  in-­ crease  of  $28,719,  or  2.6  percent,  over  the  school  spending  plan  ap-­ SURYHG ODVW $SULO /HLFHVWHU GHIHDWHG its  proposed  school  budget  on  Town  Meeting  Day  last  year. Voters  also  approved,  102-­38,  the  appropriation  of  $5,000  to  the  Fox-­ croft  Farm  Program. At  Monday’s  town  meeting,  vot-­ er’s  OK’d  a  town/highway  budget  of  $527,497,  which  is  up  $25,251,  or  4.8  percent,  over  last  year’s  budget.  The  town  portion  of  the  budget  VKRZHG QRWHZRUWK\ LQFUHDVHV LQ ÂżUH coverage,  insurance,  cemetery  costs,  and  future  audit  fees.  The  largest  in-­ crease  in  the  town  budget  is  due  to  an  increase  in  the  Fire  Protection  Con-­ tract  with  the  Brandon  Fire  District.  The  2012-­2013  contract  at  $20,000  per  year  ran  out  on  Dec.  31,  2013.  The  Brandon  Fire  District  did  a  multi-­year  analysis  of  the  actual  calls  DVVRFLDWHG ZLWK /HLFHVWHU YV RWKHU towns  covered.  It  was  determined  WKDW /HLFHVWHU DFFRXQWHG IRU RQ DY-­ erage,  16  percent  of  the  calls.  Based  on  the  previous  budgets,  that  would  equate  to  about  $34,000  per  year.  1HJRWLDWLRQV EHWZHHQ WKH /HLFHVWHU selectboard  and  Brandon  Fire  Chief Â

SELECTWOMAN  JUDY  WATTS  and  Board  of  Civil  Authority  member  Gary  Margolis  confer  during  vot-­ ing  on  a  gas  pipeline  resolution  at  Monday  evening’s  Cornwall  Town  Meeting.

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Wdowiak  (and  the  Fire  District  Board)  resulted  in  a  three-­year  con-­ tract  for  $32,000  per  year.  Incumbents  were  returned  to  their  positions  in  uncontested  elections.  Those  include  Ron  Fiske  (select-­ board,  three  years),  Ken  Young  (se-­ lectboard,  two  years),  Hannah  Ses-­ sions  (school  board,  three  years),  Matt  Brush  (school  board,  two  years)  and  Julie  Delphia  (town  clerk  and  treasurer,  three  years).  Mark  Raishart,  the  only  newcomer  on  the  ballot,  won  a  three-­year  term  on  the  /HLFHVWHU &HQWUDO 6FKRRO ERDUG Dianne  Harvey  was  returned  to  a  three-­year  term  as  lister.  Five  people  received  one  or  two  write-­in  votes  for  the  other  open  lister  position,  but  a  minimum  of  eight  votes  was  re-­ quired,  so  the  selectboard  will  have  WR ¿OO WKDW SRVLWLRQ Delphia  said  the  conversations  at  town  meeting,  in  addition  to  the  town  budget,  centered  around  mosquitoes,  the  proposed  shoreline  protection  bill  and  a  possible  future  natural  gas  pipeline.

★ Lincoln ★ MONKTON  SELECTBOARD  CHAIR  Stephen  Pilcher  stands  between  the  rest  of  the  board  and  assem-­ bled  town  residents  and  speaks  about  a  budget  issue  during  town  meeting  Tuesday. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

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will  be  raised  by  taxes.  While  still  higher  than  the  current  year’s  high-­ way  budget,  it  isn’t  the  19  per-­ cent  hike  originally  proposed.  The  amended  budget  was  approved  by  voice  vote. The  other  big-­ticket  item,  the  Gen-­ eral  Fund  budget  of  $332,239,  which  represents  a  2.3  percent  increase  IURP WKH FXUUHQW ÂżVFDO \HDU ZDV DOVR approved.  Of  that  sum,  $248,781  will  be  raised  from  taxes. Residents  also  OK’d  the  appro-­ priation  of: ‡ WR WKH /LQFROQ /LEUDU\ ‡ WR WKH /LQFROQ 9ROXQ-­ teer  Fire  Company. ‡ WR WKH %ULVWRO 5HVFXH Squad. ‡ WR D OLWDQ\ RI VRFLDO VHU-­ vice  agencies. At  the  annual  school  portion  of  Monday’s  meeting,  voters  approved  DQ DQQXDO EXGJHW IRU WKH /LQFROQ Community  School  of  $2,035,917,  which  represents  a  6.9  percent  spending  increase  from  the  previ-­ RXV ÂżVFDO \HDU 7KH 0RXQW $EUDKDP Union  High  School  spending  plan  of  $14,091,304,  a  2  percent  increase  IURP WKH SUHYLRXV ÂżVFDO \HDU DOVR passed. There  were  two  contested  races  on  WKH /LQFROQ EDOORW )RU WZR RQH \HDU seats  on  the  selectboard,  incumbent  Paul  Forlenza  and  Will  Sipsey,  who  served  on  the  selectboard  in  the  last  decade,  were  elected  with  vote  tal-­ lies  of  261  and  215,  respectively.  In-­ cumbent  Elwin  Isham  fell  short  with Â

only  92  votes.  In  the  race  for  second  constable,  incumbent  Mark  Truax  defeated  Josh  Otey,  156-­142. The  following  residents  were  HOHFWHG WR RI¿FH XQRSSRVHG :LOO Sipsey  for  town  and  school  district  moderator,  Sally  Ober  for  town  clerk,  George  Vince  for  grand  juror  and  WRZQ DJHQW /LVD 7UXQFKRQ IRU WUHD-­ surer  and  lister,  William  Finger  for  selectboard  (three  years),  Jen  Old-­ KDP IRU /LQFROQ &RPPXQLW\ 6FKRRO board  (three  years),  Mary  Beth  Still-­ ZHOO IRU /LQFROQ &RPPXQLW\ 6FKRRO board  (two  years),  Ari  Kirshenbaum  IRU /LQFROQ &RPPXQLW\ 6FKRRO ERDUG WR ¿OO RQH \HDU UHPDLQLQJ RQ D WKUHH \HDU WHUP 6DQGUD /HH IRU Mount  Abraham  Union  Middle/High  VFKRRO ERDUG WKUHH \HDUV -LP /LHQ-­ au  and  Ruth  Shepherd  for  two  seats  as  library  trustees  and  Nancy  Stevens  as  delinquent  tax  collector.  The  auditor  position  remains  va-­ cant.

★Middlebury★ 0,''/(%85< ² 0LGGOHEXU\ residents  capped  an  extremely  event-­ ful  Town  Meeting  Day,  voting  915  to  798  for  a  $6.5  million  bond  issue  to  erect  a  new  municipal  building  and  recreation  center,  while  also  decid-­ ing  some  highly  contested  races  for  the  selectboard  and  Mary  Hogan  El-­ ementary  School  board. (See  Middlebury,  Page  15A)

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one-­year  terms.  Incumbents  Marikate  Kelley  and  Jennifer  Stanley  were  re-­elected  with  231  and  239  votes,  respectively.  Newcomer  Bailee  Layn-­ Gordon  came  up  short  with  206  votes. Kristin  Blanchette  was  unopposed  for  a  three-­year  term  on  the  local  school  board. Anne  Layn  won  a  three-­year  term  on  the  Monkton  selectboard,  and  Henry  Boisse  earned  another  two  years  on  the  selectboard. 7KH IROORZLQJ UHVLGHQWV ZHUH HOHFWHG XQRSSRVHG .HQQHWK :KHHO-­ LQJ IRU WRZQ PRGHUDWRU DQG VFKRRO moderator,  John  Howard  for  lister,  ,YRU +XJKHV IRU WKH RQH \HDU SODQ-­ QLQJ FRPPLVVLRQ WHUP -DQHW &DVVD-­ rino  for  auditor,  Wendy  Sue  Harper  IRU WKH WKUHH \HDU SODQQLQJ FRPPLV-­ sion  term,  Sharon  Gomez  for  town  DQG VFKRRO FOHUN &KDUOHV +XL]HQJD Sr.  for  constable,  Gretchen  Beaupre  DQG 6X]DQQH /HGRX[ IRU WKUHH \HDU OL-­ brary  trustee  terms,  and  William  Joos  for  town  and  school  treasurer  and  also  GHOLQTXHQW WD[ FROOHFWRU 1R FDQGLGDWH DSSHDUHG RQ WKH EDOORW IRU JUDQG MXURU RU WRZQ DJHQW MONKTON  RESIDENT  RICHARD  Cramton  speaks  about  an  article  to  denounce  the  Vermont  Gas  pipe-­ Voters  also  approved  an  elemen-­ line  project  during  town  meeting  Tuesday  morning.  The  article  passed  by  a  voice  vote. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell WDU\ VFKRRO EXGJHW RI which  represents  a  decrease  of  1.16  SHUFHQW IURP WKH SUHYLRXV ÂżVFDO \HDU GLGDWH -HQQLIHU 0F&DUW\ ÂżQLVKHG RXW sidewalk  snow  plow  from  a  â€œlocalâ€?  Â‡ 7KH HVWDEOLVKPHQW RI D E\ D YRWH RI 7KH QHZ EXG-­ vendor.  Residents  were  concerned  salary  to  compensate  the  town  collec-­ JHW ZLOO QHFHVVLWDWH D WD[ UDWH RI DERXW RI WKH UXQQLQJ ZLWK WDOOLHV $1.9069. $W WKHLU DQQXDO JDWKHULQJ RQ 0RQ-­ DERXW KRZ WKH ERDUG PLJKW EH DVNHG WRU RI GHOLQTXHQW WD[HV GD\ HYHQLQJ PRUH WKDQ 0LGGOH-­ WR GHÂżQH ÂłORFDO´ DQG ZKHWKHU D ORFDO ‡ 7KH DSSURSULDWLRQ RI QRW PRUH bury  residents  turned  out  to  approve  vendor  should  be  picked  at  any  cost.  than  $100,000  to  purchase  a  new  a  proposed  2014-­2015  municipal  7RZQ RIÂżFLDOV DGGHG WKH\ PLJKW QRW bucket  loader. EXGJHW RI UHSUHVHQWLQJ D choose  to  buy  a  new  sidewalk  snow  Voters  approved  a  new  town  plan,  SHUFHQW VSHQGLQJ LQFUHDVH FRP-­ plow,  but  rather  lease  equipment. by  an  Australian  ballot  vote  of  262-­ Middlebury’s  current  sidewalk  7KH ROG SODQ H[SLUHG LQ NEW  HAVEN  â€”  Voters  in  New  SDUHG WR WKLV \HDU 7KH VSHQGLQJ SODQ SDVVHG E\ D UHVRXQGLQJ YRLFH YRWH snow  plow  has  not  functioned  to  the  5HVLGHQWV DOVR HOHFWHG WRZQ RIÂż-­ +DYHQ DSSURYHG DOO WRZQ PHHWLQJ KLJKZD\ GHSDUWPHQWÂśV H[SHFWDWLRQV cials.  There  was  only  one  contested  DUWLFOHV DV ZDUQHG $ WRWDO RI YRW-­ IROORZLQJ OLWWOH GHEDWH 5HVLGHQWV RQ 0RQGD\ DOVR DJUHHG DFFRUGLQJ WR WRZQ RIÂżFLDOV race  on  the  ballot  â€”  two  spots  on  the  ers  turned  out. 0RQGD\ÂśV DQQXDO PHHWLQJ ODVWHG Monkton  Central  School  board,  both  7KH ELJ WLFNHW LWHPV WKH URDG by  voice  vote,  to  allow  the  select-­ board  to  borrow  up  to  $322,000  over  IURP S P WR S P $WWHQG-­ ÂżYH \HDUV WR UHSODFH D SROLFH FUXLVHU ees  spent  much  of  the  time  discuss-­ and  related  equipment;Íž  a  medium-­du-­ LQJ WKH IROORZLQJ GD\ÂśV $XVWUDOLDQ ty  plow  truck  and  related  equipment;Íž  ballot  articles,  particularly  article  6.  and  a  sidewalk  snow  plow  and  related  7KH PHHWLQJ DOVR LQFOXGHG D PLQ-­ equipment.  Residents  defeated  a  pro-­ ute  presentation  on  the  Main  Street-­ posed  amendment  that  would  have  re-­ Merchants  Row  rail  tunnel,  an  $18  quired  the  selectboard  to  purchase  the  PLOOLRQ SURMHFW WKDW HQJLQHHUV EHOLHYH ZLOO VWDUW ODWH WKLV VSULQJ 7KH WRZQ ZLOO DSSO\ IRU JUDQWV WR OHVVHQ WKH $500,000  local  share  of  the  project  that  voters  approved  on  Tuesday.

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LORRAINE  GONZALEZ  MORSE  laughs  along  with  a  speaker  at  Monday’s  town  meeting  in  Middlebury.  Gonzalez  Morse  won  re-­ election  to  the  ID-­4  School  Board  in  Tuesday’s  election. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

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PANTON  â€”  Panton  residents  in  Tuesday  Australian  balloting  backed  a  charter  change  that  will  make  the  town’s  clerk,  treasurer  and  delin-­ quent  tax  collector  appointed  posi-­ tions  in  the  future,  a  measure  that  remains  subject  to  approval  of  the  Vermont  Legislature.  The  vote  in  favor  of  a  proposal  made  by  the  selectboard  was  62-­35.  The  board  had  maintained  it  should  have  more  control  over  town  em-­ ployees  and  said  the  measure  would  allow  the  town’s  governing  body  to  make  sure  those  employees  are  qual-­ LÂżHG 5HVLGHQWV IURP WKH Ă€RRU RI 7XHV-­ day’s  town  meeting  backed  essen-­ tially  level-­funded  town  spending  SURSRVDOV DQG ÂżOOHG H[SLULQJ WHUPV on  several  boards.  Earning  support  was  the  select-­ board’s  proposed  town  budget  of  $603,961,  which  was  up  by  about  $2,000  from  a  year  ago,  and  $59,000  LQ ÂżYH 7RZQ 5HVHUYH )XQGV WKH most  notable  of  which  were  $20,000  apiece  for  highway  equipment  and  capital  projects  and  $15,000  for  Pan-­ ton  Town  Hall  restoration.  Also  backed  were  $8,551  of  chari-­ table  requests.   5HWXUQHG WR RIÂżFH ZHUH FXUUHQW selectboard  chairman  John  Viskup,  Vergennes  Union  Elementary  School  GLUHFWRU -DVRQ )HDURQ DXGLWRU - Douglas  Dows,  Vergennes-­Panton  Water  District  commissioner  Meddie  Perrie,  and  listers  Cheryl  McEwen  and  Beverly  Biello.  Voters  in  Panton,  Waltham  and  Vergennes  backed  the  $4.26  mil-­ lion  VUES  spending  plan,  357-­298,  in  commingled  balloting.  That  pro-­ posed  budget  called  for  a  spending  increase  of  about  $178,000,  or  4.34  percent.  Voters  also  backed  $15,000  for  the  annual  VUES  capital  improvement  fund  request,  $10,000  less  than  a  year  ago.  Panton  residents  voted  against  the  proposed  $9.73  million  Vergennes  Union  High  School  budget,  64-­37.  2YHUDOO WKDW EXGJHW ORVW LQ WKH ÂżYH Addison  Northwest  Supervisory  Union  towns,  961-­747. A  separate  measure  to  start  a Â

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A  three-­year  term  on  the  Salisbury  school  board  had  no  takers,  while  Timothy  Ryan  had  no  competition  for  a  one-­year  term  on  that  panel. Residents  endorsed  the  proposed  general  fund  budget  of  $202,067  by  a  183  to  43  tally.  That  budget  is  up  from  the  current  spending  plan  of  $189,915.  The  proposed  highway  budget  of  $392,359  received  a  nod  by  a  191  to  35  margin.  That  spending  plan  was  up  slightly  from  the  current  budget  of  $390,878. The  other  major  money  item  on  the  warning  was  a  request  for  up  to  LQ ÂżQDQFLQJ IRU D ,Q-­ ternational  dump  truck  for  the  high-­ way  department.  That  passed  com-­ fortably,  177  to  48.  The  purchase  will  be  made  through  a  combination  of  a  low-­interest  loan  from  the  state,  a  commercial  bank  loan  and  money  from  the  town’s  equipment  reserve  fund. Residents  also  agreed,  by  a  142  to  82  margin,  to  spend  $7,500  to  hire  a  consultant  to  help  plan  the  next  steps  in  renovating  Salisbury’s  town  hall.  That  consultant  will  prepare  a  ¿QDQFLQJ SODQ DQG JUDQW DSSOLFDWLRQ material  to  maximize  the  potential  for  federal,  state  and  private  grants  to  help  underwrite  costs  of  a  project. The  proposed  2014-­2015  Salis-­ bury  Community  School  budget  of  $1,624,142,  representing  a  4.08-­per-­ cent  increase  compared  to  the  cur-­ rent  year,  passed  by  a  66-­18  paper  ballot  vote. MIDDLEBURY  RESIDENT  BEN  Burd  stands  in  a  line  of  article  6  opponents  and  talks  about  his  concerns  during  town  meeting  in  the  municipal  Salisbury’s  annual  school  warn-­ gym  Monday  night. ing  also  featured  three  other  suc-­ Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell cessful  articles.  One  sought  permis-­ sion  for  the  school  to  borrow,  at  no  interest,  $28,000  from  Green  Moun-­ $50,000  capital  investment  fund  for  expansion  of  the  Ripton  selectboard  penses  (not  the  usual  12  months)  and  from  Mary  Anne  Sullivan,  144  to  73. WDLQ 3RZHUÂśV (YHUJUHHQ )XQG WR UHW-­ Selectman  John  Rouse  and  Salis-­ URÂżW 6DOLVEXU\ &RPPXQLW\ 6FKRROÂśV VUHS  won  59-­42  approval  in  Pan-­ IURP WKH FXUUHQW WKUHH WR ÂżYH PHP-­ both  passed  by  voice  vote,  according  bury  School  Director  Craig  Carpen-­ EXLOGLQJ ZLWK HQHUJ\ HIÂżFLHQW OLJKW-­ ton,  but  failed  overall  by  six  votes,  bers  was  defeated  by  a  41  to  27  mar-­ to  Town  Clerk  Sally  Hoyler. gin  by  paper  ballot  at  Monday’s  an-­ Also  passing  by  voice  vote  was  ter  had  no  challengers  for  two-­year  ing.  Another  article  sought  use  of  up  902-­896. nual  meeting.  the  2014-­2015  Ripton  Elementary  terms  on  their  respective  boards.  (See  Salisbury,  Page  17A) In  other  elections,  Laura  McIntosh  School  spending  plan  of  $894,399,  and  Giles  Hoyler  ran  unopposed  for  representing  a  10.57-­percent  in-­ terms  of  three  years  and  two  years,  crease  compared  to  this  year.  Part  respectively,  on  the  local  school  of  Ripton’s  budget  increase  is  asso-­ RIPTON  â€”  Ripton  residents  at  board.  Incumbent  UD-­3  school  ciated  with  debt  service  on  its  new  their  town  meeting  re-­elected  long-­ board  member  Jerry  Shedd  had  no  roof  and  solar  panel  project,  OK’d  time  incumbent  Selectwoman  Lau-­ challengers  for  another  three-­year  by  voters  last  year. Ripton  voters  also  agreed  to: reen  Cox  to  another  three-­year  term  term  on  the  UD-­3  board. 5LSWRQ LV WUDQVLWLRQLQJ WR D ÂżVFDO ‡ $SSURSULDWH WR VXSSRUW LQ RIÂżFH EXW GHFOLQHG WR DGG WZR year  b udgeting  s ystem.  T he  p roposed  5LSWRQ )LUH DQG 5LSWRQ )LUVW 5H-­ new  positions  to  the  selectboard. Cox  bested  challenger  Perry  Han-­ highway  budget  of  $349,650  and  re-­ sponse. quested  general  fund  spending  plan  Â‡ 'LVVROYH WKH GHIXQFW 5LSWRQ son  by  a  91-­40  tally. A  petitioned  article  requesting  an  RI UHĂ€HFW PRQWKV RI H[-­ Cemetery  Association  and  create  a  new  commission  that  will  oversee  the  community’s  four  public  cem-­ eteries.  Elected  (unopposed)  as  cem-­ etery  commissioners  were  Charles  Billings,  Lisa  Knickerbocker,  Eliza-­ beth  Walker,  Cheryl  Larocque  and  Bonnie  Swan. ‡ $OORFDWH D FRPELQHG WRWDO RI $15,730  in  support  for  various  Ad-­ GLVRQ &RXQW\ EDVHG QRQSURÂżWV ‡ 7UDQVIHU XS WR IURP the  education  reserve  fund  to  the  school’s  general  fund.

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★Salisbury★ SALISBURY  â€”  Salisbury  resi-­ dents  on  Tuesday  elected  challenger  Martha  Sullivan  over  incumbent  Se-­ lectman  Jack  Beasley  and  decided  two  other  contested  races  in  Town  Meeting  Day  voting. Sullivan  defeated  Beasley,  a  long-­ time  incumbent,  by  a  130  to  90  tally.  Meanwhile,  incumbent  Town  Moderator  Wayne  Smith  out-­polled  challenger  Mary  Anne  Sullivan,  175  to  48,  and  incumbent  Lister  Daniel  Kuczynski  turned  back  a  challenge Â

ADDISON  COUNTY  STATE  Sen.  Chris  Bray  speaks  during  a  re-­ cess  from  Monkton’s  town  meeting  Tuesday  morning. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

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(Salisbury  from  Page  16A) to  $30,000  in  school  reserve  funds  to  perform  restroom  renovations.  And  the  third  article  sought  to  consoli-­ date  the  school’s  education  reserve  funds  into  a  single  account. In  other  town  meeting-­related  business,  Salisbury  voters  support-­ ed: ‡ IRU WKH WRZQ ÂżUH GH-­ partment. ‡ $ FRPELQHG WRWDO RI IRU various  Addison  County-­based  non-­ SURÂżWV

★Shoreham★ SHOREHAM  â€”  At  town  meeting  this  week,  Shoreham  residents  ap-­ proved  measures  relating  to  the  town’s  municipal,  road  and  school  budgets,  as  well  as  an  article  opposing  the  pro-­ posed  Addison-­Rutland  Natural  Gas  Project.  6HYHUDO WRZQ RIÂżFHV FKDQJHG KDQGV in  contested  elections  on  Tuesday.  On  the  selectboard,  Loren  Wood  defeated  incumbent  Paul  F.  Saenger,  WR IRU D RQH \HDU VHDW DQG LQ-­ cumbent  Robert  Warren  defeated  chal-­ lenger  Barbara  Wilson,  197-­90,  for  a  two-­year  seat. Challenger  Lance  Wood  will  re-­ place  incumbent  Michelle  Matot  for  a  two-­year  term  as  a  school  director  DIWHU :RRG JDUQHUHG YRWHV DQG Matot  got  130.  School  board  member  DeAnn  Flagg  was  uncontested  for  a  three-­year  seat.  Kathleen  Brisson  was  elected  to  replace  Marion  Paquette  as  town  trea-­ VXUHU WR Town  Clerk  Julie  Ortuno  retained  her  job. On  Monday  evening,  149  residents  gathered  in  the  gymnasium  of  the  Shoreham  Elementary  School  and  YRWHG LQ IDYRU RI D ORFDO VFKRRO EXGJHW RI D SHUFHQW increase  compared  to  this  year  and  the  lowest  increase  in  all  of  the  Addison  Central  Supervisory  Union.  The  bud-­ JHW DOVR LQFOXGHV IRU D QHZ Internet  service  provider  that  would  increase  bandwidth  to  the  school.  Ac-­ FRUGLQJ WR GLVWULFW ÂżJXUHV WKH VFKRRO EXGJHW LV H[SHFWHG WR GULYH D tax  increase  per  $100,000  in  property  value.  The  town  also  voted  to  consolidate  DQ HVWLPDWHG EDODQFH RI LQ WKH capital  improvement  fund  into  a  single  education  reserve  fund.  Residents  al-­ lotted  $20,000  in  unassigned  funds  IURP ÂżVFDO \HDU IRU XVH LQ D QHZ boiler  at  the  elementary  school.  In  additional  projects,  the  town  YRWHG WR ERUURZ XS WR LQ LQWHU-­ est-­free  funds  from  Green  Mountain  3RZHU RYHU ÂżYH \HDUV IRU DQ HQHUJ\ HIÂżFLHQF\ UHWURÂżW DW WKH HOHPHQWDU\ school.  The  project  will  install  banked  lighting  and  additional  light  switches. At  Monday’s  town  meeting,  voters  OK’d  a  municipal  highway  budget  of  XS IURP WKH DS-­ proved  by  voters  last  year.  The  town  also  approved  a  municipal  budget  RI 6HOHFWERDUG FKDLU 3DXO Saenger  cited  costs  associated  with  library  improvements,  health  insur-­ DQFH OLDELOLW\ DQG ÂżUH LQVXUDQFH OHJDO IHHV GUDLQDJH ÂżUH GHSDUWPHQW YHKLFOH repair  and  electricity  and  maintenance  at  the  new  conservatory  building  as  MXVWLÂżFDWLRQ IRU WKH LQFUHDVH RI RYHU $20,000.  7KH WRZQ DOVR DSSURYHG WR D UHVHUYH IXQG IRU ÂżUH UHVFXH YHKLFOHV and  equipment  as  well  as  another  WR WKH JHQHUDO IXQG IRU D WRWDO of  $17,000  up  from  $10,000  in  years  SDVW 7KH ÂżUH GHSDUWPHQW ZDV DOOR-­ cated  $11,170  as  part  of  the  municipal  EXGJHW IRU YHKLFOH UHSDLU 7KH ÂżUH GH-­ partment  anticipates  the  purchase  of  a  QHZ SXPS WUXFN LQ 7KH WRZQ DOVR DSSURYHG IRU ÂżUHZRUNV IRU WKH DQQXDO 6KRUHKDP Festival.  In  money  ballot  requests,  voters  ap-­ SURYHG WR EH GLVWULEXWHG LQ various  requested  amounts  to  21  non-­ SURÂżWV Other  items  OK’d  included  up  to  $200,000  for  a  new  road  grader  with Â

RI WKH H[SHQVH WR EH ÂżQDQFHG RYHU ÂżYH \HDUV WR EH SDLG through  new  taxes  and  the  balance  to  be  paid  with  money  from  other  high-­ way  department  accounts.  The  new  -RKQ 'HHUH JUDGHU ZLOO FRVW after  trade-­in  and  installation  of  scari-­ ÂżFDWLRQ HTXLSPHQW 7KH FXUUHQW JUDGHU KDV VHHQ WR KRXUV RI XVDJH every  year  since  it  was  purchased  in  1991.  Citing  a  lack  of  prepared  zoning  regulations,  the  town  voted  to  table  ap-­ proval  of  new  regulations.  The  town  also  voted  to  table  articles  that  would  require  votes  by  Australian  ballot  to  change  the  town  plan  and  town  by-­ laws.  7KH ÂżQDO IRXU LWHPV FRQFHUQLQJ the  Addison-­Rutland  Natural  Gas  Project,  received  the  most  discussion.  5HVLGHQWV YRWHG LQ D QRQELQGLQJ resolution  against  the  pipeline.  â€œGiven  that  it’s  on  the  warning,  it’s  a  statement  of  the  community’s  opin-­ ion,â€?  said  state  Rep.  Will  Stevens  and  moderator  for  the  town  meeting.  â€œIt’s  not  directing  the  selectboard,  it’s  tak-­ ing  the  pulse  of  the  community.â€?  While  a  majority  of  speakers  spoke  against  the  project,  much  of  the  dis-­ cussion  revolved  around  the  next  step,  with  voters  weighing  options  of  whether  to  postpone  giving  a  deci-­ VLRQ RQ WKH SLSHOLQH XQWLO DIWHU WKH ÂżUVW Vermont  Public  Service  Board  public  hearing  on  the  project  and  whether  the  selectboard  should  delay,  until  after  WKH ÂżUVW 36% KHDULQJ QHJRWLDWLQJ D memorandum  of  understanding  with  Vermont  Gas  related  to  the  pipeline. Saenger  spoke  in  opposition  to  ne-­ gotiating  a  memorandum  of  under-­ standing  after  the  PSB  hearing. “I’ve  never  been  able  to  negotiate  something  at  the  last  minute  to  the  best  of  my  ability  as  I  have  when  I’ve  had  lots  of  time  to  prepare,â€?  he  said.  â€œBy  JRLQJ DIWHU WKH ÂżUVW 36% PHHWLQJ , think  we  put  ourselves  at  a  disadvan-­ tage.â€?  Voters  defeated  the  article  to  negoti-­ ate  a  memorandum  of  understanding  ZLWK 9HUPRQW *DV DIWHU WKH ÂżUVW 36% hearing  by  voice  vote.  Residents  tabled  a  proposal  to  hold  a  public  meeting  on  a  memorandum  of  understanding  before  being  signed  by  the  selectboard,  and  a  third  proposal  to  postpone  any  decision  to  support  or  RSSRVH WKH SURMHFW XQWLO DIWHU WKH ÂżUVW PSB  hearing.

★Starksboro★ STARKSBORO  â€”  Starksboro  voters  on  Saturday  approved  all  13  articles  as  warned  at  their  annual  meeting,  held  at  Robinson  Elemen-­ tary  School.  Residents  by  voice  vote  approved  a  general  fund  budget  that  expends Â

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★Vergennes★ VERGENNES  â€”  Former  Ver-­ gennes  Mayor  and  Alderman  Mi-­ chael  Daniels  and  incumbent  Al-­ dermen  Renny  Perry  and  Lynn  'RQQHOO\ RQ 7XHVGD\ ZRQ D ÂżYH way  race  for  three  seats  on  the  Ver-­ gennes  city  council. 'DQLHOV HDUQHG YRWHV WR lead  balloting.  Perry,  a  former  9HUJHQQHV FLW\ PDQDJHU ÂżQLVKHG VHFRQG ZLWK YRWHV ZKLOH 'RQ-­ nelly,  who  was  appointed  to  the  council  a  year  ago,  came  in  third  with  277.  Clara  â€œZiggyâ€?  Comeau,  a  real  estate  broker  and  former  city  zon-­ LQJ ERDUG PHPEHU ZKR ZDV ÂżUVW

EUGENIE  DOYLE  SPEAKS  from  her  seat  at  the  Monkton  Town  Meeting  Tuesday  morning.  Doyle  was  one  of  several  residents  who  spoke  to  support  an  article  that  denounced  the  Vermont  Gas  pipeline  project. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

DSSRLQWHG WR WKH FRXQFLO LQ polled  177  votes.  Peter  Garon,  who  served  a  two-­year  term  on  the  council  between  2011  and  2013,  re-­ ceived  144  votes. One  other  race  was  contested:  Incumbent  Vergennes  Union  High  School  director  Chris  Cousineau  turned  back  a  write-­in  challenge  from  former  Addison  Northeast  Supervisory  Union  business  man-­ DJHU *UHJ %XUGLFN

Winning  without  opposition  were  incumbent  Vergennes  Union  Elementary  School  board  director  Tara  Brooks,  lister  Karen  Quigley  and  grand  juror  Michelle  Eastman.  Patricia  Ganson  was  on  the  ballot  for  the  Vergennes-­Panton  Water  District  board,  where  she  will  be  joined  by  successful  write-­in  can-­ didate  Jeffrey  Fritz. All  charitable  contributions  earned  support.  Aldermen  will  FUDIW WKH FLW\œV EXGJHW in  June.  Voters  in  Panton,  Waltham  and  9HUJHQQHV EDFNHG WKH PLO-­ OLRQ 98(6 VSHQGLQJ SODQ in  commingled  balloting.  That  pro-­ posed  budget  called  for  an  increase  RI DERXW RU SHUFHQW 9RWHUV DOVR EDFNHG IRU the  annual  VUES  capital  improve-­ ment  fund  request,  $10,000  less  than  a  year  ago.  Vergennes  residents  voted  against  the  proposed  $9.73  million  Vergennes  Union  High  School  bud-­ JHW 2YHUDOO WKDW EXGJHW ORVW LQ WKH ¿YH $GGLVRQ 1RUWKZHVW 6XSHUYLVRU\ 8QLRQ WRZQV A  separate  measure  to  start  a  FDSLWDO LQYHVWPHQW IXQG IRU 98+6 ZRQ DSSURYDO in  Vergennes,  but  failed  overall  by  VL[ YRWHV

general  fund  spending,  an  amount  WKDW DV ZHOO DV RSHUDWLQJ WRZQ RIÂżF-­ es  included  separate  articles  asking  IRU IRU WKH %L[E\ /LEUDU\ DQG IRU RWKHU FKDULWDEOH UHTXHVWV 2IÂżFLDOV VDLG WKH RYHUDOO ÂżJXUH LQ-­ creased  somewhat  from  current  levels,  in  part  because  of  a  hike  in  WKH FRVW RI :DOWKDPÂśV ÂżUH SURWHFWLRQ contract  with  Vergennes.  The  board’s  road  spending  pro-­ SRVDO XS MXVW VOLJKWO\ WR also  passed  by  voice  vote.  Residents  were  also  asked  if  they  ZDQWHG WR XVH ÂłIURP WKH carryover  balanceâ€?  to  reduce  their  WRZQ WD[ OHY\ 7RZQ Clerk  Mary  Ann  Castimore  said  the  selectboard  at  town  meeting  told  res-­ idents  the  exact  amount  of  that  car-­ ryover  could  not  be  determined,  but  residents  OK’d  an  amended  measure  to  allow  the  board  to  use  a  yet-­to-­be-­ determined  amount  to  lower  taxes. 2IÂżFLDOV KDG VDLG LI WKH\ FKRRVH WR DSSO\ D FDUU\RYHU WR WD[ UH-­ duction,  the  municipal  portion  of  the  town’s  tax  rate  would  rise  by  1  cent.  :DOWKDP FKRVH LWV HOHFWHG RIÂż-­ FLDOV IURP WKH Ă€RRU RI WRZQ PHHW-­ ing.  Mike  Grace  was  returned  to  the  selectboard,  and  Chris  Huston  was  returned  to  the  board  of  listers.  Cas-­ timore,  also  the  assistant  treasurer,  and  Treasurer  and  Assistant  Clerk  Lucille  Evarts,  both  of  whom  were  appointed  this  past  summer  to  re-­ place  Mary  Kinson,  were  also  both  elected.   Voters  in  Waltham,  Vergennes  WALTHAM  â€”  About  three-­doz-­ DQG 3DQWRQ EDFNHG WKH PLO-­ en  Waltham  residents  on  Monday  ap-­ lion  Vergennes  Union  Elementary  proved  town  spending  proposals  and  6FKRRO VSHQGLQJ SODQ LQ commingled  balloting.  That  pro-­ UHWXUQHG LQFXPEHQWV WR RIÂżFH They  backed  by  voice  vote  the  se-­ posed  budget  called  for  an  increase  (See  Waltham,  Page  18A) OHFWERDUGÂśV SURSRVDO IRU RI

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CORNWALL  TOWN  MODERATOR  Cy  Tall,  left,  and  Selectman  Dave  Sears  keep  an  eye  on  the  bevy  of  activity  surrounding  a  vote  at  the  town  meeting  at  the  Bingham  Memorial  School  on  Monday  eve-­ ning. Independent  photo/John  McCright

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(Waltham  from  Page  17A) of  about  $178,000,  or  4.34  percent.  Voters  also  backed  $15,000  for  the  annual  VUES  capital  improvement  fund  request,  $10,000  less  than  a  year  ago.  Waltham  residents  voted  against  the  proposed  $9.73  million  Ver-­ gennes  Union  High  School  budget,  43-­37.  Overall,  that  budget  lost  in  WKH ¿YH $GGLVRQ 1RUWKZHVW 6XSHUYL-­ VRU\ 8QLRQ WRZQV $ VHSDUDWH PHDVXUH WR VWDUW D $50,000  capital  investment  fund  IRU 98+6 ZRQ DSSURYDO LQ Waltham,  but  failed  overall  by  six  YRWHV 98+6 PXVW DOVR UHWLUH D PDMRU GH¿FLW GXH WR XQDQWLFL-­ pated  special  education  spending,  and  its  declining  enrollment  is  push-­ ing  per-­pupil  spending  higher.

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MIDDLEBURY’S  ALPINE  BINGHAM  urges  other  residents  to  keep  things  moving  along  during  Monday  night’s  town  meeting. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

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2IÂżFH SODQ (Continued  from  Page  1A) is  encouraging  to  know  that  such  a  ity  issue  also  proved  a  catalyst  for  large  percentage  of  our  fellow  Mid-­ RQH RI WKH PRVW ÂżHUFHO\ FRQWHVWHG dlebury  citizens  shared  our  views  of  Middlebury  selectboard  races  in  what  was  at  stake.â€? more  than  two  decades  (see  related  Ron  Kohn,  another  opponent  of  story).  Selectboard  Chairman  Dean  the  building  plan,  said  he  and  like-­ George,  whom  voters  returned  to  minded  residents  will  discuss  their  RIÂżFH IRU DQRWKHU \HDU VDLG KH ZDV options  in  possibly  contesting  the  SOHDVHG WKDW WKH WRZQ RIÂżFH UHFUH-­ Town  Meeting  Day  vote.  He  spe-­ ation  center  plan  earned  majority  FLÂżFDOO\ FLWHG D SRVVLEOH FKDOOHQJH support  amid  higher-­than-­customary  EDVHG RQ WKH WRZQ RIÂżFH SURMHFWÂśV turnout  for  a  typical  Town  Meeting  incompatibility  with  Middlebury’s  Day. town  plan,  which  advocates  for  the  â€œI’m  pleased,â€?  George  said.  â€œA  lot  gym  and  municipal  building  to  re-­ of  people  put  a  lot  of  time  and  effort  main  at  their  present  location. into  this,  including  people  who  op-­ “We’ll  look  at  every  option  we  posed  the  project.â€? have  and  see  what’s  George  said  he  be-­ reasonable,â€?  Kohn  lieved  the  opponents’  said. concerns  raised  dur-­ It  was  last  June  that  ing  the  past  several  the  selectboard  an-­ months  helped  make  nounced  the  frame-­ WKH ÂżQDO SURMHFW D EHW-­ work  of  a  proposal  ter  product. with  Middlebury  â€œThere  were  more  &ROOHJH RIÂżFLDOV WR people  involved  with  accomplish  several  this  than  any  other  town  goals,  includ-­ project  I  have  been  a  ing  the  municipal  part  of,â€?  George  said. building  project.  It  Middlebury  Col-­ calls  for  the  town  to  lege  President  Ron  convey  the  current  Liebowitz  applauded  municipal  building  the  outcome  of  the  and  gym  at  94  Main  town  vote. St.  to  the  college,  â€œI’m  pleased  for  the  â€œI’m pleased. A along  with  another  citizens  of  Middle-­ lot of people put town-­owned  parcel  bury  and  I  hope  our  a lot of time and at  6  Cross  St.  The  community  will  co-­ college  would  turn  a  effort into this, alesce  quickly  to  en-­ cleared  94  Main  St.  sure  that  the  new  mu-­ including people parcel  into  a  public  nicipal  building  and  who opposed the park  and  relocate  its  gymnasium  projects  project.â€? Osborne  House  from  move  ahead  toward  â€” Dean George 77  Main  St.  to  the  6  the  best  possible  re-­ Cross  St.  property.  sult,â€?  Liebowitz  said.  In  return,  the  college  â€œThe  last  few  months  have  pulled  at  would  assume  $4.5  million  of  the  the  fabric  of  our  town,  but  I  believe  $6.5  million  construction  budget  it  is  in  our  character  to  debate  issues  for  a  9,400-­square-­foot  munici-­ of  public  importance  and  then  come  pal  building  at  77  Main  St.  and  an  together  once  a  decision  has  been  11,500-­square-­foot  recreation  cen-­ made.  I  want  to  thank  those  citizens  ter  off  Creek  Road.  The  college  has  of  Middlebury  who  have  worked  so  also  agreed  to  pay  the  town  up  to  $1  KDUG DQG VHOĂ€HVVO\ LQ WKH LQWHUHVW RI million  to  raze  the  existing  building  the  community  to  create  a  plan  that  at  94  Main  St.  and  clear  the  land,  the  majority  of  voters  could  em-­ and  to  move  the  Osborne  House. brace.  We  look  forward  to  working  Bread  Loaf  Corp.  architect  Chris  with  the  selectboard  and  the  citizens  Huston  offered  a  quick  overview  of  Middlebury,  including  our  stu-­ of  the  two  building  plans  at  Mid-­ dents,  to  continue  to  make  our  town  dlebury’s  annual  town  meeting  on  a  more  attractive,  safe  and  vibrant  Monday,  a  gathering  that  drew  more  place  to  live  and  work.â€? than  250  people.  And  many  of  those  Opponents  were  clearly  disap-­ people  showed  up  to  comment  on  pointed  with  the  outcome. the  $6.5  million  project  and  perhaps  â€œWe’re  very  sad  that  the  town  has  mint  some  allies  for  the  next  day’s  VROG D XQLTXH SLHFH RI ODQG DQG D ÂżQH Australian  ballot  referendum  on  the  old  building  that  could  have  been  $6.5  million  bond  issue. saved,â€?  Mike  and  Judy  Olinick  said  Former  Vermont  Gov.  and  long-­ in  a  joint  statement.  â€œWe’re  equally  time  Middlebury  Town  Moderator  sorry  that  â€”  as  we  and  many  oth-­ James  Douglas  proposed  â€”  and  ers  see  it  â€”  important  principles  town  meeting  attendees  endorsed  of  democratic  government  and  pro-­ —  a  two-­minute  time  limit  for  com-­ cess  were  abandoned.  But  we  hope  ments.  Presenters  of  the  project  that  all  will  work  out  well  and  that  were  allowed  to  exceed  that  limit,  personal  fences  will  be  mended.  We  an  allowance  that  did  not  sit  well  know  that  Middlebury  will  continue  with  resident  Roger  Desautels. to  be  a  wonderful  place  to  live.  It  â€œIf  the  time  limit  is  not  serious,  I  has  been  a  privilege  to  work  with  would  request  that  the  time  limit  be  so  many  thoughtful,  concerned,  cre-­ removed,â€?  Desautels  said. ative  and  articulate  people;Íž  and  it  For  almost  two  hours,  a  proces-­

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the  steering  committee.  Malcolm  said  the  plan  would  allow  the  town  to  replace  two  deteriorating  struc-­ WXUHV ZLWK QHZ HQHUJ\ HIÂżFLHQW buildings.  She  called  having  the  new  municipal  building  next  to  the  Ilsley  Library  â€œa  big  plus,â€?  and  said  the  new  recreation  center  would  re-­ sult  in  the  demolition  of  the  old  Mid-­ dlebury  Legion  building  on  Creek  Road,  a  structure  that  UD-­3  (which  owns  the  Creek  Road  property)  has  been  unable  to  get  rid  of  thus  far. A  smattering  of  project  support-­ ers  also  made  their  way  to  the  town  meeting  microphone  to  say  their  piece. Among  them  was  resident  Max  Kraus,  who  said  he  believed  towns-­ people  had  ample  time  to  study  the  building  proposal  and  weigh  in  on  it.  Kraus  noted  that  leaders  of  the  Addison  Central  Teens  group  had  endorsed  the  proposed  new  loca-­ tion  of  the  local  teen  center  (at  the  warming  hut  at  the  town’s  recreation  park)  and  added  he  was  concerned  Middlebury  College  might  withdraw  its  participation  in  any  future  town  RIÂżFH UHFUHDWLRQ SURSRVDO LI WKH FXU-­ rent  one  was  defeated. Resident  Peter  Schumer  also  of-­ fered  his  support  for  article  6,  say-­ LQJ WKH QHZ WRZQ RIÂżFHV VSRW LV RQO\ “100  yardsâ€?  from  94  Main  St.  He  argued  77  Main  St.  is  even  closer  to  the  heart  of  downtown. Resident  Chip  Malcolm  said  the  WRZQ RIÂżFHV KDG ÂłQRW FKDQJHG RQH bit,â€?  during  the  40  years  his  family  has  lived  in  town.  He  urged  people  to  vote  for  a  proposal  that  he  be-­ lieves  would  deliver  good  buildings  at  a  reasonable  cost. “This  is  a  good  plan,â€?  he  said. Resident  Hudson  Tilford  urged  his  fellow  townspeople  to  vote  for  a  plan  he  said  has  been  â€œcussed  and  discussedâ€?  for  a  long  time. Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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