MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 24 No. 48
Middlebury, Vermont
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Monday, January 21, 2013
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GOP taps Castimore, VanWyck for Rep. Clark’s House seat
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%ULVWRO XQYHLOV Ă&#x20AC;UHKRXVH GHVLJQ Historic  building  would get  three-Âbay  garage By  XIAN  CHIANG-ÂWAREN BRISTOL  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Bristol  residents  last  week  got  a  look  at  an  initial  design  for  an  expansion  of  the  WRZQÂśV DJLQJ ÂżUHKRXVH 5HVLGHQWV on  Town  Meeting  Day  will  vote  RQ IXQGLQJ WKH FUHDWLRQ RI D ÂżQDO design  plus  purchase  of  a  neigh- boring  property  on  which  to  ex- pand.  At  the  special  selectboard  meet- ing  last  Thursday  in  Holley  Hall,  architect  Ashar  Nelson  gave  a  re-Â
port  on  the  feasibility  of  keeping  WKH ¿UH GHSDUWPHQW DW LWV SUHVHQW North  Street  location. Nelson,  of  Vermont  Integrated  Architecture  in  Middlebury,  pre- sented  a  conceptual  design  that  would  rehabilitate  and  restore  the  historic  1897  building,  and  add  a  large  garage  bay  building  and  a  connector  between  the  two  build- ings.  That  would  bring  the  total  square  footage  of  the  facility  from  1,225  for  the  current  building  to  7,337.  Including  two  existing  build- ings  owned  by  the  department,  that  would  result  in  just  under  10,000  square  feet  of  operating  space.
The  expansion  would  be  possible  only  with  the  townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  purchase  of  a  UHVLGHQWLDO SURSHUW\ DW *DUÂżHOG St.  The  town  has  signed  a  pur- chase-Âand-Âsale  agreement  with  the  property  owners  and  put  a  $2,500  deposit  on  an  estimated  $250,000  sale.  On  the  site  of  the  current  resi- dence,  at  the  corner  of  North  and  *DUÂżHOG WKH ED\ EXLOGLQJ ZRXOG be  constructed  to  house  the  depart- mentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  trucks.  )LUH GHSDUWPHQW RIÂżFLDOV KDYH voted  for  the  design  unanimously. Though  a  study  of  municipal  buildings  conducted  in  2006  indi- (See  Bristol,  Page  23)
By  JOHN  FLOWERS VERGENNES  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Republican  lead- ers  in  the  Addison-Â3  House  district  on  Thursday  agreed  to  recommend  two  GOP  nominees  as  candidates  to  serve  out  the  two-Âyear  term  of  the  late  Rep.  Greg  Clark,  R-ÂVergennes:  Warren  VanWyck  of  Ferrisburgh  and  Mary  Ann  Castimore  of  Waltham. Longtime  Republican  activist  Connie  Houston,  who  served  as  a  state  representative  from  Ferris- burgh  last  decade,  said  VanWyck  and  Castimore  received  overwhelm- ing  support  from  a  large  GOP  caucus  that  gathered  at  the  Bixby  Memorial  Library  in  Vergennes.  The  Republi- cans  met  to  select  candidates  to  be  interviewed  by  Gov.  Peter  Shumlin,  who  will  make  the  appointment.  The  winning  nominee  will  join  Rep.  Diane  Lanpher,  D-ÂVergennes,  in  representing  the  two-Âseat  district  that  includes  Ferrisburgh,  Vergennes,  Addison,  Waltham  and  Panton. The  new  appointee  will  serve  the  next  two  years  in  place  of  Clark,  the  veteran  lawmaker  and  educator  who  GLHG WUDJLFDOO\ LQ D WUDIÂżF DFFLGHQW RQ Route  7  this  past  November. VanWyck,  according  to  Houston,  has  been  active  in  Republican  causes.  (See  GOP,  Page  21)
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By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  U.S.  Rep.  Pe- ter  Welch  on  Thursday  reiterated  his  support  of  President  Barack  Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  newly  proposed  gun  control  initia- tives,  lamented  Congressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  inability  to  pass  a  comprehensive  farm  bill  and  said  friction  between  the  major  parties  is  as  bad  as  he  has  seen  it  in  his  six  years  in  Washington. The  Vermont  Democrat,  during  an  interview  with  the  Addison  Indepen- dent,  discussed  these  and  other  is- VXHV LQFOXGLQJ WKH QDWLRQÂśV ÂżQDQFLDO woes. Obama  last  week  outlined  a  series  of  gun  control  measures,  including  universal  background  checks  for  JXQ VDOHV OLPLWLQJ WKH VL]H RI ÂżUHDUP magazines  to  10  rounds  and  banning  assault  weapons.  He  also  advocated  (See  Welch,  Page  21)
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