MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 27 No. 13
Middlebury, Vermont
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Monday, June 15, 2015
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36 Pages
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City  eyes  slight  rise in  property  tax  rate By  ANDY  KIRKALDY VERGENNES  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Vergennes  aldermen  at  their  June  9  meeting  reached  consensus  on  a  75-Âcent  municipal  tax  rate,  a  decision  that,  LI PDGH ÂżQDO E\ WKHLU -XQH GHDGOLQH WR VHW (See  Vergennes,  Page  26)