MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 27 No. 11
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City budget may be a challenge
Middlebury, Vermont
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Monday, June 1, 2015
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28 Pages
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By  ANDY  KIRKALDY )(55,6%85*+ ² :KHQ %DUEDUD %ROGXF ¿UVW entered  Ferrisburgh  Central  School  she  wore  a  hard  KDW DQG VKH ZDV \HDUV ROG 7KDW ZDV \HDUV DJR Bolduc  had  walked  over  with  the  rest  of  Doris  &KDPEHUODLQ¶V VWXGHQWV IURP WKH QHDUE\ RQH URRP VFKRROKRXVH RQ 5RXWH 7KDW VFKRRO ODWHU VHUYHG )HUULVEXUJK IRU GHFDGHV DV LWV WRZQ RI¿FH DQG
when  the  pupils  visited  Ferrisburgh  Central  School  WKH\ ZHUH WRXULQJ D FRQVWUXFWLRQ VLWH Bolduc,  of  course,  had  no  idea  then  she  would  ODWHU WHDFK ¿UVW DQG VHFRQG JUDGH LQ )HUULVEXUJK &HQWUDO 6FKRRO IRU \HDUV DQG WKDW &KDPEHUODLQ ZRXOG EHFRPH KHU FROOHDJXH And  as  Bolduc  sat  down  recently  to  discuss  her  impending  retirement  after  four-Âand-Âa-Âhalf  decades  in  FCS  classrooms,  she  also  said  Chamberlain  might  have  sown  the  seeds  of  her  teaching  career  (See  Bolduc,  Page  27)
Local businesses help Habitat create home for family By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Karen  Holbrook  was  making  her  regular  commute  from  Bridport  WR KHU MRE LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ VHYHUDO PRQWKV DJR (See  Habitat  home,  Page  28)