MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 26 No. 17
Middlebury, Vermont
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Monday, June 30, 2014
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Summer business has its own flavor
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By  PHOEBE  LEWIS MIDDLEBURY  —  When  June  rolls  around,  Nancie  Dunn  makes  sure  her  shop  is  stocked  with  paint- ings  and  cards  of  Vermont  land- scapes,  and  especially  locally  sourced  pottery.  That’s  because  Dunn,  who  has  owned  the  Sweet  Ce- cily  shop  in  Main  Street  for  the  past  27  years,  has  picked  up  on  trends  in  business  that  she  can  now  anticipate  as  the  warmer  months  approach.  She’s  noticed,  for  instance,  that Â
students  at  Middlebury  College’s  Bread  Loaf  School  of  English  in  particular  appear  to  be  on  the  prowl  IRU DUWZRUN UHÀHFWLYH RI WKH *UHHQ 0RXQWDLQV ² DQG DUH VSHFL¿FDOO\ drawn  to  paintings  of  Adirondack  chairs.  Dunn  isn’t  alone.  Merchants  throughout  downtown  Middlebury  notice  a  particular  swing  in  business  during  the  summer. Tim  Sweet  of  Otter  Creek  Bakery  can  generally  tell  students  from  Mid-Â
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Middlebury  Regional  EMS  seeks  funding By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  —  Middle- bury  Regional  EMS  has  de- cided  to  resurrect  its  practice  of  asking  for  Town  Meeting  Day  contributions  from  the  10  WRZQV LW VHUYHV PRQH\ WKH RU- ganization  will  place  in  a  fund  (See  EMS,  Page  35)
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MALT  to  raise  $490,000  to  conserve  Weybridge  land By  JOHN  FLOWERS :(<%5,'*( ² 7KH 0LGGOH- bury  Area  Land  Trust  (MALT)  is  trying  to  raise  $490,000  to  buy  DQG SHUPDQHQWO\ FRQVHUYH D VWUDWH- gic,  101-Âacre  parcel  of  Middlebury  College-Âowned  land  located  north  of  Route  23  in  Weybridge,  property  that  would  be  maintained  as  an  im- portant  wildlife  habitat  as  well  as  for Â
farming. The  parcel  in  question  is  referred  WR DV WKH ³7RUPRQGVHQ SURSHUW\ ´ DQG LW LQFOXGHV VSUDZOLQJ ¿HOGV UH- generating  forests,  a  stream,  wetland  DQG VRPH YHU\ QLFH YLHZV IRU WKRVH HQWHULQJ DQG H[LWLQJ 0LGGOHEXU\ YLD Weybridge.  It  is  situated  between  VRPH DOUHDG\ FRQVHUYHG ODQGV LQ- (See  MALT,  Page  23)