MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 28 No. 8
Middlebury, Vermont
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Monday, May 30, 2016
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36 Pages
75¢
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A powerhouse will take the stage • Ida Mae Specker plays ÀGGOH EDQJV drums and sings with passion. Read Arts Beat on Page 10.
Interim CEO takes on recruitment, morale
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Police look for long-missing folks • State police introduced an interactive website to spread information on missing persons and unsolved homicides. See Page 35.
Tennis teams win in playoffs • All three local high school VTXDGV HDUQHG ÀUVW URXQG wins last week, and the regular season ended in other VSRUWV 6HH 3DJHV
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