MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 27 No. 34
Middlebury, Vermont
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Monday, November 16, 2015
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40 Pages
Small  gardens  can  have  big  impact  on  lake
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New  rain  garden  changes  landscape  in  many  ways By  GAEN  MURPHREE MIDDLEBURY  —  “People  keep  stopping  us  and  asking  questions,�  said  Lauren  Slayton  and  Justin  Willis,  the  two  landscapers  planting  out  the  new  rain  garden  in  the  Riverfront  Park  at  the  Mar- ble  Works  in  Middlebury  early  this  month. Straight  down  the  bank  from  the  park,  Otter  Creek  rushes  toward  Lake  Champlain.  Every  grain  of  soil  and  every  drop  of  water  that  runs  off  the  Marble  Works  parking  lots  and  rooftops  and  into  the  river  contributes  its  own  very  small  part  to  the  very  large  problem  of  Lake  Champlain’s  phospho- rus  pollution. “Basically,  during  a  rain  event,  the  entire  south  parking  lot  used  to  sheet  across  the  park  and  go  directly  into  the  river,�  said  Ryan  Emilio,  of  the  Marble  Works  Partnership.  (See  Rain  garden,  Page  14)
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New  Mosher  novel  doffs  chapeau  to  college’s  Twilight
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By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  —  Vermont  author  Howard  Frank  Mosher  draws  much  of  his  literary  inspi- ration  from  the  people  and  places  in  his  native  Northeast  Kingdom.  But  he  occasionally  strays  to  points  north  or  south  for  complementary  charac- ters,  as  he  did  with  his  latest  book,  “God’s  King- dom,�  which  includes  a  cast  member  loosely  based  on  Alexander  Twilight  of  Middlebury  Col- (See  Mosher,  Page  27)
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MIDDLEBURY  RESIDENT  JESSIE  Raymond  has  written  a  short  play  that  will  have  its  premiere  at  the  Town  Hall  Theater  on  Friday.  It’s  another  example  of  the  THT  nurturing  local  talent. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
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From the page to the stage Columnist Jessie Raymond launches first one-act play By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  —  Jessie  Raymond  has  re- ceived  a  lot  of  positive  feedback  for  “Around  the  Bend,â€?  her  regular  humor  column  that  has  be- come  a  Page  4  staple  in  the  Addison  Independent  for  the  past  dozen  years.  It’s  pretty  common  for  her  to  receive  column  kudos  while  standing  in  line  at  the  supermarket  or  at  social  events. But  lately,  her  writing  has  been  garnering  loud Â
applause  from  an  audience  that  has  been  able  to  see  her  words  play  out  on  stage.  Raymond,  since  2014,  has  regaled  Town  Hall  Theater-Âgoers  with  two  10-Âminute  plays  based  on  her  comedic  musings.  Addison  County  audiences  will  get  a  more  generous  helping  on  Nov.  20,  ZKHQ KHU ÂżUVW RQH DFW SOD\ GHEXWV DW 7+7 It’s  called  “This  Is  Not  a  Good  Timeâ€?  and  will  (See  Raymond,  Page  26)
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