Monday, Oct. 5, 2015

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MONDAY Â Â EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 27 No. 29

Middlebury, Vermont

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Monday, October 5, 2015

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44 Pages

75¢

Falcons  back  from  the  brink Record  tally  of  peregrine  chicks  counted

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By  GAEN  MURPHREE ADDISON  COUNTY  â€”  Forty-­ ÂżYH \HDUV DJR D ORQH PDOH SHUHJULQH falcon  spotted  at  Mt.  Pisgah  above  Lake  Willoughby  was  the  last  wild  falcon  left  in  Vermont.  The  last.  The  entire  species  had  been  wiped  out Â

(technically  â€œextirpated,â€?  not  ex-­ tinct),  not  only  in  Vermont,  not  only  in  the  Northeast,  but  throughout  its  entire  range  east  of  the  Mississippi. This  year,  state  wildlife  biologists  reported  44  cliff-­nesting  pairs  pro-­ ducing  a  record  67  chicks  â€”  several Â

in  Addison  County.  â€œIt’s  tremendous  just  to  have  them  back,â€?  said  Sue  Staats,  a  biological  technician  with  the  National  Forest  Service  who  monitors  peregrines  in  the  Middlebury  and  Rochester  rang-­ er  districts. While  the  peregrine  population  is  (See  Falcons,  Page  16)

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Street stencil reminds us that waste goes to lake By  GAEN  MURPHREE BRISTOL  â€”  As  merrymakers  began  arriving  for  the  Bristol  Har-­ vest  Festival  on  Saturday,  Sept.  26,  a  group  of  14  volunteers  with  the  New  Haven  River  Anglers  Association  fanned  out  along  Bristol  streets  on  a  serious  mission.  In  groups  of  twos  and  threes  they  stopped  at  storm  drains  in  the  vil-­ lage  center,  laid  down  a  stencil,  and Â

painted  a  message  for  anyone  who  GHSRVLWV ZDVWH ² Ă€XLGV DQG VROLGV —  into  the  gutters: “Keep  It  Clean,  Drains  To  River.â€? The  stencils,  with  the  text  accom-­ panied  by  the  image  of  a  trout,  are  to  remind  Bristol  residents  to  protect  the  New  Haven  River,  as  it  drains  into  Otter  Creek  and  eventually  into  Lake  Champlain.  (See  Anglers,  Page  43)

New judge takes bench at Addison County Courthouse By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  â€”  The  regu-­ lar  changing  of  the  guard  within  Vermont’s  local  courthouses  has  brought  a  new  presiding  judge  to  Addison  County  â€”  Samuel  Hoar  Jr.,  who  replaces  Judge  Robert  Mello,  who  has  been  transferred  to  Franklin  County Â

Superior  Court. Addison  County’s  new  judge  hopes  to  be  spending  the  next  two  years  in  Addison  County’s  courthouse,  and  he  does  not  mind  getting  a  change  of  scenery  on  a  regular  basis. “Overall,  I  favor  the  concept  of  (See  Judge  Hoar,  Page  14)


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