MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 25 No. 30
Middlebury, Vermont
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Monday, September 23, 2013
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36 Pages
75¢
Shoreland  law  hearing  draws  big  crowd
Vermont’s top chef
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THE  BAND  SAILS  puts  on  a  free  show  at  The  Hub  teen  center  in  Bristol  last  Thursday  afternoon.  Sails,  an  indie,  punk,  folk  band  from  Lyndon,  features  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School  graduate  Aaron  Gingras  on  drums. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
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United  Way  boosts  its Event builds community 2013  fundraising  goal with films and history
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7KH JRDO LV more  than  last  year’s  target  and  UHSUHVHQWV WKH ¿UVW WLPH LQ IRXU years  the  local  United  Way  has  UDLVHG LWV DQQXDO IXQGUDLVLQJ EDU The  organization  closed  the  books  RQ WKH FDPSDLJQ HDUOLHU WKLV \HDU DIWHU KDYLQJ UDLVHG ² RU SHUFHQW RI LWV WDUJHW But  organizers  this  year  are  FRQ¿GHQW WKH\ FDQ VHW WKHLU VLJKWV higher,  and  that  they  can  meet  the  (See  United  Way,  Page  32)
By  ZACH  DESPART BRISTOL  —  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School  on  Thursday  HYHQLQJ ZLOO KRVW D ¿UVW RI LWV kind  summit  that  will  screen  two  VKRUW GRFXPHQWDU\ ¿OPV DERXW OLIH in  Addison  County  in  the  past  and  SUHVHQW DV ZHOO DV IHDWXUH KLVWRUL cal  presentations  by  Mount  Abe  students. )DFXOW\ RUJDQL]HUV RI WKH $GGL son  County  Community  Summit Â
hope  it  will  provide  an  opportu QLW\ IRU ORFDO SHRSOH DFURVV JHQ erations  to  make  new  connections  with  each  other  and  strengthen  community  ties.  The  summit  will  be  held  at  the  school  beginning  at  6  p.m.  Two  ¿OPV ZLOO EH VFUHHQHG DQG 0RXQW Abraham  juniors  and  seniors  will  present  history  projects  they  pro duced  while  researching  their  (See  Community,  Page  25)