Sept 8 2014

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MONDAY Â Â EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 26 No. 27

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Middlebury, Vermont

6KHOWHU DGGV QHZ VHUYLFH FRRUGLQDWRU By  JOHN  FLOWERS VERGENNES  â€”  Amy  Kit-­ tredge  set  a  goal-­scoring  re-­ cord  as  a  star  striker  with  the  Vergennes  Union  High  School  Commodores  around  a  dozen  years  ago. Now  31,  the  Addison  resident  has  returned  to  the  Little  City  with  another  kind  of  goal  in  her  sights  â€”  serving  the  most  im-­ poverished  citizens  of  the  com-­ munity.  Kittredge  was  recently  (See  Kittredge,  Page  7)

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By  ZACH  DESPART BRISTOL  â€”  Two  people  were  shot,  one  by  a  state  trooper,  during  an  incident  Thursday  evening  on  Pine  Street  in  Bristol. Both  victims  remain  hospitalized  on  Friday  afternoon,  police  said,  but  did  not  elaborate  on  their  conditions. Police  said  they  were  dispatched  to  62  Pine  St.  around  8:30  p.m.  Thursday  evening  where  a  Bris-­ tol  man,  Norman  Michaud,  56,  had  POLICE  INVESTIGATORS  GATHER  evidence  Friday  morning  on  Pine  threatened  to  shoot  himself.  When  RIÂżFHUV IURP WKH VWDWH SROLFH EDU-­ Street  in  Bristol  after  a  Thursday  evening  shooting.  Independent  photo/Zach  Despart (See  Shooting,  Page  31)

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strategies  for  stemming  the  alarming  Ă€RZ DQG XVH RI KHURLQ DQG RWKHU opiates  in  Addison  County. The  meeting  was  billed  as  a  fol-­ low-­up  to  last  spring’s  â€œsummit  on Â

opiate  addictionâ€?  called  by  Gov.  Pe-­ ter  Shumlin,  who  has  made  the  topic  a  prime  focus  of  his  administration.  The  Sept.  3  gathering,  held  at  St.  Peter’s  Parish  Hall,  included  an  over-­

view  of  opiate  use  and  related  crime  activity  in  the  county,  followed  by  some  brainstorming  on  ways  to  curb  it  â€”  including  a  recently  launched  (See  Strategies,  Page  32)

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Hot  lunch

DOMINIQUE  GOLLIOT  OF  the  Vermont  Agency  of  Agriculture,  Food  and  Markets  gets  a  piece  of  grilled  chicken  on  his  plate  while  moving  through  the  lunch  line  at  the  annual  Bourdeau’s  and  Bushey  Inc.  Ag  Showcase  held  in  Middlebury  last  Thursday. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell


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