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College  president  to  end  his  tenure Among  several  meaty  news  stories  at  Middlebury  College  in  2013,  the  biggest  one  came  in  December  when  President  Ron  Liebowitz  announced  he  would  end  his  tenure  there  in  June  2015. Liebowitz,  who  has  held  the  top  position  since  June  2004,  said  he  simply  felt  it  was  time  for  him  and  the  institution  to  go  their  separate  ways.  â€œIt  has  been  an  honor  of  the  highest  order  to  serve  as  the  16th  president  of  this  remarkable  institution  and  a  gratifying  and  extraordinary  experience,  every  day,  for  (my  wife)  Jessica  and  for  me,â€?  Liebowitz  wrote  in  a  letter  to  the  college  community  explaining  his  decision. Liebowitz  has  left  a  lasting  mark  on  Middlebury  â€”  both  the  college  and  the  town.  During  his  presidency  so  far,  the  college  acquired  the  Monterey  Institute  of  International  Studies;Íž  opened  23  new  Schools  Abroad  sites;Íž  added  120  HQGRZHG VWXGHQW VFKRODUVKLSV IRU ÂżQDQFLDO DLG and  15  endowed  faculty  positions;Íž  established  the  School  of  Hebrew  â€”  Middlebury’s  10th  intensive  summer  language  school  â€”  and  the  summer  School  of  the  Environment;Íž  sent  two  successful  teams  to  the  international  Solar  Decathlon  competition;Íž  inaugurated  the  Franklin  Environmental  Center  for  the  study  of  the  environment  and  sustainability;Íž  created  the  Center  for  Social  Entrepreneurship;Íž  and  initiated  an  array  of  programs  to  help  students  acquire  leadership  and  communication  skills. The  college  has  also  made  headlines  off  campus  during  Liebowitz’s  time.  In  2007,  Middlebury  College  and  Town  Hall  Theater  Inc.  formed  a  partnership  that  allows  the  college  regular  use  of  THT’s  building,  and  calls  for  the  college  to  provide  the  organization  with  $1  million  over  20  years  to  support  an  addition  to  the  southwest  corner  of  the  building.  It’s  also  been  during  Liebowitz’s  tenure  that  the  college  agreed  to  contribute  $9  million  toward  Middlebury’s  Cross  Street  Bridge  project  and  agreed  to  support  â€œ51  Main  at  the  Bridge,â€?  a  student-­managed  eatery  and  entertainment  venue  that  is  in  part  designed  to  draw  members  of  the  college  community  into  the  downtown  to  shop.  Liebowitz,  together  with  town  leaders,  has  also  been  supportive  of  an  â€œeconomic  development  initiativeâ€?  envisioned  for  municipal  and  college-­owned  land  behind  the  ,OVOH\ /LEUDU\ 7KH FROOHJH DQG WRZQ DUH ÂżQDOL]LQJ DQ DJUHHPHQW WKURXJK which  the  college  would  acquire  and  convey  to  the  town  the  Lazarus  building  at  20  Main  St.,  a  structure  that  would  then  be  razed  to  allow  for Â

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By  JOHN  FLOWERS ison  MIDDLEBURY  â€”  The  Add board  Central  Supervisory  Union  major   a  on  Oct.  16  will  consider special  change  in  how  it  assigns  FH H[SHQV-­ HGXFDWLRQ DQG FHQWUDO RIÂż within  the  es  to  the  eight  districts  likely  union,  a  change  that  would  result  in  a  prop-­ erty  tax  increase  â€œAs a for  Middlebury  Middlebury residents. taxpayer, The  proposal  to  change  the  you get a assessment  for-­ double mula  for  spe-­ hit.â€? education  cial  â€” ACSU is  not  board expenses  ng  a  lot  Chairman generati versy;Íž  it  Mark Perrin of  controition  be-­ is  a  trans .  e  statute ing  driven  by  stat he  AC-­ Right  now,  taxpayers  in  t Middlebury,  SU-­member  towns  of  Salisbury,  Cornwall,  Bridport,  Weybridge  Ripton,  Shoreham  and  educa-­ special  for  are  responsible  y  the  chil-­ tion  expenses  incurred  b e  com-­ dren  within  their  respectiv next  board  munities.  The  ACSU   hether  to Wednesday  will  vote  on  w ecial  edu-­ pool  (centralize)  those  sp them  to  cation  costs  and  to  assess  nt  count. the  towns  based  on  stude as  the  â€œUsing  equalized  pupils  since  ate  student  count  is  appropri  on  equal-­ schools  are  funded  based to  the  ized  pupils,â€?  reads  a  memo  pro-­ ng  the  ACSU  board  explaini . posed  assessment  change endent  Former  ACSU  Superint this  leaving  to  prior  Gail  Conley,  supervi-­ past  June,  suggested  the   changing  sory  union  also  consider WUDO RIÂżFH WKH PDQQHU LQ ZKLFK FHQ 57  this  expenses  (totaling  $1,585,8 member  the  to   year)  are  assessed that  current  districts,  an  initiative   has  Superintendent  Peter  Burrows (See  ACSU,  Page  13A)

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lance  pho-­ mison,  a  40-­year-­old  free at  10  houses  in  By  LUKE  WHELAN W WLPH tographer,  looked  0,''/(%85< ² 7KH ÂżUV house  Bristol,  East  Middlebury,  Middle-­ for  a  Amy  Yuen,  34,  looked  Vergennes,  mostly  in  the  and  bury  At-­ in  They  ended  up  in  she  was  a  graduate  student   had  yet  to  $200,000  range.  market  for  nearly  lanta.  The  housing  bubble the  burst  and  houses  moved  six  months,  a  typical  fast,  selling  within  a  â€œIn a town time  frame  in  this  area  in  according  to  Yuen.  In  most  few  months  at  most,  its  like this, the when  day  a  was  for  There  the  end,  they  settled  for  either  the  city  known  absorption people  in  Addison  County  a  close  sprawl.  a  house  over  100  years  had  slow lived  on  a  dairy  farm  or  The  second  time  she  rate is old  in  Vergennes,  which  r  who  did.  friend  or  family  membe a  house  it  â€Ś so you end they  purchased  in  May  re  becom-­ looked  for  av-­ Nowadays  dairy  farms  a g all of  last  year. t  was  after  marrying,  h payin up nk  abou of  us  thi ing  a  place  most  and  moving  â€œWe  found  that  you  them  â€”  if  ing  a  child  URĂ€W WR \RXU S where  only  when  we  drive  past  ury  to  Middleb get  more  house  for  your  ) in (See  By  the  way,  Page  13A she  found  employment  the bank money  if  you  live  in  as  associate  professor  of  interest. It’s Bristol  and  Vergennes  political  science  at  Mid-­ very hard to compared  to  Middle-­ she  said,  adding  dlebury  College.  Here  a developer bury,â€?  she  encountered  a  very  be property  taxes  are  lower  6A-­7A different  scene:  Instead  here.â€? there,  as  well. Obituaries  .......................... Mc-­ 8B-­12B — John Tenny Cassandra  of  swaths  of  new  devel-­ &ODVVLÂżHGV  ....................... 9B-­11B opment,  she  found  in  the  Donough,  31,  was  born  Service  Directory  ............ 19A dlebury,  but  moved  quaint  area  either  quasi-­ Entertainment  ........................ range  or  and  raised  in  Mid s  Col-­ 8A-­10A mansions  out  of  her  price  ¿FXOW\ Community  Calendar  ...... away  to  attend  St.  Michael’ work.  WKHLU VRQ +HQU\ KDG GLI in   needed  1B-­4B ...  settled  uses  that .............. ating  she WR D QHZ older  ho 'RQRXJK VHHQ KHUH ZLWK Sports  ............... funds  or  lege.  After  gradu LG SXUFKDVH DQG PRYH LQ UDWLRQ &DVH\ DQG 0DUF 0F ing  as  a  senior  busi-­ “We  just  didn’t  have  the  \ 7KH\ ZHUH OXFN\ DQG G /,.( 0$1< 2) WKHLU JHQH rent  Campbell on  the  Burlington  work SULFH UDQJH LQ 0LGGOHEXU Independent  photo/T the  time  to  do  major  work  for  a  bank.  Now  married  ¿QGLQJ KRXVHV LQ WKHLU ded  some-­ ness  analyst  she  recent-­ home  last  month. house,â€?  she  said.  â€œWe  nee with  a  9-­month-­old  child,  dy.â€? ve-­in  rea e  12A) thing  that  was  mo (See  Housing,  Pag Brett  Si-­ Yuen  and  her  husband,  Addison County

Congress  has  ground  both  chambers  to  a  halt.  Efforts  to  pass  a  bill  in  2013  stalled  in  Congress  after  the  House  of  Representatives  declined  to  vote  on  a  bill  the  Senate  passed. Under  the  Senate  bill,  a  new  â€œBlue  Cardâ€?  system  would  be  created,  which  would  grant  temporary  legal  status  to  undocumented  immigrant  laborers  who  can  demonstrate  they  have  been  working  in  agriculture  in  the  United  States.  Workers  could  then  apply  for  legal  permanent  resident  status.  Farmers  say  this  program  would  provide  a  stable,  reliable  workforce  for  the  future.  There  are  around  1,200-­1,500  foreign  laborers  across  the  state.  Since  there  is  no  visa  program  for  dairy  workers,  many  of  these  laborers  have  to  live  in  the  shadows. There  was  a  brief  glimmer  of  hope  when  Congress  formed  a  conference  committee  to  reconcile  the  differences  between  House  and  Senate  versions  of  a  farm  bill.  At  WKH FRPPLWWHHÂśV ÂżUVW PHHWLQJ 2FW 30,  Sen.  Patrick  Leahy,  D-­Vermont,  expressed  hope  that  an  agreement  could  be  reached  by  the  end  of  the  year. Whatever  cooperative  spirit  that  was  present  at  that  meeting  disappeared  quickly,  and  in  December  Leahy  amended  his  expectations  to  say  he  believed  a  new  bill  could  be  passed  in  January.  In  the  meantime,  due  to  the  failure  of  the  government  to  install  a  new  dairy  support  program,  the  USDA  on  Jan.  1  reverted  back  to  1949  milk  pricing  standards.  The  effect  of  this  change,  which  mandates  the  government  to  buy  surplus  milk  at  nearly  double  what  it  used  to,  will  most  likely  cause  prices  for  consumers  to  rise.  How  much  the  price  of  a  gallon  of  milk  will  jump  is  unclear. There  is  some  good  news,  however.  Milk  prices  UHPDLQHG VWHDG\ WKURXJKRXW WKH \HDU EHQHÂżWLQJ IURP a  recovering  economy  and  the  absence  of  catastrophic  GURXJKW RU Ă€RRGLQJ +RZHYHU ZLWKRXW D SULFH VXSSRUW program,  the  industry  is  vulnerable  if  market  conditions  deteriorate.

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Towns  shift  to  new  energy  sources  Towns  across  the  county  in  2013  looked  to  make  use  of  alternative  sources  of  energy,  and  big  news  from  Vermont  Yankee  sent  a  clear  signal  on  the  future  of  energy  in  the  state. In  August,  news  from  Windham  County  sent  shockwaves  throughout  the  VWDWH 2IÂżFLDOV IURP (QWHUJ\ /RXLVLDQD DQQRXQFHG WKH\ ZRXOG FORVH WKH Vermont  Yankee  nuclear  power  plant  by  the  end  of  2014.  The  move  came  as  a  surprise  because  the  company  had  long  resisted  attempts  by  the  Vermont  /HJLVODWXUH WR IRUFH WKH SODQW WR FORVH 7KH SODQW HPSOR\V SHRSOH DQG KDV been  in  operation  for  41  years.  The  closure  is  representative  of  a  shift  in  the  United  States  away  from  nuclear  power  in  favor  of  solar,  wind  and  natural  gas  â€”  which  Addison  County  residents  know  all  about,  given  the  continued  debate  over  a  Vermont  Gas  Systems  proposal  to  run  a  pipeline  through  the  county.  Some  towns  were  already  looking  for  alternatives. On  Town  Meeting  Day  in  March,  Ripton  residents  approved  a  20-­year  bond,  for  up  to  $207,400,  to  install  solar  panels  on  the  new  roof  of  the  elementary  school.  Supporters  of  the  project  gathered  at  WKH VFKRRO 1RY WR FHOHEUDWH LWV FRPSOHWLRQ 0RQNWRQ EDVHG $GGLVRQ 5HQHZDEOH (QHUJ\ SODFHG 200  solar  panels,  covering  roughly  3,500  square  feet,  on  the  south-­facing  portion  of  the  roof.  The  project  will  generate  power  to  help  reduce  the  school’s  dependence  on  conventional  electricity  to  operate  lights,  computers  and  other  devices.  The  town  expects  to  be  able  to  reduce  its  payback  on  the  project  by  $77,000,  the  amount  of  a  grant  through  the  state’s  Small  Scale  5HQHZDEOH (QHUJ\ ,QFHQWLYH 3URJUDP 7KDW JUDQW PRQH\ EULQJV WKH SURMHFW cost  down  to  $130,400. Supporters  of  the  project  said  it  provides  both  environmental  and  economic  advantages  for  Ripton  taxpayers.  Other  Addison  County  schools  have  also  entered  into  lease  arrangements  for  solar  arrays. While  Vergennes  entered  into  a  deal  to  build  a  150-­kilowatt  solar  array  to  save  the  city  energy  costs,  neighboring  Ferrisburgh  was  told  in  May  by  D %XUOLQJWRQ ÂżUP WKDW LWV SURSRVDO IRU D NZ DUUD\ ZDV QRW IHDVLEOH Ultimately,  the  project  was  determined  to  not  be  worthy  because  there  were  not  enough  potential  customers  in  the  area  to  use  the  power  the  solar  panels  would  produce. But  hopes  for  solar  power  in  Ferrisburgh  were  revived  in  June,  when  the  Ferrisburgh  Central  School  Board  heard  a  proposal  for  a  120-­kw  solar Â

DUUD\ WKDW ZRXOG SRZHU WKH VFKRRO 7KH :DWHUEXU\ ÂżUP SunCommon  said  the  project  would  earn  FCS  a  credit  of  about  $2,500  per  year  on  its  power  bill.  The  school  Fishin’  time hasn’t  signed  on  yet. ADDISON COUNTY Over  the  summer  commuters  on  Route  7  through  New  Haven  started  to  notice  rows  of  solar  arrays  going  up  on  the  west  side  of  the  highway,  north  of  the  /LPH .LOQ 5RDG LQWHUVHFWLRQ 7KH VRODU DUUD\ ZKLFK Ritchie in jail December  vote  is was  four  years  in  the  making,  ultimately  hosted  as burglary case wide likely  on  Middlebury  178  solar  panels  on  a  40-­acre  portion  of  Addison,  Shoreham  ns WRZQ RIÂżFH SURSRVDO residents  relieved a  180-­acre  property  formerly  owned  E\ WKH )UH\HU IDPLO\ (QJLQHHUV DW &URVV 3ROOLQDWLRQ WKH :LOOLVWRQ based  renewable  energy  company  installing  the  new  Shumlin, Ayer welcome technology,  envisioned  a  closure of nuclear plant solar  farm  with  dual  uses:  Promise  to  monitor  decommissionin g  process generating  renewable  electricity  and  continuing  to  use  the  land  for  agriculture.  When  fully  operational  in  the  Downhill  racer fall,  the  New  Haven  solar  farm  was  putting  enough  electricity  Virus  found  in Animals on the prowl in fash into  the  state  power  grid  to  power  By mosquitoes  ion exhibit in  Su dbury;Íž  the Artist, Sheldon Museum team 400  homes  each  year. up for show way RIÂżFLDOV VSUD\ At  the  end  of  December,  workers  in  9HUJHQQHV SXW WKH ÂżQLVKLQJ WRXFKHV RQ D GRXEOH solar  array  near  the  Vergennes  sewer  plant  that  is  expected  to  save  the  city  $4,120  a  year  on  its  power  bill. About  half  of  the  nearly  500  solar  panels  were  Index placed  on  the  plant’s  lawn,  and  the  rest  sited  on  a  NQROO EHKLQG WKH QHDUE\ 9HUJHQQHV 3DQWRQ :DWHU 'LVWULFW RIÂżFH 7KH FRPELQHG DUUD\ LV UDWHG DW kilowatts  and  is  expected  to  produce  200,000  kwh  a  year,  all  of  which  will  be  sent  directly  into  the  ODUJHU *UHHQ 0RXQWDLQ 3RZHU JULG Vergennes  City  Manager  Mel  Hawley  said  the  city,  which  paid  nothing  to  erect  the  array,  will  receive  the  value  of  that  power  as  a  credit  on  the  WUHDWPHQW SODQWÂśV *03 ELOO A  FAMILY  STANDS  in  the  shadow

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