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October 31, 2009
Bridge mess
Commuters feel betrayed By Fred Herbst fred@denpubs.com CROWN POINT/ADDISON — After a shift as a police officer in Shelburne, Vt., Bruce Beuerlein used to relax during his hour drive home to Ticonderoga. No more. With the Lake Champlain Bridge in Crown Point closed, Beuerlein is now faced with worries about his route home. Will the lines at the ferry be shorter than the 90-mile detour through Whitehall? And what about the next day? He can’t afford to be late for work. “Betrayed,” Beuerlein said when asked his feelings on the bridge closure. “That’s how I feel.” He’s not alone. Bill Buell, a Crown Point resident who also depends on the bridge to get to and from work, has called for everyone associated with the span for be fired. Mark Alford of Port Henry, another commuter, has suggested people file lawsuits against the state for its neglect of the bridge. Moriah Supervisor Tom Scozzafava understands the emotions of those who count on the Lake Champlain Bridge. “It’s the government’s responsibility to provide a safe transportation system for our constituents,” he said. “We let them down.” The bridge, which serves about 4,000 vehicles a day, links New York and Vermont. It was closed Oct. 16 when an inspection found its concrete piers had disintegrated. The bridge is jointly owned by the states of New York and
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U.S. Senate confirms Cornwall district judge Judge Sessions appointed chairman of the U.S. Sentencing Commission WASHINGTON, D.C.— Chief United States District Judge William K. Sessions III of Cornwall, Vt., was confirmed today by the Senate as chair of the United States Sentencing Commission. Sessions, a Democrat, had been nominated for this post by President Barack Obama on April 20. Sessions said, "I am honored to have been nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate to serve as chair of the commission. This is a particularly exciting Judge William Sessions Photo by Twin Lens time because the commission is holding a series of regional public hearings throughout the nation to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sentencing Reform Act and the establishment of the commission. These hearings allow
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THE SKIPPER WORE A SKIRT — Local performer Jane Vincent portrayed flamboyant Lake Champlain steamboat captain Philomene Daniels in “The Captain Was a Lady!” at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s annual Storytelling Festival last week. The skipper in skirts, fondly known as Captain Phil, navigated the lake’s rocky shoals and November gales with the family’s Daniels Steamboat Line of Vergennes between 1877 and 1910.
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