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Lake Champlain Bridge slated for demolition By Fred Herbst newmarketpress@denpubs.com ADDISON/CROWN POINT — The Lake Champlain Bridge in Crown Point, closed for a month because of safety concerns, will be demolished. Engineers have determined it is not feasible to rehabilitate the 80-year-old span. An underwater inspection of the bridge's concrete piers and underlying foundations found cracks and significant deterioration in the nonreinforced concrete substructures well below the water level that render these supports so fragile that a sudden collapse could occur. “Safety was our primary concern when we closed the Lake Champlain Bridge last month and it is our chief interest now,” New York Gov. David Paterson said, announcing the decision to tear down the bridge. “We must make a decision that protects those who cross the bridge, as well as workers and engineers, and therefore we have no choice but to tear down the dangerously deteriorated bridge.” The bridge is jointly owned by New York and Vermont, although New York has responsibility for bridge maintenance. “Reports indicate that the bridge is highly unstable and our harsh winter will only aggravate its condition,” Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas said. “For everyone’s safety, the bridge must be dismantled in a controlled fashion quickly so that a replacement bridge can be erected in its place.”
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Middlebury College drinking party raided MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College has a black eye in the community this week after news of a raid on a large binge-drinking party was released Nov. 3. The raid was made Oct. 30 according to several state and local police reports. Several students were cited with civil and criminal charges. The Vermont Department of Liquor Control, Vermont State Police, and Middlebury and Bristol police departments coordinated the sweeping raid at a student house located at 424 Quarry Rd. The raid took place at 11:30 p.m., Oct. 30. More than a dozen students, all under age, told police they were Middlebury school students; all were issued citations for under-age consumption. Several of the students charged were residents of the Quarry Road rental house and are members of the Middlebury College lacrosse team. Police said one student was not charged as of Nov. 3.
FALLEN HEROES HONORED — Members of American Legion Post 27 in Middlebury remembered Veterans Day this year just as they do every year on Nov. 11, the old Armistice Day of World War I. A special Post 27 honor guard made up of local veterans payed tribute to Vermont’s fallen heroes wearing the uniforms of the U.S. Armed Services. Here a bugler plays Taps during last year’s ceremony. Photo by J. Kirk Edwards
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