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TAKE ONE September 7, 2019
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Bridport vandalism incidents under investigation
Vintage WW2 B-17 bomber to visit area
By Lou Varricchio
Sept. 20-22
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By Lou Varricchio
BRIDPORT | According to Vermont State
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Police Trooper Mae Murdock of the VSP New Haven Barracks, officers are in the process of investigating multiple cases of vandalism in the town of Bridport. Murdock reported that the vandalism has occurred on several farms, agricultural land, and adjacent private residences in the Bridport area. Over the course of the past three weeks, Murdock and other troopers have been responding to suspicious incidents and vandalism. Most of the incidents have occurred late at night and/or in the early morning hours, Trooper Murdock reported. “These incidents have occurred primarily in farm fields, on farms and at various residences near these farms and farm fields,” Murdock reported in an emailed incident report to news media on Aug. 27. “Through investigation, it appears that many of the incidents are related and committed by the same individuals.“
MIDDLEBURY | The B-17 Flying Fortress bomber of World War II, made famous in such movies and T.V. shows as “12 O’Clock High” and “Memphis Belle”, are a bit like the American bison back in the 1800s. Once there were thousands of them, then there were only a few remaining. But unlike the later comeback of the bison from extinction, B-17s will never be manufactured again. Right now, less than a dozen B-17s remain flying worldwide. So, the lesson of the living bison is a good one to apply to the inanimate B-17; that’s why now is B-17 pilot Rex Gray will fly your once-in-a-lifetime chance to the EA A tour mission to see (or fly) the real McCoy before Vermont, Sept. 20-22. these rare warbirds are grounded Photo provided forever, which is likely to happen in during the next decade. See BOMBER » pg. 3
See VANDALISM » pg. 6
A new MRI system at Porter By Lou Varricchio EDITOR
The Vermont State Police in New Haven reported multiple cases of vandalism have occurred on several farms, agricultural land, and adjacent private residences in the Bridport area. Pictured: Bridport’s Blue Spruce Farm.
Planning Commission kicks off new master plan Public meeting Sept. 4 By Lou Varricchio EDITOR
MIDDLEBURY | Members of the Middlebury Planning Commission are gearing up for a “post-construction” Middlebury, namely, goals for the Addison County shire town after the multi-year-long downtown rail and bridge construction ends in 2021. In an effort to involve residents in planning for life after the downtown project wraps up, a special public meeting will be held Wednesday, Sept. 4, in the large conference room t the Middlebury Town Offices located at 77 Main St. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. In addition to town officials, the meeting
will feature Brian Wright of Town Planning and Urban Design Collaborative (TPUDC), a Tennessee firm specializing in so-called New Urbanist town planning and urban design. Wright started the consulting firm in 2006 and has been working with town officials on new master plan ideas to consider. The meeting will be a good opportunity for residents living outside the downtown zone to express their ideas and concerns about how overall town planning impacts other parts of town. The Middlebury Planning Commission’s kickoff Sept. 4 is the first of various outreach activities culminating in a week-long Middlebury Planapalooza occurring Nov. 7-11. For more info, or to join the master plan email list contact Jennifer Murray, town planner at 802-458-8010 or jmurray@ townofmiddlebury.org. ■
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MIDDLEBURY | The UVM Health Network-Porter Medical Center in Middlebury has recently acquired a new Philips Ingenia 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system. The machine is the world’s first digital broadband MR scanner. Porter’s new acquisition places the Middlebury facility alongside the nation’s top-notch medical centers for this advanced imaging technology. Invented in 1971 by American chemist Paul Lauterbu, MRI uses
MRI image Photo courtesy of Philips a powerful magnetic field, along with radio waves, to penetrate human organs and tissues. What’s rendered, at least to the layman’s eye, is an X-ray like image. See MRI » pg. 6
How would residents to see downtown Middlebury grow after the bridge construction ends in 2021? A public meeting will be held Sept. 4 in the town offices. Pictured: Meeting speaker Brian Wright of Town Planning and Urban Design Collaborative works nationwide with town officials.
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