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Police stop 4-H CLUB AWARDS MUMS gun HELD IN MIDDLEBURY plot By Lou Varricchio EDITOR
MIDDLEBURY | A would-be school shooting was thwarted by law enforcement authorities Dec. 18 at the Middlebury Union Middle School (MUMS). MUMS, which includes seventh and eighth grades classes, serves several Addison County towns in the Middlebury area. Middlebury Police officials said that the threat is no longer imminent and students, faculty and staff are safe. A police statement last week indicated that two male students, both age 14, whose names are not being released because they are minors, were involved in the alleged plot. “...Plans to carry out this (would-be shooting) were detailed and specific,” according to a Middlebury police statement released on Dec. 18. Police and school authorities uncovered the plot which included bringing guns to school taken from the home of one of the relatives of the the two teens. » School threat Cont. on pg. 5
» 4-H awards Cont. on pg. 6 Local 4-H Club members gathered at the Mary Hogan School for the annual Addison County 4-H Achievement Night ceremony. Pictured: Several 4-H Club winners at the 2018 Addison County Fair & Field Days. Photo provided by Addison County 4-H
2019: A new session in Montpelier By Lou Varricchio EDITOR
PROFESSOR HOSTS EVENT: New Century-New Voices is a new music series hosted by Middlebury College’s visiting assistant professor of music Matthew Evan Taylor. The series highlights contributions of women and people of color to music. Opening night, on Friday, Jan. 11 at 8 p.m., will feature music by Taylor and his mentors. Free in Robinson Hall of the Mahaney Arts Center. Photo by Asiya Korepanova
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this one because it will hurt farmers.” On the subject of school mergers, Smith said that any efforts of mergers in his Addison-5 District won’t bring any property tax relief as far as he can tell. Plus, he believes that local residents should decide on mergers not state government. “It makes common sense to be more efficient,” he said, “however, the people involved have to decide, not Montpelier.” » Montpelier Cont. on pg. 2
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MIDDLEBURY | Rep. Harvey Smith of Addison County’s 5th district concurs with last week’s comments by Rutland County State Sen. Brian Collamore. Collamore assessed the upcoming session’s as one catering to the Democratic/Progressive 2017-18 wish list of legislation. “For sure, a number of bills the governor vetoed last year will return starting right out of the box; for example, the minimum wage and paid family leave; these will be on the front burner …” Smith said. Smith, himself a livestock farmer in the town of New Haven, is personally concerned about more land-related regulations and restrictions, with steps by Montpelier to render more agricultural lands into protected wetlands. “I looked at a new map of Addison County soils,” he noted. “Most of the county agricultural lands would be considered wetlands under some of this new kind of thinking, so I’ll be paying close attention to this issue in 2019,” Smith said. “We have to go slowly on