April 21, 2014

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MONDAY Â Â EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 26 No. 7

Middlebury, Vermont

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Agreement  creates  salary  parity  at  all  grade  levels

and  requires  them  to  pay  15  percent  of  their  health  care  premiums  by  the  third  year  of  the  pact. The  agreement  also  achieves  the  ACSU’s  long-­ VWDQGLQJ JRDO RI FUHDWLQJ ÂżQDQFLDO SDULW\ DPRQJ LWV By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  â€”  The  Addison  Central  Su-­ elementary  school  and  secondary  school  educators.  pervisory  Union  board  and  the  three  unions  repre-­ With  that  in  mind,  the  new  contract  provides  for  senting  district  teachers  have  signed  off  on  a  new,  larger  average  salary  increases  to  various  educa-­ three-­year  agreement  that  affords  educators  aver-­ tors  in  the  rural  elementary  schools  in  order  to  put  (See  ACSU,  Page  23) age  annual  salary  increases  of  around  3.6  percent Â

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DeBlois  to  take  helm  of  Addison  school By  ANDY  KIRKALDY ADDISON  â€”  The  Addison  Central  School  Board  on  Thursday  accepted  the  recommen-­ dation  of  its  search  committee  and  Addison  Northwest  Supervisory  Union  Superinten-­ dent  Tom  O’Brien  to  bring  aboard  Vergennes  Union  High  School  French  teacher  Matthew  (See  Principal,  Page  20)

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The  champ PROFESSIONAL  FOOTBALL  KICKER  Steve  Hauschka,  who  is  a  key  player  for  the  Super  Bowl-­winning  Seattle  Seahawks,  meets  with  some  excited  Bingham  Memorial  School  students  during  a  visit  to  the  Cornwall  school  last  Friday  morning.  Hauschka  graduated  from  Middlebury  College  in  2007. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

Group  chooses  West  St.  VLWH IRU %ULVWRO ÂżUHKRXVH By  ZACH  DESPART BRISTOL  â€”  The  Bristol  Fire  Fa-­ cility  Site  Selection  Committee  will  recommend  a  location  for  a  new  WRZQ ÂżUHKRXVH DW WKH VHOHFWERDUG meeting  Monday  evening. “We’re  ready  to  go  in  there  and  bring  the  selectboard  up  to  speed  on  where  we’re  at,â€?  committee  mem-­ ber  and  Bristol  Fire  Department Â

Chief  Brett  LaRose  said  late  last  week. The  committee  has  chosen  a  plot  of  land  along  West  Street  that  strad-­ dles  two  properties  â€”  one  owned  by  the  Bristol  Recreation  Club  and  another  owned  by  Ed  and  Susan  Shepard,  LaRose  said. The  selectboard  has  set  aside  an  (See  Firehouse,  Page  20)

City  priorities

Vergennes  makes  river,  business  and  infrastructure  key  to  its  future By  ANDY  KIRKALDY VERGENNES  â€”  About  100  Vergennes-­area  residents  gathered  at  the  Vergennes  Opera  House  on  Wednesday  and  pledged  â€”  with  the  help  of  the  Vermont  Council  on  Rural  Development  â€”  to  improve  the  city’s  economic  climate,  Otter  Creek  river  basin,  and  transporta-­ tion  infrastructure.

They  chose  those  three  priorities  from  among  a  dozen  choices  after  discussion  and  two  votes  run  by  Vermont  Council  on  Rural  Devel-­ opment  (VCRD)  representatives,  who  offered  those  dozen  options  after  listening  to  another  gathering  of  more  than  100  residents  a  month  ago. (See  Vergennes,  Page  31)


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