March 31 2014

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MONDAY Â Â EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 26 No. 4

Middlebury, Vermont

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Monday, March 31, 2014

Bristol  administrator  to  end  his  eight-­year  run

New coach for tennis

By  JOHN  S.  McCRIGHT BRISTOL  â€”  After  30  years  of  dealing  with  pot  holes,  dog  bite  complaints  and  municipal  budgets,  Bristol  town  administrator  Bill  Bry-­ ant  is  ready  to  retire.  Bryant,  57,  ten-­ dered  his  letter  of  resignation  at  the  March  17  selectboard  meeting;Íž  and  his  last  day  will  be  April  30. “It  seemed  like  the  right  time  to Â

make  a  decision  for  me  and  the  per-­ son  who  replaces  me,â€?  Bryant  said,  QRWLQJ WKDW WKH QH[W ÂżVFDO \HDUÂśV budget  has  been  developed  and  ap-­ proved  by  voters. Âł$QG WKHUH LV D VHOÂżVK UHDVRQ ´ KH added,  mentioning  that  he  has  had  a  job  since  he  started  delivering  news-­ papers  as  a  youngster.  â€œThis  will  be  (See  Bryant,  Page  31)

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Middlebury  gears  up  for  busy  construction  season By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  â€”  As  the  snow  and  ice  slowly  recede  from  view,  the  town  of  Middlebury  will  turn  its  attention  to  a  laundry  list  of  public  infrastructure  projects  aimed  at  repaving  some  local  roads,  upgrading  the  municipal  water  and  sewerage  systems,  and  replacing  two  prominent  down-­

town  railroad  overpasses. The  most  massive  project  will,  of  course,  involve  the  installation  of  a  concrete  tunnel  that  will  sup-­ plant  the  deteriorating  rail  over-­ passes  on  Merchants  Row  and  Main  Street.  The  estimated  $17  million  undertaking  is  expected  to  span  two  construction  seasons  and  (See  Middlebury,  Page  22)

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Student  teachers

STUDENTS  FROM  READING  Elementary  School,  including  Sam  Mitchell,  back  left,  Sam  Blanchard,  Nevaeh  Sullivan  and  Hayley  Mullins,  discuss  with  area  educators  their  school’s  system  of  eradicating  poison  ivy  using  goats  during  last  week’s  Stone  Soup  Summit  held  at  Middlebury  College.  The  summit  is  an  annual  gathering  of  the  local  farm-­to-­school  community. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

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Health care expert forecasts bumpy road But Ramsay stays optimistic By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Green  Mountain  Care  Board  member  Dr.  Allan  Ramsay  urged  Addison  County’s  medical  community  to  be  patient  as  the  state  transitions  to  a  new  health  care  system  that  he  acknowledged  will  be  fraught  with  change  and  challenges.

“One  of  the  things  I’ve  learned  intensely  over  the  past  two  years  is  that  change  is  very  hard,â€?  Ramsay  said  at  Porter  Medical  Center’s  annual  meeting  last  week.  â€œIt  is  very  hard  to  change  the  system.â€? Ramsay,  of  Essex  Junction,  is  a  primary  care  physician  with  more  than  three  decades  in  the  ¿HOG +H LV SDVW PHGLFDO GLUHFWRU RI )OHWFKHU $O-­ OHQ +HDOWK &DUHÂśV 3DOOLDWLYH &DUH 6HUYLFHV DQG

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