Monday, July 13, 2015

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MONDAY EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 27 No. 17

Middlebury, Vermont

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Monday, July 13, 2015

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28 Pages

75¢

Cornwall wrestles with solar proposal Town meeting set to discuss policy

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By JOHN FLOWERS CORNWALL — The Cornwall selectboard will hold a special town meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 11, to get residents’ feedback on a hotly de-­ bated solar project being pitched off West Street and to weigh in on the broader topic of how the community should entertain future solar propos-­ als. Around 15 local residents turned out at a July 7 Cornwall selectboard meeting to learn about a 150kW so-­ lar array that the SunCommon com-­ pany is seeking to build on a portion of the Stephen Payne property at 2838 West St. The project would fea-­ ture 660 solar panels serving around 30 families through the company’s “Community Solar” program, ac-­ cording to R.J. Adler, coordinator of SunCommon’s Addison County projects. The power would be measured (See Cornwall, Page 7)

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Jazz master

MILES DONAHUE PLAYS a solo with his eponymous quintet during a set at the 37th annual Festival on-­the-­Green this past Tuesday evening at the Middlebury Recreation Park. The festival wrapped up Saturday evening with a “street” dance. See more photos on Page 2. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

1(: +$9(1 ² $ :DLWV¿HOG company has proposed taking advan-­ tage of New Haven’s abundant open farmland and close access to three-­ phase power to site one of the larg-­ est solar arrays in town. Green Peak Solar LLC has asked the Vermont Public Service Board for permission to install around 10,500 solar panels on 20 acres off Field Days Road in a 2,200kW net metering solar project. Residents and others interested in checking out the site and offering their opinions on the project are in-­ (See Solar hearing, Page 27)

MUMS summer students diving into ‘Shark Tank’ By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Summer’s here, but class is still in session at Mid-­ dlebury Union Middle School, where around 16 students are getting a crash course in entrepreneurship thanks to

dedicated teachers, some community-­ minded business people and inspira-­ tion from an ABC television show that helps jump-­start budding enterprises. The “Shark Tank Start Up” summer program is led by MUMS teachers

Martha Santa Maria and Jennifer Bill-­ ings. Several of the participating stu-­ dents — all of middle school age — were invited to the four-­week Shark Tank offering based on their teachers’ perception that it would be a good

avenue through which to hone their math, English and/or writing skills. “We know they have so much po-­ tential that maybe a different kind of setting would work to extract that (See Students, Page 7)


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