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MONDAY Â Â EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 25 No. 22

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Brisson gets two years, apologizes for misdeeds Weybridge  still  puzzled  with  clerk’s  crime By  JOHN  FLOWERS :(<%5,'*( ² )RUPHU :H\-­ bridge  Town  Clerk  Karen  Bris-­ son  asked  for  forgiveness  from  the  many  whose  bond  of  trust  she  broke  by  embezzling  more  WKDQ LQ WD[SD\HUVÂś IXQGV RYHU VL[ \HDUV D FULPH IRU ZKLFK she  was  sentenced  to  two  years  in  prison  on  July  18  by  U.S.  District Â

Court  Judge  Christina  Reiss. “All  of  the  suffering  and  pain  I  DP JRLQJ WKURXJK LV VHOI LQĂ€LFWHG That  doesn’t  make  it  less  painful,â€?  Brisson  told  those  present  during  her  sentencing  proceeding  in  federal  court  in  Rutland. “I  have,  and  am  again,  apologiz-­ ing  to  my  community,â€?  she  added.  (See  Brisson,  Page  30)

THE  JAWBONE  OF  a  sperm  whale  is  part  of  the  Lake  Champlain  Maritime  Museum’s  whaling  exhibit,  which  opened  on  July  21.

Smoking  cessation  program  at  Area students to construct Porter  offers  new  ways  to  quit By  LUKE  WHELAN “I  knew  it  wasn’t  healthy.  I  knew  boat for iconic whaling ship $'',621 &2817< ² &KXFN for  a  long  time  that  smoking  wasn’t  Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

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Arel,  68,  smoked  two  packs  of  ciga-­ rettes  a  day  for  most  of  his  life  after  starting  when  he  was  14.  2Q 1RY DIWHU VHY-­ eral  failed  attempts  at  quitting,  he  smoked  his  last  cigarette. Â

good  for  anybody,â€?  the  Vergennes  resident  said.  â€œBut  it’s  not  an  easy  habit  to  quit.â€?    Arel  developed  emphysema,  and  until  quitting  he  had  a  chronic  cough  (See  Cessation,  Page  13)

By  JOHN  FLOWERS (LCMM)  this  winter. FERRISBURGH  â€”  Ten  area   Those  students,  with  the  students  will  be  participating  in  FRXQW\ÂśV 'LYHUVLÂżHG 2FFXSDWLRQV a  whale  of  a  project  at  the  Lake  Program,  will  help  the  LCMM  Champlain  Maritime  Museum  (See  LCMM,  Page  2)

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Serenity  by  Otter  Creek THE  MIDDLEBURY  FALLS  on  Otter  Creek  have  never  been  as  picturesque  as  they  are  now  that  new  walking  lanes,  landscaped  terraces,  large  marble  stones  to  sit  on  and  an  amphitheater  are  part  of  downtown  Middlebury’s  Riverside  Park,  which  abuts  the  Marble  Works  busi-­ ness  district.  A  grand  opening  for  the  park  is  tentatively  being  planned  for  late  summer. Independent  photo/Angelo  Lynn


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