MONDAY EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 28 No. 13
Middlebury, Vermont
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Monday, July 4, 2016
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Is clock ticking on city’s pool? • Some Vergennes residents ZDQW RIÀFLDOV WR EH SUHHPSWLYH when caring for 50-year-old municipal pool. See Page 2.
Middlebury wants less legal liability By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — State and lo- FDO RI¿FLDOV SODQQLQJ WKH XSFRPLQJ replacement of Middlebury’s two downtown rail bridges will call a public meeting later this month to update residents on some key devel- opments in the massive undertaking, including a new contract that will re- GH¿QH WKH WRZQ¶V VSHFL¿F UHVSRQVL- bilities and role in the project. The new pact will replace a 2013 grant agreement between Middle- bury and the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) that placed project management responsibili- ties and liability solely on the town, according to Jim Gish, local project liaison. “As you look through the (2013) agreement between the town and VTrans, the town is responsible for everything,” Gish said. “It also put all the liability for the project squarely on the town’s shoulders. (See Rail bridges, Page 14)
Group cares for Vermont’s kids • Since Aly Richards took the helm of the Permanent Fund WKH RUJDQL]DWLRQ KDV LQWHQVLÀHG its efforts. See Page 2.
Addiction center finds new space
Eagle mainstay tops our squad
Music in the air all around county • You can hear Mellow Yellow, Bow Thayer, Michele Fay and a week’s worth of bands. Read Arts Beat on Page 10 to see where they are playing.
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New deal sought for RR bridge project
Happy Fourth
• The 2016 Addison Independent Baseball All-Star Team is unveiled in Sports. See Page 16.
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By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Development Review Board last week unanimously agreed to allow the Turning Point Center of Addison County (TPC) to relocate ALEX ABRAHAM SHOVELS milfoil last week that was harvested from Lake Dunmore by a diver pulling it from the bot- to 54 Creek Road, where it will tom of the lake. Independent photo/Trent Campbell continue to offer its peer-to-peer support services to people battling substance abuse. It was just three and a half months ago that the board rejected the By EMMA COTTON Eurasian watermilfoil (commonly anywhere between 20 and 100 buck- center’s proposed move from the SALISBURY — Between 8 a.m. called milfoil), a feathery invasive ets of the unwanted plant per day. Marble Works complex to a single- and 4 p.m. on any given work day, weed that has been choking Dun- In recent years, the team’s ef- family home at 91 Court St., a residents and their guests at Lake more and its neighbor, Fern Lake, forts haven’t been enough to curb property the panel noted was in the Dunmore are likely to see a coordi- for decades. milfoil’s ever-growing presence. WRZQ¶V 2I¿FH $SDUWPHQWV ]RQH DQG nated team of nine working toward The crew has three boats, called Last season’s team was 17-strong therefore ineligible to host a social a common goal: ridding the lake of suction harvesters, and they collect (See Milfoil, Page 31) (See Turning Point, Page 7)
New weapon vs. milfoil deployed