MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 28 No. 12
Middlebury, Vermont
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Monday, June 27, 2016
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32 Pages
75¢
Traffic alert! Rt. 7 paving in county is dead ahead
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By  ANDY  KIRKALDY ADDISON  COUNTY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Travel- ers  and  residents  along  Route  7  be- tween  Middlebury  village  and  the  Ferrisburgh-ÂCharlotte  line  can  ex- SHFW WUDI¿F GHOD\V DQG WKH VPHOO RI DVSKDOW WKLV VXPPHU DQG QH[W EHJLQ- QLQJ LQ WKH PLGGOH RI WKLV -XO\ 7KH 9HUPRQW $JHQF\ RI 7UDQV- portation  has  contracted  with  New  <RUN¶V *RUKDP *URXS WR SDYH PLOHV RI ZHVWHUQ 9HUPRQW¶V PDMRU 1RUWK 6RXWK FRUULGRU ZLWK WKH PLOOLRQ SURMHFW VHW WR EH- gin  in  earnest  in  Middlebury  in  the  ZHHN RI -XO\ WR $FFRUGLQJ WR 97UDQV 3URMHFW 0DQDJHU -RQ +DU- ULQJWRQ WKH HQWLUH SURMHFW LV IHGHUDOO\ IXQGHG 7KLV \HDU¶V ZRUN LQFOXGHV WKH PLOHV VWDUWLQJ MXVW QRUWK RI WKH LQWHU- VHFWLRQ RI 5RXWH DQG +LJK 6WUHHW LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ DQG HQGLQJ MXVW VKRUW RI /LPH .LOQ 5RDG LQ 1HZ +DYHQ (See  Paving,  Page  31)
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Folk concert kicks off new music series Middlebury green to host monthly events
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Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  out,  but  kids  can  still  get  free  lunches By  ELLIE  REINHARDT ADDISON  COUNTY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  With  WKH ¿UVW VLJQV RI VXPPHU FRPH H[SHFWDWLRQV RI VXQ OHPRQDGH SRSVLFOHV DQG KHUH LQ 9HUPRQW IUHVK IUXLW DQG YHJHWDEOHV +RZHYHU IRU WKRVH FKLOGUHQ
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