January 4, 2014
Man shot in Middlebury By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@ denpubs.com MIDDLEBURY Ñ Members of the Middlebury Police Department responded to a reported shooting at an apartment on Jackson Lan at 1:12 a.m. April 20. The wounded man, Bernard Kimball, 65, called the police and said that he was shot. Kimball was taken to Fletcher Allen Hospital for a gunshot wound. According to hospital officials on April 23, Kimball was in fair condition and receiving care. Kimball described the shooter as a teenage male, 6 feet tall and between the ages of 17 and 19. The teen was wearing blue jeans and a dark vest. According to a report by Middlebury Police Det. Kris Bowdish, Ò He was accompanied by two additional persons, no description given. All three subjects left the area prior to the policeÕ s arrival and were last seen by the victim on Jackson Lane.
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YOUNG SKIPPER — One of the best experiences young visitors have at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum is a hands-on experience of history. Here Chrissy Littleton of Vergennes is skipper of one of the museum’s historic lake vessels. This summer, visitors of all ages have several opportunities each day for interactive experiences with members of the museum’s staff and volunteers in exhibits around the campus. The museum is located at 4472 Basin Harbor Rd. in Ferrisburg. Call 802-4752022 for hours and directions. May 22, 2013
fter a hiatus of two years, the Vermont Eagle returns with its year-end Ò Year in ReviewÓ issue. We wish all our advertisers, readers and contributors our best wishes for the new year, 2014. We sincerely appreciate your patronage throughout 2013. Louis Varricchio, editor
The winter of 2013 ends with a warm record By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@ denpubs.com
Last weekÕ s snow storm may have not have been the final huzzah in Vermont, but Winter 2013 is already one for the history books; it is ranked among the top 11 warmest in history. The month of February 2013 is the icing on 2013Õ s not-so-frosty cake, according to the National Climatic Data Center and AccuWeather.com. February is tied with February 2003 as the ninth
warmest February on record, according to both sources. The record is comprised of combined land and ocean surface temperatures with the data stream going back to 1880. Added to the weather record book is the fact that February was the 336th month in a rowÑ thatÕ s a total of 28 yearsÑ in which the planetary temperature topped the 20th-century average temperature. By the way, the period of December 2012 to February 2013 was the twelfth warmest period on record in Vermont, according to AccuWeather. Other February 2013 facts: it was the eleventh warmest February in the lower troposphere (the
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March 30, 2013
Stafford Tech students get hands-on skills with hybrid car
April 27, 2013
WHITING Ñ Following the June 6 home invasion in Whiting, detectives with the Vermont State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation obtained information from the victim, Jimez-DeLaCruze, 30, that identified one of the suspects as a distant relative Ricardo RomeroDeLaCruz, 20 of Cardenas, Tabasco, Mexico.
layer of the air closest to the EarthÕ s surface with 88 percent of the planetÕ s atmopheric mass) since 1979, according to RSS, Remote Sensing Systems. RSS has collected the weather-satellite data since 1979. AccuWeather ralso eported that while February averaged 0.194 C above normal, the continental U.S. was actually colder than normal, averaging 0.831 C. below normal. February 2013 is tied with February 2003 as the ninth warmest February on record. Pictured: Snow tractors at Middlebury CollegeÕ s Breadloaf ski center.
Mary Powell-President of GMP and Lyle Jepson, Director of Stafford Technical Center, and Mike Napolitano-Awesome Graphics with students and instructors from Stafford Technical Center’s Automotive Refinishing & Collision, Digital Arts, Electrical/Plumbing Programs.
RUTLAND Ñ Students from the Stafford Technical Center have Ò wrappedÓ a Toyata Prius donated to the school by Green Mountain Power. The students in StaffordÕ s Digital Arts Program created the design, and the Ò wrapÓ was installed by the students in their Auto Refinishing & Collision Program with the assistance of Awesome Graphics of Rutland. Last week, Mary Powell, president and CEO of Green Mountain Power visited Stafford to celebrate the completion of the project and participate in a photo session with the students and the Toyota Prius. Green Mountain Power donated the 2007 Toyata Prius to the school in the fall of 2012 for the use of students in the Automotive and Electrical/Plumbing programs as they learn about renewable energy, hybrid vehicles and related industries and technologies. GMP also donated a solar car charging station, which will be used by the students as they learn CONTINUED ON PAGE 8