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By Lou Varricchio lou@addison-eagle.com VERGENNES – The Vergennes Union High School Commodore Booster Club honored local business owner Brett Ward at a ceremony during half time of a recent Vergennes Varsity Boys basketball game. Members of the booster club presented Brett and City Limits Night Club a plaque in recognition for eleven years of support of the Vergennes Union High School boosters and athletic programs. In 2011 City Limits contributed $15,000 to the Commodore Booster Club and since 2001 it has contributed a grand total of $203,000. “The booster club is fortunate to have Brett’s financial support, especially in difficult economic times,” said booster club president Greg Curler. "I would like to thank all the customers of City Limits who have helped us support the booster club for all these years. It's great to see the money put to good use. Thanks on behalf of City Limits and its staff," Ward said.
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Police officers sworn in By Kathleen Ramsay lou@addison-eagle.com MIDDLEBURY — Here is a summary of the Middlebury Select Board meeting, Jan. 23. Middlebury Police Chief Thomas Hanley administered the oath of office to full-time police officers Neil Mogerley and Nathan Hayes and part-time officer Jamie Lee Kiley at a Select Board meeting Jan. 24.
School safety School zone warning signs will be posted between the Exchange Street and U.S. Route 7 intersection at the western boundary of the property owned by the Bridge School. Police will monitor speeds in the area to determine if a lower speed limit, enforceable by a town ordinance, is warranted. see MIDDLEBURY POLICE, page 2
ENERGY SAVERS – Fifth-grade students Ashley Cray and Angus Schwaneflugel were the top sales kids at the Ferrisburgh Central School as part of Efficiency Vermont’s annual CFL School Fundraise Challenge. The school placed first in Vermont after beating Winooski and U32 high schools in the number of fluorescent eco light bulbs sold per student. Thanks to the efforts of Angus and Ashley, as well as fellow classmates, the school will be awarded a high-tech solar electric array by Green Mountain Power to be installed during the next few months. Photo by Lou Varricchio
VTrans seeks federal permit for Bristol bridge project
Vergennes businessman Brett Ward receives an award after being honored by the VUHS Commodore Booster Club.
By Lou Varricchio lou@addison-eagle.com BRISTOL — The Vermont Agency of Transportation is seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to move ahead with proposed bridge work along Route 116 in Bristol. The proposed project will replace two deficient bridges beginning this year. VTrans proposes to place fill material in the New Haven River, an unnamed tributary, and adjacent wetlands relating to the two Route 116 deficient bridges. The existing pony truss of the Route 116 Bridge 8 (a 100-foot span) will be replaced with a new two-span 361-foot steel girder bridge. Bridge 7, which spans an unnamed tributary 180 feet to the
east of the New Haven River, will be removed and the crossing added to the second span of Bridge 8. The new elevation of Bridge 8 will be 15 feet higher than the old bridge. VTrans officials said the project will minimize impacts from future flood events. Traffic during construction will be detoured to a temporary bridge on the downstream side of Bridge 8. The proposed work will involve the temporary placement of fill material in about 19,480 square feet of wetland and 5,440 square feet of stream bottom, and the permanent placement of fill material in about 16,544 square feet and 4,675 square feet of the stream bottom. The application for the federal permit was filed with the Corps of Engineers in compliance with Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.
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