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Addison man cited in Little Lambs Eat Ivy school bus theft case MIDDLEBURY—On the morning of Feb. 18, New Haven Trooper Andrew Leise responded to the report of a school bus theft from the Addison Central School in Addison. Betcha Transit reported one of its school buses was stolen from the school sometime between Wednesday Feb.17 and the morning of Feb. 18. The bus was later located on Market Road in Bridport. The alleged operator of the bus, Jeremy P. Roberts, age 27, of Addison, lost control and came to rest in a field after striking a tree. He was not present when the bus was located. The bus sustained approximately $1,219 in damages and repair costs as reported by Betcha. Follow up investigation was conducted and Roberts was later interviewed at the New Haven State Police Barracks in New Haven Feb. 23. Jeremy P. Investigation revealed that Roberts Roberts took the school bus without permission and subsequently wrecked it on Market Road in Bridport. Investigation revealed that Roberts also took four other school buses without permission over the past 2-3 years after losing his job at Betcha-Transit in Middlebury. Roberts had been employed with Betcha-Transit in Middlebury as a bus driver. Roberts was issued a citation for Aggravated Operation without Owners Consent as well as Operation without Owners Consent and will be required to appear in Addison District Court on March 22. Middlebury Police Department Detective Vegar Boe also issued Roberts a citation for Operation without Owners Consent in conjunction with the cases Middlebury P.D. was actively investigating.
4-H members from all over Vermont gathered at Sweet Butter Churn Farm in Shoreham for a clinic on lambing last week. Thirty-four youth participated in this educational event, hosted and instructed by Leslie Goodrich. Pictured is Noah Quesnel of Middlebury with one-day-old lambs. The little farmer is a member of the Critter Creek 4-H Club.
Goodrich celebrates aviation milestone VERGENNES — U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and employees of Goodrich Corporation’s Sensors and Integrated Systems in Vergennes celebrated the completion of the plant’s 2000th HUMS diagnostic mechanical system and surpassing the $100 million milestone in HUMS sales March 8. HUMS provides “real-time” monitoring of fatigue in military aircraft, resulting in safety improvements and financial savings for the government. U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopters were retrofitted with the locally made system starting in 2000. The program has been so successful that it is now a standard monitoring system on additional types of helicopters used by U.S. Armed Services.
Blackhawk helicopter: Goodrich diagnostic systems keep this heavily armed military rotorcraft flying safely.
Vermont ski home in top 10 in U.S. A home in Stowe and Killington made the list of a top 10 U.S. ski homes feature that was recently released by www.TopTenRealEstateDeals.com. In the case of the $16 million Stowe home, the chalet includes over 18,000 square feet, sweeping mountain views and a sunken great room shaped like the Steinway grand piano that graces one corner of the room. The ski-related real estate website reviewed thousands of home listings and talked to real estate agents across the country to rank America’s ten top ski homes for sale based on location, ski facilities, design, features and snow history. The website's marketing director said that they were equally impressed by the the Stowe and Killington areas and other Vermont ski towns as the major eastern U.S. ski area which is a growing celebrity magnet. In addition to the Stowe home, other picks include former President Gerald Ford's ski home in Beaver Creek, Colorado and multi-million dollar places in Jackson Hole, Wyo.; Aspen, Colo.; Park City, Utah and Sun Valley, Idaho. Check it out at and keep the winter fun going a little longer at: http://www.toptenrealestatedeals.com/homes/featured/2010/the-top-ten-most-spectacular-ski-homes/.
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