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March 19, 2011
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Recovery slow after March 6-7 snowstorm RUTLAND — CVPS crews, assisted by more than 30 outside crews, were cutting through ice, and hundreds of trees and tree limbs to restore the last of the more than 12,000 CVPS customer outages since the peak of the March 7 snow and ice storm. Line and tree crews slogged away in Windsor and Bennington counties, in most cases restoring power to customers a handful at a time. As of midweek last week, about 700 customers remained without power. Much of the repair work that was left to be in done in Windsor and Bennington counties was offroad, in areas where there is ice on top of snow. That type of restoration work often requires track vehicles; in many cases, crews were snowshoeing to reach damaged lines and poles. Crews have even had to dig wires out of the ice on the ground. “When you have numerous tree limbs or trees on one section of line and that work takes a couple of hours — only to restore power to few customers with those repairs — the going is slow. That is unfortunately the nature of restoration work after an ice event,” said CVPS spokeswoman Christine Rivers. “But we’ve made great progress in just a day and a half and are entering the homestretch tonight. Crews will work through the night to restore most of the remaining customer outages, but some in the Springfield area may be without power until last Wednesday.”
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Middlebury sizzles at Winter Festival By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com MIDDLEBURY — Downtown merchants in Middlebury spent all of last week gearing up for the town’s second Annual Middlebury Winter Carnival and Chili Contest held March 12. This year ’s festival date was changed to early March after 2010’s debut event was held in late Febru-
ary. The crowd in 2011 was bigger than last year because the public was invited to share the fun and enjoy lots of good food. The downtown event included many added bonuses — free public skating, snowshoe races, an open house at the Middlebury Fire Station, dog sled demonstrations, a big bonfire, and a winter ball that was open to folks of all ages. Headlining the event was a regional chili contest, taking place on
the sidewalks of Main Street and Merchants Row. Other Vermont towns, such as Rutland and Poultney, have discovered that chili festivals lure lots of people to their downtown areas, so now Middlebury has adopted the successful formula. The downtown Middlebury festival idea was the creation of the owners of Two Brothers Tavern. Downtown Middlebury Partnership officials said dozens of area restaurants
and several county fire departments were on-hand to show off their chili skills. Amateurs were welcome and encouraged to enter this year ’s chilicooking contest. Professionals and amateurs alike were judged separately by the public in eight categories including Best Beef Chili, Best Veggie Chili, Hottest Chili and Best Presentation. All winners will be announced in next week’s Eagle. See more photos on page 10.
Man charged with endangerment
By Lou Varricchio
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PILING UP — During a rare March moment of calm and sunshine March 9, a construction crew on the Vermont side of Lake Champlain work on Pier 3 of the new bridge. Photo by Robin B. Knapp
BRIDPORT — On the evening of Aug. 13, 2010, members of the Vermont State Police, New Haven and Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department responded to a reported shooting at 1177 Swinton Rd. in Bridport. Troopers and wardens soon identified the shooting victim to be Peter M. Damone, 71, of Swinton Road in Bridport, and the shooter to be Tracy M. Stone, 36, of nearby Crown Point Road in Bridport. It was learned that Damone was struck in the face by an errant bullet while standing on his own rear deck. Stone was reportedly target shooting in his own backyard with a .45-caliber handgun at the time Damone was struck down. The distance between Damone and Stone at the time of the shooting was determined to have been approximately .42 mile. A criminal investigation ensued with the case subsequently reviewed by Addison County State’s Attorney David Fenster. On March 9, Fenster directed Vermont State Police to process Stone for the offenses of reckless endangerment and simple assault. Stone was then booked to appear for the above-mentioned offenses in Vermont Superior Court-Addison Criminal Division on April 11.
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