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April 30, 2011
By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com NEW HAVEN — The Vermont State Police in New Haven, with the assistance of Middlebury Police Department and Vermont Fish and Game, arrested Lorinda Wall, 25, of Middlebury. Wall’s arrest was made in connection with several house burglaries in Weybridge. The r ecent bur glaries occurred at homes on Twitchell H ill a nd F ield Days roads and Meetinghouse Lane in W eybridge. Investigators said Wall’s arr est was linked to at least four of the residential bur glaries in the area. Middlebury Police Officer Kristine Bowdish, while off duty, noted suspicious activity in the area of Field Days Road. Bowdish observed a nearby vehicle that stopped at a residence on Meetinghouse Lane. She notified V ermont State Police tr oopers in New Haven. A short time later , troopers fr om the New Haven Barracks and a Vermont Fish and Game officer arrived at the Meetinghouse Lane r esidence. Officers found Wall inside the house, and she was placed under arrest. After sear ch warrant was issued, police searched Wall’s vehicle; they allege that pr operty from the bur glarized Weybridge r esidences was found in the vehicle. Wall’s bail was set at $25,000. She is curr ently lodged in the Chittenden County Corr ectional Center.
‘Ask Us Who We Are’ Foster care film to make local premiere
Maple Run on tap for April 30
By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com
MIDDLEBURY — The wide range of emotions connected to foster car e living ar e vividly brought to life thanks to a new documentary film filmed in Vermont. The film pr omises to win multiple awards. Kingdom County Pr oductions, the pr oducer of awar dwinning Vermont-location d ramatic feature films such as “Disappearances,” starring Kris Kristofferson, will release its new documentary film, titled “Ask Us Who W e Are — Foster Care,” next week. Middlebury will be one of the lucky Vermont communities to screen the film before its national release. This Vermont-based film is focused on the challenges and extraordinary lives of area youth in foster care, according to director Bess O’Brien. “Although the film highlights the heartbreak that many foster care youth carry with them as they move thr ough their lives, the documentary also reveals the tremendous strength and perseverance that gr ows out of their determination to survive and thrive,” O’Brien said. “Ask Us Who We Are” will be screened at Middlebury Union High School on Friday, May 6, at 7 p.m.
A scene from the new major documentary filmed in Vermont, “Ask Us Who We Are — Foster Care.” Its Middlebury showing is May 6 at MUHS.
See FOSTER CARE, page 2
Photo courtesy of Kingdom Productions
By Sue Hoxie
sue@addisoncounty.com
MIDDLEBURY — More than 800 r unners are expected in Middlebury this weekend for the thir d edition of the “Middlebury Maple Run – The Sweetest Half.” This is another record field — an increase of mor e than 200 participants over 2010’s race. Just in its third year, the race has grown steadily. In 2009’s inaugural race, more than 225 runners participated. Last year ’s race had 569 r unners— 353 r unners completed the full 13.1-mile distance and 57 two-person teams finished the relay. Local lodging properties, restaurants and merchants will r eap benefits as well. Approximately 40 per cent of the pr e-registrants are from out of state — the majority from neighboring New England states and New York — but there are runners traveling from Quebec, California and W ashington. Many runners will be traveling with family and friends resulting in more than 1,000 visitors in the area during race weekend. The Addison County Chamber of Commerce estimates the Middlebury Maple Run See MAPLE RUN, page 5
Plans for new Middlebury fire station under way By Lou Varricchio
mour Street station and the auxiliary East Middlebury station. newmarketpress@denpubs.com Officials admitted that the down side to closing MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury voters should the Seymour Str eet building is that ther e would be an increase in some residential insurance rates. have their say about the town’s new fir e station Keeping the current main station and the eastside plans. An in-town committee established to r eview plans for the new station said last week it is station will minimize the increase of the so called likely voters well have a “crack at” deciding — up local ISO (Insurance Service Office) rate. Committee officials reported March 29 that they or down — the plans on T own Meeting Day next would pr efer to r educe the insurance bur den to year. taxpayers that would occur with station consoliThe pr oposed fir e station, planned for a field dation; the rates of 70-plus residents would be afalong the east side of U.S. Route 7 near Shea Motors, might end up being part of a of a trio of fire - fected by the closing of the nearly 80-year -old Seymour Street station. houses that would include the curr ent main SeyRegarding the eastside station, station commit-
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