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October 29, 2016
House fire kills one in Panton By Lou Varricchio
lou@addison-eagle.com
PANTON — According to area fire officials, one person is dead after a fire ravaged a residence in Panton, located near the Vergennes city limits, in the early morning hours of Oct.24. At approximately 4:30 a.m., Vergennes Fire, Addison Fire, and Ferrisburgh Fire crews responded to the fire at the residence located at 847 Route 22A. Fire officials classified the blaze as a structure fire with a fatality. By 7 a.m., fire officials reported via the online Addison County Fire Alerts Facebook site that the blaze was extinguished. At press time Oct. 24, state and local investigators were still on the scene determining the cause and extent of the fire. Eyewitnesses on the scene saw firefighters remove a body from the house, but no additional information or identification was available.
Citizen’s street proposal spurs Select Board action By Lou Varricchio
lou@addison-eagle.com
MIDDLEBURY — Improvements to Seminary Street Extension have been proposed by a Middlebury resident. At a recent Middlebury Select Board meeting, Vicki Reinhart asked board members to consider either a new side Continued on page 13
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Addison County Forum: Carbon tax debate to come after the election By Emma Lamberton and Bruce Parker bparker@watchdog.org
MIDDLEBURY — When eight candidates for state government met at an Addison County forum Tuesday night, some told reporters that they support imposing a carbon tax on Vermonters, but others said no way. A $500 million carbon tax bill will be introduced at the State House when lawmakers reconvene in January (after the November election). While some lawmakers support it in principle, finding ones who will say so publicly isn’t always easy. But on Tuesday night a few incumbents,
and some freshman candidates, were willing to speak on the topic — if only briefly. “I support this type of legislation at a federal or local level,” state Rep. Amy Sheldon, (D-Middlebury) said. “But if we can do it and do it well … maybe the rest of the country will get on board.” As envisioned by the environmentalist network Energy Independent Vermont, the tax would be imposed on fuel distributors, and the proceeds directed to an energy independence fund to offer financial incentives for Vermonters to reduce fossil fuel use. The group says the tax hike, which would phaseContinued on page 7
Addison County candidates for office speak on environmental issues, including a possible $500 million carbon tax, at a public forum in Middlebury.
THIS OLD BIKE – Nationally known antique bicycle collector Glenn Eames rode around Middlebury to help promote the Henry Sheldon Museum’s recent exhibit Pedaling Through History: 150 Years of the Bicycle. In period costume, Eames joined a group of wheelmen and Wheelwomen trekking from downtown Middlebury and then, via Route 125, to Hancock, by way of East Middlebury and Ripton. Even Middlebury Select Boarder Susan Shashok got in on the act to hop aboard and try the old bike.
New sales, service center opens at Denecker By Lou Varricchio lou@addison-eagle.com
MIDDLEBURY — Addison County businessman Tom Denecker, who bought the former Shea Motors in Middlebury with partner Mike Capra, is happy to be running the numbers on a P.C. while sitting at a temporary desk in the dealership’s new, energy-efficient 23,000 sq. ft. building on U.S. Route 7. Continued on page 15