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December 6, 2014
Main Street building to be demolished MiDDlEBurY Ñ Middlebury Town Manager Kathleen Ramsay reported at a Select Board meeting last month that she is working with a contractor to finalize the date for the demolition of the Lazarus Building, at 20 Main St., which is anticipated in early December. The building was the site of the Eagle’s first newspaper office from 1999 to 2002. A yard sale of the few remaining items in the building, including basic shelving, a hot water heater and plumbing fixtures was held Dec. 2. Items were displayed at the rear entrance of the building off Printers Alley. Ramsay also noted that, in response to input received from the Middlebury Planning Commission, town Planner Eric Blair is working with local landscape architect David raphael and students from a spring class at uVM to develop plans for a lowcost, low-maintenance pop-up park to occupy the site before bridge construction begins.
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Vermont salmonella cases linked to bean sprouts
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By Lou Varricchio lou@addison-eagle.com Burlington Ñ An outbreak of Salmonella illnesses in the northeastern united States, including three cases in Vermont, has been associated with bean sprouts. this is the finding from an investigation by the Vermont Department of Health along with other state health departments, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). CDC reported Nov. 24 that more than 60 people in 10 states have become ill as part of the outbreak. Eleven were hospitalized and no one has died. none of the Vermont residents were hospitalized, and all three have recovered from their illness. A review of records and invoices at restaurants in the northeast where people became CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
Vergennes Rotary Club President Patty Paul stands behind her van loaded with Thanksgiving turkeys and all the trimmings. The load included 17 turkey dinners that were delivered to local schools who, in turn, distributed them to needy families last week. The meals were delivered to the local schools Nov. 25. Photo courtesy Tom Heeter
The art of Reed Prescott at Verde Mountain By Lou Varricchio lou@addison-eagle.com
Damage to historic bridge MiDDlEBurY Ñ At a meeting last month, the Middlebury Select Board acknowledged receipt of an inspection report from the Vermont Agency of Transportation’s Highway Division, which identified structural damage to the bridge caused by a recent accident involving a Green Mountain Power repair truck. the acknowledgement indicated the town’s intent to comply with the repair recommendations, according to a town manager’s report of the meeting.
Artist Reed Prescott at work on “My Community” in the window of Prescott Galleries at Verde Mountain at 19 Main St. in Bristol. Photo by Lou Varricchio
BRISTOL — When artist Reed A. Prescott III opened his gallery and studio, Prescott Galleries at Verde Mountain, located at 19 Main St. in Bristol three years ago, he was making a statement. Bringing his art to a downtown street, painting and working with wood in full view of shoppers and tourists in a large, front bay window, Prescott was demonstrating his commitment to what he calls the local “creative economy.” Aside from moving around the nation, with his father in the military, Prescott spent a lot of time on Addison County dairy farms; his family operated the Mountain View Creamery in Starksboro for several years and his grandparents farmed in Monkton. Enjoying the fullness of a rural Vermont life at a young age, Prescott began drawing at an early age, too. “I liked to draw in the car while we traveled around,” he noted. “I sketched and filled-in coloring books.” The artist remembers, at the age of 14, climbing a hill at his grandparents Monkton farm to sketch the multi-acre spread of green with dairy cows dotting the landscape. “On the road in front of the farm, cars slowed down to watch this young person sketching on the top of a hill. No one ever saw this before,” he recalled. Prescott was so intense, so focused on his sketching work, that he failed to notice a woodchuck emerge from its underground lair right behind him. the animal, too, became another observer of a most unusual occurrence—a young artist on a farm. “Looking back,” he reflected, “I didn’t know the value of my own talent.” Prescott credits the late author and naturalist Ron Rood of Lincoln with giving him his CONTINUED ON PAGE 6