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Breaking news: Crown Point Bridge reduced to one lane; officials cite deteriorating trusses

By ANDY KIRKALDY
ADDISON — As of Friday, traffic on the Crown Point Bridge, which links Addison with Crown Point, N.Y., will be reduced to one lane to allow New York Department of Transportation workers to perform repairs to the span’s steel trusses.

NYDOT spokesman Peter Van Keuren said traffic will be limited to one lane on the bridge until at least the end of August while work is done on its structure, and a 40-ton weight limit will also be imposed on trucks.

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Aldermen back grant for senior housing

By ANDY KIRKALDY
VERGENNES — On Tuesday Vergennes aldermen gave their blessing to a $350,000 Community Development Block Grant for a proposed 25-unit elderly housing project off Monkton Road, an action taken after months of debate and a change in the project to remove future plans for affordable housing.

Aldermen also called for a July 21 public hearing on the grant, a forum that is expected to be a formality given the popularity of the senior housing proposal. That hearing will piggyback on another hearing scheduled for that evening, one on the proposed new city plan.

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Late blight threatens potatoes and tomatoes

By KATHRYN FLAGG
ADDISON COUNTY — In Whiting, Karen LeRoy is on the lookout for a culprit that could wreak havoc in her garden this year. And this summer, it’s not the usual critters, like deer or rabbits or pesky insects, that pose the greatest threat — it’s the late blight, a fungal disease that horticulturists say could wipe out tomato and potato crops in Vermont.

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Pro baseball in Vermont – at Centennial

By KARL LINDHOLM
Do you like professional baseball in Vermont?

If so, better get to a game pretty soon. Looks like the Vermont Lake Monsters are not long for the Green Mountain State.

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Eagle senior tops Independent team

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By ANDY KIRKALDY
ADDISON COUNTY — Outstanding individual performances sparked all four local high school baseball teams this spring. Mount Abraham Union senior Kyle Kayhart’s heavy hitting and reliable pitching helped the Eagles tie for the Metro Conference crown and reach the Division II final — and helped earn him the title of 2009 Addison Independent Baseball Player of the Year.

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Panther swimmers take two wins

By ANDY KIRKALDY
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Aquatic Club Panthers jumped into their summer Champlain Valley Swim League season last week with two wins — the first vs. Winooski on the road and the second against Racquet’s Edge in Middlebury.

On June 23, the Panthers opened with the 231-175 win at Winooski that included a 7-5 edge in relays. On Thursday, the Panthers nipped the Edge, 228-223, in a meet not decided until midway through the event-concluding freestyle relays.

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After 38 years, National Guard trumpeter takes 'farewell tour'

By ANDY KIRKALDY
VERGENNES — Jim Lanpher’s 38-year career with the Vermont National Guard’s 40th Army Band ends on Aug. 10 because he will then reach the mandatory retirement age of 60.

The Vergennes resident still remembers 49 years ago when he decided to start playing the trumpet. He was in school in his native Maine when he made the choice.

Music company reps displayed their goods. Among them were trumpets, the same instrument Lanpher’s father played in a U.S. Army career that began in World War II.

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Bristol pastor arrives on a wing and a prayer

By KATHRYN FLAGG
BRISTOL — It’s the usual work of a man of the cloth: comfort the dying and celebrate with the living.

So, in many ways, it was business as usual for the Rev. Bill Elwell, pastor of Bristol Federated Church, who buried an old friend one recent Saturday morning, consoled the family and friends left behind, and then quickly switched gears that afternoon to perform the marriage ceremony for a joyful Bristol couple.

But looking back on June 20, Elwell admits it was a day that was anything but ordinary.

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