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Leicester news for April 19

Posted on April 19, 2018 |
By Addison Independent



LEICESTER — Prize Bingo will be held on Saturday, April 21, at 1 p.m., at the Senior Center at the Four Corners. The event was postponed from April 14, due to bad weather.

A free lunch for all Green Up volunteers will be available at the Four Corners on Saturday, May 5, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.. Hot dogs, chips, soda, water and brownies, as well as free coffee will be served. Pick up your ticket from the recycling shed; this ticket doubles as a raffle ticket for prizes later. Bags and some gloves are available at the Town Office.

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Middlebury Police Log: Middlebury man cited for leaving accident scene

Posted on April 19, 2018 |
By Addison Independent



MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police cited Christopher Ray Morgan, 57, of Middlebury for leaving the scene of an accident, following an alleged incident near the Middlebury Animal Hospital on April 13.

Police allege Morgan’s grey pickup truck hit a tree and a fire hydrant before he drove away on Washington Street Extension.

In other action last week, Middlebury police:

•  Helped resolve a domestic dispute at a Forest Ridge Drive home on April 9.

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Vermont State Police Log: Route 7 crash results in injuries

Posted on April 19, 2018 |
By Addison Independent



ADDISON COUNTY — A Middlebury man was badly injured in a car vs. truck crash last week that resulted in Route 7 in Ferrisburgh being closed for several hours.

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Vergennes Police Log: Officers cite New Yorker, 70, for DUI-drugs

Posted on April 19, 2018 |
By Addison Independent



VERGENNES — Vergennes police on Sunday cited a 70-year-old resident of New York state for driving under the influence of drugs, specifically marijuana.

The city police department’s Drug Recognition Expert noticed a vehicle allegedly weaving on West Main Street and pulled it over, and after testing the driver, Martin Leffer, alleged he was DUI-marijuana and cited him. Results of a blood test will determine the final charge, police said.

In other incidents between April 9 and 15, Vergennes police:

On April 9:

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Vergennes council balks at issuing permits to City Limits

Posted on April 16, 2018 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — With a memo in hand from Vergennes Police Chief George Merkel detailing three $500 fines assessed to the City Limits Nightclub for allegedly over-serving alcohol to patrons, on Tuesday the city council for a second time decided not to act on the Green Street bar owner’s application for its annual liquor and live entertainment license.

Instead the council chose to invite City Limits owner Brett Ward, who was unavailable to attend this past Tuesday, to its April 24 meeting to discuss the issues Merkel raised.

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Middlebury South Ridge solar farm eyed for expansion

Posted on April 16, 2018 |
By John Flowers



MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury selectboard last week gave a tentative nod to a proposed 500-kilowatt solar project that would be nestled between two existing solar farms of identical size within the South Ridge planned unit development off Meadow Glen Road.

The selectboard won’t make its endorsement official, however, until the planning commission and the public weigh in on the plan that is being pitched by Middle Road Ventures LLC. Officials have set a Tuesday, May 8, public hearing on the proposal.

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New Haven firearms vendor pans new Vermont gun laws

Posted on April 16, 2018 |
By Christopher Ross



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NEW HAVEN — Licensed firearms dealer David Pidgeon is happy to keep guns out of the hands of people who shouldn’t have them.

“No dealer wants to sell a firearm to someone who shouldn’t have it,” he said.

But the owner of Pidgeon’s Gun Shop in New Haven doesn’t think the gun-control bills Gov. Scott signed into law last Wednesday are going to make anyone safer.

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Hemp firm plants roots in Middlebury, will produce in old Full Sun spot

Posted on April 16, 2018 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY — Netaka White was understandably crestfallen when financial reasons forced him to shutter Full Sun Company’s Exchange Street plant after less than three years of producing sunflower and canola oils.

But things are looking up.

Full Sun’s presses will spring back into motion in a few months. Only they’ll be pressing hemp seeds, not sunflower seeds.

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Mentoring program connects Mt. Abe students and adults

Posted on April 16, 2018 |
By Christopher Ross



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BRISTOL — “You know you changed my life, right?”

Short and sweet, these words spoken by a recent Mount Abraham Union High School graduate to his Starksboro mentor of 10 years capture the essence of mentoring programs.

The mission of the Mount Abraham Mentoring Program is to invest in, support and encourage healthy relationships between Mount Abe kids and adults. It’s a mission the program’s coordinator, Brenda McKean, feels is growing more important.

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Panton town hall renovations to begin soon

Posted on April 16, 2018 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



PANTON — Although some questions remain about the feasibility of a kitchen on the upper level of Panton Town Hall, work that voters approved on Town Meeting Day to improve the 19th-century structure will soon begin.

Overall plans call for making town hall’s two bathrooms handicap-accessible, replacing the handicap ramp, adding the kitchen, and installing a newly built, low-maintenance cupola to replace the deteriorated cupola that was removed in 2011.

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