Thank you, Donna Donahue and Patrick Stine, for your letters to the editor in support of rethinking the scope of the two in town bridge replacements.
Barely a few weeks into a four-year project (or possibly longer due to unplanned developments along the way), I can’t help but wonder why Middlebury needs open heart surgery when two stents would do.
Ann LaFiandra 
Middlebury
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