MIDDLEBURY — More than 60 hopeful souls dragged in their broken small appliances, kitchen tools, bicycles, jewelry, torn or worn clothing and even a busted doorbell to The Makery at the Hannaford Career Center in Middlebury this past Thursday evening for the Addison County Solid Waste Management District’s Repair Fair. 
One woman brought along a big suitcase that had been through the wars on an airport baggage carousel. Volunteer fixers repaired the suitcase handle, but couldn’t fix the zipper. The fair, a reoccurring event, had a nice, friendly atmosphere with snacks and things for the kids to do. Volunteers managed to restore the “ding-dong” to the doorbell! 

WOLFGANG ZIEGLER MANAGES to repair the Kitchen Aid dough and pastry mixer that Jason Sherry of Middlebury brought along.
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LARRY BUCK OF New Haven helps fix the brakes on a bike.
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SUSAN SMILEY OF New Haven happily reported that her vintage food processor was once again working as she left.
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THEO FALLIS OF Weybridge takes a gander at a telescope that only needed a new mount to cure it’s wobble. 
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DON MAGLIENTI RUNS the Take Apart Table, which he explained was where kids could just dismantle things like radios to see how they work.
Independent photo/Steve James