Please remember that Seymour Street is closed to
through traffic through Friday, June 29th. The street is closed at Main Street
and at Elm Street. Seymour Street
will be reconstructed from Main Street north past the main fire station. The street and sidewalks will be
lowered. Pedestrians are asked to use caution. Access to businesses and residences north of the fire
station will be via the Elm Street end.
The Middlebury River Task Force will be holding a
meeting this morning from 9 – 11 in the Ilsley Library Meeting Room. On the agenda this morning is the review
of the Flood/Fluvial Erosion Hazard zoning bylaws and recommendation to the
Select Board also planning of moving ahead on the HMGP project.
Vermont State Police are investigating the theft of
metal scaffolding from a work site off of Middlebrook Road in Town of Waltham.
The complainant reported that five sections of unsecured scaffolding were
stolen from the work site sometime over the last month. The estimated value of
the scaffolding is $500. Anyone with information is asked to contact VSP in New
Haven. (Trooper Andrew Leise:
1-802-388-4919)
State police are looking for inspection stickers
stolen from a car dealership in Rutland Town. Police were called to Alderman’s Toyota on Seward Road
Tuesday afternoon after staff there discovered that the inspection stickers had
been removed from two vehicles on the lot. Police did not say when they believe
the theft took place. Anyone with
information about the incident is asked to call Vermont State Police in
Rutland. (802-773-9101)
The next Addison County Chamber Of Commerce “After
Hours Business Mixer” is coming up on Thursday, June 21st and is being held at
Helen Porter Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center in Middlebury. Plenty of
great door prizes plus a chance to win the Pot of Gold—which is valued at $550! The mixer will take place on the 21st
from 5 – 7PM. For more information
and to RSVP to Sue Hoxie just click HERE.
Based on the community's needs demonstrated during
a Ticonderoga Town Board public hearing last week, the Ti-Alliance Local
Development Corporation will write and if successful, administer a
micro-enterprise grant on behalf of the Town of Ticonderoga. If successful, the
Program could provide assistance to eligible micro-enterprise businesses, those
with the equivalent of 5 or fewer full-time employees. Assistance would be in
the in the form of deferred payment loans of up to $35,000 that would be
completely forgiven over a period time. Applicants will need to provide at
least 10% equity or match. Letters
of interest should be submitted to the Ti-Alliance no later than June 29th.
Letters of interest or support should be
sent to the Ti-Alliance at PO Box 247, Ticonderoga, NY 12883 or by email to
jwoods@ticonderoga-alliance.org.
Letters can also be dropped off at the Alliance Office at 111 Montcalm
Street, or the Ticonderoga Town Clerk's Office in the Community Building.
While the Essex County Board of Supervisors may
vote as soon as next week to sell Horace Nye Nursing Home, supporters aren’t
giving up efforts to keep the facility county-owned. A Day of Support for Horace Nye is set for Saturday from
10AM – 3PM in Windsor Park. The event aims to provide information about the
facility and also show public support. The full Board of Supervisors meets for
its regular monthly session on Tuesday and may vote then on whether to enter
into a contract with Specialty Care.
An once-in-a-lifetime stargazing event starts
shortly before sunset on Tuesday as the planet of Venus passes directly between
the Earth and the sun. This astronomical event called the Transit of Venus only
occurs in pairs, eight years apart, separated by more than a century. The
Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site and the Green Mountain Alliance of
Amateur Astronomers will have special glasses and telescopes available for
visitors. The battlefield on Monument Hill Road in Hubbardton will be open from
6 to 10PM. Also, the McCardell Bicentennial Hall at Middlebury College will
have rooftop telescopes and the 24-inch telescope in the observatory dome open.
Rutland City officials hope to accelerate planned
repairs to the River Street Bridge.
The bridge was slated for work next year, but the Public Works
Commissioner said the repairs appear more urgent than originally believed. The Board of Aldermen voted unanimously
to approve a request for proposals on design work for the bridge, and the
Commissioner expected to send out the request for proposal next week and hopes
the work can be limited to repairs.
Congressman Peter Welch says he supports bringing
the F-35 fighter jet to South Burlington, but wants more study. The Vermont Air Guard is one of the contenders
to host the new jets. The Air Force has asked for local input, and some,
including the City of South Burlington, have voiced opposition, fearing the new
jets will be too loud. The Air Force has the final say on where the jets will
land. It is expected to make its choice by the end of the year.
A barn dating back to the 1800s is 1 of the
buildings that caught on fire in Vermont this week due to lightning strikes. Anne Crewe's home and barns in Norwich
are on the state Register of Historic Places. Firefighters put out a fire at her barn on Route 132
Tuesday. It was just a few feet from her home. The fire did not spread. Part of the barn's first floor was
destroyed; the second floor had limited damage. The Valley News reports the property had been on the state
register since 1977. Crewe said
she was unsure what she planned to do with the barn.
Town officials in Berlin want the state to build
its new mental health hospital next to Central Vermont Medical Center rather
than adjacent to the town's elementary school, and disability rights advocates
agree. Mental health advocates say it would provide easy access to specialty
physical and mental health care. Ed Paquin, executive director of Disability
Rights Vermont, says the state's decision will affect the treatment of
thousands of Vermonters. The state is expected to make its decision between the
two proposed sites in the coming weeks, and Berlin's Development Review Board
will then consider the state's plan for a new facility later this summer.
The Springfield select board has voted to allow a
proposed biomass project to use its municipal water system. The allocation of 30,000 gallons a day
is key to the project, although developers also hope to capture rainfall and
acquire water from other sources of water. Springfield's town manager tells the Eagle Times that the
original application called for a greater water need. But the project has
switched air-cooling, which needs less water. The Vermont Public Service Board is not expected to make a
decision on the project for at least a year. Advocates say it will create jobs and bring economic
development. But the North Springfield Action group is gathering petition
signatures against it. The group is concerned about the water sources.
Police say a St. Albans teenager is facing charges
of drunken driving in a fiery crash that killed a Colchester woman who was
riding in the car with him on the night of May 25th. Sixteen-year-old James Companion was arrested at his
Colchester home on Thursday. He has pleaded not guilty to driving under the
influence with death resulting. Police
say Companion has never held a Vermont's driver's license or learner's permit.
Vermont Transportation Agency officials are urging motorists in the state to be careful in work zones this summer. There are $658 million worth of transportation projects under way across the state this summer and that means there are more construction zones than usual. Transportation Agency Operations Director Scott Rogers said the work zones aren’t just filled with yellow and orange vests and hardhats. He said they’re filled with people who are parents, brothers, husbands, wives and cousins. He urged drivers to slow down when they approach a work zone, pay attention, put down their cell phone and make the work zone safer.
Many burrito lovers in Vermont are rejoicing. That's because the popular chain restaurant, Chipotle, opened in South Burlington Thursday. Staff say hundreds of people lined up to be some of the first to eat fresh made Mexican food here. There are more than 1,000 Chipotle's in the U.S. but this marks the first location in Vermont.
Vermont Transportation Agency officials are urging motorists in the state to be careful in work zones this summer. There are $658 million worth of transportation projects under way across the state this summer and that means there are more construction zones than usual. Transportation Agency Operations Director Scott Rogers said the work zones aren’t just filled with yellow and orange vests and hardhats. He said they’re filled with people who are parents, brothers, husbands, wives and cousins. He urged drivers to slow down when they approach a work zone, pay attention, put down their cell phone and make the work zone safer.
She's ten years old, and has the respect and
admiration of a lot of people right now.
Sara Fordham is being credited for helping her family and neighbors
escape their burning apartment building early Thursday morning. She says she got up early, the lights
were off and she saw an orange glow.
That glow turned out to be a fire, which had already engulfed much of
her family's first floor apartment on Elm Street in Barre, so she quickly awoke
her parents, and then her neighbors in the building's other three units. Everyone got out okay, even the pets,
and the cause is being traced to a ceiling fan.
Many burrito lovers in Vermont are rejoicing. That's because the popular chain restaurant, Chipotle, opened in South Burlington Thursday. Staff say hundreds of people lined up to be some of the first to eat fresh made Mexican food here. There are more than 1,000 Chipotle's in the U.S. but this marks the first location in Vermont.
More than 800 Special Olympics Vermont athletes
will compete this weekend at the University of Vermont. Opening ceremonies for the 2012 Special
Olympics Vermont Summer Games takes place Friday night at UVM's new track
facility. Olympic snowboarding
gold medalist Hannah Teter will be the guest of honor at the opening
ceremonies. Most of the weekend's
events including track and field and swimming will take place at UVM at various
venues. Softball will be held at the Hunt Middle School field in Burlington.
Brandon Music on Country Club Road in Brandon will
present Judi Silvano’s Indigo Moods Quartet, featuring Fred Jacobs on trumpet,
Tom Cleary on piano, John Rivers on bass and special guest Dan Silverman on
trombone this Sunday at 7pm in the Music Café. She was voted Top Ten Jazz
Vocalist in Down Beat Magazine Reader's Poll four times. The concert is a part of the year-round
weekly Sunday Jazz at Brandon Music series. Tickets are $15 in advance, and $18
at the door. Brandon Music offers an Early Bird dinner special, which includes
a ticket for the jazz performance, for $25 per person. Enjoy the chef’s
award-winning chili and cornbread as well as dessert before listening to
world-class jazz. Reservations are required for dinner. For more information just visit www.brandon-music.net.
The North Country SPCA would like to remind you of
an exciting event; “Artists for Animals,” an art show hosted by The Lake Placid
Center for the Arts to benefit the shelter. It starts today and runs through June 16th. The show’s theme
is “works of art with animals in mind,” and features paintings, drawings,
sculpture, and other media by national and local artists. All art is available
for sale, and proceeds will go to the NC-SPCA’s Capital Campaign to build a new
shelter for the needy dogs and cats of Essex County. An opening reception will
be held this afternoon from 5 to 7 at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts. For more information just visit www.LakePlacidArts.org.
The Ticonderoga Historical Society will welcome
Diane O’Connor, who will present “How Women Won the Civil War,” at the Hancock
House this evening at 7. The event
is free of charge and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. For
further information contact the Ticonderoga Historical Society at 585-7868 or
email at tihistory@verizon.net.
From
Fox 44 and ABC 22 News:
From the Upper Valley to overseas, one Vermont
woman is heading to London for the 2012 Olympics. Eating a sandwich, and relaxing with friends, Sarah Groff
might not look like a world-renowned triathlete. But, in competition, the
30-year-old living in Wilder, Vermont is a different woman. Her competitive spirit started at a
young age. "I swam, I did
some running, I did a little softball, you know, everything, you name it. I
tried it all out," Groff said.
It was not until after graduating from Middlebury that Groff got hooked
on triathlons. "I'd already
done a couple local races and realized that the swim, the bike, the run, that
those were all things I liked doing. Maybe I could come back to this." Groff came back to it over and over
gain, ranking fourth in the World Cup Standings by 2008. But, there were some
bumps in the road. "2010 was
probably the hardest year I've had in the sport," Groff said. She fractured her pelvis in a bike
accident in March and re-fractured it the following September. Thankfully,
Groff was healed and training again by March 2011. Groff soon ranked 3rd overall in the World Cup Series and
qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
"You know, the first thing when I crossed the finish line at
London, knowing that I had my spot, was just relief," Groff said. But, Groff is not using that relief as
an excuse to slow down. "You
ask yourself is it worth the sacrifice? And, yea it is, because when I retire
I'm going to be able to say I just had the most amazing adventure," Groff said.
The sound of jazz will soon take over Burlington. The 29th annual Burlington Discover
Jazz Festival starts Friday. The ten-day event features dozens of jazz
performances. That includes
well-known names in the jazz world playing on the big stages. But also there are free events with up
and coming artists, and those just learning jazz. "All throughout the week the centerpiece is jazz on the
marketplace. All student bands
from across the state and also regionally. It's a growing program. Over 600 students
perform throughout the day," says Geeda Searfoorce, festival associate
director. For more information
about the performances, artists and everything about the festival just visit www.discoverjazz.com!
