WVTK Local & State News December 6, 2011 (Afternoon Update)

Vermont State Police are looking for two people discovered in other people’s homes. The first incident took place shortly after 9AM yesterday on Creek Road in Clarendon. Police say Christina Wortman returned home and found a man standing him her living room. A similar incident took place a short time later on Geer Road in Wells. Anyone with information on either incident is asked to call police.

A Middlebury College political science professor will resign December 31st following her July plea of no contest to the charges of embezzlement. Kateri Carmola informed coworkers and students of her decision to step down at the end of this year via an e-mail message that was distributed on campus.

If you felt last month was unseasonably warm here in Addison County it was truly record breaking. According to data documented by National Weather Service observers, South Lincoln had its warmest November on record, with a monthly average of 40.8 degrees. The second warmest November in South Lincoln weather history was in 2006 at 40.3 degrees. Salisbury tied its November 2006 monthly temperature average record of 43.6 degrees and Cornwall posted its seventh warmest November in history at 42.3 degrees. The warmest was in 1948 at 45.7 degrees. While temperatures were up in November, precipitation was down in Addison County.

The Cornwall select-board is seeking public input by circulating a community-wide survey in hopes of settling the future of the town-owned Lavalley Store building at next March’s town meeting. The Lavalley building is a circa-1880s structure located next to the Cornwall Town Hall. It was used for decades as a store and as a residence before being vacated and donated to the town by the Lavalley family in 2001.

The latest national health rankings show that once again Vermont is the healthiest state in the nation. The study done by the United Health Foundation ranked Vermont the most healthy for the third year in a row and the fourth time in the last five years. New Hampshire ranked as the second healthiest state and Maine ranked eighth.

The new Middlebury African Music and Dance Ensemble will present its debut concert "Beyond Drumming" this evening at 8 in the Mahaney Center for the Arts Concert Hall. The ensemble will highlight the music and culture of Uganda in an hour-long program of instrumental, song and dance performance.