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Police recover body of drowned man in Otter Creek

Posted on June 25, 2012 |
By Andrea Suozzo



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UPDATED 6/22/12, 3:22 p.m.

MIDDLEBURY — A Vermont State Police diving team on Friday morning recovered the body of a man who drowned in Otter Creek on Thursday evening. Police identified the man as Yadji Moussa, 55, of Middlebury.

The Middlebury Police Department received a call at 7:27 p.m. Thursday that a man had gone under and not resurfaced, and they responded to the scene. Middlebury Police Chief Tom Hanley said due to nightfall the VSP diving team could not begin its search until early Friday.

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Middlebury riverfront plan OK'd

Posted on February 16, 2012 |
By John Flowers



MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury selectboard on Tuesday voted unanimously to spend $70,000 from the town’s conservation fund to beautify and improve public access to the riverfront area of the Marble Works that fronts the Otter Creek falls.

The riverfront area has long been targeted for improvements that would attract shoppers, tourists and locals who would have a safer, better-groomed area from which to view the spectacular Otter Creek falls from the Marble Works complex.

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The Great Outdoors: Otter Creek Gorge

Posted on October 16, 2011 | Blog Category:
By Christian Woodard



Welcome back to another installment of “Otter Creek is the Best Creek,” a serial tour of paddling on our backyard stream. This week, it’s the Otter Creek Gorge, a class II-III section of whitewater between Belden Falls and Huntington Falls.

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The Great Outdoors: Otter Creek Falls

Posted on October 5, 2011 | Blog Category:
By Christian Woodard



Editor's note: Please don't try this at home.

This week, another installment of paddling in our backyard: Otter Creek Falls.

Whenever we slide into the water behind the restaurant there are a few patrons who shout off the porch.

“Do you know there’s a waterfall down there?” they say, gesticulating wildly.

“What?” I say. “Really? A waterfall? How tall?”

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The Great Otter Doors

Posted on September 28, 2011 | Blog Category:
By Christian Woodard



Okay, so this is a little downstream of this week's section, but we'll feature it soon...

So, the Weekly Rider is "rolling on" into a broader blog dealing with The Great Outdoors more generally. You'll still get biking updates on occasion, but this week, it's paddling.  

I’ve been doing a lot of paddling on Otter Creek lately, and there’s nobody else out there. So, it’s time to go public:

There’s some phenomenal canoeing and kayaking to be had in our backyards.

You could literally paddle in the backyard a few weeks ago, but this is more figurative.

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Hydro plan passes new milestones

Posted on May 5, 2011 |
By John Flowers



 

MIDDLEBURY — A long-in-the-works hydroelectric project slated for the Otter Creek Falls has taken two positive steps forward in recent weeks, with the Middlebury selectboard issuing a conditional letter of support and the Holm family submitting their plan for review by federal regulators.

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