New owner and college differ over stockade fence vs. vegetation

Apr 15, 2025

A disagreement arose over a 6-foot stockade fence the college will install between 50 and 124 Sheep Farm Road parcels; the prospective owner prefers vegetation, while commissioners and the recorder cited safety near the college storage building.

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Prospective owner Joel Wollum told the Planning Commission he would prefer to install vegetation rather than the 6-foot solid stockade fence the President and Fellows of Middlebury College planned to erect along the new property line. Wollum called a stockade "unattractive" and said parents should supervise children rather than rely on fencing.

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