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Calgary won shootout 2-1 Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.The next clash in a contentious zoning battle in Middlebury will hinge on how a state judge reads a state law tailored to the block the development of a proposed 670,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution complex on the former Timex headquarters property. The Middlebury Small Town Alliance and two neighboring property owners are claiming in court filings that wetlands and zoning approvals for the controversial project violated that 2023 state law that was stealthily enacted at the request of state Rep. William Pizzuto, R-Middlebury, a nearby homeowner and an open opponent of the proposed development. The law limits the size and location of warehouse and distribution operations in Middlebury. Pizzuto leveraged his vote for a bipartisan two-year, $51.1 billion state budget to get local zoning restriction on the statute books. He lives within 500 feet of the Christian Road entrance to the Timex property in the private Avalon Farms neighborhood and publicly opposed the Southford Park project. The Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission, the Middlebury Conservation Commission, and developer David Drubner and business partners in Southford Park LLC are counter claiming in court filings that the 2023 law does not apply to the proposed development project. Southford Park received approvals to build a 539,500-square-foot building and a smaller 130,000-square-foot building. Hundreds of town residents opposed the project, and some opponents formed the Middlebury Small Town Alliance to fight it. The Middlebury Small Town Alliance and the two sets of neighboring property owners are also contesting a lot line revision that critically reconfigured the project site, disputing the proposed development is a permitted use under zoning regulations, and alleging a violation of the state’s minority representation law involving the political makeup of the Middlebury PZC. Arguments are scheduled for 3 p.m. today in Waterbury Superior Court in three consolidated cases that Middlebury Small Town Alliance and the neighboring property owners have brought against the two land-use commissions and Southford Park. THE CONSOLIDATED APPEALS present the first opportunity for a state court to interpret and apply the 2023 law that Pizzuto got quietly inserted into the bipartisan budget package that Gov. Ned Lamont and General Assembly leaders negotiated. No legislation proposing the zoning restriction was ever introduced or given a hearing. Pizzuto and House Republican leaders capitalized on Lamont’s desire for a bipartisan budget vote to get the provision inserted in the 832-page budget bill at the last minute. He has denied exchanging his budget vote for the zoning restriction. He was re-elected to another two-year term in November as an unopposed candidate_ The law imposes a size limit of 100,000 square feet for “warehousing or distributing facilities” on one or more parcels that are less than 150 acres in towns with a population between 6,000 and 8,000 that also contain more than 5 acres of wetlands and are situated within two miles of an elementary school. If all criteria apply, it bars the siting, construction, permitting, operation or use of a larger warehouse or distribution center in the town. The Middlebury PZC and Conservation Commission each determined that the 2023 law is inapplicable based on two legal opinions that concluded that the wetlands condition does not apply following a lot line revision to the project site. The Middlebury Small Town Alliance disputes those interpretations of the law. The trial court will decide which side is legally in the right. TIMEX GROUP USA and Southford Park completed a $7.5 million sale in August 2023 for much of the nearly 93-acre Christian Road property that had been the site of the Timex world headquarters since 2001. In addition, the development group acquired a neighboring 18-acre property on Southford Road belonging to another Drubner family partnership. A lot revision filed at the same time combined the two properties. The revised lot lines resulted in a 77-acre parcel and a 35-acre parcel subject to a conversation easement. The larger parcel contained 3.8 acres of wetlands and the smaller one contained 3.9 acres. In separate legal opinions, attorneys Mark Branse of the Hartford law firm of Halloran & Sage and Gail E. Taggart of the Waterbury law firm of Secor Cassidy & McPartland concluded the 100,000-square-foot size limit is not applicable to either parcel because each contains less than 5 acres of wetlands. Each opinion also concluded the revised lot line map depicts separate parcels that are owned by two separate property owners, so they must be considered as separate The Middlebury Small Town Alliance and the neighboring property owners are challenging both conclusions in court filings, saying the interpretations of the 2023 law are erroneous, and calling the lot line revision an impermissible end run to ensure neither parcel had more than 5 acres of wetlands to trigger the statute and the resulting two parcels inextricably linked as one project site. SOUTHFORD PARK ARGUES in its court filings that the Middlebury PZC properly found the 2023 law did not apply based on a plain reading of the statute and its proper reliance on two legal opinions that concluded the law was inapplicable. The developers also dispute the court has jurisdiction to hear the associated lot line claims. The Middlebury PZC denies in its court filings that its approvals for the Southford Park project violated the 2023 law, the commission improperly interpreted its zoning regulations and approved the lot line revision, and the commission’s political makeup violated the minority representation statute. Southford Park also disputed the latter two claims in its court filings. The Middlebury Small Town Alliance and the neighboring property owners are claiming the Middlebury PZC was illegally constituted at its Jan. 4 meeting when members approved a site plan for the Southford Park project, a zone text change concerning building height, and an excavation permit the development group needed to proceed with its plan because an alternate Republican member was seated violating minority representation requirements. The Middlebury PZC not only disputes this claim, but also argues in court filings that the challenged Republican alternate chosen was the only alternate member of the commission who attended all of the hearings and meetings on the zoning applications. The death of a Democratic commissioner before the Jan. 4 meeting necessitated the appointment of an alternate.When Jon Montgomery’s moustache was just a patch of reddish stubble, it could only dream of becoming an astronaut. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * When Jon Montgomery’s moustache was just a patch of reddish stubble, it could only dream of becoming an astronaut. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? When Jon Montgomery’s moustache was just a patch of reddish stubble, it could only dream of becoming an astronaut. The Movember movement started in 2003 in Australia, when a group of friends grew moustaches during the month of November to bring attention to men’s health issues, charging $10 to take part in the challenge with the money going to prostate cancer. The Movember movement started in 2003 in Australia, when a group of friends grew moustaches during the month of November to bring attention to men’s health issues, charging $10 to take part in the challenge with the money going to prostate cancer. It has since grown to a worldwide initiative that now encompasses many other ways of fundraising during the month, including walking 60 kilometres to remember the 60 men who die by suicide globally every hour, or hosting a Mo-Ment event. The ruddy muzzy always knew it was destined to go fast, to go far and to live life on the edge. That much was certain when it held on for dear life while its host whipped around the skeleton track in Vancouver to win a record-setting, beer-soaked gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics. But in the 14 years since, as the Russell-born Montgomery’s gone on to enjoy a successful post-athletic afterlife as a television host, his whiskers still yearned to go where no Manitoban “lip sweater” had ever gone before. And so, Montgomery partnered with Movember for a manscaped mission, aiming to raise awareness for men’s physical and mental-health causes. ( host, who has raised $10,000 for Movember since 2012, has a personal connection to the cause; his father went through prostate cancer.) On Sept. 22, in a field in Kingston, N.Y., Montgomery’s moustache trimmings were strapped into a space-proofed container, attached to a balloon, and launched to a cruising altitude of 35,472.9 metres above mean sea level for a two-hour-long solo flight at the very edge of the earth’s stratosphere. “It just really changed my perspective,” the moustache told the upon its return. “Made me wonder whether other lifeforms exist, and whether they grow facial hair, too.” SUPPLIED Manitoba Olympian Jon Montgomery sent his ’stache into space in September. Its adventures left the discussing the most memorable Manitoban moustaches, sifting through old boxes of hockey cards, scanning LP sleeves and asking the general public for suggestions. The following star soup-strainers made the barbershop cut. About 150 years before Montgomery’s moustache witnessed the vastness of the universe, a man named Telrean noted the absence of Manitoba’s most important moustache in a diary entry, written on Sept. 23, 1874, in Saint Hyacinthe. ARCHIVES The founding father of Manitoba, Louis Riel, is known for his trademark moustache. “With emotion, I shook the hand of Riel, the young hero of Manitoba,” he wrote after meeting the Métis icon. “He was tall, bronze like the Métis, without showing much trace of his Indian blood. He wore sideburns without a moustache.” As detailed in a 1949 entry in the Manitoba Historical Society’s Transactions series, a publication that preceded Manitoba History, in 1874, the 29-year-old Riel had just visited Washington, where he’d met with sitting American president Ulysses S. Grant. (Grant had by that point tamed his Civil War scruff). Meanwhile, Riel’s father, Louis Sr., who died in 1864, is seen in most photographs with a sideburn-full-beard combo. You might have a hard time envisioning Louis Riel without his ‘stache, which has become an indelible element of our province’s founder’s visual identity, a downward crescent blending revolution and grandiose intelligence in one follicular swoop. Riel’s is without a doubt Manitoba’s most consequential moustache. There are more than 1,200 members of the , a tribute to the hirsute frontman of the Guess Who, the biggest band to ever emerge from Winnipeg. “I AM NOT BURT HIMSELF!” the group’s administrator writes. “This is the official UNOFFICIAL fanclub of Burton Cummings’ moustache — the moustache is what contains all Burt’s superpowers.” SUPPLIED Singer Burton Cummings once shaved his moustache, but the hair returned by 1981. There might be some Samsonian truth in that: on each of his first three solo albums, the St. John’s neighbourhood-raised songwriter made the muzz — and those curly locks — a focal point of the album art. But when he released the singer debuted a naked lip. “Singer Burton Cummings has a new image,” The Canadian Press reported on April 2, 1980, one month before the album’s release. “Cummings, now a short-haired rocker, says he woke up one morning, took a look at himself and realized he was bored with what he saw. Deciding to make a change, he hacked off his hair close to his scalp and shaved off his moustache.” For 1981’s Cummings hired photographer John Rowlands to handle the cover art. With his thumbs meeting in the album’s centre, forming a crude W, Cummings framed the lower third of his face, his lip once again graced by that superpowered moustache. Yes, these Jets featured current head coach Scott Arniel and a 19-year-old star centre named Dale Hawerchuk, but there’s a case to be made that the 1982-1983 Winnipeg club is the greatest moustache team of all time. KEN GIGLIOTTI / FREE PRESS FILES Winnipeg Jets 1.0 defenceman Dave Babych sported a legendary bushy ’stache. Coached by reigning Jack Adams winner Tom Watt — a mustachioed dead ringer for Soviet filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky — and co-captained by bare-lipped American Dave Christian and the gloriously stached right-winger Lucien DeBlois, the Jets limped to a 74-point finish before losing to the eventual Smythe Division champion Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the playoffs. The Oilers later lost the Stanley Cup to the New York Islanders, who won their fourth straight championship behind a roster featuring St. Boniface’s Butch Goring, a Lady Byng-winning gentleman with an incongruently grizzly moustache. Perhaps the Jets blew it by having an all-time lineup of dusters well before it came time to grow playoff beards. The unofficial leader was defenceman Dave Babych, who wore the thickest moustache this side of Lanny McDonald for most of his 19-year career, the first five spent as a Jet. (In a January 1984 column, sports editor Hal Sigurdson noted, “Dave Babych has shaved his moustache, while Dale Hawerchuk is growing one.”) KEN GIGLIOTTI / FREE PRESS FILES Winnipeg Jets 1.0 player Doug Smail was a speedy, and hirsute, forward. On the blueline, Maurice Mantha earned the nickname Moe. Saskatchewan speedster Doug Smail donned a horseshoe moustache above his Moose Jaw. Wearing No. 16 and a respectable ‘stache, former Brandon Wheat King Laurie Boschman scored 74 points in only 61 games, trailing only the baby-faced Hawerchuk (92 points) and the French-born Paul MacLean — a first-ballot moustache Hall of Famer who finished the year with 76 points. While the all-star MacLean is remembered as a prototypical power forward who scored 40 goals for the Jets on three occasions, most modern hockey fans became acquainted with him during his tenure as a cantankerous, award-winning bench boss. During the 2013 season, MacLean, then coaching the Senators, went viral when an Ottawa fan sitting behind him in a suit and tie — and walrus moustache — was dubbed “Paul MacClone” by Sportsnet. The auto parts salesman’s facial hair was covered by local and national press. “Now, some of my customers call me Coach,” Watson told the ben.waldman@winnipegfreepress.com Ben Waldman is a National Newspaper Award-nominated reporter on the Arts & Life desk at the . Born and raised in Winnipeg, Ben completed three internships with the while earning his degree at Ryerson University’s (now Toronto Metropolitan University’s) School of Journalism before joining the newsroom full-time in 2019. . Every piece of reporting Ben produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the ‘s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about , and . Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. 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Island residents, including members of the Taiwanese community, are hopeful that Taiwan President Lai Ching-te’s visit to Guam will revive the island’s tourism and strengthen the relationship between the two. Emma Chen, who works at Guam Postal Express and moved to Guam four years ago from Taiwan, expressed excitement about the rare opportunity to meet such a high-profile figure. “It’s very exciting,” she said. “We’re here because we don’t have a lot of opportunities to be so close to the president in Taiwan, so good.” Chen was among those at a luncheon hosted by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Guam in Lai’s honor, held at Hyatt Regency Guam in Tumon. She emphasized the visit’s potential to positively impact Guam’s economy, particularly by reinstating direct flights from Taiwan, which had been halted. “Maybe it’s an opportunity to let the military in Guam visit Taiwan, and also Taiwanese people will come here, because I have friends who always ask me about it. I want to go to America. I want to go to Guam but for now, it’s really hard to get that because we need to transfer,” Chen said. “But for now, I’m really happy to have United Airlines and China Airlines that have direct flights to go here.” While Chen hopes the visit will strengthen Guam’s ties with Taiwan and boost tourism, she acknowledges the strained political relationship between China and Taiwan, noting that some Chinese residents on Guam may view the visit negatively. “We don’t talk about anything about our president, or their president. Our relationship is ‘we are in America’,” she said. “We don’t talk about something that makes us nervous because that’s not our problem. We are still friendly and we are still close because we are here.” Chen believes the disagreements are between their governments rather than the people themselves. “We always know that that’s not our fault,” she said. James Dino, a resident of Upper Tumon, believes Lai’s visit will positively impact Guam, citing Taiwan’s peaceful nature and the good relations between Taiwan and Guam. “[Taiwan’s] a very peaceful country. I think we also are on good terms with them. So whatever it is, it’s gonna bring positivity to an already positive relationship,” he said. He noted that both Taiwanese and Chinese communities reside on Guam and doesn’t anticipate any negative effects on tourism from China. “It will only affect us in good terms or in good ways, because I don’t see any problem between us and the Chinese community here,” Dino said. “I think it will only have a positive effect because it will increase Chinese tourists who would like to come here.” Ling-Chi “Rich” and Kylie Yang Huang, owners of American Chocolate Family and Ice Una, also from Taiwan, and in attendance at the luncheon for Lai, said they are aware of the political and economic implications of the visit amid tensions between China and Taiwan. “[President Ching-te’s visit] is very emotional for me, because I think Taiwan represents democracy and then, of course, there’s always the outside forces that want to control that, or diminish the democracy,” Rich Huang said. “But when our president could come and be out here, or even to the U.S. and forge stronger support for democracy, I think that’s very meaningful.” Kylie Huang moved to Guam 15 years ago. “I feel like Taiwanese always know the majority of everywhere, even in other Asian countries, we are just a very small country. But I feel like Taiwanese people are always very kind, like to help, let’s make friends and we’re similar with Guam people,” Kylie Huang said. “I feel like we are very connected together, so it’s really happy to see that the president of Taiwan can visit Guam and make friendship with each other.” Like Chen, the Huangs believe that both the Taiwanese and Chinese communities on Guam have coexisted peacefully despite tensions between the two countries. “There’s so many Chinese people [here]. We also have a lot of Chinese friends. And I feel maybe they have a different view from the government of China. I don’t know about that, but I feel like this is the right thing. We need to do this, even though someone will not be happy with it, but we just keep doing the right things.” As business owners, they hope the visit will bring awareness to Taiwan as a tourism destination. “It’s extra publicity for the people of Taiwan, then hopefully that could spark and let them remember that, hey, Guam is a beautiful island to visit,” they said. “With more news out there, more publicity, hopefully more Taiwan tourists could come here, and especially right now with the direct flight resumed, so that’s definitely gonna help.” Kylie Huang also hopes the visit will shed light on Guam’s Taiwanese community and encourage the island community to visit Taiwan. “I hope this also has Guam people know more about Taiwan, and now hopefully the direct line will bring our Guam people over there,” she said. “Maybe there’s more ideas coming up, maybe some people will bring business from Taiwan over here. You know, we never know. So I’m really excited about the idea of connecting Taiwan and Guam together, and then we can help each other to improve.” Peter Quiogue, who works at American Printing, sees the visit as a positive event, especially for the Taiwanese community on Guam. “The company I work for, the owner, is from Taiwan, and they’ve been here 50 years or more, so it seems that everything moving forward is good,” he said. “As far as our business relationship, we bring in a lot of supplies from Taiwan, and we also own a company in Taiwan, and they own a company here in Guam.” While Quiogue sees the visit as a chance to increase tourism from Taiwan and strengthen peaceful relations, he is concerned the visit could escalate tensions with China, which views Taiwan as its territory. “I’m not into the politics part of it, but I believe that it is going to ignite something. We don’t need another war,” he said. “The way I’m looking at it, it looks like if there’s something wrong between the Philippines and China, that’s probably the start of World War III right here because it’s getting more and more intense.” Despite these concerns, Quiogue hopes for a peaceful resolution, especially as Guam also has a relationship with China. “I just hope that the Chinese president doesn’t hold any opposition because the Taiwan president has been here,” he said. “We do a lot of business with China. We bring a lot of products from China. Everything comes from China. We’ll see what happens.” Guam Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero has also extended an invitation for China’s leader to visit Guam, stating the island must continue its international relationships with other countries. Lai’s visit is part of a weeklong tour of Pacific allies, which sparked intense criticism from China. Lai met with the 37th Guam Legislature Thursday morning, where Speaker Therese Terlaje presented him with a resolution recognizing Taiwan’s significant contributions to Guam’s economy and community. Through a translator, Lai delivered a speech acknowledging the ongoing support for Taiwan’s international standing through the passage of Taiwan-friendly resolutions, emphasizing the strong relationship between Taiwan and Guam based on shared values and heritage. “We are both part members of the Austronesian family, and we are like family members to each other. We share the universal values of democracy, freedom, and human rights, and we are like-minded partners,” Lai said. “So, based on the solid foundations of the resolutions that have been passed and will be passed by the Guam Legislature, Taiwan and/or the Guam Legislature, and the people of Guam will enjoy deeper cooperation and collaboration moving forward.” Lai envisions deeper cooperation in various sectors and invited Guam’s elected officials to visit Taiwan in exchange as an opportunity for increased tourism, agriculture, and cultural exchange. The speaker called for continued collaboration to strengthen ties and defend democracy in the region. “Direct flights between Taiwan and Guam began to resume just last week. I want to take this opportunity to invite all senators to visit Taiwan, in addition to allowing you to experience the warmth and hospitality of the Taiwanese people,” Lai said. “This would further advance exchanges between Taiwan and Guam in such areas as tourism, agriculture and indigenous culture, creating even greater well being for our peoples.”On a rare two-game skid, No. 24 Arizona faces Davidson

Iowa cornerback Jermari Harris has opted out of the remainder of the 2024 season in order to prepare for the NFL draft, according to a report by 247Sports.com . The 6-foot-1 sixth-year senior from Chicago has recorded 27 tackles, three interceptions and a team-high seven pass breakups in 10 games for the Hawkeyes this season. That includes a pick-6 in a 38-21 win over Troy earlier this season. Iowa (6-4, 4-3 Big Ten) plays at Maryland on Saturday before closing out its regular season at home against Nebraska on Nov. 29. The Hawkeyes are already bowl eligible, so Harris is likely opting out of three games in total. After missing the entire 2022 season due to an ankle injury, Harris was suspended for two games of the following season for his involvement in the gambling investigation into Iowa athletics. He later emerged as the Hawkeyes' top cornerback, earning the team's comeback player of the year award after compiling 42 tackles, one interception and eight pass breakups. Harris will finish his college career with 105 tackles and eight interceptions. --Field Level Media