In June, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gave Bruce Barry permission to install 22 buoys off his lakeshore property on Malletts Bay, a boating mecca. The purpose: to create a safe swimming area for future inhabitants of Barry’s housing development. The Colchester Selectboard had unanimously opposed the buoys on the grounds that they would cordon off part of Lake Champlain — a public resource — for the benefit of private property owners…..

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