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SALISBURY—“Dusty” Woodburn, 52, r eportedly committed suicide Nov. 17 during an armed encounter with police. The incident took place at an apartment building on Lake Dunmor e Road in Kampersville Park. Police had surr ounded the building a few individuals, including the pr ess, were allowed near the scene. The incident had originally been r eported as a hostage-taking. Vermont State Police detectives said the incident erupted early in the morning Nov. 17 when W oodburn and his girlfriend, Laurie Lafountain, argued over a text message sent to her. The text was fr om another man, police said. Lafountain eventually fled the apartment to call 911; she also contacted two of br others to aid her . Next, she heard gunshots. State tr oopers arrived and tried to talk to W oodburn, but he told police he was armed. A VSP tactical team evacuated r esidents of two apartment units inside the Kampersville Park building. Next, accor ding to VSP officials, Woodburn raised the gun and pointed it at the tr oopers. A tr ooper fired a shot at Woodburn. “At this time, tr oopers lost sight of W oodburn as he r etreated further into the r esidence," VSP Col. Tom L'Esperance said at a news confer ence held in Williston following the incident. “The troopers and the Lafountain brothers ran out of the building. Laurie Lafountain s tayed i nside, but came r unning outside after Woodburn shot himself. She observed him on the floor of the kitchen, which he was probably dying at that point if not dead. see SUICIDE, page 6
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All safe after brewery explosion By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.co m MIDDLEBURY—All O tter Creek Brewery personnel are safe after an over -pressurized fermentation tank exploded at the Middlebury brewery on Ex change Str eet Nov. 14. Dan Fulham, Otter Creek’s director of finance, said no one was injured but the pressure explosion cau sed damage to a nearby fermentation tank. A mechanical malfunction likely caused the mishap, according to Fulham. The Middlebury Fir e Department arrived on the scene immediately following the explosion. Fire Chief Rick Cole said firefighters made sur e the damaged tank didn’t collapse. Fulham said the br ewery should be up and r unning shortly. There are enough tanks to keep the beer flowing, he said.
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Route 7 accidents keep EMTs, police busy By Lou Varricchio
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MIDDLEBURY — The morning of Nov. 15 was a busy one for Middlebury rescue crews. Two auto accidents on U.S. Route 7 scrambled Middlebury Heavy rescue and MVAA cr ews during multiple emergency calls. The first accident, involving tow vehicles, occurred on the highway in front of the A&W Drive-In south of town. The accident occurred around 9:30 a.m. Middlebury Police, MV AA and the Middlebury Fire department r esponded to the accident scene. Ther e wer e no r eports of serious injuries although a Middlebury Fir e of ficial said the incident is under investigation. A second, mor e serious accident
occurred at 1 1:15 a.m., appr oximately one mile south of the 9:30 a.m. incident, at the intersection of Route 7 and Vermont Route 125. A southbound box-van truck was turning east onto Route 125 as a passenger-van was traveling northbound on Route 7. The boxvan hit the passenger-van and knocked it into the eastside guar d rail along Route 7. It is unknown if the box-van driver was unaware of the appr oaching passenger -van or poorly timed his turn onto Route 125. Middlebury Police officers and a MVAA and heavy r escue cr ew r esponded to the scene. An eyewitness said a woman, cover ed in blood, was removed from the passenger-van and taken to Porter Hospital.
A passenger-van was involved in a serious accident with a box-van at the intersection of Routes 7 and 125 in Middlebury Nov. 16 at approximately 11:15 a.m.
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