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Police charge man in Goshen shooting From Staff & News Reports THE V ERMONT EAGLE
GOSHEN | At about 3:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 19 the Vermont State Police were notified of a shooting at a home on 502 South Hill Rd. in the town of Goshen. The investigation determined that Jeffery Young, Jeffery Young 49, engaged in a verbal Vermont State Police photo argument with his son, Nicholas Young, 28, through a closed door. During the argument, Jeffery Young discharged a handgun multiple times through the same closed door striking Nicholas Young. While bystanders were attempting to render assistance to the victim, additional shots were fired from inside the residence. Eventually the victim was placed in a car and driven to the Rutland area. The vehicle was met by responding rescue personnel and transported to Rutland Regional Medical Center, where he was treated for a non-life-threatening injury and released. At the residence, troopers took Jeffery Young into custody in connection with the incident. » Goshen shooting Cont. on pg. 2
By Guy Page SPECI A L TO THE EAGLE
This canine member of the U.S. Border Patrol helped apprehend two Romanian men entering Vermont illegally this March. Photo courtesy of U.S. Customs & Border Protection
MONTPELIER| Vermont leads all other U.S. states in illegal crossings along the Canada/U.S. border, U.S. Attorney Christina Nolan said during an Aug. 15 WCAX-TV interview. Illegal crossings are up 50 percent in the last year for the U.S. Border Patrol “Swanton sector,” which covers all of the Vermont border and parts of New York and New Hampshire. “This has got our attention,” U.S. Attorney Nolan said. “It’s a priority for our office.” Nolan cited as one reason Canada’s relaxation of visa requirements for Mexicans and Romanians. Canada announced Dec. 1, 2017 Romanian (and Bulgarian) citizens would not need visas to visit Canada, shortly after Canada also waived visa requirements for Mexicans, as part of a trade deal over Mexican beef. The visa waivers are leading to increased human smuggling by organized crime, according to Global News, a Canadian news site. Nolan said “dozens” of organized crime groups are involved in this practice in Quebec. Illegal immigrants pay the smugglers about $4,000 per person, Nolan said July 24. For example, canine units helped Border Patrol agents locate and arrest two Romanian men entering illegally in Highgate, U.S. Border Patrol reported March 13 this year. The men admitted they had recently arrived legally in Canada from Romania. » Border crossing Cont. on pg. 3
Hallquist outpaces Scott in total votes By Lou Varricchio THE V ERMONT EAGLE
A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND: Addison County Homeward Bound hosted Camp Whiskers and Wags this
month. Local children, ages 7-10, took part in the humane-education camp. The local humane society has plans to expand camp offerings next year. Pictured: A young camper from Middlebury provides a shelter cat with some TLC during post-lunch “Story Time Snuggles” at Camp Whiskers & Wags last week. Photo provided
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Despite losing part of his base to a rival conservative candidate, Gov. Phil Scott Aug. 14 won the Republican gubernatorial primary and now must face Christine Hallquist, a liberal Democrat and the nation’s first transgender major-party nominee for governor. After a raucous internecine battle over gun control measures Scott signed into law in the spring, Scott emerged a big winner against fellow Republican Keith Stern, garnering 65.2 percent of the vote with 264 of 275 districts reporting. The incumbent governor defeated the Springfield resident by a vote of 23,328 to 11,370. Scott touted a 19-month record as governor that included reducing income tax rates by $30 million, eliminating the tax on Social Security for some
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Despite losing part of his base to a rival conservative candidate, Gov. Phil Scott won the GOP gubernatorial primary and now must face Christine Hallquist (pictured), a liberal Democrat and the nation’s first transgender major-party nominee for governor. Photo courtesy of Hallquist for Governor
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