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November 17, 2018
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Ferrisburgh CIVIL WAR VET woman to HONORED appear in court » Honored Cont. on pg. 5
By Lou Varricchio THE V ERMONT EAGLE
MIDDLEBURY | A Ferrisburgh woman who was stopped by a Vermont State Police (VSP) trooper last week will now have her day in court. Virginia Gillett VSP photo On Nov. 7, at approximately 1:20 p.m., a trooper observed Virginia Gillett, 34, of Ferrisburgh, operating a vehicle on Court Street in Middlebury. Gillett was known by area police to have a suspended operator’s license in Vermont. According to Trooper Christopher Hein of the VSP New Haven Barracks, a motor vehicle stop was conducted and the operator was identified as Gillett. A subsequent Department of Motor Vehicle inquiry confirmed Gillett’s license to operate a motor vehicle on a Vermont public highway had been criminally suspended. “Gillett was taken into custody and transported to the New Haven Barracks for processing. Gillett was later released on a citation to appear before the Addison Superior Court Criminal Division to answer the charges on Dec. 17, at 12:30 p.m.,” according to Hein. ■
An American Legion bugler from Middlebury played taps for the soldier’s final farewell. Photo by Lou Varricchio
Scott, Zuckerman re-elected By Lou Varricchio THE V ERMONT EAGLE
MIDDLEBURY | With more than 274,000 votes cast, Vermonters overwhelmingly re-elected Phil Scott to serve another term as governor, choosing the governor’s message of affordability over national buzz about gender identity. While the midterm election in blue-state Vermont may not have presented many surprises for insiders, it showed that voters GOP winner: Gov. Phil Scott were comfortable with keeping was re-elected for a second the current bipartisan team at term last week. Photo by Lou Varricchio the top of the state ticket. In the governor’s race, incumbent Republican Gov. Phil Scott defeated Democratic challenger Christine Hallquist with 54 percent of the vote. Hallquist won about 39 percent of the more than 277,463 votes cast, in what was the nation’s fi rst gubernatorial race to include a major-party transgender candidate. In his acceptance speech late Tuesday night, Scott said the election results showed Vermonters want bipartisan cooperation. “In electing a governor of one party and a legislature of another, the message Vermonters have sent to us tonight is clear: ‘Work together,’” Scott said. “Vermonters are saying they want us to work for them not against each other. They are saying we need to listen to one another and prove to the rest of the nation that in Vermont we can and will rise above partisan politics.” » Re-elected Cont. on pg. 3
Big loss for GOP in Vermont By Lou Varricchio THE V ERMONT EAGLE
MIDDLEBURY | Vermont moved closer to being a one-party state after the 2018 midterm election last week. Several Senate races across the state may have garnered GOP attention in light of promising candidates, but in the end Democrats performed especially well on Election Day, shrinking the GOP presence even more at the Statehouse.
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In Addison County, two Democratic senators will head to Montpelier to represent their district. Ruth Hardy was the top votegetter with 9,040 votes, and Chris Bray came in second with 8,898 votes. GOP Senate candidate Peter Briggs placed third with 5,290 votes, falling short of winning
a seat. Other candidates who ran but lost include independents Marie Audet and Paul Ralston, and libertarian Archie Flower.. During the campaign, Rutland County reinforced its status as one of the few Republican bastions remaining in the Green Mountain State. With Rutland County GOP Sen. Peg Flory’s retirement after serving 20 legislative sessions, and Sen. Kevin Mullin’s 2017 departure to head up the Green Mountain Care Board, the south-central county fielded five Republican candidates running for three seats in the August primary. Two Republicans candidates, Sen. Brian Collamore and Sen. David Soucy, were the incumbents running for re-election, while Rep. James McNeil, Ed Larson and Terry Williams were non-incumbents who sought the seat left open by Flory. » GOP loss Cont. on pg. 3
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