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TAKE ONE December 22, 2018
Bomb threats part of hoax
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VERMONTERS DISPLAY THE SPIRIT OF GIVING » Spirit of giving Cont. on pg. 13
By Lou Varricchio EDITOR
MIDDLEBURY| Starting Dec. 13, the Vermont State Police received various reports of bomb threats being received in the state. As of late last week, investigators knew of at least 15 threats, received by email messages, including businesses, schools, municipal offices as well as private individuals who have not been identified by law enforcement authorities. The threats were later reported by the FBI as part of a nationwide hoax. Threats were also made in Canada. According to the Adam Silverman, of the Vermont Department of Public Safety (DPS), as of Dec. 13 when this issue of the Eagle was in production, threats have been received by the University of Vermont in Burlington, Garvey Auto in Rutland, private individuals living in Middlebury, employees of the Tarrant Foundation in Winooski, employees of the Ski and Ride School at Sugarbush-West Hill Inn in Warren, employees of the Century Arms in Fairfax, the South Burlington Police Department, Groton Town Hall officials and private individuals in Montpelier. Silverman first reported several of these bomb threats, made around the state, on Dec. 13. The DPS news release stated that the threats appeared to be “linked to a coordinated series threats being made across the United States and in Canada.” ■
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By Lou Varricchio EDITOR
MIDDLEBURY | Last week, we asked Addison County Sen. Chris Bray (D) about the upcoming legislative session in Montpelier. This week, we talk with the first of two Rutland County and Addison County Republicans about their perspectives. According to Rutland County Sen. Brian Collamore, reading the 2018 election tea leaves shows that even the normally rockbound conservative
bastion of Rutland County has shifted left, in a more liberal direction. “There were Vermonters expressing their dislike of President Trump (in the election). I think they voted that way,” Collamore said. “That’s not to take anything away from Democratic Sen. Cheryl Hooker (as I think she’ll do fine), but I was a little surprised that we didn’t return three Republican senators from the county to Montpelier. I think there was some anti-Trump sentiment expressed, but I was more surprised the second amendment (gun rights) folks didn’t have a better showing. “If they were sincerely that upset with the governor (over gun control), I would have expected more of a closer gubernatorial race which didn’t turn out to be true. So, I wonder how many of those folks voted. That probably would have helped the three GOP candidates here in Rutland County.” Collamore confirmed that there has been more of a liberal move within Rutland County. “I don’t know if that’s a sign of more liberal folks moving in or if we didn’t
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VERGENNES | The Vergennes Union High School (VUHS) community, as well as Commodore basketball fans, came out last Thursday to honor the memory of basketball coach and counselor Peter Quinn. Quinn died at the age of 69 the previous weekend. The celebration of Coach Quinn’s life was held at the Commodores first basketball game of the 2018-19 season. VUHS alumnus and former Commodore athlete Ben Epstein started the game against BFA-Fairfax by reading a touching letter prepared by Quinn’s widow and two sons. “He loved being able to mold players into an image of what he valued on the court,” Epstein read. “Pete urged his players to find their passion for the sport and elevate themselves as teammates.” Born in Massachusetts, Quinn was assistant coach when the VUHS boys team won the 2001 state championship. The girls took basketball championships in 2005 and 2006. And there were other championships under Quinn’s tutelage. Perhaps the sweetest of all testimonies for Quinn’s school leadership both on and off the court was the Commodores opening season victory of BFA-Fairfax, 58-52. ■
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energize our side enough to vote,” he said. “We’ve been pretty common sense, pretty conservative, and pretty Republican here, but it didn’t happen that way. And the City of Rutland lost GOP Doug Gauge’s House seat to Democrat William Knott, an alderman...” Collamore said that the 2018 election showed that all of Vermont, not just Rutland County, is continuing to move more in a more liberal direction. “While we’d like a little more balance, I think in the upcoming legislative session we’ll see that (Democratic) Bluedogs will become way important than they have been in the past,” he said. “Especially in the House where there are now 43 Republicans and a 51 total is needed to sustain a veto, so there will be a move to bring more independents and more moderate Democrats into the fold on some, not all, issues. I think Democratic legislators such as Mazza, Starr and Rogers are the (Bluedog) moderates I am thinking about.” Collamore said that he was shocked by the defeat of interim GOP Sen. David Souchy of Killington in the August 2018 primary. » Montpelier Cont. on pg. 2