MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 26 No. 6
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Middlebury, Vermont
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Monday, April 14, 2014
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Phase  II  pipeline  clears  ACRPC  hurdle By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  —  The  Addison  County  Regional  Planning  Commis- sion  (ACRPC)  board  on  Wednesday  voted  15-Â11  that  the  proposed  natu- ral  gas  pipeline  from  Middlebury  to  Ticonderoga,  N.Y.,  can  pass  muster  with  the  county’s  regional  plan.  That Â
decision  will  be  passed  along  to  the  Vermont  Public  Service  Board  to  consider  as  it  determines  whether  to  green-Âlight  the  controversial  project  being  advanced  by  Vermont  Gas. Wednesday’s  vote  came  after  two  hours  of  impassioned  comments,  many  of  them  delivered  by  Corn-Â
wall  and  Shoreham  residents  who  on  Town  Meeting  Day  passed  reso- lutions  against  the  so-Âcalled  “Phase  IIâ€?  Addison-ÂRutland  Natural  Gas  Project  pipeline  that  would  feed  the  International  Paper  mill  in  Ticon- deroga.  The  vote  also  came  after  negative  recommendations  from  the Â
ACRPC’s  own  Energy  and  Act  250/ Act  248  Committees. But  in  the  end,  the  proposed  pipeline  got  enough  support  from  board  members  who  said  the  pipe- line  should  be  supported  for  its  po- WHQWLDO WR EULQJ HFRQRPLF EHQH¿W WR (See  Pipeline,  Page  6)
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Up  in  the  air WOODY  KEPPEL,  LEFT,  actor,  performer  and  founder  of  the  “Waldo  and  Woodhead�  musical/comedy  vaudeville  show,  juggles  with  Middle- bury  Union  High  School  sophomore  Ian  McKay  during  a  Wellness  Day  workshop  at  the  school  last  Wednesday. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
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Motive  for  Leicester  shooting  unclear By  ZACH  DESPART LEICESTER  —  More  than  a  week  after  po- lice  say  Timothy  Foley  shot  his  neighbor  and  two  state  troopers,  the  motive  for  the  crime  remains  unclear. According  to  court  documents,  Foley  did  not  offer  a  motive  for  his  actions  in  interviews  con- ducted  by  detectives  the  morning  of  the  shooting. Police  allege  that  Foley,  47,  broke  into  the  home  of  Mahlon  and  Joyce  McCoy  in  the  early  hours  of  April  6  and  shot  Mahlon  in  the  face,  and  DOVR ÂżUHG DW -R\FH EXW PLVVHG E\ D IHZ LQFKHV Prosecutors  said  Foley  subsequently  shot  two Â
state  troopers  who  were  attempting  to  persuade  Foley  to  speak  with  them.  All  shots  were  dis- charged  from  a  12-Âgauge  shotgun. Foley  on  April  7  was  arraigned  on  two  charges  of  attempted  murder  and  two  charges  of  aggra- vated  murder.  He  faces  life  in  prison  if  convicted. Neighbors,  even  those  who  had  lived  near  Fol- ey  for  years,  said  Thursday  that  they  had  little  in- teraction  with  him,  while  the  victims’  family  said  Foley  was  familiar  to  them. Sadie  Mason,  the  daughter  of  Mahlon  and  Joyce  McCoy,  said  her  parents  knew  Foley  and  (See  Shooting,  Page  23)
Ferrisburgh cuts school budget $120K, sets May 13 revote By  ANDY  KIRKALDY FERRISBURGH  —  The  Ferrisburgh  Cen- WUDO 6FKRRO ERDUG RQ 7KXUVGD\ PDGH ÂżQDO D $3.5  million  budget  proposal  that  removes  about  $120,000  from  the  board’s  initial  plan  that  lost  on  March  4,  450-Â279.  The  board  also  set  May  13  as  a  revote  date.  (See  Ferrisburgh,  Page  25)