March 22, 2014
Car rolls over on Route 125 By Lou Varricchio Lou@ addison-eagle.com HanCOCK Ñ On March 3, at at 6:14 p.m., Vermont state Police troopers from the VsP Royalton Barracks and the Hancock Fire department were dispatched to a single vehicle rollover crash on Route 125 in Hancock in addison County. investigation revealed that a pickup truck driven by Frances Goodwin, 57, of Gaysville was traveling westbound on Vt Route 125 at a speed of approximately 40- 45 mph. as GoodwinÕ s truck approached a turn in the roadway, he drove over a frost heave and lost control of the vehicle after the vehicle bounced and traveled over ice. the pickup traveled into the eastbound lane and off the eastbound shoulder. Goodwin then crashed into snow bank which caused the vehicle to rollover onto its roof. GoodwinÕ s truck had damage to the front and driverÕ s side of the vehicle. a passenger reported police of neck pain and was then transported to Gifford Medical Center to be evaluated.
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Ski-high piles: Blizzard of 2014
THE AFTERMATH
By Lou Varricchio Lou@ addison-eagle.com MiddleBuRy Ñ March in Vermont roared in like a lion with a blizzard-sized winter storm March 12-13. Residents of addison and Rutland counties woke up March 14 th sky-high piles of shoveled snow along area roadways, parking lots and driveways. the large storm, which originated when a midwestern snow storm and Gulf of Mexico rain storm merged near the Ohio Valley with gusty winds, and then dumped from 12 inches to more than 18 inches in the Champlain ValleyÑ even more of the white stuff fell CONTINUED ON PAGE 22
The morning after: a Town of Middlebury dump truck hauls a load of snow on the morning of March 14.
Jeffery Farnsworth becomes one-star general VUHS Class of ‘81 graduate By Lou Varricchio
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Correction FeRRisBuRGH Ñ the eagle incorrectly reported that Gloria Warden was elected to both treasurer and town clerk positions in Ferrisburgh on town Meeting day. Warden was elected as the new town clerk, but was defeated in the town treasurer race by Garrit smits, 350-332 votes.
Photo by Lou Varricchio
In a ceremony March 13 at the Pentagon, Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Farnsworth, a 1981 graduate of Vergennes Union High School, receives his stars from Lt. Gen. David L. Mann, commanding general of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, and his wife, Gabriele Farnsworth. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Courtney Ropp)
WaltHaM, Vt. Ñ For family and friends of Jeffrey a. Farnsworth, a former Vergennes-area resident, it was a moment of great prideÑ pride too hard to put into plain words. On March 13, Farnsworth, who graduated from Vergennes union High school in 1981, became a one-star general in the u.s. army. according to military spokesman scott andreae of the u.s. army space and Missile defense Command & army Forces strategic Command strategic initiatives Group, Farnsworth was promoted to brigadier general at a special ceremony held at the Pentagon. FarnsworthÕ s wife, Gabriele, affectionately known as Gaby, parents and Mann pinned on his new stars, andreae noted. the one-star generalÕ s parents, Carol and allen Farnsworth, live in Waltham. Farnsworth received the generalÕ s star as the deputy commanding general for operations at u.s. army space and Missile defense Command/army Forces strategic Command based in Colorado. Farnsworth also provides administrative oversight of the armyÕ s astronaut detachment; he guides the army space CONTINUED ON PAGE 21