Rutland remembers inspiring Lenny Burke pg. 6
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Leahy’s border plan draws criticism
SWAMP THING?
By Lou Varricchio EAGLE EDITOR
MIDDLEBURY | The Immigration and Nationality Act 287(a)(3) permits authorities to act without a warrant “within a reasonable distance from any external boundary of the United States” and “board and search for aliens in any vessel within the territorial waters of the United States and any railcar, aircraft, conveyance, or vehicle.” Ira Mehlman of the Federation for American Immigration Reform in Washington, D.C., cited two U.S. Supreme Court decisions affirming the constitutionality of the law, U.S. v. Martinez Fuerte and U.S. v. Gordo-Marin. “Despite Senator Leahy’s unsubstantiated accusation that in Montana, a CBP agent even stopped an American citizen simply for speaking Spanish, there is no evidence that CPB is engaging in unlawful profiling,” Mehlman said. H. Brooke Paige, a Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Washington, Vt., criticized the Leahy-Murray legislation. “One example that would be problematic under Senator Leahy’s 25-mile proposal would be the Port of Baltimore, Md., which serves as a point of entry for marine traffic and cargo. The city is 120 miles from the Atlantic seacoast measured ‘as the crow flies’ due east and actually over 200 miles from Baltimore to the Chesapeake Bay breakwater, just south of Cape Charles, Virginia,” Paige told True North Reports last week. He added that reducing the zone from 100 miles down to 25 “could surely create jurisdictional problems, especially in states like California and Vermont where the governors have expressed a lack of willingness to cooperate with officials from ICE, INS and Justice.” » Leahy Cont. on pg. 3
No, this isn’t Hollywood’s fanciful gill-man monster, aka “The Creature from the Black Lagoon.” It’s really Lake Champlain Maritime Museum archaeological SCUBA diver Patricia Reid of Vergennes. Last week, Reid explored a secret wreck site near the Addison County shore of Lake Champlain. When she emerged from her surveying dive, she was covered in aquatic weeds. “The location is being kept secret to protect the wreck,” according to LCMM’s Director of Marketing & Business Development Gregg Banse. Photo by Paul Gates
Cornwall fire info comes with $5,000 reward From Staff & News Reports THE V ERMONT EAGLE
Investigators said that a fire at 339 Parkhill Rd. in Cornwall is considered undetermined and suspicious. Pictured: Residence pre-fire image. Cornwall file photo
CORNWALL | On July 20, at approximately 11:45 p.m., the Cornwall Volunteer Fire Department responded to a report of a large structure fi re located at 339 Parkhill Rd. in Cornwall.
On arrival the fi re department encountered heavy fi re coming from several out buildings on the property and threatening to spread into the nearby residence. Due to the efforts the damage to the main home was limited to the exposed side facing the other buildings. » Fire Cont. on pg. 6
Apology issued for homestead tax delay By Lou Varricchio EAGLE EDITOR
MIDDLEBURY | Many Vermonters have received a shock in the past week when they started receiving property tax bills in excess of what they were expecting.
Th e error resulted following a Vermont Department of Taxes backlog in processing offi cial forms linked to the state’s income sensitivity program. Tax Commissioner Kaj Samsom sent municipal officials an apology note July 17 acknowledging the delay in processing the
declaration forms:
» Taxes Cont. on pg. 6
Vermont Tax Commissioner Kaj Samsom sent municipal officials an apology note July 17 acknowledging the delay in processing the declaration forms. File photo
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