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August 29, 2015

Skydiver dead along Route 17

From News & Staff Reports

ADDIson Ñ on Aug. 17, the Vermont state Police responded to the area of 4369 Route 17 in Addison for a passerby report of a dead man who reportedly made a hard landing after parachuting from a fixedwing aircraft. VsP troopers reported that they found the body of Joseph Crossley, 68, of east Hardwick, in a field off the east side of Route 17. It is not known if Crossley died on impact or during his descent. eyewitnesses told police that CrossleyÕ s parachute deployed, and that his initial decent was uneventful. However, during his return to earth, Crossley began to spiral. He did not regain control of the parachute before impact. CrossleyÕ s jump was connected with Vermont skydiving Adventures, located on Route 17 in West Addison. The investigation is continuing, and anyone with information is asked to contact the Vermont state Police at 802-773-9101.

Board releases teacher who suffered from TB

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Police teams search for missing woman By Lou Varricchio lou@addison-eagle.com CoRnWALL Ñ Vermont state Police surface and underwater teams assembled at the boat launch area along otter Creek, adjoining the Cornwall-salisbury Covered Bridge, Aug. 18, to resume the search for missing Denise Hart, 24, of Connecticut. Hart is the mother of a four-year-old boy. Before a police flatboat and divers entered the creek a news conference was held by VsP Capt. J.P. sinclair According to sinclair, Ò Hart was last seen leaving the residence of a friend in sudbury during the evening hours of Jan. 25. Detectives became aware of her disappearance Jan. 31. since that time, a team of detectives CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

A Vermont State Police surface team searched the low water of Otter Creek Aug 18 for more evidence of missing Connecticut mother Denise Hart. VSP divers also searched the creek. Hart’s car was recovered at the Cornwall-Salisbury Covered Bridge site in January. Photo by Lou Varricchio

Middlebury couple: “(President) Sanders is going to hurt Vermont” By Bruce Parker Vermont Watchdog Report

By Gail Callahan

CHARLoTTe Ñ The Charlotte Central school teacher diagnosed with tuberculous has asked to be released from her teaching contract. Laura Hall, who taught spanish at the school, was released from her teaching commitment to the school Aug. 14; the release was made during a special Charlotte Central school Board meeting. Hall had returned to work at the school at the CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

Chris LeBlanc, standing outside his new home in Roanoke, Va., is one of many former Vermonters who has chosen to leave the Green Mountain State because of the state’s affordability crisis.

monTPeLIeR Ñ Vermont is famous for dairy farms, covered bridges, mountains and maple syrup. But for baby boomers deciding whether or not to retire in the Green mountain state, itÕ s the stateÕ s majestically high taxes that are making a lasting impression. Chris LeBlanc was born in Vermont. He attended Burlington High school and lived his whole life in Burlington with his wife and two daughters, both graduates of Colchester High school. In the late 1970s, LeBlanc went to work at IBm, where he spent 34 years in manufacturing and management. In the early 1990s he took on a second job in radio, working at WVmT and later at various Hall Communications radio stations in Burlington. But the LeBlancs no longer live in Vermont. Faced with the stateÕ s rising property taxes and high cost of living, LeBlanc and his wife left the Green mountain state to have a retirement they could afford. Ò Vermont no longer was affordable to us. It was a question of affordability,Ó said LeBlanc, who now lives in Roanoke, Virginia. Ò As we looked forward to retirement, we wondered if we could afford to live there in a fixed income situation. The more time went on, it seemed the answer to CONTINUED ON PAGE 7


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