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Flagger succumbs after accident From Staff & News Reports EAGLE & VERMONT STATE POLICE
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GROUNDBREAKING FOR SALISBURY GAS PLANT
RNG to feed college campus. By Lou Varricchio EDITOR
On Aug. 23, at approximately 8:13 a.m., troopers from the Vermont State Police were detailed to the area of U.S. Routes 7 and state Route 17 for a traffic crash involving a traffic flagger. Upon arrival, troopers learned that James P. Alger, 38, an employee of the LPD Traffic Control Services had been struck by a northbound vehicle operated by Jennifer L. Bergevin, 49, of Middlebury. A preliminary investigation indicated that Alger was performing his duties as a flagger in the railroad crossing construction zone at New Haven Junction. Bergevin was traveling northbound at a legal rate of approximately 30 miles per hour, the posted speed limit of the construction zone. Bergevin then struck Alger. Alger was stabilized at the scene by first responders from Vergennes Area Rescue Services and Middlebury Regional Emergency Services. Due to his serious injuries, Alger was transported to UVM Porter Hospital via ambulance then to UVM Medical Center by Dartmouth-DART Helicopter. He succumbed to his injuries and died during the overnight hours while at the hospital. As part of the investigation, Bergevin was transported to the VSP Barracks in New Haven for processing. This crash remains under investigation. ■
SALISBURY | After two years in the planning stage, construction work began on Aug. 20 on the Vanguard Rewewables RNG (renewable natural gas) production plant at the 2,400-acre Goodrich farm in Salisbury. The plant will provide Middlebury College in meeting its goal of reducing fossil-based fuels for campus power. Officials from the college, Vanguard, and the Goodrich family were involved in kicking off the construction project. Called a “digester” the operation will produce 180,000 Mcf per year (1 Mcf equals 1,000 cubic feet of RNG).
“One of the key components of Middlebury’s Energy 2028 plan is to shift the college completely to the use of renewable energy.”
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An aerial view of the RNG facility construction site in Salisbury on Aug. 20. INSET: Chase Goodrich joins family members to speak at the groundbreaking ceremony of the RNG digester at the Goodrich farm in Salisbury. Photos by Middlebury College
Bray resigns as New Haven J.P. Resignation comes after complaints by ex-selectman, BOCA By Lou Varricchio EDITOR
State Sen. Christopher Bray (D) of Addison County.
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NEW HAVEN | Vermont State Sen. Christopher Bray (D) of Addison County resigned as a justice of the peace in New Haven after a former town selectman, and the town’s Board of Civil Authority, made complaints about his place of residency. Former selectboard member Doug Tolles of New Haven
said that Bray had changed his town of residence while still holding on to the elected J.P. position in New Haven. Bray resigned as a New Haven J.P. and informed New Haven town officials on Aug. 20 “In the last decade it has been a great pleasure and honor to serve as a Justice of the Peace in the town of New Haven. In July, we sold our home on South Street, and for a number of weeks it was still uncertain where our next home would be—as we were looking in New Haven as well as outside of town,” Bray wrote in his resignation letter posted on Town Forum. “We have now resettled in Bristol, and therefore, I can no longer serve out my term as a New Haven Justice of the Peace. Please accept this email as my formal letter of resignation from this position. Again, it has been and honor and pleasure to serve in this capacity, and I will miss seeing my former neighbors on a daily basis. See BRAY RESIGNS » pg. 3
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