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November 7, 2015
Gonyeau expected to change plea in fatal bike accident By Gail Callahan
Special to the Eagle Middlebury Ñ Holly Gonyeau is two weeks away from a mid-November court date in which she is expected to change her plea in a driving while intoxicated with death resulting. Gonyeau, a Ferrisburgh resident, appeared in Vermont Superior Court on Oct. 26. GonyeauÕ s attorney brooks McArthur, Judge John Valente, and Addison County StateÕ s Attorney david Fenster met in a closed-door session. The eagle called McArthur, who practices in burlington, but the call wasnÕ t returned by press time. dr. Kenneth Najarian, 60, of Charlotte died in June at the scene of the car-bike crash on Greenbush road in Ferrisburgh. The wife of a veteran Williston P.D. officer, who at one time served with the Vergennes P.d., Gonyeau was charged with misdemeanor dui, a charge which angered NajarianÕ s widow. NajarianÕ s widow hired an attorney and her own team of investigators, calling on the public to report anything they knew about GonyeauÕ s driving in the hours leading up to the fatal accident. ben luna, who has represented Mrs. Najarian in the matter, indicated she strongly objects to a no contest plea. According to a Vermont State Police accident report, Najarian made a u-turn in CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
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Vermont Gas reaches agreement with majority of landowners
Middlebury Ñ Vermont Gas Systems today announced that it has reached rightof-way agreements with 94 percent of landowners in the right-of-way corridor of the Addison Natural Gas Project. The announcement marks a significant increase in landowner agreements since last winter, up from 80 percent in January 2015. Ó i want to extend sincere appreciation to more than 150 landowners who have engaged with our team to reach agreement. We thank them for their time and effort. Our goal has been to work positively with landowners, with respect for them and their interests as we move forward on this clean energy project,Ó said don rendall, President and CeO of Vermont Gas Systems. Construction of the project on time and on budget, with completion in late 2016, requires acquisition of 100 percent of the right-of-way in the pipeline corridor. Today, toward timely resolution with all remaining landowners, Vermont Gas filed nine eminent domain petitions with the Vermont CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
Vermont Gas Systems announced Oct. 26 that it has reached right-of-way agreements with 94 percent of landowners in the rightof-way corridor of the Addison Natural Gas Project. (Vermont Gas photo)
Lawmakers urge board of ed to reverse school choice ruling By Bruce Parker Vermont Watchdog Report
Democratic state lawmakers Steven Berry and Linda Martin say they support updating Act 46 to keep school choice from going extinct in their towns.
ruTlANd Ñ A group of lawmakers in VermontÑ including rutland-area State reps. Job Tate and butch Shaw and State Senators Peg Flory and brian Collamore all signed on to the letter to state education officials Stephen Morse and rebecca Holcombe, urging a reversal of the State board of education school choice decision, ab is urging the State board of education to correct a ruling that threatens school choice in the stateÕ s 90-plus tuitioning towns. State lawmakers on Thursday sent a letter to education Secretary rebecca Holcombe and State board of education Chair Stephen Morse, urging the board to reverse a ruling that prevents many districts from keeping school choice as they merge with other districts. Ò We are writing regarding Act 46, and the confusion that has been created surrounding its implementation,Ó the letter states. The letterÕ s 14 signatories Ñ 11 representatives and three CONTINUED ON PAGE 3