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JULY 18, 2019
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Police investigate killing of Williston man A man who was living in Williston was shot multiple times and killed by an unknown assailant at a trailhead in Hinesburg last Thursday night, according to Vermont State Police. VSP’s major crime unit, bureau of criminal investigations and crime scene search team have been investigating the incident. They have identified the victim
as 45-year-old David Auclair. No perpetrator has been found. “The investigation remains active and ongoing. We continue to ask the public for any information that might be helpful,” VSP spokesman Adam Silverman said Wednesday. The Hinesburg Police Department responded about 10:40 p.m. last Thursday to multiple reports of
gunshots in the area of the LaPlatte Headwaters Town Forest trailhead parking lot. The parking lot is located on Gilman Road, south of Hinesburg center. When police arrived, they found Auclair’s body near a gray 2017 GMC pickup truck. Hinesburg police requested help from Vermont State Police, which has taken the
lead on the investigation. Gilman Road was closed to through traffic as the investigation continued Friday. At that time, Auclair’s body was taken to the office of the Vermont Chief Medical Examiner in Burlington, where the cause of death was confirmed as gunshot wounds and the death was ruled a homicide.
State police continue to conduct interviews and search locations connected to Auclair. They ask anyone who may have seen Auclair or his pickup truck, or anyone with any information, to call the Williston barracks at 878-7111 or submit information online at vsp.vermont. gov/tipsubmit. — Jason Starr
Healthy Living gets DRB nod Market and restaurant space set for Finney Crossing By Jason Starr Observer staff
Owners of Williston’s Finney Crossing neighborhood received Development Review Board approval June 25 for a commercial building to house Healthy Living Market. The building is planned for an undeveloped, 3-acre corner of Finney that fronts Williston Road near the intersection of Route 2A. The developers, Snyder Homes and Rieley Properties, are seeking a restaurant tenant to join Healthy Living in the 30,000-squarefoot building. Healthy Living has stores in South Burlington and Saratoga Springs, N.Y. In addition to Williston, it is also pursuing a new location in Shelburne. The approval allows the developers to submit final plans to the Williston
Planning and Zoning Department before continuing to construction. The DRB approved the application on a 4-0 vote with board chair Scott Rieley abstaining. Rieley has abstained from all Finney Crossing development applications because his Rieley Properties is one of the neighborhood’s owners. Board members David Saladino and Jill Spinelli were absent. Board vice chairman Peter Kelley conducted the hearing, commending the developers for “a very tasteful design.” “This is a very important project in Williston,” he added. The 20-foot-high building will feature a wave-like element highlighting the store’s signs facing Williston Road. “The Healthy Living sign is intended to be seen from Route 2 at a speed of 35 mph, so it has to be recognizObserver photo by Jason Starr able and large,” said architect Mark Three acres in front of the Hilton Hotel that is under construction in the distance are slated for development Burnes. as Healthy Living Market and a restaurant. ABOVE: An architectural rendering of the storefront facing see HEALTHY LIVING page 3 Williston Road.
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