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This is the second year in a row that South Burlington has ended the fiscal year with a little extra moolah. City officials won’t officially close the books until the end of the month, but they’re projecting over $1.5 million in surplus funds, pending money from local options taxes.The news is good for the city which, despite some holes in staffing across departments and back-burnered city projects, seems to be doing fairly well in recover ing from the COVID-19 pandemic. Where will the surplus go? At least part of it is headed to the Infinite Youth Center, the fire department and to some paving projects since the South Burlington City Council allocated funds at its meeting last week. The rest, or a portion of it, could eventually go toward the city’s plan to upgrade traffic signals on Dorset Street — a project that could hit $2 million. City councilors gave $13,000 of the surplus to the Infinite Youth Center, a bump up from the $11,000 allocated to the center a year ago as seed money to get it off the ground. Founded by Travia Childs, a local parent and chair of the South Burl ington School Board, the youth center offers a space for youth in the community to gather and do
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A South Burlington parent and teacher in the Essex School District has been appointed to fill the hole left on the South Burl ington School Board. Laura Williams of South Burlington will fill the seat vacat ed by former member Michelle Boyer who resigned abruptly in July.Following inter views with a reportedly record number of applicants at a meet ing last week, three out of four school board members voted to have Williams serve the remain ing six months of Boyer’s term until Town Meeting Day, at which point the seat will be up for Outelection.of7 total candi dates, the board passed over a few parents, a member of the afford able housing commit tee and other folks in the community, includ ing Elizabeth Fitzger ald, who served on the school board for 15 years before stepping down two years ago. Burlington’s Community
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Capital improvement proj ects currently in the hopper for next fiscal year’s budget planning amount to about $5.1 million, but the city has only $2.6 million budgeted.“That alone would be a 15 percent increase in the tax rate,” deputy city manger Andrew Bolduc said at a city council meet ing last week. The city’s solution, which councilors approved, is to develop a reserve fund — or rather, amend the current reserve fund created in 2013 but which has only ever been used to build the city’s down town plan — to smooth out that increase and make it less of a pain on taxpayer pockets.
Otherwise, the money would be used to replace the old washer and dryer for $2,200, purchase two treadmills and a rowing machine for $13,000, purchase an extractor to clean personal protective gear for $17,925, and buy uniforms for $20,000.Lastly, city leadership asked the city council to grant $200,000 of the surplus fund balance to cover spring paving projects, arguing that paving costs have increased “significantly” and that the current paving of Dorset Street took up most of the city’s budget. While not up for consideration, the city’s plan to upgrade all the traffic signals on Dorset Street — the first step in a long-term strategy to alleviate traffic in the intersec tion — looks like it will be far more expensive than they anticipated.
Deputy city manager Andrew Bolduc noted that the city budget ed $600,000 for the project, antic ipating $500,000 in grant funding to supplement the other part of the cost. However, it looks like the city’s portion of the cost could be closer to $1 million, he said.
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South Burlington High School senior Brooks Balkan created an outdoor mud kitchen at Christ the King Catholic elementary school in Burlington as his Eagle Scout service project. In 2021 Balkan reached out to his elementary alma mater to find a way to support the school he attended from preschool through 8th grade. After working with school leadership and teachers he decided that an outdoor learning and play area would be the perfect project. Balkan undertook the entire project, from proposal and design to fundraising and creation. The mud kitchen provides the school’s youngest learners with an additional outdoor creative play opportunity. Principal Dr. Craig Dwyer said, “We are so grateful to be the beneficiary of Brooks’ hard work and humbled that he chose to give back to our community. He is truly living out the call to service which is central to Scouting.” Above, Brooks with the first early education student to enjoy his Eagle Scout project — a mud kitchen — at Christ the King School.
One of the long COVID-19 symptoms starting to show in South Burlington is affecting the city’s capital improvement plan. After a few years of postponing various projects around the city and crafting shoestring operating budgets, the capital improvement plan is ripe with expensive proj ects that, if not spread out, could make the local tax rate skyrocket.
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City officials say homework, take classes on the negative effects of substances, play games and eat community meals, like the chili night they hosted earlier this year. This summer, the youth center offered free meals while school was out of session as the school district did not offer summer meals.“Our youth are extraordinary, loud, energetic, and enjoy eating, and they are my happy place,” wrote Childs to city council in her request for the funds. She hopes to add more academic activities, specifically related to science, technology, engineering and math, to help support students experienc ing learning loss because of the pandemic.“Weplan to integrate as many skills as possible, such as science projects, library treasure hunts, math games, Sudoku, and fraction dice,” Childs explained. New fire chief Steve Locke asked for a little over $59,000 of the surplus funds to pay for some replacements and new equipment. Replacing the department’s mattresses is at the top of his prior ities list, as he reported members both sleeping on the floor or bring ing in their own air mattresses due to the existing mattress conditions; 15 new mattresses would cost about $6,000.
The revamped reserve fund will be available to a “full spectrum” of city needs, Bolduc explained, adding that up to 20 percent of the fund may remain unallocated so that if projects go over budget, they can draw on reserve funds, or if they’re under budget the excess can go into the reserve fund. This would allow staff to manage the projects without asking for city council approval every time a
“This is one of the number one concerns I hear from the business community along Dorset Street and from some residents, not all resi dents,” added city manager Jessie Baker. “Additionally, that’s with the traffic we have on the street now — when we think about rede velopment at the University Mall, when we think about City Center fully redeveloping, we’re talking about hundreds of new residents. Hopefully they won’t be solely in cars, they will be out walking about, but it is a critical piece of infrastructure to enable that growth to happen.” A full end of year financial report will be delivered to the city council at its second regular meet ing in September, and staff also plan to return with requests for the rest of the surplus money, poten tially to be allocated to the climate action plan, the city’s pension plan and contingency planning.
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The city, in partnership with the Vermont Agency of Transpor tation and the Vermont division of the Federal Highway Administra tion, has hired a multi-disciplinary design team that will present three competing concepts based on input received at the first work shop. The final concept will be presented to the public in October. In June, the east-west crossing design team held its first workshop and were charged by the public to develop both an iconic and funda mentally functional structure. The design team has been working on three alternative concepts: a land bridge, a “Vermonty” bridge and a modern bridge, all of which will be presented at the second work shop.Options for path connections to the bridge follow the city’s pref erence, which begins on Williston Road, hugs the southern side of the Exit 14 cloverleaf interchange, and may feature spurs to Quarry Hill and the University Mall. The bridge, located in South Burlington, removes a significant regional barrier to walking and biking between Burlington and South Burlington and expands access to many employment, housing and retail opportunities in bothIncities.2021, South Burlington was awarded a $9.77 million grant from the federal government to bring the crossing project from planning to construction. These funds are to be matched with tax increment district financing. More at southburlingtonvt.gov.
South Burlington will hold a public workshop on its east-west crossing project — a walking and cycling bridge over I-89 at Exit 14 – on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 6:30 p.m., at city hall. It is the second in a series of three public workshops. The workshops will result in a design concept for the crossing project, set for construction in 2025. Doors (and a virtual room) open at 5:30 p.m. for a preliminary look at potential concepts and a light dinner prior to the workshop.
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“It will allow us to reserve expenditures year by year and accumulate money for things like $1.5 million fire trucks that we will never be able to fund in a year,” she Bolducsaid.added that the city is financially in good standing according to their auditor, explain ing that part of the reason the city has not used the existing reserve fund in this way before is because, when it was created, the city’s financial standing was in a “really dire“Isituation.”thinkwe have a great oppor tunity now that our fund balance is at the minimum threshold our auditors required,” he said.
“This is one of the most excit ing things I think you will have done this year,” city manager Jessie Baker said, garnering laughs from some city councilors before they voted to approve staff’s recommended amendments. Baker added that few commu nities do not have a capital improvement plan reserve fund.
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Detectives said they later found the AK-47 with a live round in the chamber in his car parked outside Menad & Sons Underground Utilities in Williston, where he worked. Liberty agreed to surren der the high-power rifle to officers.
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Senior firefighter/AEMT Roger Gosselin, firefighter/EMT Alex McCarthy and firefighter/AEMT Sam Donahue are headed to Vermont Technical College to become paramedics. The three men are able to undertake the arduous 18 months of training — the highest level of pre-hospital care — after the South Burlington Fire Department union and the city reached a cooperative agreement.
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Kendall S. Liberty, 21, will also face three months of home confinement when he is freed from prison, senior judge William K. SessionsSessionssaid. also ordered two years of federal supervised release and imposed strict conditions. U.S. deputy marshals immediately took Liber ty into custody to begin his prison sentence on Monday. Liberty pointed the AK-47 at the head of his former girlfriend during a domestic dispute in June 2021 at his home in the Oak Creek Village neighborhood off Hines burg Road, court records show. South Burlington Police report ed witnesses and Liberty himself told investigators during that case that he was a regular user of drugs.
A South Burlington man, who police say wielded an AK-47 rifle to threaten his former domestic partner, has been sentenced in U.S. District Court to six months in federal prison for possession of a firearm while being an unlawful user of controlled substances.
Total incidents: 193 Public assists: 13 Traffic stops: 13 Disturbances: 13 Directed patrols: 12 Agency assists: 10 Alarms: 9 Larceny from motor vehicle: 8 Car crashes, with property damage: 8 Mental heath issues: 7 Top incidents: Aug. 15 to 3:02 p.m., someone reported a case of fraud at Green Mountain Credit Union on Shelburne Road. Aug. 15 at 8:31 p.m., police assist ed with a mental health issue on Stonington Circle. Aug. 16 at 12:07 p.m., police assist ed a member of the public at Key Motors on Shelburne Road. Aug. 16 at 9 p.m., police responded to Dorset Street for a reported domestic incident. Aug. 17 at 12:23 p.m., a car crash causing injuries occurred at the corner of Williston Road and Dorset Street. Aug. 17 at 1:07 p.m., someone reported a case of illegal dump ing on Harbor View Road. Aug. 18 at 7:27 p.m., police responded to Farrell Street for a reported disturbance. Aug. 19 at 4:54 p.m., someone complained of motor vehicle trouble on Williston Road. Aug. 19 at 9:04 p.m., police responded to a reported over dose on Weeping Willow Lane. Aug. 20 at 10:54 a.m., a car crash resulting in property damage, but no injuries occurred on Shelburne Road. Aug. 20 at 9:30 p.m., police checked out a reportedly suspi cious event at the University Aug.Mall.21 at 2:35 a.m., police responded to a report of drug possession on Williston Road. Aug. 21 at 5:54 p.m., someone reported a case of larceny from a structure on Old Orchard Park.
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South Burlington officer Aaron B. Dince testified at a court hear ing that Liberty was upset when he learned his former girlfriend had spent the night at his house, one month after they broke up. Liberty used a shoulder to break down a bedroom door and screamed at her to “get the (expletive) out,” a court affidavit said. She then watched Liberty run downstairs and out to his car to retrieve his AK-47, police said.
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The fearful woman locked all the doors, police reported. She reported Liberty broke into his residence through a window above the kitchen sink, while pointing the gun at her and told her again to leave, police said.
Arrests: Michael G. Thompson, 39, of South Burlington, was arrested Aug. 12 for petit larceny from a motor Aldwaynevehicle.K.Gadson, 48, of Brook lyn, N.Y., was arrested Aug. 16 as a fugitive from justice (arrest prior to requisition). Meagan M. Roy, 34, of Burling ton, was arrested Aug. 19 on an in-state warrant. Steven Allen Goins, 35, of Essex Town, was arrested Aug. 20 for unlawful mischief, violating conditions of release and violat ing an abuse prevention order. Katrina A. Haeger, 35, of Milton, was arrested Aug. 21 on an in-state warrant.
A Winooski man who was found with a handgun and ignored demands by a woman to leave her hotel room in South Burlington has been Roy-Anthonyjailed. Erno, 35, plead ed not guilty in U.S. District Court in Burlington last week to a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm for an incident at the Travel Lodge on Shelburne Road near Laurel Hill Drive in May. Erno’s criminal record includes a conviction for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in 2010 in Chittenden County, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Zachary B. Stendig.Stendig said Erno was sentenced to 18 months to 5 years in prison and is prohibited from possessing firearms. Erno also has felony convic tions for burglary and forgery, Stendig reported. He said Erno
Assistant U.S. attorney Matthew Lasher said after the arrest that he was deeply both ered that Liberty’s response to a bad situation was to run for a fire arm and break into the home. He said Liberty was on medications
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South Burlington Recreation & Parks held its first-ever Turf Time & Tykes Scramble for young families at South Burlington High School Aug. 13. The event included a 50-yard fun run, lawn games, miniature golf, Hula-Hoops, parachute, use of soccer, disc golf, T-ball and lacrosse equipment, music and a visit from Champ from the Vermont Lake Monsters. The Tykes Fun Run finished under an inflatable double arch. “We currently have a lot of younger families in our programs attending our events. Our goal was to create a different play experience for them to enjoy. If smiles are a measure of success, this will absolutely be an event that is offered again,” said Brett Leonard, a recreation specialist for South Burlington Recreation and Parks.
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The Other Paper • August 25, 2022 • Page 7 COURTESY PHOTO Cycle 4 CMT, a cycling and walking event to raise money to find a cure for individuals with Charcot-MarieTooth, a progressive neurological disease, will be held at the Old Lantern Inn, 3260 Greenbush Road in Charlotte, on Sunday, Aug. 28, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. An after party will feature local craft brews and a silent auction. CMT results in muscle atrophy and paralysis, and due to peripheral nerve damage, people with the disease are unable to effectively use their hands, arms, feet and legs. In addition to the live cycling event, a virtual cycle event can be done anytime through Sept. 30. More information at cycle4cmt.com or contact Alison Young at alison@cmtausa.org or (615) 727-2670. Cycle 4 CMT TheChamplainValleyFair.orgTenBestDaysOfSummer!August26th-September4th Compassionate Dentistry Quality Care for Your Entire Family Dr. Aerwen Stagers, DMD WILLISTON ROAD FAMILY DENTAL, PLC Accepting New Patients 1340 Williston Road, South Burlington, VT 802-863-0505 • willfamdent.com Open Monday-Friday (Emergencies Seen Promptly) OtherPaperSBVT.com Get the News of South Burlington 24/7
Cub Scouts focuses on both boys and girls ages 5-10. Joining Cub Scouts is the start of an adventure that can last a lifetime. While Scouts have a lot of fun, they also learn practical skills, build character and physical fitness, participate in community service projects and receive recog nition for their accomplishments.
Cub Scouts Pack 678 holds open house South Burlington Pack 678 hosts its annual open house for families interested in Scouting on Thursday, Sept. 8, 6-8 p.m., at the South Burlington Veteran’s Park pavilion.Thepack will host a blowup gaga ball pit, builders’ kits and other fun, Scout-themed activities.
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Sticks & Stones, above, brings SoBu Nite Out to an end for the summer, Thursday, Aug. 25, 5-8 p.m. The band plays pop dance music, classic rock and country rock cover songs. Fronted by the Hayley Stone on vocals, Aaron Albee on bass, guitar virtuoso Brian Maple, Sam Averbuck on guitar and vocals and Troy Cyphers on drums and vocals. Besides the musical festivities at Veterans Memorial Park, food trucks will be on hand if you don’t feel like bringing a picnic. Dogs welcome on a leash.
More at pack678vt.org/front_ page Howard Center offers training for caregivers “When Survivors Give Birth” will be presented by Howard Center on Thursday, Sept. 22, from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. with Washing ton-based trainer Selena Shelley. This virtual, daylong training for professionals about working with trauma survivors before, during and after birth is designed for those serving pregnant, birth ing and postpartum families. It offers nurses, doulas, midwives, social workers, physi cians, psychotherapists, childbirth educators and others the resources and tools they need to better serve their clients or patients, many of whom may not disclose a history of sexualQuestions?abuse.Call 802-488-6912. Register for this free training at howardcenter.org. First Friday features funk with the Reflexions Free First Friday, the last of 2022, returns Sept. 2, 5-7:30 p.m. to Shelburne Museum. Check out the historic build ings, play lawn games and enjoy food from local vendors, includ ing Lake Champlain Chocolates, Southern Smoke Foods, Taco Truck All-Stars and Weathervane Café.Beginning at 6 p.m, enjoy live music from the reggae-funk band Reflexions. More information at shelbur nemuseum.org. Knights of Columbus host pancake breakfast Join the Knights of Columbus DeGosbriand Council # 279 on Sunday, Sept. 11, for an old-fash
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Nazareth College student Brianna Peck of South Burlington, a music education major, spent five weeks in Pescara, Italy, June 27 to July 31 as a Gilman scholar ship recipient. She was one of the school’s 10 Gilman scholarship winners, a record number. Benjamin A. Gilman Interna tional Scholarships from the U.S. Department of State help fund study abroad opportunities. Scholars receive up to $5,000 toward their study abroad or intern ship program costs with additional funding available for the study of a critical language overseas. Since 2001, the program has enabled more than 34,000 Americans to engage in a educational experienc es abroad. The late Rep. Gilman, for whom the scholarship is named, served in the House of Represen tatives for 30 years and chaired the House Foreign Relations Commit tee. When honored with the Secre tary of State’s Distinguished Service Medal in 2002, he said, “Living and learning in a vastly different environment of another nation not only exposes students to alternate views, but adds an enriching social and cultural expe rience.”
Brianna Beck, a student at Nazareth College, in Italy. ioned all-you-care-to-eat pancake breakfast, 9-11:30 a.m., in the parish center of St. Joseph’s cathe dral, 29 Allen St., Burlington. The feast will feature bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, blue berry pancakes, French toast and more. Coffee, juice, butter and real Vermont maple syrup are included. Admission is $10 and $25 for a family of Breakfastfour.benefits seminarians or religious Upcomingaspirants.breakfast dates include Oct. 9, Nov. 6, Dec. 11, Jan. 8, Feb. 12, March 12, April 16 and May Contact14. David Ely, davide ly1986@gmail.com or 802-8625109, for more information.
A Burlington man with a lengthy criminal record found with a loaded 9-mm handgun near the Burlington International Airport in South Burlington has plead ed not guilty to a federal charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Fahad Hilowle, 28, was among at least four wanted men arrested during a sweep organized by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire arms and Explosives in conjunc tion with several Chittenden County police departments earlier this month, officials said. Federal Magistrate Kevin Doyle ordered Hilowle detained pending trial in U.S. District Court. South Burlington Police Chief Shawn Burke said Hilowle was found with four young males and females under the age of 21 with both alcohol and marijuana in a secluded parking lot near the airport about 2:15 a.m. July 16. Officer Martin Maloney found the loaded firearm while conduct ing a pat down for weapons near Kirby Road and Airport Parkway, the chief Burkesaid.said the area is known for drug dealing, sexual activity, people sleeping in vehicles and the presence of hypodermic needles, alcohol containers and other ille gally dumped trash. The group included an uniden tified 16-year-old girl, her 20-yearold sister, an 18-year-old girlfriend and Ayub Mohamed, 20, who is currently facing a federal charge for possession of a 9-mm firearm with an obliterated serial number from a Feb. 11 incident, police said.The ATF, along with South Burlington, Burlington, Essex, Milton, Colchester, Winooski and Vermont State Police used a couple of dozen officers in the sweep.
Williams attended the Univer sity of Vermont and received a master’s degree in educa tion. Both of her children were enrolled in the South Burlington School District and have since graduated.Ina personal statement, Williams said that the most recent school year was “one of the roughest years” she’s expe rienced in teaching since she started in 1993, but that she feels “called to serve.” “I cannot think of anything more critical for a functioning society than education and also democracy. I do love democracy. I show up for it every single day, and I am looking for more ways to be involved,” Williams said. This isn’t her first time vying for a school board seat. In 2018, Williams ran for a three-year seat and lost to Fitzgerald, who ended her 15-year stint in 2021 after that term Fitzgeraldended.said her family called her crazy for applying to join the school board again, but during the recent round of inter views, she explained that she felt it was her “civic duty to step up” and offer her institutional knowl edge.“The diversity of experience that I’ve had in my prior capac ity really covers everything from collective bargaining to school safety issues to legislative issues at the state level to policy gover nance,” she said. “I think the strength that I really can bring is that I can hit the ground running.”
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“All of us need to feel welcome. That’s how you learn. If you don’t feel welcome, you’re not going to learn,” she said, adding that her other focus is on fixing the district’s aging facil ities. “I’m a taxpayer here, so I definitely understand that things cost money. But I’m also a teach er and I know what it takes to keep really good staff from quit ting and walking away.”
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The seat opened when Michelle Boyer, who was elected about five months ago, resigned last month. In early August, in response to an inquiry from The Other Paper as to why she left, Boyer wrote that she was out of town and would release a state ment at the end of the month. On Monday she released a statement saying she had no comment on her reasons for leaving. However, Boyer added that she took issue with board discus sions over the new superinten dent search process following her exit — a process which Boyer had been spearheading. She argued that the board does not need to start the search process from the beginning, as board chair Travia Childs implied at a meeting last week, but that the search process was going accord ing to plan and was producing results despite Boyer’s absence. She added that “recent state ments that there is not enough money to hire a search consul tant are inconsistent” with what district leadership had said earli er.
Williams’ appointment will end on March Town Meeting Day when the seat will be up for elec continued from page 1 tionChelseaagain. Tillinghast encour aged all applicants to run for the school board in March and thanked all who applied.
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Board member Alex McHenry cast the sole no vote for Williams in favor of Fitzgerald filling the seat. He did not return requests for Incomment.herinterview, Williams presented herself as a passionate person who would bring both a parent’s and teacher’s perspec tive to the school board. One of her top issues facing the district is a need for equity, inclusion and mental health support.
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South Burlington fire crews quickly extinguished a Monday morning fire at an apartment complex on Airport Road.
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Fire damaged an Airport Road apart ment building in South Burlington Monday afternoon. South Burlington firefighters arrived at the scene within three minutes to find “heavy fire conditions” coming from both floors of the two-story, six-unit building at 40 Airport Road. Crews quickly deter mined the fire was centered in unit 6 and after extinguishing the fire on the build ing’s exterior, they went inside to search for occupants, according to fire officials. The unit was unoccupied, and no one was injured in the blaze. Two cats are still missing.Crews used a ladder truck to ventilate the building’s roof, getting the fire under control within 30 minutes of receiving the call, and were able to contain the fire to the unit where the fire originated, which sustained heavy fire and smoke damage. Damage is estimated at $180,000 with the next-door apartment sustaining smoke damage estimated at $80,000. The tenant had no insurance, but the building is fully insured.Cause of the fire is undetermined and under investigation by the fire marshal’s office.The fire department was assisted by the South Burlington Police Department, Vermont National Guard fire crews, Willis ton Fire Department, University of Vermont Rescue, and St. Michael’s Fire & Rescue.
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives subse quently helped create a Greater Burlington Area Gang Initiative with about a half dozen local police agencies to try to deal with the increased violence in the area. Liberty had bought the AK-47 at the Powderhorn Outdoor Sports Center in Williston in September 2020, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
was sent back to prison after he violated his parole in 2014. South Burlington police said officers seized a backpack containing the firearm during the motel incident about 3:50 a.m. May 3. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explo sives later joined the investiga tion and obtained a federal search warrant for the backpack. The ATF recovered a Smith & Wesson 9-mm pistol and suspect ed controlled substances, court records show. The handgun had been report ed stolen from Burlington, South Burlington officer Aaron Schwartz said. The woman, 27, went to motel staff to report that Erno would not leave her room despite repeated requests. Eventually South Burl ington Police were summoned. The woman appeared scared and anxious and reported Erno had a firearm, Schwartz said. During a pat down an officer located a knife, and while talking with police Erno said he had a gun in his backpack, according to court records. Police said Erno consented to a search of the backpack, they spotted the gun and seized the bag. Erno had several pending arrest warrants, including charges of aggravated assault and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in Winooski, Schwartz said. Police jailed Erno at the North west State Correctional Facility in St. Albans pending a state court hearing on the pending charges. Medical argued Liberty also was a danger in part because of past threats to others and to himself. Authorities said he had threatened to use the high-pow ered rifle to shoot up a chil dren’s hospital, a school and the Oakledge Park in Burlington. The threats about Oakledge Park were in part because the Burlington-based Riverside Gang was known to hang out there, Lasher told the federal magistrate at theThetime.Riverside Gang was one of two battling groups involved in a shooting at the Univer sity Mall on Dorset Street in February 2021 and a couple of subsequent shooting cases in Burlington. One bystander was wounded at the UMall shooting.
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SCORPIO Oct. 24 - Nov. 22 Scorpio, at this point in your life, it is important to go with the ow and learn from others with an easygoing approach. Take time to exhale and unwind.
SAGITTARIUS Nov. 23 - Dec. 21 Sagittarius, you have long been practical and sensible with your nances. But this week you may be lured by a ashy purchase. If it is in the budget, then let loose.
CAPRICORN Dec. 22 - Jan. 20 Clear your mind of cobwebs and any other errant thoughts, Capricorn. Right now you need to relax and unwind for a bit, and you’ll feel better after a few days of recharging.
PISCES Feb. 19 - March 20 Be extra patient and affectionate towards all of your loved ones this week, Pisces. Someone close to you will need your help.
CANCER June 22 - July 22 An important decision is looming, Cancer. Take some time to look inward as your try to decide the best path to take. Don’t hesitate to seek input from people you trust.
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LEO July 23 - Aug. 23 It is alright to have some doubts when you are trying something new, Leo. Just don’t let those doubts get the better of you and derail your plans.
ARIES March 21 - April 20 Aries, take a step back and allow people some room to gure things out. Your offers to help are appreciated and will be accepted in due time.
TAURUS April 21 - May 21 Taurus, others appreciate your authenticity. Stay true to yourself and you will have no regrets. Encourage others to do the same when they seek your input.
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LIBRA Sept. 23 - Oct. 23 Libra, this week you are likely to feel refreshed and energized. This may pave the way to some new ideas, including a change of scenery or even a new job.
GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Gemini, this week is a good opportunity for some serious introspection. Put yourself in other people’s shoes before you render an opinion.
AQUARIUS Jan. 21 - Feb. 18 Aquarius, after many months of asking yourself where you want your life to go, this week you nally have a plan of action to put in motion. Enjoy the ride.
VIRGO Aug. 24 - Sept. 22 Virgo, a public gathering in the near future may attract several people, including some you are interested in meeting. Take the rst step and introduce yourself.
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