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the AUGUST 29, 2024
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VOLUME 48, NO. 35
SB School District implements new cellphone rules
Back to school
LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
As kids across South Burlington head back to the classroom this week, the school district has instituted new rules for cellphone use. The phone-free movement buzz has been gaining traction this year with some districts across the
state like Lamoille South Supervisory Union, Harwood Union High School and Thetford Academy implementing a full-fledged ban on pocket devices. Although South Burlington school district has had cellphone See CELLPHONES on page 12
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SB woman arrested for murder in shooting MIKE DONOGHUE CORRESPONDENT
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Marky the Moose and principal Lissa McDonald greet Rick Marcotte Central School students on the first day of school.
A South Burlington woman pleaded not guilty Monday to first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a man outside a Church Street Marketplace bar early Saturday. An altercation between the woman and man inside Red Square, along with the subsequent shooting outside by the front door, were captured on the nightclub’s security video.
Aaliyah D. Johnson, 22, of Farrell Street, is being held without bail at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington. Police said Teville G. Williams, 30, of Stowe, was shot several times by Johnson after both were ordered to leave Red Square nightclub, which is across from Burlington City Hall. It appears Johnson spilled or See SHOOTING on page 5
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