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Eased restrictions on group gatherings announced Monday were a catalyst for Champlain Valley Union High School leaders to move forward with celebration plans for the graduating class of 2020. School administrators are looking for an outdoor venue in Chittenden County for a June 12 celebration reflective of the unprecedented times in which these 340 seniors are completing their grade school careers. With group gatherings capped at 10 people under Gov. Phil Scott’s modified emergency order in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a traditional CVU graduation is not possible. What’s planned is a drive-in ceremony with a stage, sound system, video screen and simulcasting. Seniors may be recognized in groups of 10, or have diplomas delivered to them in their cars. Many of the details will be worked out in the coming weeks with student and parent input. The event will likely have a concert or festival feel. “We don’t want to recreate something and have it feel depressing,” CVU Principal Adam Bunting said. “You have to have it be new and unique and have that energy and creativity around it, rather than a half version of what’s been done in the past.” A group of CVU teachers and administrators met in late April to discuss different ways to celebrate graduating seniors, figuring that the CVU tradition of packing the Patrick Gymnasium at the University of Vermont for speeches and diploma distribution was off the table. On Monday, after Gov. Scott specified what would be allowed, administrators sent a survey to seniors asking for their thoughts on graduation, as well as “senior week” activities leading up to it. Three essentials emerged, according to Bunting: connecting with friends, being seen by family and experiencing an event as a group. As long as graduation week contains those elements, it will hit the mark. “We can accomplish most of what’s at the heart of what seniors want,” Bunting said. Senior Week is set to begin the Wednesday before graduation, June 10, with an evening convocation and awards presentation conducted virtually, via live online video. The next day, a picnic on the CVU campus is planned with groups restricted to 10 or fewer. Yearbooks will be distributed, and caps and gowns will be decorated. At some point during the week, a drive-through parade is also possible. The idea of a one-year reunion in the spring of 2021 has also been floated. This is a senior class that was born in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Bunting noted, and is graduating amid a global pandemic. They have missed out on their prom and spring sports seasons, as well as what will end up being two and a half months of their final semester of school. As freshmen, they dealt with the death of a classmate and responded by creating a memorial scholarship in the student’s name. They also raised the most money in recent memory, according to Bunting, for their senior gift — a donation to local food shelves. “They have been really closely bonded and truly community-minded,” said Bunting. “They have had this human-centeredness and a core of values that is like the physics of goodness. So they are a class we want to do right by.” Plans to celebrate Williston Central School’s graduating eighth-graders are in the early stages, Williston Lead Principal Greg Marino said. The four middle schools in the Champlain Valley School District are working together to create similar graduation experiences, he said.
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The Vermont National Guard, state emergency operations center and Hunger Free Vermont convened Saturday at Allen Brook School to distribute hundreds of MREs (Meals Ready to Eat — military provisions) to people in need of food. Volunteers distributed seven days’ worth of meals for each person in a household, loading them into the trunk of cars in a drive-through operation. The meals included lasagna, pasta, ravioli and chili. For more photos, visit www.alfreyphotography.com
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Golf course redevelopment Putting the panda in pandemic returns for DRB review Plan calls for 132 homes on 52 acres with pool, playground, sports field and new road A proposal to redevelop the majority of the Catamount Country Club golf course into a housing development, which has drawn opposition from several neighbors, returns for pre-application review May 26 in front of the Williston Development Review Board. The meeting is planned as a video-conference with call-in opportunities for public comment. The plan, first submitted last fall by Ethan Allen Holdings LLC, calls for 132 homes on 52 acres that currently make up six holes of the golf course. A pool, playground, sports field and new road connection from Mountain View Road to Raven Circle are part of the plan. Three of the golf course holes will be retained, as will the clubhouse and banquet hall. The board tabled its review of the application in December and again in April. Residents have requested that the board continue to put off its review until the public can be present at the hearing — when COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings are lifted. “This is a very big project and it’s important to vet it in person,” neighbor Timothy Sheehan wrote in an April 13 letter to town planners, “and with the COVID-19 pandemic going on, right now it’s not possible.” Other neighbors have questioned the scale of the project, raising concerns about the ability of public schools and emergency services to handle the growth. “The development … sounds excessive and greedy,” wrote Jeff and Amanda Boliba in a March 30 letter to town planners. “We encourage you to consider a scaled down version that would conform better with the existing neighborhoods and not over-crowd the abutting neighborhoods of Williston.” Landowner Alex Kourabanus has partnered with Chris Senesac on the project. Senesac previously developed the Chatham Woods neighborhood in Williston. In a November interview with the Observer, Kourabanus described the project as “the best possible use for the land.” — Jason Starr
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A Williston woman has been dressing up as “Panda Bear Against the Pandemic” — waving, dancing and spreading good cheer around Williston and other towns in Chittenden and Addison counties. Since the beginning of April, the panda has been seen in Williston Village, Brennan Woods, Lefebvre Lane and at the Thomas Chittenden Health Center with a sign thanking health care workers. She’s also strolled through Colchester Village, Bristol Village and Middlebury and made a cameo at a local college graduation parade. She is keeping her identity private, but says: “I have been busy and thoroughly enjoy doing this … It has given me such a lift.”
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The public is invited to participate in a webinar Monday, May 11 from 7-8:30 p.m. on wildlife habitat management at the Catamount Community Forest in Williston. The event is hosted by the Catamount Community Forest Committee, the Chittenden County forester, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Audubon Vermont and the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife. Email laura.e.meyer@gmail.com for a link to the webinar. The Catamount Community Forest is a 393-acre conserved property owned by the Town of Williston. The Chittenden County forester drafted a management plan for the forest earlier this year that details management work scheduled to occur over the next 10 years. Habitat management activities are planned, specifically encouraging shrubland and young forest habitat for birds. This management will occur in partnership with Audubon Vermont, the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Vermont Fish and Wildlife. Join the webinar to learn more about wildlife habitat management at the forest.
Route 2A improvement project restarts Improvements to the section of Route 2A from Bittersweet Circle to the bridge over the Winooski River have restarted this week. Through Friday, there will be construction at the intersection with James Brown Drive, sidewalk construction between Morgan Parkway and Eastview Circle and reconfiguration of the entrance to the Church of the Nazarene. Work will be done between 6 a.m. and 5:30
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Residents rally to save trapped red fox Residents near South Road are working with wildlife advocates to locate a red fox spotted Saturday ensnared in a metal leg-hold trap. According to the advocacy group Protect Our Wildlife, the fox will not survive if it is not found, and if it is a mother, its offspring will die too. Residents posting on Front Porch Forum decried the cruelty of the trap and noted they had seen the fox for years in the South Road area. Fox trapping season expired Dec. 31; the Vermont Game Warden has been notified.
“It is our hope that the warden will be able to capture the injured fox safely and have the injuries assessed by a veterinarian,” Williston resident Peggy Larson, a retired veterinarian, said in a Protect Our Wildlife press release. “Unless the fox can be captured, it will be a long painful death, especially once infection kicks in.” Warden Jeremy Schmid can be reached at (802) 595-4815 and should be notified if the fox is spotted.
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By Zayda Kellogg Throughout the pandemic, and the consequential shutdowns, there is often talk of wanting to go “back to normal,” to fall back into the past, the thought of which provides us comfort and a sense of security, to forget COVID-19 ever happened. Though there is no doubt this pandemic must be fought, I beg that we do not return to “business as usual.” To go back to normal, to abandon what this virus has revealed, will be to fail. We must transform, coming back stronger than before in every possible way. I personally have found the school shutdowns to be extremely enlightening. High school has not treated me kindly, and I believe I speak for many students in saying so. Despite having been labeled a “smart kid” from a young age, I feel no more compatible with the traditional high school path than those who learn at a slower pace. Many of us are frustrated, feeling left behind, or cast aside for wanting to move faster. Students often feel abandoned due to the limits set by the education system, limits that tell us how and what to learn. I by no means intend to speak against the notion of our standard subjects, or say that there is nothing worthwhile happening in our schools. However, I do wish to make the case that we can do much better because we all have different interests and different minds. Quarantine and remote learning has taught me that I learn better with less guidance, that I thrive when given my own schedule and the ability to move at my pace. It has shown me a world that I do not
want to leave, that I have control over. My own interests — architectural engineering, calligraphy and economics — are niche, and thus, understandably, I have less access to them. But high school has actively hindered my ability to explore anything about which I am passionate. In my sophomore year, for a science project, I was asked to interview some professional architects and architecture students. Through this project, I was told not how to access this subject and enrich myself, but instead that I “didn’t need to worry about it until college.” But I have lived my entire high school career aching for a subject I have not yet touched, planning my college experiences around a major I have never explored academically. I must go on the sole basis of this feeling in my bones that it is right for me, supplemented only by some books I have skimmed between classes. Our entire grade was asked to take career aptitude tests, only for the results to sit in a portfolio. In a small school, only certain subjects can be accessed, and so students must carve their own mediocre path on the sidelines. All my interests, everything that sparks interest in my mind and my heart, are things I must find on my own. Students are being asked to trust-fall into the world blindfolded. That is why I joined the Peoples Academy Community Asset Mapping Team through the Vermont Community Learning Network. We were a small group of students taking the first steps toward a broader education system, one that will not be overwhelmed by
the diverse interests of students. This, we believed, could be done if we only look beyond the walls of our school. When we reach out of our campus and into the community, not only can we accommodate students with unique career goals or different learning goals, but we can give students access to genuine experiences and connections that can be enhanced by a classroom. We need to connect young people with those who share common interests, and bring them to adults in their community who can guide them. The broader we allow students to reach, the easier it is to prepare them for the workforce, for their communities and for the world. For the moment, these broader connections must be exclusively digital, but they may later lead to face-to-face relationships. Remote learning presents us with a new opportunity to work with countless students like myself who feel out of place or forgotten in the public schooling system, and even for adults hoping for new experiences. Those like myself who are now facing more free time and fewer interactions than ever before, who find themselves bored and even lonely, are craving new experiences that a community-based digital learning project can provide during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only will this greatly impact young lives, but it will improve the emotional, mental and intellectual health of all involved through friendship, connection and meaningful learning. Zayda Kellogg is a junior at Peoples Academy High School in Morrisville.
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ProcellaCOR — zero downside This letter is in strong support of the use of ProcellaCOR at Lake Iroquois. My wife and I have owned a camp on Lake Iroquois since 1975. We have used it full time each year from June to September along with our daughters and, more recently, our grandchildren. ProcellaCOR has been used in four other water bodies in Vermont, with Department of Environmental Conservation approval, with terrific results and no complaints by any residents or users of those lakes. According to the Vermont Department of Health, this herbicide targets only Eurasian Water Milfoil and nothing else. It is entirely safe to use. The Lake Iroquois Association plans to test the water every 48 hours after application (a requirement of DEC) to determine the water’s safeness to be ingested (something I would never do anyhow). At the four lakes treated in Vermont, the very first test results (48 hours after treatment) came back clear (ingestion permitted). ProcellaCOR is the right solution at zero risk. Currently, Lake Iroquois is essentially non-navigable due to milfoil. Small and large boats get tangled up in it. Swimmers get bogged down in it, or choose not to go swimming. Other mitigation methods, such as diver assisted suction harvesting (previously used at Lake Iroquois), are significantly more expensive, more time consuming and can disrupt the sediment at the bottom of the lake, the latter potentially affecting drinkability). Not addressing the milfoil problem has the significant potential of affecting property values, and could have a major impact on tax revenues in both Williston and Hinesburg. The Department of Environmental Conservation will only allow remediation in 40 percent of the lake per year. The areas in most need of treatment are the northern end of the lake (the beach area), fishing access and around the small rock island. Given focus in those areas, treatment directly in front of private camps is highly unlikely. I urge people to look at the benefits of ProcellaCOR, the major negative impact of milfoil on Lake Iroquois, the success of ProcellaCOR in both Vermont lakes and elsewhere around the country and chemist reports and make the right decision that saves the lake, town tax income and recreation for all of us and future generations. Get facts and support the use of ProcellaCOR to save Lake Iroquois. Roger Crouse Williston
Respectful trail use Now that spring has finally arrived, lots of people are enjoying Williston’s extensive network of trails. Several of these public trails utilize easements across private land. The easements permit passage across the property within the trail corridor only, and do not permit access to other parts of private property. Some landowners manage their property for specific purposes, such as timber harvesting, forest management or wildlife habitat management. Establishing a designated corridor for trail use allows public access to be compatible with a landowner’s management goals. When using trails on private land, to ensure that both people and their dogs remain within the trail corridor, dogs are required to be on leash at all times. The Isham Family Farm is one such private property that has public trails within a matrix of other activities and stewardship goals. First and foremost is the goal of creating a healthy environment for the “Four Bs:” birds, bees, butterflies and bugs. The implementation of best practices such as sustainable forestry, integrated pest management, reduced and delayed meadow mowing, and minimal weeding/no spraying of their Christmas tree stand, has greatly increased the biodiversity of native plants and has encouraged birds to nest and fledge, insects to forage, pollinate and nest underground, and aquatic animals to safely live. The woods behind the pond have regenerated from what used to be open sheep meadow in the 1800s. Many Vermont forest birds now live in these young
woods. The pond is much loved by several species. Animals will come out of the woods when all is quiet to drink. Please keep yourselves and your dogs out of the pond. Since implementing delayed/reduced mowing, the meadows have become abundant with wildflowers. As a result, the meadows are now alive with the buzzing of bees and other insects, and monarchs have returned in droves. The bobo-
links, savannah sparrows and killdeer are back and will breed successfully if given a chance, while a pair of northern harriers scout the meadows almost every day. We hope you enjoy the sights and sounds of wildlife while walking the trails. Please do your part to support good stewardship by keeping your dog leashed at all times, picking up after your dog and staying on designated trails.
By leaving no trace, you will allow the meadows, Christmas trees, pond and woods to work their magic, while you enjoy a beautiful hike. Your cooperation will allow the continued public use of trails on private land. Melinda Scott Town of Williston conservation planner
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The Williston Recreation and Parks Department is located at the Town Hall Annex building at 7878 Williston Road. For online program registration, visit www. willistonrec.org. For department information, email recreation@ willistonvt.org or call 876-1160.
Community garden plot There is one large plot — 15x30 — still available at the community gardens in Williston. Plots are for Williston residents only. Plots can be purchased online at www.willistonrec.org.
Online program offerings Senior fitness programs — Strength Training, Tuesdays and Thursdays; Gentle Yoga, Fridays. Free, open to all Williston seniors 50-plus. Offered on Zoom with instructor Toni Kunker. Click on the fitness program at www.willistonrec.org under announcements to be brought to the page with the instructions on how to join. Ukulele lessons — June programs taught by Clare Innes. Click on the program at www. willistonrec.org under announcements to be brought to the page with the instructions on how to
join. Reference Williston recreation in your registration. Harmonica lessons — June programs taught by Clare Innes. Click on the program at www. willistonrec.org under announcements to be brought to the page with the instructions on how to join. Reference Williston recreation in your registration. Chess lessons — Taught by Chess Wizards. Click on the program at www.willistonrec.org under announcements to be brought to the page with the instructions on how to join
Camp update Camps are currently being planned for this summer. Updates will be provided as more information becomes available on when and what can be offered. Be sure to register and pay the deposits for camps to secure a spot for your children. Check out the camp grid at www.willistonrec. org for updates. The following camps have been cancelled for the summer: U.S. Sports Institute camps: soccer, basketball, lacrosse and multi-sports; Catamount golf camps; string ensemble and safe sitters camps.
A new camp that has been added is Rocketry Camp, Aug. 3-7, 1-5 p.m.
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The following amenities/ facilities are now open: tennis/ pickleball courts, basketball courts, one volleyball court, disc golf course. Courts are for single/small groups and family members, with masks and 6 feet of social distancing. Each court will be signed with guidelines that must be followed to keep courts open. The following amenities/facilities are closed until further notice: playgrounds, fields, skatepark, pavilions and restrooms. These are still closed because CDC guidelines cannot be followed to open them safely.
Program update The following programs have been cancelled for May: youth tennis, knitting, golf clinics, fishing, CPR, Taoist yoga, dangerous girls, chi kung, mixed martial arts, GPS soccer clinics, youth martial arts programs, aquatic fitness, hay program, youth lacrosse, boating course. Adult pickup programs are suspended until further notice. The following programs have been cancelled for June and into
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Flowers don a winter coat after the snowfall on May 9 at the stream by the nature trail behind the Heritage Meadow neighborhhood.
the summer months: golf clinics, music intro, soccer — parent and me and squirts, multi-sports — parent and me and squirts. Safe Sitters may be offered in June.
Stay safe outside Remember, maintain safe social distancing even when you’re outside. You can help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus by practicing social distancing, at least 6 feet apart. As people continue to gather in parks, and as most are doing so carefully, we want to ensure that everyone is doing so safely. Be sure when outside for fresh air or exercise, always keep safe social distances and follow the following guidelines:
— Refrain from using parks or trails if you are exhibiting symptoms. — Follow CDC guidance on personal hygiene prior to and during use of parks or trails. — Prepare for no access to public restrooms or water fountains. These will remain closed until they can be opened safely. — While on trails, warn other users of your presence and step aside to let others pass. — Always observe CDC minimum recommended physical distancing of 6 feet from other individuals. If this is not possible, you should find an alternate location or depart that space. — Do not touch other people’s dogs, and, for dog owners, always scoop the poop.
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CLASSIFIEDS LEGAL NOTICE TOWN OF RICHMOND NOTICE OF TRANSFER OF MUNICIPAL REAL ESTATE INTEREST NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE LEGAL VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF RICHMOND, in accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 1061(a) (1), that the Town of Richmond (the “Town”) Said conveyance will have the following terms and conditions: SALE PRICE: $10.00. CLOSING: As soon as practicable
after thirty (30) days from date of publication and posting of this notice. The above-described interest in the Property will be conveyed on the terms specified unless a petition objecting to the conveyance signed by at least five percent (5%) of the legal voters of the Town is presented to the Town Clerk within thirty (30) days of the date of publication and posting of this notice pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 1061(a)(2). If such a petition is presented, the Town shall cause the question of whether the Town should relaease and quitclaim its lease land/ glebe land interests in the Property on the terms above to be considered at a Special Town Meeting called for that purpose, or at the next Annual Town Meeting. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO 24 V.S.A. §4441 (d) AND §4444, THE TOWN OF RICHMOND PLANNING COMMISSION WILL BE HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3RD, 2020, AT 7:00 PM, IN THE RICHMOND TOWN CENTER MEETING ROOM AT 203 BRIDGE STREET TO RECEIVE COMMENT REGARDING THE PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT: PURPOSE: To add the definitions of “Veterinary Clinic” and “Pub” to the Richmond Zoning Regulations, and to include “Veterinary Clinic” uses as allowable uses in all town districts listed within the Richmond Zoning Regulations GEOGRAPHIC AREA AFFECTED: Townwide SECTION HEADINGS: Allowable Uses Upon Issuance of Conditional Use Approval in the A/R District (Section 3.1.2), Allowable Uses Upon Issuance of Conditional Use Approval in the HDR District (Section 3.2.2), Allowable Uses Upon Issuance of Conditional Use Approval in the R/C District (Section 3.3.2), Allowable Uses Upon Issuance of Conditional Use Approval in the Gateway District (Section 3.4.2), Allowable Uses Upon Issuance of Conditional Use Approval in the V/C District (Section 3.5.2), Allowable Uses Upon Issuance of Conditional Use Approval in the Commercial District (Section 3.6.2), Allowable Uses Upon Issuance of Conditional Use Approval in the I/C District (Section 3.7.2), Allowable Uses Upon Issuance of Conditional Use Approval in the JC District (Section 3.9.2),
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO 24 V.S.A. §§4441 (d) AND §4444, THE TOWN OF RICHMOND PLANNING COMMISSION WILL BE HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3RD, 2020, AT 7:00 PM, IN THE RICHMOND TOWN CENTER MEETING ROOM AT 203 BRIDGE STREET TO RECEIVE COMMENT REGARDING THE PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT: PURPOSE: To make typographical and substantive corrections to the Village Downtown Zoning District regulations (text and map). Substantive corrections to the regulations include: the addition of parcels PS0014 and BR0072 in the district; the addition of allowable commercial uses; and methods to mitigate traffic impacts. GEOGRAPHIC AREA AFFECTED: The following parcels: PS0023, BR0052, BR0048, BR0039, BR0038, BR0030, BR0027, BR0026, WM0013, EM0010, EM0013, WM0004, WM0035, DS0022, PS0014, BR0072 SECTION HEADINGS: Village Downtown District (Section 3.10); Allowable Uses Upon Issuance of Zoning Permit and Site Plan Approval (Section 3.10.1); Allowable Uses Upon Issuance of Conditional Use Approval (Section
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