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Selectboard mulls staffing level Hinesburg narrowly rejected the department’s $815,483 budget at town meeting, 431-484. The town still has some Hinesburg has proposed a new police budget — roughly $15,000 breathing room before a new less than its original budget, which budget needs to be implemented. residents voted down on Town The town has until July 1 to pass a budget, but Meeting Day — even then, the but officials have “I think it could be town has a bit of said they want breathing room, more community a mistake to make albeit with more input before the urgency. selectboard finala rash decision Odit said he izes a spending has prepared plan. and reduce the another rough The new budget that budget keeps six force of the police employs only full-time officers five full-time as well as a partdepartment without officers — “just time adminishaving that wider sort of an exertrative assistant, cise to see what but cuts back on community the impact would salary and benebe,” he said. But fits by roughly discussion. that would sacri$10,000 to reduce fice the COPS the overall budget to $800,491. — Todd Odit grant approved in the summer The administrative assistant would also see of 2020, a $125,000 Communitheir hours reduced from 25 hours ty Oriented Police Services grant a week to 20, while the per diem that funds the town’s sixth officer. The town would lose out on budget — money used exclusively to pay part time officers while some savings in the short term the town’s full-time officers are as a result, Odit said. The grant on vacation or must miss time program receives funds for the — would be cut, totaling roughly sixth officer for three years with the stipulation that the town will $4,000 in cuts. “The prudent thing to do at pay for the fourth year, which this time would be to hit pause. means the program ends in 2025. Town officials have made it Let’s not do any harm and gather community input and determine clear they want to have commuwhat the future of the depart- nity input and informational meetment is before making any cuts ings before they OK a new budget. “I think it could be a mistake to in a short amount of time,” town manager Todd Odit said at the make a rash decision and reduce the force of the police departMarch 16 selectboard meeting. The town’s police department ment without having that wider is facing pressure from residents community discussion,” Odit said. over how many officers should be in the town of 4,700. Voters in See POLICE on page 13 COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
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From left, Vermont artist Myra Flynn, architect Zena Howard and artist John Hughes during a community planning session at the Big Barn at Clemmons farm in 2018. Sen. Patrick Leahy secured funding to turn the space into a performing arts center. See page 2.
Hinesburg shells out $10k to treat contaminated water COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
Hinesburg has paid $10,000 for two separate water treatment systems after finding contaminated drinking water in two locations in town. The point-of-entry treatment systems, installed on water main lines on a Forest Edge Road home
and at the town garage, will treat water on the main incoming line and will cost anywhere $1,000 to $3,000 per year to maintain. Town officials in September discovered contaminated water in two wells serving the private residence and the town garage. The Department of Environmental Conservation sent a letter to the town saying it had discovered
high levels of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances — known as PFAs or “forever chemicals” — at both properties. Officials with the state and the town initially said they were optimistic the contamination was limited only to those properties, but a study testing the wells is See WATER TREATMENT on page 13
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PHOTOS COURTESY OF CLEMMONS FAMILY FARM
Above left: Zena Howard meets with a small group of Vermont artists and an architect of the Vermont chapter of the American Institute of Architects during the Big Barn design summitt at the Clemmons farm in 2018. Above: The Big Barn at the Clemmons farm.
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Officials investigate shipyard for possible violation natural resources board and we will continue to work collaboratively and with full support.” Residents and property owners in the area have sounded the alarm over the Shipyard’s potential development. Safe Harbor Marina, a Texas-based company that purchased the property in 2019, submitted plans to the Shelburne Development Review Board in January to create several improvements to the 15.4-acre property, including a relocation of the access road and the reconstruction of a clubhouse and administration building. But the company appears to have begun work in earnest on the property in early 2021, when they were permitted to replace bulkheads on the property. They later demolished the Bruce Hill building sometime in the summer. The Harborwood Shore Property Association, a group of local
May I please have your attention? suddenly, I’m folding laundry. Thank goodness I’m working from home because that’d be Carole Vasta Folley awkward at the office. I’m not alone. It’s comfortLately, I’ve been looking around in every nook and cranny ing to know this brain fog isn’t limited to just me. Not naming for — hey, wouldn’t that be names, but the other day, my a great TV show? “Nook and husband put the milk away in a Cranny”: a feisty pair of octodrawer. genarian detectives solve crimes Experts say to the old-fashioned way. blame this increased You know, with ingelack of focus on the nuity, gumption and pandemic. Research maybe a set of encycloshows extended periods pedias? of stress and anxiety Nook, an older, create a ceaseless sassier Jessica Fletcher, pressure that negatively trips bad guys with her impacts our concentrawalker. And Cranny? tion. Remember that She wears a rumpled old commercial with beige raincoat over the fried egg, “This is her cardigan and at the Carole Vasta Folley your brain on drugs”? end of every episode, Well, this lack of pauses and says, “Just focus is our brain in a pandemic. one more thing,” only to add, Wait! Did I leave a frying pan on “You go ahead, I’m going to rest the stove? a minute.” Long before the word Covid After cracking the case, Nook and the number 19 entered our and Cranny catch the early bird daily vernacular, smartphone special and … wait a minute, scrolling already had eroded what I was saying? Oh yeah. our ability to concentrate. An Lately, I’ve been looking around article in Time said we now have for where I lost my focus. a shorter attention span than a Listen, I have a lot of good goldfish. That was in 2015! What thoughts, they’re just not where is it now? A goldfish made by I left them. It seems my stream Pepperidge Farm? of consciousness has flooded And what are we scrolling? and often I’m paddling upstream Usually a deluge of bad news. just to remember the end of a Just reading public radio’s online sentence. The one I’m in the report about “doomscrolling” middle of saying. made me depressed. Well, until I I don’t know about you, clicked an eye-catching ad. Who but I could be securely at my knew NPR had a wine club? desk, seemingly buckled in for another few hours of work, when Seriously, you didn’t expect me
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to finish the article, did you? After all, I’ve got an attention-span of a cracker. Interestingly, I’ve experienced something distinctly contrary and surprising amid the ramble. Instantaneous sensations of appreciation. As if my brain, in its nomadic state, was taking stock repeatedly. Whether my eye landed on my relentlessly trusty mechanical pencil, or the pink sea salt I sprinkled on my plate, or the daybreak I did nothing to make happen — all of it registered as remarkable. My wandering focus bloomed into a wondering one. It’s no wonder this happened. The sheer act of recognizing something can appreciate the value of the thing itself. It was the stopping what I’m doing and seeing what’s around me that caused this new level of appreciation. Who knew my skimpy attention span would reveal what’s been hiding all along between the cracks of my previously intense focus and “git ‘er done” mentality? There’s just room for the appreciation to come out now. I’m inspired to celebrate this unexpected perk of my meandering focus by channeling Det. Cranny. In her Columbo-esque way, I shall continue to pause and say, “Just one more thing,” only to add, “Wow!” Carole Vasta Folley is a Vermont award winning playwright and columnist. Contact her at carolevf.com.
property owners near the shipThe harbor is located on the yard, have made serious inquiries eastern side of Shelburne Neck, into the development of the prop- along Shelburne Bay near the end erty and have, more specifical- of Harbor Road. It has a long and ly, said that the “Act 250 permit storied history spanning more that governs the entire Shipyard than two centuries, first as a shipsite has not been building operaamended since tion beginning in The project’s 1995.” 1820 and, in the “In addition, 20th century, a developers will the Act 250 team producer for the were not contacted U.S. military and, next appear before regarding the most later, pleasure recent permit that craft. the development was approved in The marina review board March 2021. They today is a hub for were concerned recreational boatApril 6. to learn that while ers, with local the permit sought members and approval for bulkhead replace- visitors filling its 106 slips each ment, additional unpermitted summer. construction was completed The company has said that during this past summer,” the it plans to build a “new marina group said in a report submitted to and service operations building the Shelburne review board. “This that replaces the adjacent preexconstruction included demolish- isting structure that is dated and ing a building and paving over the inefficient, from both an operaentire lot where this building was tional and energy perspective,” located. It should be noted that according to Brad Alessi, the this work was completed without chief marketing officer with the a permit, and without authoriza- company. tion from governing agencies.” “Safe Harbor Marinas is The homeowners’ main dedicated to enhancing each concerns are that new construc- community in a sincere manner, tion would cause harm to the local as well as helping our members ecosystem, that increased storm- and guests have a safe and posiwater runoff, wastewater and tive boating experience. We look removal of vegetation from the forward to maintaining the beauty area would negatively affect the of the marina and the communiarea’s water and wildlife species, ties that we reside in,” he said. and that those new impervious The project’s developers will surfaces would destroy the area’s next appear before the developgreenspace. ment review board April 6.
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enforcement action which may include monetary penalties,” the letter read. The construction in question appears to be the expansion of a gravel boat storage area. The company last year demolished a building previously owned by the Bruce Hill Yacht Sales company and later paved over the area, according to documents. While Safe Harbor did not need a permit to demolish the old building, investigators are looking into whether they needed a permit to create an impervious surface on the land. “We intend to conduct a site visit after the snow melts,” the letter read. In a statement, Greg Glavin, the regional vice president for Safe Harbor Marinas, said that Lurvey “has been in communication with the compliance and enforcement department at the
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A peregrine perches in a tree in a Vermont forest.
Two cliff areas close as peregrines return Peregrine falcons have already returned to their nesting cliffs and can be seen throughout the state. To protect nesting peregrine falcons on the Green Mountain National Forest, officials have once again closed access at two prominent cliff sites on the forest’s Rochester and Middlebury ranger districts. Through Aug. 1, the Rattlesnake Cliff area in Salisbury and the Mount Horrid and Great Cliff area in Rochester are closed. The
closures include trails and areas leading to and accessing these cliffs and are intended to prevent disturbance to critical falcon nesting habitat. Peregrine falcon populations suffered declines due to the use of DDT in the 1940s but have rebounded since their reintroduction in the 1980s. Even though peregrines are now considered a recovered species in Vermont, it is critical to minimize human
disturbance to nest sites so that the species’ recovery continues. Across Vermont, 2021 was a successful year for peregrines as 40 nesting pairs produced 68 young that fledged from their cliff nests. Disturbance of peregrine falcons and these nesting grounds is a violation of federal law and may result in a fine up to $5,000 and six months in jail. Report any harassment of nesting peregrine falcons to 1-800-75ALERT.
March 13 at 11:18 a.m., police assisted public safety agencies in Williston, blocking off Oak Hill Road while they put out a fire on that road. March 13 at 8:18 p.m., an officer assisted someone with a broken-down car on Route 116 until it was able to be removed. March 13 at 9:03 p.m., police assisted some parents with a juvenile problem on Richmond Road. March 14 at 10:22 a.m., police assisted with another juvenile issue on Route 116. March 14 at 11:07 a.m., police herded several out-of-control kids at Champlain Valley Union High School. March 16 at 3:19 p.m., police assisted the high school after hearing of a student making threats at school. March 17 at 12:02 p.m., officers attempted to serve a relief from abuse order to a resident on Route 116, but the person no longer lived in Hinesburg. March 17 at 1:37 p.m., police worked on an active fraud investigation on Thistle Hill Road. March 17 at 3:01 p.m., a single car crashed on Route 116, but no one was injured. March 17 at 5:47 p.m., someone turned in a lost ID and it was returned to the owner. Two minutes later, someone turned
in a lost wallet, sans ID, but it was not related to the earlier incident. It’s still unclaimed at the police station. March 17 at 8:30 p.m., officers checked on the well-being of a youth on Richmond Road. March 18 at 10:22 a.m., police worked on an active burglary investigation at Hillview Terrace. March 18 at 7:20 p.m., officers gave some kids caught smokin’ Mary Jane in the parking lot of the high school court diversion paperwork. March 18 at 8:31 p.m., a car was parked awkwardly on someone else’s private property on Texas Hill Road, but police determined it was due to the muddy road conditions, nothing suspicious. March 19 7:42 a.m., a car got stuck in the mud while slogging through Swamp Road. Nothing ironic about that. March 19 at 3:50 p.m., police worked on an active burglary investigation on Jourdan Street. March 19 at 7:24 p.m., a loose dog rambling around Texas Hill Road was ushered back home. March 19 at 10:13 p.m., another unfortunate car got stuck in the mud, this time on Lincoln Hill Road. See BLOTTER on page 13
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Environmental bills make big gains in House Report from the Legislature Rep. Mike Yantachka As the Legislature hit the crossover date last week, House committees were busy finalizing work on the dozens of bills they had been working on since January. The once-a-decade legislative reapportionment bill was finalized and passed, Rep. Mike Yantachka and the Charlotte-Hinesburg district, Chittenden 5, again contains all of Charlotte and a slightly larger portion of Hinesburg, running along the west side of Baldwin Road from the Monkton line to Burritt Road. Among the many bills that passed and were sent on to the Senate, were several that touched on the environment and its efforts to address the climate change crisis. The Municipal Efficiency Resilience Initiative (H.518) passed unanimously to help municipalities assess the energy efficiency of their buildings and apply for grants to weatherize, reduce operation and maintenance costs, enhance comfort and reduce energy use by improving heating, cooling and ventilation systems. The Clean Heat Standard bill (H.715) also passed with a strong 96 to 44 vote to help homeowners, renters and commercial properties reduce their dependence on fossil fuels for heating. The Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife Committee sponsored several important bills, including H.500, which prohibits the sale, starting in 2024, of four-foot linear fluorescent lamps in Vermont for which LEDs are available. All fluorescent lamps contain mercury and can create an immediate public health and environmental hazard when they accidentally break during installation, use, transportation, storage, recycling or disposal. Light-emitting diode (LED) replacements for fluorescent lamps do not contain any mercury. Another bill, H.523, seeks to reduce hydrofluorocarbon emissions. Hydrofluorocarbons are potent greenhouse gases that enter the atmosphere as leakage from
PHOTO BY MIKE YANTACHKA
A view of Camels Hump from Niquette Bay State Park in Colchester.
cooling systems. Products that contain hydrofluorocarbons for use in refrigeration systems and auto air conditioners are prohibited starting in 2024. Alternative refrigerant products are available.
Forests play an important role in Vermont’s working landscape, and in its tourist and recreation economy. Currently only actively managed forests are eligible for enrollment in the Use Value
Appraisal (current use) program. Forests that exhibit old forest characteristics can provide unique contributions to biodiversity, contribute to the climate resilience and adaptive capacity of
Vermont’s working landscape and serve as ecological benchmarks against which to measure active management of Vermont’s forests. See YANTACHKA on page 6
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Legislature tackles racial disparities in drug offenses Among other issues, the group sought to understand and make recommendations regarding Rep. Martin LaLonde disparities in Vermont’s criminal justice system. The Legislature is moving The working group examtoward a more humane approach ined national and Vermont data to drug use and possession, showing that prosecution of centered in harm reduction and public health concerns rather than drug offenses disproportionately impacts communities primarily the criminal of color. In Vermont, justice system. This although Black defeneffort has included dants are no more likely overdose prevention than white defendants strategies, treatment to be convicted of on demand, needle felony drug offenses, exchange access and when convicted they medication assisted are significantly more treatment programs. likely to be incarcerated But we can do more. To than white defendants. make progress in this They are less likely area, the Legislature has Martin LaLonde Vermont House to receive a deferred been guided by expert of Representatives sentence or probation or recommendations. District 7-1 be diverted to treatment In July 2019, Gov. or a community justice Phil Scott established center. the Justice ReinvestTo address this disproportionment II Working Group. It ate impact, the working group gathered representatives from all recommended that lower- to aspects of the criminal justice mid-level felony drug possession system, including legislators, offenses should be reclassified members of the administration, as misdemeanors. It also recomprosecutors, defense attorneys mended a reevaluation of drug and representatives from law amount thresholds and associated enforcement and the courts.
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penalties for offenses involving the sale of drugs. In short, the recommendation was to reduce penalties for drug offenses, which will, in turn, reduce racial disparities in the criminal justice system. As the working group was conducting its examination, the Vermont Sentencing Commission was undertaking its own assessment of drug offenses. In 2018, the Legislature tasked the commission with making recommendations on restructuring Vermont’s criminal code, including proposing changes to its drug offenses. The commission endorsed Vermont state’s attorneys’ proposal that the penalties for certain drug offenses should be reduced. They suggested reductions for consistency across all criminal offenses because equivalent degrees of harm and community impact should carry similar consequences. In addition, they sought to have potential penalties conform to actual court outcomes, reflecting the sentences that judges actually impose. The state’s attorneys reviewed data from the Crime Research Group on actual sentences and
looked to their own experiences as prosecutors, while balancing the interests of public safety with the policy desire to reduce punitive exposure. This past week, the House passed H.505, which implements the recommendations of the Justice Reinvestment Working Group and the sentencing commission. The bill changes some felony possession offenses to misdemeanors, and when drug possession offenses are misdemeanors, the cases are presumptively diverted to restorative justice or treatment. Also, individuals charged with a misdemeanor do not face the same level of collateral consequences as those charged with a felony. The bill also moves toward a public health approach to addressing drug use by establishing a Drug Use Standards Advisory Board of experts and those with lived experiences. Those who possess drugs for personal use should not face the same consequences as those who sell or traffic drugs. The goal of the advisory board is to determine what constitutes a standard amount of drugs for personal use. The board’s recommendations will inform the Legislature’s understanding of appropriate possession amounts so that it can further consider which possession offenses should be classified as misdemeanors rather than felonies.
Nationally, drug possession continues to be the leading offense for which people are arrested, with over 1.1 million arrests in 2020. Currently, Black people make up 24 percent of drug arrests in the U.S., almost double their demographic percentage. They are also nationally three times more likely to be arrested for drug offenses than white people, despite selling and using drugs at the same rates. In Vermont, Black people were over 14 times more likely than white people to be defendants in a felony drug case and, as noted above, more likely to be imprisoned if convicted. The current drug laws are concerning beyond the racial disparities we see. Between 2007 and 2019, people in Vermont were charged with drug possession over 10,000 times, and in nearly half of those cases the only charge was drug possession. Yet this approach plainly has not reduced the drug problem, as we can see from the rising rates of drug overdoses in Vermont. By reducing the punitive nature of the state’s response, H.505 helps move Vermont toward a more effective and humane approach to addressing drug offenses. The bill now moves to the Senate. Rep. Martin LaLonde is a Democrat who represents South Burlington in Chittenden 7-1.
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continued from page 5 The House passed H.697, which creates a pilot program to extend eligibility for current use for forest parcels that are left wild and meet certain criteria with the approval of the commissioner of the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. This forest program will complement nicely another bill, H.606, the Community Resilience and Biodiversity Protection Act. Nature is facing a catastrophic loss of biodiversity, both globally and locally. In addition to its intrinsic value, biodiversity is essential to human survival. According to the United Nations, one million species of plants and animals are threatened with extinction, and human activity has altered almost 75 percent of the Earth’s surface, squeezing wildlife and nature into ever-smaller natural areas of the planet. The health of ecosystems on which humans and all other species depend is deteriorating more rapidly than ever, affecting the very foundations of econo-
mies, livelihoods, food security, health and quality of life worldwide. The causes of what drives disruptive changes in nature are changes in land and sea use, direct exploitation of organisms, climate crisis, pollution, and invasive species. According to the Nature Conservancy, Vermont plays a key role in the conservation of biodiversity regionally. H.606 sets a goal of conserving 30 percent of Vermont’s total land area by 2030 and 50 percent by 2050, including state, federal, municipal and private land. It requires the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources to develop a plan by the end of 2023 with public input from all stakeholders. These bills and many others now move to the Senate. As always, I welcome your emails (myantachka.dfa@gmail. com) or phone calls (802-2335238). More at mikeyantachka. com.
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Community Notes Huge Charlotte online auction opens soon From April 2-10, the Charlotte Grange’s Celebrating Charlotte online auction will be live and open to the community to bid on more than 125 items donated by more than 90 Charlotte residents and business owners. (Note: The wrong dates were provided last week.) There are gift certificates for everything under the sun, including tool sharpening, property maintenance, riding lessons, dog training, computer problem solving and paddle boarding. Hungry? The auction has donations from more than two dozen Charlotte farmers and restaurants, offering everything from pizza to shrimp bisque to community supported agriculture shares. To participate, go to the Charlotte Grange website on April 2 to view the auction and bid: charlottegrangevt.wixsite.com/website.
Drive to Alaska with Jim Donovan Jim Donovan will share sights and experiences driving from Charlotte to Anchorage, Alaska, in 2019, including his route along the entire length of the Alaska highway at the next Charlotte Senior Center Wednesday lecture on March 30, 1-2 p.m. The free, in-person lectures start at 1 p.m. Questions? Leave a message at (802) 425-6345 or visit charlotteseniorcentervt.org.
turkey burger with vegetable gravy, mashed potatoes, Brussel sprouts, dinner roll, peach and Craisin crisp and milk. The meal on Thursday, April 7 — register by April 4 — is sweet and sour pork with vegetables, brown rice with lentils and vegetables, green beans, dinner roll, congo bar and milk. The meal on Thursday, April 14 — register by April 11 — is baked ham with raisin sauce, sweet potatoes, Capri blend vegetables, dinner roll, Easter cake with icing and milk. Check the website for last-minute cancellations at charlotteseniorcentervt.org.
Spin it good, help save lives The Charlotte Shelburne Hinesburg Rotary and Shelburne Athletic Club are holding a spin-a-thon to raise money to buy automated external defibrillators for the three towns the club serves, Saturday, April 9, 7-10 a.m., at the Shelburne Athletic Club. Spinners can choose to ride for one, two or three 45-minute sessions. Each session is $20, and all dollars raised will go toward the purchase of defibrillators. “We’re excited to provide this life-saving technology to our three towns,” said Carrie Fenn, president-elect of Charlotte Shelburne Hinesburg Rotary. “We’ll provide the training to town employees and See COMMUNITY NOTES on page 8
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The Charlotte Grange is holding an auction to raise money for the historic structure.
Senior center hosts Monday Munch The next Monday Munch at the Charlotte Senior Center is March 28, 212 Ferry Road, 11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. The menu features shepherds pie, cole slaw, bread and cake. A $5 donation is appreciated. Munches are planned for April 4 and 11, with menus to come. Check the website in case of last-minute cancellations at charlotteseniorcentervt.org.
Register ahead for Age Well meals The Age Well meal pickup for Thursday, March 24 is from 11 a.m. to noon, Charlotte Senior Center, 212 Ferry Road, and features roast pork with sauce, mashed potatoes, peas and onions, wheat bread, oatmeal raisin cookie and milk. You must have pre-registered by Monday, March 21, with Lori York, 802-425-6371 or lyork@ charlotteseniorcentervt.org The meal on Thursday, March 31 — register by March 28 — is a
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any other citizens that would like to be certified in the use of these devices.” Join the fun or donate to the cause by going to bit.ly/3MWK5iN. For more information contact Susan Grimes at susang821@ gmail.com.
Hinesburg elementary looking for kindergartners Are you going to be a kindergartner in the fall? Then the Hinesburg Community School is looking for you. If your child will turn 5 years old by Sept. 1, or if your child is entering first grade in the fall and is new to the school, contact Deb Lavalette at dlavalette@cvsdvt.org to pre-register for the 2022-2023 school year. Be prepared to provide your child’s name, date of birth, parents’ names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses.
St. Catherine’s, Age Well team up to provide meal Age Well and St. Catherine’s of Siena Parish in Shelburne are teaming up to provide a meal to go for anyone age 60 and older on Tuesday, April 12. The meal will be available for pick up in the parking lot, 72 Church Street, 11 a.m. to noon. The menu is baked ham with raisin sauce, sweet potatoes, Capri blend vegetables, dinner roll,
Easter cake with icing and milk. To order a meal: email (preferred) Sheryl at soberding@ yahoo.com or call 802-825-8546 by April 7. If this is a first-time order, provide your name, address, phone number, and date of birth. If you haven’t filled out a 2022 congregate meal registration, bring a completed registration form with you or send one to Age Well, 875 Roosevelt Highway, Suite 210, Colchester VT 05446. Forms at meal pick up or download from bit.ly/3JttGjH.
Vermont kids compete in chess championships The 35th Vermont Scholastic High School and Middle School Chess Championships will be held on Saturday, April 16, Capital City Grange Hall, Vermont Route 12, Berlin. All Vermont students are eligible to compete for state championships in two divisions: middle school (grades 6 through 8) and high school (grades 9 through 12). All abilities are welcome and encouraged to participate. Advance registration is required. Complete rules and registration information can be found at vtchess.info or by contacting Mike Stridsberg, at mike@vtchess.info.
Upcoming blood drive Thursday, April 14, 2-7 p.m., Charlotte Senior Center, 212 Ferry Road, Charlotte.
All programs will take place via Zoom unless noted until further notice. Links can be found on the library website. 115 Ferry Road, Charlotte. 802-425-3864. Register at charlottepubliclibrary.org or info@ charlottepubliclibrary.org.
Short story selections Thursdays, March 17 and April 14, 1-2 p.m. Join director Margaret Woodruff for a three-part discussion series, featuring short stories old and new. The reading list will include a variety of authors, and one or two stories will be featured each session. Join at bit.ly/3HFIuuo.
Managing food scraps Saturday, March 26, 10:30-11:30 a.m. What’s the best way to manage your food scraps? The one that works for you! How to avoid food waste, tricks for convenient kitchen collection and how to avoid icky bucket syndrome.
Media literacy take 2 Wednesday, March 30, 7-8 p.m. Disinformation, declining trust in established news organizations and increasing popularity of conspiracy theorists. Join the conversation on media literacy with Adam Davidson, Chea Waters-Evans, and Jesse Wegman. Register in advance.
Supporting backyard food production Wednesday, April 6, 1-2 p.m. Coordinators Linda Hamilton and Karen Tuininga explain how the seed library program works and how to join in. Call the Charlotte Senior Center at 802-425-6345 to register for this program.
Tuesday, April 12, 7-8 p.m. Toby Ball from the podcast “Crime Writers On…” will talk about the growth in popularity of the true crime genre, how today’s true crime is different from the past, and some of the best and most influential true crime shows and podcasts.
Recycling right — in the blue bin and beyond
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Saturday, April 9, 10:30-11:30 a.m. New date: Find out why it’s so important to recycle right, covering what really belongs in the blue bin and why other items can create big problems for the recycling system. In-person.
Wednesday, April 13, 6:30-8 p.m. A feature length documentary about the poetry and life of Ruth Stone, who forged her art out of loss, and inspired countless others to create, from her hilltop home in the Green Mountains of Vermont.
News from Carpenter-Carse Library To register, reserve books or for more information, contact Meg Malone at meg@carpentercarse.org. Masks required indoors.
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Zoom trivia Thursdays, March 24 and April 21, 7-8:15 p.m. Enjoy three rounds of trivia on an array of topics and take advantage of a chance to impress your neighbors with your knowledge. Prize for the winning individual or team.
‘The Woman Who Smashed Codes’ Tuesday, March 29, 7-8 p.m. Jason Fagone’s “The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America’s Enemies,” a biography of Elizabeth Smith Friedman. Contact library for Zoom link.
‘The Poetry of Place’ Sunday, April 3, 3-4 p.m. Virtual readings by Laura Budofsky Wisniewski, author of the forthcoming poetry collection “Sanctuary, Vermont,” and Jane Dorney, author of the newspaper column and blog Connect the Dots. Moderated by librarian Meg Malone. Registration required.
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OUTDOORS Butternut canker affects enigmatic Vermont tree Into the Woods Ethan Tapper Butternut (Juglans cinerea) is an enigmatic tree. Also called white walnut, butternut is the hardiest member of the walnut genus, with a range stretching north into southern Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick, as far west as Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri, and south to Tennessee. In Vermont, butternut trees are usually found on rich, moist soils, growing alongside sugar maple, basswood, white ash and plants like maidenhair fern and blue cohosh. It is shade-intolerant, needing lots of sunlight to thrive. While butternut was likely never a common or longlived tree in Vermont’s forests, it is becoming increasingly uncommon and shorter-lived due to the prevalence of a non-native pathogen called butternut canker. Butternut trees produce butternuts: a hard-shelled, fatty nut much like a walnut, encased in a fleshy, green, football-shaped husk. Butternut has a compound leaf of seven to 17 pointed leaflets, unfurling from brown twigs with distinctive large, light-brown terminal buds and leaf scars that look like little monkey faces with yellow unibrows. The bark is patterned with narrow, interlacing ridges, similar to that of ash trees but darker in color. When stressed or afflicted with butternut canker, as they usually are, butternut bark is black and ashy gray and its ridges look sanded off. Butternut is culturally important to the Abenaki, who call butternut bagon. Abenaki and other indigenous peoples eat butternuts and use their fleshy husks and the tree’s bark as a dye, and the abundance of butternuts at archaeological sites suggests that Indigenous people may have planted and dispersed the species for millennia. After European colonization, butternut trees were widely planted by colonists and butternuts became an ingredient in traditional New England cuisine. While butternut trees were historically prized for their nuts, rather than their wood, today butternut lumber is used for a variety of purposes — most of them ornamental. Butternut wood is soft, light and pretty, an excellent carving wood. Butternut logs can be sold living or dead, and butternut
lumber is often full of character, including the wormholes prominent in dead trees. Butternut is an awful firewood. An old-timer once told me: “It burns as well as a snowball and produces half the heat.” In today’s forests, healthy butternut trees are extremely rare due to a fungus called butternut canker (Sirococcus clavigignenti-juglandacearum). Butternut canker was first discovered in Wisconsin in 1967, perhaps introduced on Asian walnut trees. Dispersed by wind, rain and insects, this pathogen creates black cankers on butternut’s bark that proliferate until they girdle and kill the tree. According to the U.S. Forest Service, close to 100 percent of butternuts in their native range are infected, with mortality rates exceeding 90 percent. Efforts have been made to study and promote resistance to butternut canker using a variety of methods, including crossing butternuts with Japanese walnut (Juglans ailantifolia). Interestingly, a certain amount of hybridization between butternut and Japanese walnut has been occurring for over a century: Japanese walnuts, especially the cultivar known as Japanese heartnut, have been planted in North America since the 1800s. This species naturally hybridizes with butternut, creating a tree called buartnut, which was noted in the United States by the early 1900s. While buartnuts are more resistant to butternut canker than butternuts, hybridization comes at a risk: potentially eroding some of the unique and adaptive genetic qualities of the butternut species. Each native tree species has a unique role to play in Vermont’s forests. Forests are natural communities: complex assemblages of species that are greater than the sum of their parts and which are enriched by diversity. The loss of a tree species impacts forests in profound ways, and butternut is just one of several important tree species that we have lost, that we are losing or whose role in our forests has been radically changed due to a non-native pest or pathogen. Others include elm, beech, chestnut and ash. In a changing world, taking care of forests means supporting their resilience and their ability to adapt. Doing our best to save butternut is
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Forestry officials predict that 100 percent of butternuts across their native range are infected with butternut canker.
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Hinesburg fifth graders get cranking
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A contemporary twist on a 19th-century form of theatrical entertainment took place recently at the Hinesburg Community School. A six day “Moving Panorama” artist-in-residence was conducted with fifth grade students through a grant from the Vermont Arts Council and hosted by artist and Puppetkabob founder Sarah Frechette.
In early March, Sarah Frechette, the founder of the touring puppet company Puppetkabob, conducted a residency for the Hinesburg Community School’s fifth grade. Her program, “Moving Panoramas,” gave students an engaging, enriching and fun activity to elevate this year’s literacy unit — “Fairy tales with fine arts.” Chosen for both its visual and theatrical focus, moving panoramas were sources of entertainment in the mid-19th century and today
are more commonly called crankies. The program showed students how to transform this historic art form into unique contemporary desktop theaters. Prior to this residency the students worked with the writing teacher Angela Galyean to rewrite fairy tales from one character’s point of view. The students then took their creative writings and together with Puppetkabob, designed storyboards. Together with step-by-step
instructions, students created technical scrolling picture crankie boxes, and used their adapted fairy tales as guides to produce original illustrations and paper rod puppets. The culminating event was 2,254 inches of scrolling performances seen by all three fifth grade classrooms. Fifth grade reading teacher, Alyssa Wieland, hosted the program, and securing a 2022 Teaching Artist Grant from the Vermont Arts Council for the six-day residency.
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Megan Nick brings bronze home to Vermont PAX LOGIODICE COMMUNITY NEWS SERVICE
A throng of eager fans gathered to meet Olympic bronze medalist and Shelburne native Megan Nick at the Shelburne Fieldhouse March 16. Nick arrived by Shelburne fire truck and gave a speech thanking the community for putting the event together to honor her. Nick won the bronze in freestyle aerial skiing at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing last month and was back home for the first time. After the speech, Nick signed autographs and posed for pictures with a long line of Shelburne residents, many of whom where kids. She also let fans hold her bronze medal and take pictures with it as well. Palmer’s Sugarhouse handed out free maple snow cones to celebration-goers. Nick’s parents, Jeff and Colleen, were also in attendance. “We are absolutely thrilled, and so proud of our daughter for doing this,” Jeff Nick said. “We just were there for support, we gave her a little bit of advice, but she pretty much did this all on her
own.” The Olympian thanked the town for setting up the celebration. “This was awesome, I am so grateful to the town of Shelburne for setting this up, and to be able to finally celebrate.” Nick also offered a bit of advice for anyone wanting to follow in her footsteps. “When it came down to it, it was just the hard work that I had to put in. I had a lot of lows, and luckily, I had family and friends to support me through those lows,” she said. The town of Shelburne designated March 16, 2022, as Megan Nick Day.
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Above: Megan Nick signs an autograph for an adoring fan. Above left: Nick’s bronze medal. Top: Olympic bronze medalist Megan Nick arrives to Megan Nick Day March 16 in style with a Shelburne Fire Department escort with her father, Jeff, and Tom Anger behind the wheel of a classic MG.
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Along with de-listings for the bald eagle and short-styled snakeroot, a flowering plant of dry woodland habitats, Thursday’s update added as endangered two invertebrates, the American bumblebee and a species of freshwater mussel known as the brook floater, and two plant species, Houghton’s sedge and rue anemone. State endangered species are considered at immediate risk of becoming locally extinct in Vermont. One bird species, the eastern meadowlark, received a new designation as threatened. State threatened species are considered at risk of becoming endangered without timely conservation action. Three important landscapes also received new designations as critical habitats that are essential for the survival of threatened or endangered species in Vermont. The newly listed sites support species including the common tern and eastern spiny softshell turtle, as well as little brown, northern long-eared, and tricolored bats. “These new listings reflect the stressors affecting Vermont’s plant, fish and wildlife species,” Dr. Rosalind Renfrew, wildlife diversity program manager, said. “In the face of climate change and habitat loss, our mission is to conserve these species and others to the very best of our ability on behalf of all Vermonters, who demonstrate time and again that they care about the survival of wildlife populations.”
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continued from page 1 “I think there are a lot of opinions out there, but I think we need to gather all of those opinions and establish some facts as well as community benchmarks.” The town plans to let community members give input during an April 6 selectboard meeting before they consider approving — or postponing — the new budget. Selectboard members expressed hesitancy on making any significant cuts to the budget or reducing the number of officers on the staff. With several new developments in Hinesburg underway, officials said that reducing the staff at a time when the population is expected to grow would be unwise. “We don’t want to make a rash decision and we don’t want to make a decision we will regret in the near future,” selectboard member Merrily Lovell said. “It’s often been said ‘Well, there’s not any crime in Hinesburg.’ Well
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incomplete and may be for some time. It is unclear what the cost of the study would be, but officials have estimated it could cost anywhere from $10,000 to $20,000. State officials pointed to a landfill near Observatory Road, capped more than three decades ago, as the likely source. But “discerning if the landfill is the cause of contamination is still unknown,” Hinesburg assistant town manager Joy Grossman said. “We will be gathering data from monitoring wells over the next few years.” Adding to the mystery is the fact that all the paperwork from testing that was done when the landfill was in operation is missing. The landfill may have been capped and tested, but there is no documentation to prove that. The town is now working on a draft form of closure certification, but are still waiting for regulators to inspect the property, Grossman said. The town, meanwhile, has not applied for any state money to help offset costs.
let’s not find out if there’s not any crime because our police officers are doing such a good job, as they found out in Burlington by reducing their police department.” During the selectboard meeting last week, Odit said that state police, facing staffing issues itself, sent a memo to the Shelburne Police telling them that — “I think
this is the message across the state — ‘If you have an existing police department, don’t expect to cut your forces and then rely on the state police, cause it’s not going to happen.’” “I think the message we’re hearing from the state is ‘You’ve got to take care of yourselves, don’t rely on us,’” Odit said.
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March 21 - April 20 Spending time alone could be good for you this week, Aries. While working toward your goals, you also are enjoying some much-needed peace and quiet.
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July 23 - Aug. 23 Leo, a fantastic investment opportunity comes your way but there is a lot of red tape that could get in the way if you let it. Work through all angles to make things happen.
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April 21 - May 21 Your friends may be pushing you to move forward since you seem to be stuck in the past, Taurus. Don’t stay stagnant for too long or you may lose motivation for change.
GEMINI May 22 - June 21 A collaboration with someone close to you yields surprising results, Gemini. You may have been looking for inspiration for some time and finally found it.
CANCER June 22 - July 22 Cancer, a longing for adventure points you in all sorts of different directions over the next few days. You have to try on a few different hats to find the right fit.
Aug. 24 - Sept. 22 Virgo, idolizing someone can have its plusses and minuses. You may have a picture of a person that is impossible to live up to. Temper your expectations.
LIBRA Sept. 23 - Oct. 23 Libra, a rigid schedule may work for some, but not everyone. Incorporate a little flexibility into your life and others may be flocking to your laid-back style.
SCORPIO Oct. 24 - Nov. 22 Talk to someone about a creative idea that you have had, Scorpio. This person may offer valuable feedback that can guide you as you try to flesh out your idea into something tangible.
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SAGITTARIUS Nov. 23 - Dec. 21 Sagittarius, you may be interested in having a lot of fun, but someone keeps throwing a wet blanket on your ideas. Don’t let it derail your plans.
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PISCES Feb. 19 - March 20 Pisces, friends are a strong presence in your life right now and you are very grateful for all that they provide you. Let them know.
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Obituary Corrine Longe Corrine Madeline Griffiths Longe, 96, of Williston, died on Saturday, March 12, 2022, after a brief battle with cancer following a remarkably healthy and full life. Corrine was predeceased by her husband and childhood sweetheart, Raymond Longe, to whom she was married for 54 years prior to his death in 2000. She was also predeceased by her parents, Emerson and Laura (Plant) Griffiths; her daughter, Suzanne Grenier; and her siblings, Ila Mae, Leona, Allaine, Fredrica and Frederick. Corrine was a wonderful Mama, Gram and Gigi. She treasured time with her family and made celebrations and gatherings special. She loved Christmas and worked hard all year to make gifts for everyone —- gorgeous quilts, elaborate tree skirts, personalized stockings, placemat sets, porcelain dolls,
snowbaby ornaments customized for one’s hobbies and delicious baked goods. She welcomed new babies with hand-sewn burp cloths and taggie blankies, proud to make changes to improve the template, and new neighbors with custom curtains or throw pillows to help them feel at home. She cared about helping others and making those around her comfortable. Corrine was deeply committed to her Catholic faith and strove to help all of God’s children. She hired employees who she knew needed to catch a break, ran errands and cooked meals for friends in need, sat for hours with loved ones who were sick or dying, and gave reassurance to anyone who called and needed an ear. She had strong opinions, a determined work ethic and an appreciation for a job well done — along with a stubborn streak and a fiercely loyal disposition.
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These traits served her well as she overcame the challenges of growing up in an orphanage following her mother’s death when she was just 4 years old, having to join the workforce at a Winooski mill instead of pursuing a high school education, and later helping Raymond run their family business, Champlain Lanes. She was proud of what she overcame and dedicat-
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ed her life to being the best daughter, sister, wife and mother she could imagine despite few memories of her own mom. She and her husband enjoyed traveling and spent much of their retirement in Florida, but always returned to Vermont in the summer. Corrine enjoyed the simple things like camping at Apple Tree Bay, playing Uno and Skip Bo with her grandchildren, gathering for bingo and cooking wonderful mac and cheese for family events. She is survived by her sons, Michael and partner, Pam of Winterville, N.C., Randy and wife, Nancy of Charlotte, and Andrew of Winooski. She also leaves eight grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild to carry on her loving and generous spirit. Her beautiful smile, sharp wit, creative energy and, most importantly, her unconditional love will
be missed. The family would like to thank Corrine’s beloved hospice caregivers, Haley and Sissy, the amazing team of staff and volunteers at the Respite House, and members of her church community, including Kathy and Father Charles. In lieu of flowers, the family would be honored if you sent contributions in Corrine’s memory to the UVM Cancer Cente, Given 3N, 89 Beaumont Ave., Burlington VT 05405, or the McClure-Miller Respite House, UVM HHH, 1110 Prim Road, Colchester VT 05446. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at 11 a.m. at the Holy Family Catholic Church, 32 Lincoln Street in Essex Junction. Arrangements are in care of the Ready Funeral & Cremation Service. To send online condolences to her family, please visit readyfuneral.com.