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Chittenden County sees legislative shakeup Six of the county’s southernmost seats open for newcomers COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
Chittenden County is seeing a shakeup in its legislative representation, with six of the county’s southernmost House seats open to newcomers as five incumbents step out of the political scene. In South Burlington, only one of four incumbents is seeking reelection, and a new fifth seat will be open as well thanks to the state’s new House district map. In Shelburne, longtime representative Kate Webb is stepping down, and Hinesburg’s Bill Lippert, who has served in the House for nearly three decades, announced this month he will not run again. “The time has come for others to ask for your support as they step into the legislative political arena,” Lippert said. “I treasure the opportunities I have had to support the town of Hinesburg, to have an impact on significant statewide policies and to assist so many of you when you needed help from state government.” While Hinesburg town clerk Melissa Ross said that no one has submitted a petition to officially run for Lippert’s seat, Champlain Valley Union High School librarian and social studies teacher Christina Deeley has announced her intention to run. (See related, page 4) In Shelburne, Webb, the chair of the House Committee on Education who has served in the Chittenden 5-1 district since 2009, announced last week that she would not run. See SEATS on page 11
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Maggie Miller plays the alto sax to “Just the Two of Us” by Bill Withers and Grover Washington Jr.
Hinesburg’s own ‘School of Rock’ Student band practices for live show at the school, one for general public COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
Rehearsals begin around 3 p.m. but band members typically arrive early — ready to go before Niel Maurer even steps into the room. Their instruments are tuned, sheet music out, fiddling on their instruments and talking among themselves, waiting to start playing. A portrait of Ella Fitzgerald hangs on the wall. They start off with a somber song: “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” a 2005 alternative rock song by the punk rock band Green Day. “The classic middle school rock band song,” says Dylan Lutters as he positions
the microphone. “Dark vibes.” Lutters sings the tune, while the six other members of the band play along. Eleanore Lutschner plays the cello, providing an appropriate sound for the tone of the song. “More angst!” Tracy Tomasi-Applin yells to Lutters through the noise. By the end of the rehearsal, which, generally, turns into more of an improvised jam session, the band members are running outside of the rehearsal space, asking their parents if they can stay for 10 more minutes. Since March, this group of seven Hinesburg Community School kids have been practicing every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday in preparation for what will be the debut show for The Greenhawks on Friday.
Coming out of yet another wave of COVID-19 this fall, Niel Maurer, an educator at the school, was thinking of ways of giving the school and the community a good pick-me-up. The school’s fall musicals had been postponed for two consecutive years, and the theater space was being used primarily for storage. “At first I thought, let’s do a variety show. Let’s shake the tree and see who comes out,” he said. He eventually got six kids into one room, and it quickly developed into something exciting. “I realized, ‘Oh man, these guys have the chops,” Maurer said. “They’re into it, See BAND on page 10
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Hinesburg applies for grant for Richmond Road pedestrian path COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
Hinesburg has gone out to bid to start building a pedestrian path along Richmond Road, a costly but necessary project, selectboard members said, that residents have been asking for for years. Town officials during their last selectboard meeting unanimously approved a grant application through the state’s bicycle and pedestrian path program. They requested the full amount of the grant, $1.23 million, with the understanding that they would be willing to accept less. If the grant is approved, the town would need to match nearly $250,000. “This has been a request by people on Richmond Road for years that we do something, and the cost was just unsupportable, we couldn’t do it,” said selectboard chair Merrilly Lovell. “This is a first step.” The grant would only fund a quarter portion of the total path envisioned by the town. The Richmond Road Bicycle and Pedestrian Study, completed in April, said that a path from Pond Road to Texas Hill Road would include total costs of $3.3 million. The study, completed by Toole Design, suggested splitting the path’s construction into four segments at 1.5 miles each: the first from Pond Road to Longmeadow Road, the second from Longmeadow Road to Jourdan Street, the third from Jourdan Street to Birchwood Street, and the last stretching
to Texas Hill Road. All told, a completed path would stretch 7,568 feet and serve more than 250 addresses, according to the study. This grant application, and the town’s matching funds, would fund the construction of the path from Pond Road to Longmeadow Road. “If we were awarded less, what we could do is shorten up the segment — we could go to the transportation alternatives grant program for additional funding and we could also, in a future year, go back to the bicycle and pedestrian path program for the balance of the funding,” town manager Todd Odit said. “These projects take years to get from grant award to actual construction.” Selectboard members were all in favor. “I think the town would support this, even though it is a good amount of money,” selectboard member Phil Pouech said. “The people that live in that area, they could be walking to school, they could be biking to town, the quality of lifefor everybody would significantly improve by being able to move people down that hill safely.” “I drive that road every day and I see kids walking that road and it’s unsafe,” selectboard member Maggie Gordon said. “I’m grateful nothing has happened yet, but it is not a safe road to walk or bike, for sure.” It is unclear what the timeline is for the grant application, or when the town will hear whether it has been awarded any funds.
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John Joachim, with the Shelburne Museum, works on hot metal in the museum’s blacksmith shop.
Shelburne Museum opens for 75th year, looks for return to ‘normal’ Exhibits on American Art, Luigi Lucioni run through October COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
John Joachim hammers away at hot metal, shaping blackened tools over an old steel anvil, demonstrating for groups of museumgoers a craft that was once of pivotal importance for small town New England citizens and their farming economies. Joachim’s been doing this for more than 10 years as Shelburne Museum’s blacksmith — splitting
his time between the blacksmith shop and the old printing press exhibit. But he’s got more of a connection to the museum than it first appears. Once the president of the Williston Historical Society, Joachim is surrounded by tools that his great grandfather, Eusebe “Zeke” Robarge, used in his own blacksmith shop in the late 19th century, as well as tools used by Robarge’s son, William — who was not only a local blacksmith
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Hinesburg Police Blotter May 9 at 9:50 a.m., a crash over night on Billings Farm Road was reported the next morning. The owner of the car had it towed before officers arrived. May 9 at 12:36 p.m., someone parked on the sidewalk on Mechanicsville Road. Officers determined it was construction workers and they moved the vehicles. May 9 at 10 a.m., someone reportedly crashed their car on Gilman Road over night and it was reported the next morning. The car was gone when police arrived. May 9 at 4:43 p.m., police assisted in an ongoing neighbor dispute on Birchwood Drive. The latest development in the dispute which partly is over property boundaries, involved one of the neighbors calling the other a
“pig.” An officer talked to both of the neighbors and resolved the issue for now. May 9 at 6:41 p.m., a resident of Jourdan Street reported she had been subject to identity theft, giving police documents related to a fraudulent check incident earlier in the year and an incident involving her personal information being taken by a credit card company. An officer is still investigating. May 10 at 12:37 p.m., police worked with the staff at the Hinesburg Community School to locate a student who had run off. May 11 at 10:41 a.m., officers unlocked a car for someone who’d left their keys inside on Riggs Road. May 11 at 2:06 p.m., a resident of McGee Hill Road reported a
giant tree in their yard had been cut down without their knowledge. While police initially wondered if the tree had simply fallen down, the status of the tree suggested it had been cut. None of the neighbors likely cut down the tree, police said; instead they believe the tree had either been sawed a long time ago and had just recently fallen, or an issue with a former tenant of the house sparked someone to more recently cut down the tree. May 11 at 2:09 p.m., a vehicle caught fire in someone’s driveway on Richmond Road. Police arrived on scene first and attempted to use fire distinguishers to fight the blaze, but were glad when the fire department arrived and were able to put it out. Note: The incidents above are not a full recount of police activity, rather a highlight of some of the events that occurred.
George seeks reelection as county’s state’s attorney Political Notebook Sarah George Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah F. George has announced her bid to seek re-election. George has served as the state’s attorney for Chittenden County since January 2017 after Gov. Sarah George Phil Scott appointed her to the position. In 2018 she won the election with 99.1 percent of the vote. “After more than 11 years as a prosecutor and the last five as state’s attorney, the importance
of this role has never been clearer to me,” she said in a press release. “I have exercised the immense power given to me by the people of Chittenden County with fairness and respect. I have served our community by providing opportunity, intervention, and support to victims, families and people charged with crimes.” “My office has implemented bold policies that promote safe, healthy and strong communities. We have more work to do, and I look forward to hearing from the voters of Chittenden County over the next few months.” George said her office has focused on achieving meaningful public safety goals, protecting the community, and addressing racial equity, harm reduction, mental illness and poverty. More at sarahforstatesattorney.com.
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first-hand the opportunity gaps that exist for Vermonters from historically marginalized backgrounds because of systemic racism, income inequality and our general lack of awareness and funding for mental health needs.” She said she also understand the effects the pandemic has had on children and families in Vermont. “I’d like to thank retiring Rep. Bill Lippert for his service to our town, and I’d also like to thank him for an engaging and substantive campaign when I ran against him in 2020. Now we have an open seat, and it’s more important than ever to send a strong voice to Montpelier to advocate for paid family leave and universal child care, protecting voter access, equitable and affordable education, expanding health care and mental health services, environmental justice and a promotion of equity in all aspects of government and its services.” A Chicago-area native, Deeley moved to Vermont in 2010 with her family, and all four of her children attend Hinesburg Community School. She currently works as a librarian and social studies teacher at Champlain Valley Union High School. “I know there are many difficult issues to confront, and I also know that we’re up to the task, together,” she said. More at christina@deeleyforvt.com.
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OPINION Prop 5 matters now more than ever Guest Perspective Lewis Mudge In recent years we’ve had several “I can’t believe it” moments. From a worldwide pandemic to the United Kingdom voting for Brexit, and from the storming of the Capitol in January 2021 to the disbelief when Putin launched his ground war in Europe, there have been too many moments when it seems that the world has gone crazy. Last week we saw the latest iteration of this trend with the leaked memo from the U.S. Supreme Court. Roe v. Wade, the landmark court decision that protects a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion, will most likely be overturned in the next few months. Roe has been a right for my entire life and this leaked memo has shaken my faith in the Supreme Court as a pillar removed from partisan politics. But much, much worse, it will be catastrophic for women across the country. In the U.S., outlawing abortion will most affect marginalized women, including those living in economic poverty, young women, and Black, Indigenous and women of color. These women already face significant barriers accessing abortion care. Outside the U.S., abortion bans have not decreased the number of abortions, but rather increased unsafe abortions, especially affecting women of limited means. In countries across the world there is a relationship between restrictive abortion legislation and increases in maternal mortality and morbidity. Banning abortion was unconstitutional under Roe. But now that right will fall to individual states, 13 of which have trigger laws, which means that abortion will become illegal as soon as the Supreme Court decision is announced. In some of these states, there is no exception made for cases of rape or incest. This means that some women will be required — by law — to carry a child to term in a country that does not have subsidized child care, paid parental leave or universal health care. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, six in 10 women who have abortions are already mothers, 43 percent of abortions occur in
the first six weeks and 92 percent as that may be — it would be occur in the first 13 weeks, or almost impossible for a conserthe first trimester. Some state vative body to ban the woman’s governments will now require a right to choose. baby be brought to term and will We are living through history not guarantee any support. and, personally, I never thought Thankfully this is not happen- I would see Roe v. Wade overing in Vermont. We currently turned in my lifetime. Some have 10 facilities that provide critics have said the wording abortion, six of which are clinics. of Proposition 5 is ambiguous. The state performs around 1,200 While this may be the case, abortions a year, including for recent events at the Supreme people who travel from other Court have made it a necessity. states for care. We will be In 2019 legisthe first state lators codified to specifically Some critics have abortion into protect reprosaid the wording law with Act ductive rights in 47, meaning our state constiof Proposition 5 is that abortion is tution and we legal. But laws should expect ambiguous. While are relatively a flurry of easy to change outside groups this may be the case, and advertisand so that same year some ing seeking to recent events at the lawmakers began block Prop 5. the process of Our legislators Supreme Court have making abortion should move a right in the beyond this made it a necessity. Vermont Constiproposition tution. and consider The process of changing increased access to care, protecthe constitution in Vermont is tion and support to individuals long and deliberate: it requires accessing abortion care from out approval from two state legislaof state. tures and a final approval from A woman’s health and right all voters in a ballot measure. to choose is up on the ballot this When I studied law, we were November. It is imperative that taught the basics on this imporVermonters approve this constitance: laws can change but the tutional change. protection offered in constitutions cannot be quickly overWhile Lewis Mudge is a turned. member of the Charlotte If the Vermont Legislature Selectboard, this perspective suddenly flipped — unlikely was written in a private capacity.
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Obituary Eric W. Bown A celebration of the life of Eric W. Bown of Monkton will be celebrated on Saturday,
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Legislative biennium comes to productive end, rep says Report from the Legislature Rep. Mike Yantachka
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The last couple of weeks of a legislative session are marked by a frenzy of movement as bills pass back and forth between the House and Senate with proposals of amendment and further proposals of amendment. When agreement can’t be reached through the amendment Rep. Mike Yantachka process, conference committees are appointed to work out a compromise acceptable to both chambers. This year the processes worked smoothly, and agreements were able to be reached on most of the key bills. But there were a few disappointments. The governor used his veto pen liberally. An earlier veto of a housing bill resulted in going back to the drawing board to remove or adjust provisions he objected to. Another was the ban on firearms in hospitals, which contained a provision to close the “Charleston loophole,” which allowed a firearm to be purchased if a federal background check didn’t complete in three days. Senate bill 30 required a completed background check, regardless of how long it took, for a sale to be legal, which the governor felt was unacceptable. A compromise was reached to permit a sale after seven business days if the background check didn’t complete, and the governor signed the bill. After a summer of negotiations involving legislators, representatives from the teachers’ and state employees’ unions, the state treasurer and the commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation, a pension bill was passed with the agreement of all parties to the negotiations. The bill, S.286, passed with unanimous support in the House and Senate. Because the bill didn’t include allowing defined contribution plans (401(k)-type plans) for new employees, a last-minute demand of the governor, he vetoed it. The consensus is that including that option would undercut the sustainability of the pension system and bring us back to square one. For the first time in Vermont history,
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the veto was overridden by unanimous roll-call votes in the House and Senate. Two more vetoes, one on a Burlington charter change that required a just cause for evictions and another on the clean heat standard, H.715, which my committee worked on, were upheld by a one-vote margin. With 100 votes required to override — both override efforts failed on a 99-51 vote — it was very disappointing on both counts. The governor objected to the clean heat standard bill after it was passed by the House because the costs are unknown, and there would be no chance for the Legislature to weigh in after the Public Utility Commission designed the program. With that objection in mind, the Senate amended the bill to require legislative review and approval of the program before it could start. Scott vetoed the bill anyway. Vetoes aside, the session was very productive because of the huge influx of federal American Rescue Plan Act funds and infrastructure bill money. Bolstered by strong state revenues, many programs were enacted using one-time federal money to help low- and middle-income Vermonters, children, students and workers
who have been struggling in the COVID-19 affected economy. These appropriations included $95 million for broadband; $70 million for housing, including $20 million for the missing middle and manufactured housing; $26 million for mental health, developmental disability services and home health care; $138 million for workforce development, including nursing education, skilled trades and worker re-training; $35 million for the Vermont State College System; $50 million for IT systems modernization; $215 million for climate initiatives, including weatherization, municipal energy resilience, advanced electrical metering and EV incentives; $104 million for clean water initiatives, including municipal water and wastewater systems; and many other services for a total budget of $8.3 billion. In his closing remarks to the House just prior to our adjournment on Thursday, May 12, Scott praised the Legislature for its work for the people and the economy of Vermont. As always, I welcome your emails (myantachka.dfa@gmail. com) or phone calls (802-2335238). This article and others can be found at mikeyantachka.com.
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COMMUNITY Community Notes CVU students bring back Family Fun Day Champlain Valley Union High School students, with support from the school’s business program, will host its annual Make-a-Wish Family Fun Day Saturday, June 4, 4-7 p.m., at the high school. The community afternoon features food, games, music, yard games, face painting, group activities, guest speakers, the opportunity to make new friends and more. Various food trucks and other vendors will be on site. All proceeds go directly to the Vermont Make-A-Wish Foundation. In past years this event has been a family formal, but due to the pandemic as well as other factors, students are hosting an outdoor celebration this year. (Rain location will be in the cafeteria). The theme is Hawaiian summertime, and we are excited to see you dressed up in festive
shirts and grass skirts. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for kids 12 and under if pre-purchased online. Tickets at the door will be $16 for adults and $8 for youth. A food and drink voucher is included in the price of each ticket. Get tickets online at bit. ly/37pRsiG Questions? Email Logan Vaughan at loganvaughan@ cvdsvt.org.
Professors shares science, application of homeopathy Sallie Mack talks about “Homeopathic Medicine: History, Science, Application” at the next Charlotte Senior Center Wednesday lecture on May 25. Homeopathy is a 250-year-old medicinal practice that is used in 17 countries around the world. Homeopathic remedies are made from minerals, plants and animals that are safe to use and can heal
without suppressing symptoms and without harmful negative side effects. Mack is a classically trained homeopath and professor of Homeopathy at Northern Vermont University. The free, in-person lectures start at 1 p.m. Questions? Leave a message at 802-425-6345 or visit charlotteseniorcentervt.org.
Need some garden color? Stop by plant sale Stop by the Charlotte Senior Center Saturday, May 28, 9 a.m.noon for its annual plant sale. Stock up on a great selection of annuals and perennials, rain or shine.
Health center offers free vaccine clinic Charlotte Senior Center holds a COVID-19 vaccination clinic Tuesday, May 24, 12:30-4:30
p.m. with Garnet Healthcare. The walk-in clinic is free, and no appointment is necessary. Vaccines and boosters are available for pediatric Pfizer (ages 5-11), and adult Pfizer (12+) and Moderna (18+).
Register ahead for Age Well meals The Age Well meal pickup for Thursday, May 19, is from 10-11 a.m., Charlotte Senior Center, 212 Ferry Road, and features roast turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, winter squash, cranberry sauce, dinner roll, pumpkin pudding with cream and milk. You must have pre-registered by Monday, May 16, with Lori York, 802-425-6371 or lyork@ charlotteseniorcentervt.org The meal on Thursday, May 26 — register by May 23 — is roast beef with sauce, home fried potatoes with paprika, French green beans with lentils, wheat
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Hinesburg Firefighters Association holds craft fair Join the Hinesburg Firefighters Association for its spring craft fair on Saturday, May 21, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at the Hinesburg Fire Station The event will include local crafters as well as outside business consultants, including Scentsey, Tupperware, Magnabilities Jewelry, Touchstone Jewelry, Color Street consultants and many more. Proceeds benefit the association.
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Cutting gardens give fresh-cut blossoms for summer, fall DEBORAH J. BENOIT UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT EXTENSION
A cutting garden provides a home-grown source of material for fresh flower arrangements. It might focus on one type of plant, such as a spring cutting garden featuring a variety of daffodils or tulips or include a season-spanning variety you can cut throughout the warm-weather months. Whatever flowers you choose, select those with long stems. They can be perennials or annuals or a mixture of both. If you’re planning on mixed-flower arrangements, also include filler and foliage plants to round out your design options. A variety of daffodils and tulips make a beautiful springtime display and wonderful bouquets for the home. You can plant these bulbs in the fall in groups or scattered among other perennial plantings. For a season-spanning cutting garden, consider perennials such as spring-blooming peonies (Paeonia) or bearded iris (Iris germanica), late spring to early summer-blooming yarrow (Achillea millefolium), summer-blooming garden phlox (Phlox paniculata) or purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) and mid-summer to fall-blooming tickseed (Coreopsis). While annuals will need to be replaced each year, their bloom time tends to be longer than perennials, often spanning months. Consider annuals such as cosmos
(Cosmos bipinnatus), sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus) and zinnias (Zinnia elegans) for a variety of color and as long-lasting additions to your cutting garden. Including filler plants such as baby’s breath (Gypsophila) and dill (Anethum graveolens) along with foliage plants such as coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) or hosta (Hosta) will round out your cut flower arrangements. A cutting garden can take the form of a traditional garden plot with straight rows, a raised bed, an island planting or a row of flowers along a walkway. Whatever design you choose, be sure each plant will be within easy reach for ease of cutting. Keep in mind the needs of the plants you want to grow when selecting a location. Just as when planning any other garden bed, for a successful cutting garden, you will need a site with good soil and plenty of sun (six to eight hours each day), although there are bouquet-worthy flowers that do well in partial shade, such as astilbe. Begin by removing all weeds from the garden bed and turning the soil to loosen it. If the soil needs any amendments, such as compost or slow-release fertilizer, add to the bed at this time. A soil test will help determine the soil’s fertility. You can get your soil tested through the University of Vermont Agricultural and Environmental Testing Lab. (pss.uvm.
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a set list ready to go for their two shows, but they like to throw songs out there and learn them on the spot. “We see it, I mean, they just light up,” said Tomasi-Applin, an educator at the school. “They’re a great crew because they really do listen to each other. They’re respectful and aware of sharing a creative space. They’re really encouraging of each other.” As of this report, they have one more day of rehearsals to lock it in before the big day. They’ll perform an in-school show for all
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continued from page 1 “It’s been an amazing experience. I’ve been able to participate in some significant conversations about the state of Vermont. And now it’s time to focus on the next stage of my life, which is just basically my family,” Webb told VTDigger. Hoping to replace her is Kate Lalley, a Shelburne resident with more than 15 years of public service in the town as a planning commission member and, most recently, on the selectboard. She works as a landscape architect and a regional planner. Lalley called her candidacy a natural progression of her public service career. “One of the reasons I’m doing this is I think our town has really strong representation and I want to continue that, and I think I have some skills that will lend itself to that,” she said. “We have a workforce and housing crisis, those two things are intimately related,” she said. “This is really front and center for me. But we also want to protect our environment — those two things have been seen as, ‘Well, you can have one or you can have the other,’ but I think that’s been a false dichotomy. We’re trying to address that here in Shelburne, finding creative ways to add more attainable housing here. I think that some of the things that we can do on the local level ... could be kind of scaled up to at the state level.” “There are barriers at the state level that makes that I think harder than it needs to be,” she added. So far, no one else has officially filed to run for Webb’s seat, according to Shelburne
town clerk Diana Vachon. The filing deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday, May 26. Rep. Jessica Brumsted, Shelburne’s other representative, who also represents St. George in the Chittenden-5-2 district, told the newspaper she plans on running for reelection, extending her 6-year tenure in the House. “I am running for many reasons, but one important specific reason is because I want to be as helpful as I can on reforming our child care system,” she said. “We have two studies out there: a systems analysis and a finance analysis. I would like to be in a position to help address what we learn from these studies as best I can, so I am planning to hang in there. I am a member of the House Committee on Human Services and have worked on this issue for the past four years. It’s important to me to continue.” Rep. Michael Yantachka, Charlotte’s sole House member, is planning on extending his tenure in the Statehouse. In an announcement to the newspaper, he said, “During my time in office, my priority has always been to support policies that benefit Vermonters and make Vermont, and our community in particular, a better place to live and work. I believe in a strong democracy in which all citizens can participate through their right to vote.” In South Burlington, three sitting House representatives, who collectively have 44 years of experience between the three, will be passing the baton. Reps. Ann Pugh, John Killacky and Maida Townsend’s departures mean most
of South Burlington’s delegation to the state will be newcomers. “It has been one of the greatest privileges in my life to bring the voices of residents of South Burlington to Montpelier, to bring their interests and concerns into the legislative discussions,” Pugh said. Rep. Martin LaLonde, who’s been in the Legislature for eight years, serving on the House Committee on Judiciary, as chair of the committee on judicial rules, and now part of majority leadership, hopes to keep his seat to finish up some “unfinished business.” “There are some issues that I have been working on for six, eight years, that are
getting pretty darn close,” he said. South Burlington resident Emilie Krasnow has announced her candidacy for Pugh’s vacant seat in Chittenden District 9, while Kate Nugent, a local justice of the peace and member of the South Burlington Board of Civil Authority, plans to run for Townsend’s seat. Former South Burlington school board member Brian Minier is likely running for Killacky’s seat. No one has officially announced their candidacy for the new fifth House district, shared between South Burlington and Williston, which was allocated in the recent redistricting process.
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Above: Champlain Valley’s Gus Serinese won the 110-meter hurdles at the Burlington Invitational Track and Field Meet on Saturday, May 14. Left: A CVU relay member moves around the track at the meet.
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Softball Champlain Valley 19, Mount Mansfield 8: The CVU softball team captured its third win in four games, beating Mount Mansfield Saturday, May 14. Kate Boget led the way with three RBIs for the Redhawks, while Sophia Stevens and Baylee Yandow each drove in two runs. Olivia St. Peter had a double and an RBI, and Elyse Ayer, Kaitlyn Jovell and Grace Ferguson each drove in a run. CVU moved to 3-6.
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Girls’ tennis Burlington 5, Champlain Valley 2: Champlain Valley lost its first two singles matches and could not recover in a loss to Burlington Saturday. Cassie Bastress and Sage Peterson each got a win at No. 4 and No. 5 singles, respectively, but the team fell in both doubles matches as well as No. 1, 2 and 3 singles.
Boys’ lacrosse Champlain Valley 11, Essex 7: Matais Williams tallied four times to pace Champlain Valley in a win over Essex on Friday, May 13. Turner Elliot added a hat trick and an assist, while Peter Gilliam and Colin Zouck each had a two goals. Jake Bowen made 22 saves in the net. CVU moved to 10-1 with the win.
Baseball Champlain Valley 6, Mount Mansfield 1: The team opened up a five-run lead by the end of the third inning and did not look back to beat Mount Mansfield Saturday. Ryan Canty got the win, striking out eight and allowing no runs on four hits. Oliver Pudvar went 3-for-4, while Braedon Jones drove in a run. The Redhawks moved to 8-1.
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continued from page 2 in Massachusetts, which is also celebrating its 75th anniversary. What separates it from other museums of its kind is both its collection as well as its mission, embedded by the museum’s founder, Electra Havemeyer Webb, who in 1947 created a site that would collect and celebrate the arts of America. She died in 1960. Thanks to her, the museum has works on display by Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt and Claude Monet, including the first painting of Monet’s to come to the United States. “If you’re a school child growing up here, you get to go see the first Claude Monet painting to come to America —- that’s here. One of the great Manet’s, “The Grand Canal of Venice,” is here. That’s the kind of painting that can be hanging anywhere. We get loan requests for those paintings all the time for major European museums,” Denenberg said. “There’s more of Museum of Modern Art DNA here than you would think.” It’s that dual function that makes the museum unique — to both preserve history, but also to promote contemporary creative life. Fourteen works will be on display through the season by Maria Shell, a quiltmaker who produces contemporary quilts “grounded in the tradition and craft of American quilt making.” This season’s visitors will also be able to view an exhibition of the work of Luigi Lucioni, who died in 1988. The exhibition, “Luigi Lucioni: Modern Light,” runs from June 25 through Oct. 16 and will showcase “the technically sophisticated realist who favored the play of light and shadows on weathered barns and stately trees contributing to the genre termed ‘Yankee Modernism.’” Another exhibit, “Eyesight and Insight: Lens on American Art,” which runs through Oct. 16, will feature objects from Shelburne Museum’s collection as well loaned works by
Rembrandt Peale, George Cope, Tseng Kwong Chi and others, to illuminate “the history of creative response to perceptions of vision and invite new insights into the ways American artists have negotiated issues related to eyesight from the 18th to the 21st century.”
Denenberg is looking forward to the summer season, which might be the closest to normal the museum — or anyone — has had since 2019. The museum operated on a very limited run in the summer of 2020, and last year had roughly
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TAURUS April 21 - May 21 Check around the house for any areas that could benefit from a little improvement, Taurus. Some renovations could provide a whole new look and even outlook.
GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Figure out a way to show support for a valued colleague, Gemini. Sometimes just a kind word can transform someone’s day. Your kindness will be repaid.
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July 23 - Aug. 23 Leo, if you have been feeling bored and restless for the last several days, a change of scenery could be in order. A vacation can fit the bill, but even a day trip will prove effective.
VIRGO Aug. 24 - Sept. 22 Your ability to focus is high today, Virgo. This means you can learn many new skills and apply them how you see fit. Take advantage of this chance to better yourself.
LIBRA Sept. 23 - Oct. 23 Give some thought to how you can increase your income, Libra. It can help to have a few extra dollars coming in each month. A part-time job may be the right fit for now.
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Oct. 24 - Nov. 22 Setbacks at work may have you feeling a little nervous, Scorpio. However, everything goes through a natural cycle and soon all will be well again. Maintain the status quo.
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