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June 30, 2022

Weekly news coverage for Charlotte and Hinesburg

Charlotte asks itself: What’s a food truck?

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Ordinance tries to set parameters COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER

Food trucks remain an elusive target in Charlotte, for now.

An attempt by the town’s selectboard to pass ordinances regulating special events and food trucks in town, and defining their permitted uses, was panned at a recent Charlotte Selecboard meeting.

The issue initially arose in 2020, when a pop-up event at Charlotte Crossings on Route 7 featuring several food trucks was issued a cease-and-desist letter by the town that ordered them to remove the food trucks or get hit

with a $200 a day fine.

Food trucks, the town said, are considered “fast food” or a “snack bar,” which is not a permitted use in town and requires special permits.

But a draft ordinance that made its way onto the selectboard’s agenda this month would have set “reasonable guidelines and regulations for food trucks and to encourage the safe and convenient use of the town’s public right-of-way.”

The ordinance would have given authority over food trucks to the selectboard, and would See FOOD TRUCK on page 12

411 on area July 4 festivities, fireworks School’s out, creemee stands are bustling, families are firing up barbecues and dusty beach chairs are emerging from storage.

Summer is here and kicking off the season, like every year, is Independence Day, ripe with opportunities to parade watch, socialize and enjoy good old-fashioned fireworks.

Here’s the 411 on July 4 events around Chittenden County.

HINESBURG The theme for Hinesburg’s Fourth of July parade this year is A Hinesburg Hoedown! The parade on July 4 will be led by a trio of grand marshals: Jeff Glover, Doug Gunnerson and Hank White.

Sunday, July 3 will feature a variety of events, starting with the Carpenter Carse Library book sale,

5-8 p.m., in the United Church of Hinesburg’s Osborne Parish Hall.

That’s followed by the annual Hilly Hobble Foot Race — register in front of Hinesburg Community School at 6 p.m. The 10k begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by the 5k and kids’ 2k. Don’t forget your costumes, kids!

The race finishes in Veteran’s Park.

On Monday, July 4, the book sale restarts at 9 a.m. while folks start to assemble for the parade at 11 a.m. at the bottom of Buck Hill Road West and Route 116. (Register your float or organization at hinesburgrec.com.)

The parade starts at noon and winds through the village, onto Mechanicsville Road and ends at the post office.

See FESTIVITIES on page 16

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Charlotte residents last Friday protested against the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade and gave support for Prop 5, the Vermont Reproductive Liberty amendment to the Vermont Constitution.

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Schools face tough choices with new ed formula

CVU district could face 16 percent tax increase COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER

With Vermont’s new education formula signed into law, the Champlain Valley School District will have to face tough choices in budget years to come — namely, how and where in its budget to cut spending to avoid a 16 percent tax increase.

The new formula, signed by Gov. Phil Scott in May, builds upon a 2019 study conducted by researchers at the University of Vermont and Rutgers University that showed the state’s practice of pupil weights was insufficient, and that those weights for low-income students or non-English speaking students needed to be raised.

Vermont’s education formula tries to ensure that rural or low-income school districts with fewer resources are not forced to pass big tax hikes onto their residents by weighing students in these districts differently.

But because of the new shift in pupil weighting, several districts are facing drops in pupil weights, meaning they’ll eventually have to start raising taxes or cutting spending to fill in the gap.

As a result, the Champlain Valley School District, which includes Hinesburg, Charlotte, Shelburne, Williston and St. George, is facing a budget hole that will either need to be raised through a 16 percent homestead tax rate increase, or by dramatically cutting spending in the district.

“Nobody likes a 16 percent tax increase, and nobody’s going to like it when we start cutting things in schools,” Jeanne Jenson, the district’s chief operations officer, said. “As a school district, we agonize when the tax rate is going to go up by 3 percent, (but) the property taxes either have to go up or we have to cut an awful lot of

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With new pupil weighting, taxpayers in Charlotte and Hinesburg could face a hefty tax increase or substantial budget cuts.

spending out of our budget.”

Luckily, officials have some time. The new formula won’t take effect until fiscal year 2025, and will be phased in through 2029 to ensure tax increases are not overly onerous, givng the district time to begin making any tough decisions.

The first move for the district is “communicating what this all means to our voters,” said Angela Arsenault, CVSD’s school board president, by developing a communications plan with the administration to “really figure out how to communicate this all in plain language, and the first step in that is the board digesting all this information and understanding it so that we as individual board members can communicate it plainly and

correctly.”

Community forums this fall, when the district works on next year’s budget, will likely mark the first broad community discussion on the issue.

“We want to be as transparent as possible, because people are going to start reading about it and hearing about it more in the news,” Bonnie Birdsall, director of communications with the district, said. “We want to inform our communities.”

Through community participation, the district hopes to adopt a new strategic plan, outlining what it wants to emphasize in its district and how the community wants to see its schools operate.

“As we settle on a strategic

plan for the district, we’re also sort of, in parallel, going to be aligning all our resources with strategic initiatives,” Jenson said. “You would hope at some point, as you did that, you may find things that are no longer aligned.”

This will give officials a starting point. The problem is much of the district’s budget is contractual.

Roughly 80 percent of the district’s funds are devoted to salaries and benefits for its employees, Arsenault said.

“I think our community really values the school system that we have and would be unwilling to take kind of draconian cuts,” Jenson said. “That said, they also probably can’t afford a 16 percent tax increase. So, the answer is

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going to be somewhere in the middle, which will be up to the school board and the voters.”

The district will also soon begin working with an outside consultant “to develop a different lens through which to review our budget,” Arsenault said.

“We haven’t been in this position — certainly not since consolidation — where we needed to think about budget cuts,” she said. “This board could not in good conscience ask the voters to approve a 16 percent increase on property taxes. We wouldn’t do that, but that’s what we’re facing if nothing changes. That’s what we’re facing with the implementation of the new pupil weights.

That’s the worst-case scenario.”

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Evans announces House bid Political Notebook Chea Waters Evans I’m sitting here at my desk on this beautiful sunny day with tears in my eyes and a sick feeling in my heart. Roe v. Wade was overturned today, and just like that, women across this country are in danger.

I’m running as a Democrat for the House of Representatives seat in Chittenden-5, which covers Charlotte and part of Hinesburg.

I’m running because the incumbent, 12 years into his stint as our representative, decided to pull a bait-and-switch and change his vote on Prop 5, which guarantees in the Vermont Constitution a person’s right to reproductive freedom.

If you’re an elected official, your job is to stand up for the people who chose you, in good

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faith, to represent them. I guarantee you that most voters around here aren’t OK with my opponent’s vote against a woman’s right to choose, and I’m pretty sure he didn’t check with any of them before he switched his vote to a no.

This election isn’t just about

Prop 5, although that’s important. It’s about choosing someone who understands how even a seemingly innocuous “protest” vote against an important issue contributes to the erosion of our rights.

It’s time for a woman to represent Charlotte and Hinesburg in Montpelier. I’m willing to stand up for families, for women, for diversity in all its forms, for affordable housing, for farmers, for everyone who needs a little help being heard.

I’m happy to talk any time to anyone with questions or concerns, and I respectfully request your vote in this important election. Primary Election Day is Aug. 9, but you can vote early right now, or get an absentee ballot by calling your town clerk.

To reach Evans, email cheaevans@gmail.com or call 917-8878231.

Steve May mounts Senate bid Political Notebook Steve May Steve May of Richmond is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for state Senate in the newly formed Chittenden Southeast district.

In his announcement, May highlighted his significant participation in Vermont politics over many years, citing his extensive experience in health care, having worked as a clinical social worker in a variety of settings across Vermont. For the past 15 years, his clinical practice has focused primarily on addiction issues.

May said the state needs a system-wide change with more bed space across the treatment system, and he called on the state to double the number of treatments within four years.

May pointed to his experience in advocacy for patients with rare diseases to illustrate that any rollout of health care benefits would be state-based and must be inclusive enough to work for everyone.

As former national director of state affairs for the Hemophilia Federation of America and past director of advocacy for the New England Hemophilia Association, May was tasked with fighting for patients with bleeding disorders and their ability to access adequate care.

May noted the need to create a network of policy that place the needs of Vermont families first. “Affordability has become

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a buzzword somehow, but we need more than empty platitudes.

Paid family leave is a necessity, a meaningful increase in the minimum wage is a necessity, subsidized child care and adult day care are necessities and as a matter of public policy we must act like it.”

Finally, May said, Vermonters need a universal basic income.

“Economic displacement and the gig economy are the new reality for thousands upon thousands of workers. A universal basic income is intended to be a supplement to income and not replace work. In creating a supplemental stream of currency it is our hope that Vermonters would be freed up for work that suits their interests, not just their wallets. A broad-based universal basic income benefit that draws revenues from a multitude of sources should be made available to support Vermonters,” May said, noting that any benefit must

not compromise other existing benefit programs.

May said the state must address the housing crisis in Chittenden County. “Things are off kilter,” he said. “We must encourage the formation of a comprehensive plan that puts the brakes to double digit rent increases. In short, our housing market is broken and in dire need of a reset.”

He said the state must encourage sustained residential growth in dense village centers and support smart growth while balancing needs to maintain essential elements of the natural world. “The lack of entry level homes in the marketplace is staggering and rents are spiking,” he said.

In addition to his experience in health care, May started a civil rights organization focused on genetic bias issues, and was instrumental in its introduction and passage of bills in Massachusetts, Vermont and California, plus other jurisdictions.

May’s work was instrumental in putting the issue of genetic bias on the radar screen in the early 2010s through The Forum on Genetic Equity, the organization he founded. May has also served as a past member of the Vermont AFL-CIO executive board and as former vice president of the Champlain Valley Central Labor Council.

May also served as a member of the Smilie Elementary School Board in Bolton and the Richmond Selectboard.

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CRIME & COURTS Police seek couple who tried to lure girl South Burlington police are looking for a couple who tried to lure a 14-year-old girl into their car near Hinesburg Road and Market Street.

Police say that on June 22 around 2:40 p.m. the couple, driving a silver Kia with Maryland plates, stopped near Saint John Vianney Church, opened the vehicle’s rear door and told the girl to

get in the car.

The girl continued walking and the vehicle drove off. The man and woman were both white and the woman had red curly hair, police said.

Anyone with information about the incident should contact Sgt. Sarah Superneau at 802-846-4158 or ssuperneau@southburlingtonpolice.org.

Hinesburg Police Blotter June 13 at 10:35 a.m., a driver crashed near the intersection of Pond Road and Place Road East after experiencing a medical emergency while at the wheel.

Police responded and found the driver still in distress, so EMS was called to transport them to the hospital.

June 13 at 1 p.m., someone reported that earlier that day, a truck driver backed into the ice machine at Jiffy Mart then left the scene. However, surveillance footage and the name of a company emblazoned on

the truck tipped off the store manager as to who was driving. Police said that the driver was contacted, and both parties agreed to work out the issue.

June 13 at 5:15 p.m., a loose dog turned into the police station was reunited with its owner a couple hours later.

June 14 at 1 p.m., police connected a man having a mental health issue on Buck Hill Road with some members of the Howard Center community outreach See BLOTTER on page 5

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Pebbles was stolen on Williston Road nearly a month ago and police are looking for two suspects.

Police look for stolen, pregnant dog South Burlington police are looking for Pebbles, a pitbull mix, reported stolen June 2 at around 7:30 p.m. outside Petco, 861 Williston Road.

Her owner told police someone took the dog outside of the store while she shopped inside.

Pebbles is black, brown and white and approximately 1 year old.

Pebbles was pregnant at the time of the theft.

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Pebbles’ whereabouts. The women were last seen in a dark gray or red sedan and may have traveled west on Williston Road through South Burlington before the incident.

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Early primary voting begins Still time to register to vote AVALON STYLES-ASHLEY STAFF WRITER

Last Friday marked the start of early voting for August primaries in Vermont, bringing the state’s largest freshmen class of legislators in years one step closer to the Statehouse.

Those who’ve requested ballots by mail will each receive a Democrat, Republican and Progressive ballot, the state’s three major parties. Only one ballot should be filled out, although all three must be returned to your local clerk’s office by 7 p.m. on primary election day, Aug. 9.

If you’ve not registered to vote yet, there’s still time: new voter registration can be filled out online, by mail or in person at your local clerk’s office.

Missy Ross is the town clerk in Hinesburg while Mary Mead holds the same position in Charlotte.

The Secretary of State’s office website has helpful information about elections in Vermont, including its MyVoterPage dedicated to information on voter registration status, absentee ballots, poll locations, sample ballots and more.

“In 2020 we saw a record number of voters safely and securely cast their ballots early by mail, in-person at the clerk’s office, through a secure ballot drop box, or at the polls on Election Day,” Secretary of State Jim Condos said in a press release. “Whatever voting method you choose, make sure to get out and exercise your right to vote. Your vote is your voice!”

Roe ruling: Feminism might not be dead, but it’s exhausted Guest Perspective Elayne Clift Just days before the horrific Supreme Court decision that killed Roe v. Wade, a grievous act that rendered women and girls property of the state and subjected them to forced child bearing, a spate of opinion pieces appeared bemoaning the fact that feminism was all but gone in the face of massive backlash. Feminists I admire wrote disheartening columns that included expert opinion, research findings and personal analysis.

New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg wrote that “as the backlash gains steam, a lot of feminism feels enervated. There had been a desperate hope, among reproductive rights activists and Democratic strategists alike, that the end of Roe v. Wade would lead to an explosive feminist

mobilization, that people committed to women’s equality would take to the streets and recommit themselves to politics. But after the leak of the Supreme Court’s draft decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, it’s far from clear whether a political groundswell will materialize.”

Susan Faludi’s New York Times piece argued that pop culture, celebrity and rampant consumerism, along with fierce individualism, has fueled not just a backlash but a subtle generational divide in which younger feminists can be said to fight against “practical impediments to equality,” while second wave feminists (like myself) were “old-fashioned shoe-leather organizers” who were “oblivious to race and class.”

In making her argument against generational conflict she asks for “a reckoning with feminism” that “goes beyond

generational indictments.” It’s an admirable goal that has merit, but her language seems to fuel the divide.

What these two essays have in common is a focus on millennial feminism and their collective analysis should be taken seriously, but what troubles me is the notion that feminism, in all its variations and iterations, has spawned a powerful backlash and become divisive to the point of annihilation.

As a second wave feminist I reject that idea having worked, marched, protested with and mentored millennial women.

The feminism of my generation, flawed though it has been, is not dead. It is exhausted. In the words of the beloved civil rights leader Fanny Lou Hamer, we are simply “sick and tired of being sick and tired.”

See CLIFT on page 6

BLOTTER

continued from page 4 team.

June 15 at 4:30 p.m., a structure fire at a house on CB Road off Lincoln Hill Road left the home completely burned despite the Hinesburg Fire Department’s efforts. A dog died in the blaze, but no one else was hurt as the residents were not home. Police assisted with traffic control.

June 17 at 5:25 p.m., a road rage incident near Commerce Street led two drivers to pull into the Mobil station over the dispute, but the aggressor left before police arrived and they were not able to locate them.

June 17 at 6:30 p.m., police helped mediate a verbal fight over a custody issue between two people on North Road.

June 17 at 8:30 p.m., an individual who appeared to be intoxicated while shopping at Kinney Drugs was issued a trespass notice.

June 21 at 7:35 a.m., a single car was involved in a crash on Silver Street. Police did not have further information on the welfare of the driver as of press time.

June 21 at 10:45 a.m., two family members on Lake Street agreed to separate following a report they’d been shoving and yelling at each other, police said.

June 21 at 1 p.m., a house guest was no longer welcome on Birchwood Drive but did not have a way to leave, prompting a verbal fight between guest and resident, police reported.

They responded to the scene and stayed until the house guest was able to find a ride.

June 21 at 7:30 p.m., an officer looking for speeders noticed a car approaching slowly — very slowly — then saw the driver jump out and start pushing the car. The officer ran over to help push the car, which had run out of gas, to the side of the road and gave the driver a lift to the nearby auto shop for a refill.

June 21 at 8:30 p.m., police are still investigating a physical fight that broke out between neighbors on Jourdan Street.

No one needed medical attention.

June 22 at 8 a.m., a false alarm went off at Champlain Valley Union High School.

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CLIFT

continued from page 5 Our fight has been long and arduous, and unless you’ve been through it it’s impossible to grasp what it took to keep on keeping on and how punishing it could be, which leads me to some thoughts on younger feminists.

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Sadly, they are about to find out what it’s like and what it takes to begin again from the ground up. When they do find out their elders will be marching, protesting, voting, lobbying and more by their side, there will be no false dichotomy because we are all women who have been there or find ourselves there now.

In that sense, context, as older feminists know, is everything, and “the personal (really) is political” because what happens to one of us can happen to all of us when male power presides over our lives.

In that context I urge young women to educate themselves fully about women’s history and courageous fights for equality, full personhood, social justice and human rights in this country.

Our battles cross every sector of society and we have fought them well so that our daughters and

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the same as showing up in big numbers, which takes organizing on a scale that can feel overwhelming. Just ask Stacy Abrams.

Also, it’s deeply important to understand the politics of power, and the power of politics to think and act strategically so that change becomes a new reality.

I’m not arguing against a new, different feminism. As the wise Greek philosopher Heraclitus knew, “The Only Constant in Life Is Change.” I’m making a case for a hybrid feminism that doesn’t fall prey to conflict among its constituents for lack of context, depth and experience.

As for the disastrous decisions of a Supreme Court run amok, Rebecca Traister offered this call for hope: Noting that the situation is “wretched and plain” and “will get worse,” she wrote in The Cut that “the task for those who are stunned by the baldness of the horror, paralyzed by the bleakness of the view, is to figure out how to move forward anyway … because while it is incumbent on us to digest the scope and breadth of the badness, it is equally our responsibility not to despair.”

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Tina Smith agree. Writing in a New York Times guest perspective, they noted that this is a “dark moment” that “will require a long, hard fight.” As second wave feminists, they know what they’re talking about. “The two of us lived in an America without Roe v. Wade, and we are not going back,” they wrote. “Not now. Not ever.”

I’m with them.

Elayne Clift worked in the women’s health movement for over 30 years. More at elayneclift.com.

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Supreme Court decision paves way for universal school choice that the Vermont Supreme Court, in the Guest Perspective Brigham case (1997), held that education is a “common benefit” under the Vermont John McClaughry Constitution, and must be made available The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 21 to all children regardless of geographic decision in the Maine pupil tuitioning residence. case (Carson v. Makin) brings to a head a Affirming a right of dissatisfied parents long-simmering issue in Vermont education. to enjoy that benefit would of course Under what circumstances, if any, may end the public-school monopoly. School public money find its way into sectarian districts could still operate approved public elementary and secondary schools? schools, but all pupils residing in those Like Vermont, Maine has many lightdistricts would also have the choice to ly populated school districts that do not attend any public or approved independent contain a public secondary school. For over school, sectarian or non-sectarian, at public a hundred years, Maine and Vermont law expense. has allowed such districts to tuition secondCritics of tuitioning pupils to sectariary and sometimes elementary school pupils an schools will of course raise a conflict to schools of their choice, even schools in with the “no compelled support of reliother states or abroad. In Vermont some gion” clause of the Vermont Constitution.

7,000 K-12 pupils benefit from tuitioning.

Contrary to what the Vermont Supreme But in both states, public tuition Court held in the Chittenden case in 1999, payments may not flow to sectarian schools, that provision does not forbid a school even those approved by district from tuitionthe Vermont Agency of ing pupils to sectarian All parents — not Education as acceptable for schools; it only creates health, safety and educaan individual’s right not just tuition town tional curriculum. to be taxed to pay for In a landmark case religious instruction that parents — must decided in June 2020 goes against the taxpay(Espinoza v. Montana), the ers’ beliefs. be given their Supreme Court held that In 2003 Rep. Harvey excluding sectarian school Otterman of Topsham, a choice of approved pupils from tax credit-fundformer president of the ed scholarships infringed Vermont Bar Association, public schools, the pupils’ First Amendintroduced a bill to create ment right to freedom the machinery for those non-sectarian of speech. That decision requesting rebates. It stopped short of requiring didn’t get as much as five independent schools that if the government minutes of consideration. supplies funds to some The four powerful and sectarian pupils to attend sectarian public education lobby independent schools. groups — the Vermont schools, it cannot discriminate by withholding the School Boards Associasame common benefit from all pupils wanttion, Vermont Superintendents Association, ing to transfer out of public schools.

Vermont Principals Association and the Last week’s decision moves much closer Vermont-NEA teachers’ union — are excruto that sweeping requirement: all parents ciatingly aware of the direction in which — not just tuition town parents — must these court decisions seem to be heading. be given their choice of approved public Last February they joined in a letter to the schools, non-sectarian independent schools Senate Committee on Education that can be and sectarian independent schools. summarized as fund only public schools.

There are at least three cases in the Now that the court has heightened the Vermont courts that will be affected by the threat to their K-12 pupil monopoly, these Maine decision. Two of them are brought by interests will urge the Legislature — desperparents in tuition towns that want their chilately — to protect it, perhaps even ending dren to attend Roman Catholic schools. The the tuition program that has served Vermont Maine decision seems likely to settle their well since 1869. cases in their favor. (Editor’s note: Legal Hopefully that Legislature will be experts wonder if the Supreme Court ruling able to rise above defending the powerful will have any effect in Maine as lawmakers vested interests that have prospered from last year passed an amendment to the state’s the public-school monopoly and focus on anti-discrimination law that bans discrimiwhat’s best for Vermont’s 83,000 students. nation based on gender identity and sexual The most detailed forward-looking alterorientation. It applies to all private schools native for Vermont is described in the report that take tax dollars.) of the 14-member Commission on RebalA third and more sweeping case (Vitale ancing Education Cost and Value (2009). v. French) was brought by parents of pupils Its basic recommendation is “to empower who do not live in tuition towns, but who parents to choose the most suitable educaallege very bad — indeed, disgraceful — tional program for their children (from treatment by the public schools to which among) a wide variety of providers, striving they were assigned according to their school to attract customers by offering them a district of residence. The parents want their product they want.” children to be tuitioned to more welcoming independent schools.

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Register ahead for Age Well meals The Age Well meal pickup for Thursday, June 30, is from 10-11 a.m., Charlotte Senior Center, 212 Ferry Road, and features beef stroganoff with mushroom sauce, rotini noodles, Brussels sprouts, wheat roll with butter, blueberry crisp with cream and milk.

You must have pre-registered

by Monday, June 27, with Lori York, 802-425-6371 or lyork@ charlotteseniorcentervt.org The meal on Thursday, July 7 — register by July 4 — is barbecue chicken breast, baked beans, cauliflower, wheat bread with butter, strawberry shortcake with cream and milk.

The meal on Thursday, July 14 — register by July 11 — is spaghetti and mealballs with mariana sauce, grean beans and cannellini beans, garlic roll with butter, Father’s Day cake and milk.

The meal on Thursday, July 21 — register by July 18 — is beef steak with mushroom sauce, mashed potatoes, broccoli florets, wheat bread with butter, pumpkin cookie and milk.

Check the website for last-minute cancellations at charlotteseniorcentervt.org.

State gets reimbursed for housing homeless The Vermont Agency of Human Services has received nearly $1.77 million from the Federal Emergency Management

Dave Pearson of Hinesburg shared this photo of a cedar waxwing enjoying a feast of berries this spring at the Shelburne Craft School while he was working with a student from the Robinson School in Starksboro on a woodworking project.

Agency for housing people at two local hotels, Harbor Place in Shelburne and the Ho Hum Motel in South Burlington, between October 2020 and March 2022.

“Providing resources for our partners on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic fight is critical to their success, and our success as a nation,” said FEMA

Region 1 regional administrator Lori Ehrlich.

FEMA’s public assistance program helps states and communities recover from a federally

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declared disaster or emergency. So far, FEMA has provided more than $359 million in grants to Vermont to reimburse it for pandemic-related expenses.

More at fema.gov/disaster/4532.

Interfaith Project gives out $22K to local groups The Shelburne, Charlotte, Hinesburg Interfaith Project has announced its spring 2022 grant awards.

Commonly known as SCHIP, the group recently handed out $22,000 to 13 nonprofits. Recipients included: Hinesburg Community School; Shelburne Craft School; Shelburne Food Shelf; Carpenter-Carse Library; YMCA Camp; Vermont Parks Forever; Hinesburg Artist Series; Champlain Valley Union Home School Fund; Stern Center; Hinesburg Nursery School; JUMP; Common Roots; and Habitat for Humanity.

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to raise funds through the sale of donated, gently used clothing, household items, accessories, art and collectibles at its resale shop in the yellow building on Route 7 next to town offices.

Since the first grants were given in April 2005, more than $801,000 has been distributed.

SCHIP accepts grant applications twice a year. The next deadline is Oct. 15 of each year.

To donate, volunteer or for more information go to schipstreasure. org.

Participating faith communities are All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne; Ascension Lutheran Church, South Burlington; Charlotte Congregational Church; Hinesburg United Church; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, Charlotte; Shelburne United Methodist Church; St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, Shelburne; St. Jude’s Catholic Church, Hinesburg; Trinity Episcopal Church, Shelburne.

Kids’ workshop focuses on science of breath A free workshop for kids 10 and older explores the science of breath, including how oxygen flows through the body and how breathing can affect mood and performance, Tuesday, July 12,

4:30-6:30 p.m. in the South Burlington Library’s Community Room.

Sponsored by University of Vermont Extension 4-H and Oxygen Advantage® certified practitioner, Nicole Carpenter, who will lead the interactive session.

Both kids and parents who plan to stay for the workshop must register by noon on July 11 at go.uvm.edu/breathscience.

Become a backyard composting expert Learn how to close the loop by turning household food scraps into compost, improve the health of your garden and grow a fresh generation of food, July 16, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Green Mountain Compost in Williston.

The workshop will cover the type of compost bin best for you, location, what to put in the bin — and what not to put in — managing the pile, common problems and harvesting.

More at cswd.net/tours-webinars.

Red Cross needs blood, platelet donors As summer begins and people gather for holiday celebrations, the American Red Cross reminds

communities that it sees about a 21 percent decline in blood and platelet donations during holiday weeks, including Independence Day. Upcoming blood drives include: University Mall, 155 Dorset St., South Burlington, Saturday, July 2, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Cathedral Square, Williston, 126 Williston Woods Road, Thursday, July 7, noon-5 p.m.

United Church of Hinesburg, 10580 Route 116, Hinesburg, Thursday, July 7, 12:30-6 p.m.

St. Catherine of Siena, 72 Church St., Shelburne, Tuesday, July 19, 6:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

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The second in free Friday events at the museum features live music from the Ray Vega Latin Jazz Sextet in a program of jazz with fiery Latin and funk overtones at 6 p.m.

From 5-7:30 p.m., check out the collections’ buildings, play lawn games and enjoy local food vendors. Then explore the outdoor sculpture exhibition, “Varied and Alive: Nancy Winship Milliken,” with the artist from 5-6 p.m.

Getting your COVID-19 booster is a simple and effective way of protecting you and your loved ones from COVID.

News from Carpenter-Carse Library Library book sale Sunday, July 3, 5-8 p.m.

Monday, July 4, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Support the library and find some new reads. At the United Church parish hall, 10570 Route 16. For more information or to volunteer, go to carpentercarse. org/book-sale.

Folk Jam with SongFarmers of Hinesburg Thursday, July 7, 6-8 p.m.

Join SongFarmers during its monthly gathering and participate in a live music offering. Free and open to the public in the library’s community room. Masks required.

Morning book talk: ‘And Now She’s Gone’ Wednesday, July 13, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Informal group meets virtually on the second Wednesday each month. The pick for July is “And Now She’s Gone” by Rachel Howzell Hall.

Evening book discussion: ‘The Brilliant Death’ Tuesday, July 26, 7-8 p.m.

Informal group meets virtually on the last Tuesday of each month.

The pick for July is “The Brilliant Death” by Amy Rose Capetta.

News from Charlotte Library 115 Ferry Road, Charlotte.

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All programs will take place via Zoom unless noted until further notice. Links can be found on the library website.

dental, but as the identities of the victims come to light, Commissaire Dupin is pulled back into action for a case of what seems to be cold-blooded murder.

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Wednesday, July 20, 7:30-9 p.m.

Bassam Aramin is Palestinian. Rami Elhanan is Israeli. They inhabit a world of conflict that colors every aspect of their daily lives. When they learn each other’s stories, they recognize the loss that connects them and they attempt to use their grief as a weapon for peace.

Thursday, July 14, 5-7 p.m.

Book talk: ‘Murder on Brittany Shores’ Monday, July 18, 10-11 a.m.

On the fabled Glénan Islands, three bodies wash up on shore. At first glance the deaths appear acci-

Men’s book talk: ‘Apeirogon’

If you’re older, a booster vaccine can mean the difference between a mild or severe COVID infection. Learn more about the COVID booster and why it’s important to be vaccinated.

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SPORTS Twin State baseball

Clutch hitting leads to comeback win BRUCE BOSLEY VERMONT BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION

Clutch hitting by Sully Beers of South Burlington led a game one comeback and a 10-run inning broke open the nightcap to lift Vermont to a doubleheader sweep over New Hampshire in the 2022 Twin State Baseball Classic June 25 at Norwich University’s Garrity Field.

Vermont came back in the top of the seventh to win the opener, 9-7, and then cruised to a 19-4 victory in game two. The sweep was just the second in six classics since the border rivalry in its current format was renewed in 2015.

Beers two-run double capped a three-run rally with two outs in the seventh to capture the lid-lifter. He added another run-scoring double in Vermont’s 10-run second inning in the second game to pick up MVP honors for the Green Mountain State.

Dominic Van Laere-Nutting of Fall Mountain Regional was MVP for New Hampshire after a strong

two games at the plate, reaching base four times in six trips going 2-for-3 with a double, two walks, two runs scored, a stolen base and two RBI. The first game, a back-andforth affair, opened with strong pitching from hurlers bound for NCAA Division I programs. Tyler Hicks (White Mountain Regional) from New Hampshire who is heading to Maine, and Manhattan College-bound Ollie Pudvar (Champlain Valley Union) for Vermont.

In the first three frames, Hicks allowed two hits and a walk, one earned run while striking out four while Pudvar set down the side in order in the first with two strikeouts.

Vermont’s two runs in the top of the second were matched by New Hampshire’s two in the bottom half paced by Van Laere-Nutting’s double. Fritz Hauser (St. Johnsbury) led the fourth with an infield hit and came around to score to give Vermont a 3-2 lead.

New Hampshire would take a 4-3 lead with two runs in the fifth, capped by a sacrifice fly by Kevin

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Sully Beers of South Burlington and Dominic Van Laere-Nutting, Fall Mountain Regional, New Hampshire, were the 2022 Twin State Baseball Classic MVPs this year. The classic features top senior baseball players from both states.

Putnam (Monadnock).

A two-run triple by Trevor Lussier (Lyndon) pushed Vermont back on top 6-4 in the top of the sixth. The Granite State answered in the bottom half with three runs on just one hit, a single by Janai Cruz (Derryfield).

With Braedon Jones (Champlain Valley) on second with two down in the seventh and New Hampshire one strike away from the win, John Dennis (Blue Mountain) singled to score Jones and tie the game. Dennis and Adam Mansfield (Mount Abraham), who walked, rode home on Beers long double to left center.

Andrew Goodrich (Essex) retired the side in order in the bottom of the seventh to save it for winning pitcher Carter Hoffman (Union32).

Vermont out-hit New Hampshire, 9-3, in game one but the Granite State took advantage of

five walks, a hit batter and three errors. Brody LaBounty (White Mountain Regional) had the other hit for New Hampshire while for Vermont, Lussier and Goodrich each went 2-for-2, and Nolan Simon (Burlington) doubled and walked in three trips.

Game two Ryan Latsha (Campbell) led the nightcap with a walk and after stealing second, scored on a single

by Putnam. Van Laere-Nutting plated Putnam with a sacrifice fly to give New Hampshire an early 2-0 edge.

Vermont broke it open with 10 runs in the bottom of the second sending 16 hitters to the plate. In addition to Beers’ RBI-double, Jones had two hits in the inning, a two-run double and a RBI-single.

New Hampshire added two more in the sixth on a Putnam RBI-double and a sacrifice fly by

Troy Brennan (Wliton-Lydeborough). Of the team’s seven hits in game two, Putnam went 2-for-4 and Cruz went 2-for-3 adding a triple.

Vermont rapped out 15 hits in the nightcap. In addition to Jones and Beers, Hauser went 3-for-3 with a double and Lussier went 2-for-3, both with four hits on the day. Will Fowler (St. Johnsbury) was 2-for-2 with a triple, reaching three times and scoring three runs, and Turner Clews (Brattleboro) added two hits, scoring three times.

Matt Gonyeau (BFA St. Albans) allowed two hits in two scoreless innings to get the win, and Clews tossed a scoreless seventh to lead five Vermont pitchers in game two.

In the two games, all 18 players for Vermont reached base at least once, with 13 different players having at least one hit.

State seeks input on wake boat rules The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation wants public feedback on the proposed creation of a rule to regulate how wake boats are operated in public lakes and ponds in Vermont.

A wake boat is a motorboat, powerboat or speedboat used to create a wake for activities like wake surfing or wakeboarding.

“The state adopted the public waters rules to help Vermonters and visitors use and enjoy public

lakes and ponds in a reasonable manner,” interim commissioner John Beling said. “The rules consider the best interests of current and future generations and ensure the natural resource values of the public waters are fully protected.”

When a use conflict arises, the public can petition the state to make a rule, and this March the group Responsible Wakes for Vermont Lakes petitioned the state to regulate the operation

of wake boats and their use on Vermont lakes and ponds.

The department will use public comments to inform the decision on whether to make new rules.

The first public meeting was held June 29. A second meeting will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 7, at the Manchester Community Library and online via Microsoft Teams at bit.ly/VT-use-pw-rules-meeting-2.

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From wetlands to woods: Journey of a Blanding’s turtle The Outside Story Susan Shea As spring warms the water, a turtle, covered by leaves and mud at the bottom of a wetland where she hibernated for the winter, awakens. Emerging from the water, she basks on shore. The sun illuminates her bright yellow throat and her high, domed shell, or carapace, dark and shiny with light flecks.

The underside of her shell, or plastron, is yellow with black patches around the edges. The plastron is hinged, so the turtle can retreat inside and partially close her shell. At 7 to 9 inches long, she is much larger than the familiar painted turtle. This is a Blanding’s turtle, named for the early Pennsylvania physician and naturalist, William Blanding, who first described the species in the early 1800s.

Rather secretive and seldom seen in the Northeast, Blanding’s turtles live in southernmost Maine, southeastern New Hampshire and eastern Massachusetts. Small, isolated populations occur in New York and Pennsylvania. The Blanding’s turtle is listed as threatened or endangered in all these northeastern states. These semi-aquatic turtles also inhabit the Great Lakes states and Upper Midwest where they have also become rare.

Leaving the wetland where she hibernated, the turtle trudges through the woods to a nearby vernal pool where frogs and salamanders breed. Here, she spends weeks gorging on masses of amphibian eggs and tadpoles, satisfying most of her food requirements for the year. She also encounters other turtles of her kind, including males, and mates.

Our turtle is 14 years old and has just reached sexual maturity.

Eventually, the female turtle leaves the vernal pool and travels a mile over land and via streams to a marsh where she has found frogs, snails, crawfish and dragonfly nymphs to eat in past summers.

She’s an agile swimmer and able to catch fish too. In late June, she leaves the marsh to search for welldrained, sandy soil in a sunny location in which to lay her eggs.

For thousands of years, Blanding’s turtles have traveled between wetlands over the course of their annual lifecycles. Today, their habitat has been damaged and fragmented by development and roads, and fast-moving vehicles pose a grave danger to turtles.

Fortunately, our turtle makes it safely across the road this year.

If she is not hit by a car, she may live to be more than 75 years old.

Blanding’s turtles have evolved a long lifespan to compensate for a late age of sexual maturity and relatively low fertility. The loss of even one female turtle can serious-

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ly impact the population.

The turtle digs a deep hole and deposits nine leathery eggs. Then she covers the hole and moves on to another wetland. If the eggs are not eaten by a skunk, raccoon or other predator, the young will hatch two to four months later, depending on soil temperature.

Vulnerable to predators and moving vehicles, they will head toward the nearest wetland.

By late summer, food supplies have diminished, and the female turtle becomes dormant under leaf litter in the woods for a few weeks.

With the coming of fall rains, she’ll return to a pond or shrub

swamp to hibernate.

Concerned about their decline, wildlife agencies and others in the states where these turtles occur formed the Northeast Blanding’s Turtle Working Group in 2004 to assess populations and develop conservation plans. Since that time, several measures to protect turtles have been implemented. In New Hampshire, nest sites were created in an area of high turtle density by clearing openings in the forest near wetlands and hauling in sand to encourage turtles to nest there, rather than cross the road.

Many roads near wetlands now sport seasonal turtle cross-

ing signs. In Massachusetts, wide tunnels with natural bottoms have been installed beneath roads that were hot spots for turtle mortality, accompanied by fencing to guide Blanding’s and other rare turtles towards the passages.

In southern Maine, a shelf with a natural substrate was created below an interstate highway bridge and a tunnel was recently installed under another busy road that bisects wetlands used by Blanding’s turtles. Because they use both wetlands and upland forests, Blanding’s turtles do best in large, undeveloped forest blocks with wetland complexes, and the perma-

nent conservation of these areas is a high priority.

With conservation action, hopefully these unique turtles will continue to find a home in the Northeast.

Susan Shea is a naturalist, writer and conservationist based in Vermont. Illustration by Adelaide Murphy Tyrol. The Outside Story is assigned and edited by Northern Woodlands magazine and sponsored by the Wellborn Ecology Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, nhcf.org. This piece received additional support from the Arthur Getz Trust.

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continued from page 1 have allowed the governing body to revoke licensed permits if the board “determines, through information obtained following the issuance of a permit, that the safety of the public or property requires such revocation” or “if the selectboard determines that the permit was issued based on false information or the permittee has exceeded the scope of the

permit and/or any of the permit’s conditions.”

The ordinance does have exemptions though: lemonade stands, for example, are permitted and would not be considered food trucks in the ordinance, as long as they are not selling more than 20 gallons of lemonade and are not operating more than seven days a month.

CHARLOTTE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD Will hold a public hearing on the following application during its regular meeting of Wednesday, July 13, 2022: 7:05 PM 22-129-SA Palmer – Subdivision Amendment to construct (2) wastewater disposal systems at 2945 Shelburne Falls Rd. Details on the project & how to join this meeting will be posted at: https://is.gd/Meeting_Calendar_Agendas by July 8. For more information, contact the Planning & Zoning Office at 802.425.3533 ext. 208, or by email at: pza@townofcharlotte.com.

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“Guys, why are we beating around the bush, this is directed toward the Crossings,” selectboard member Lewis Mudge said. “At the risk of sounding slightly difficult, can you walk me through the problem — and be specific — that we’re trying to fix here. When has this come up as an issue?”

Fellow selectboard member Frank Tenney provided the answer: “This came up as an issue with the Crossing when COVID hit and there were three or four food trucks up there. The issue was safety, it was parking, and it was another use that wasn’t permitted on the property.”

Similarly, the selectboard introduced a draft ordinance that would have set parameters around when a private event needs a permit from the town.

“Any person wishing to conduct or sponsor a special

event,” the draft ordinance reads, “shall first obtain a Special Event Permit from the Town of Charlotte Selectboard. No person shall conduct or sponsor a special event without first obtaining a Special Event Permit.”

The ordinance would have required any private event with more than 50 people in attendance to get a permit from the town 45 days prior to the event — a regulation a few officials balked at.

“Someone wants to hold a fundraiser for a nonprofit and they want to pass a bucket around and have a musician and 55 people show up, they need to get a permit 45 days out?” Mudge said. “It’s quite significant the actions you need to take.”

“I think people ought to be able to have 50 person gatherings on their property without having to get the government involved,”

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development review board chair Charles Russell said.

The intent of the ordinance was to “cover one-off events,” said town manager Dean Bloch, and to “streamline it if you’re doing this event once versus a permanent use.”

But several selectboard members took issue with giving regulatory powers to the selectboard rather than the planning commission or the development review board.

“To me, that sounds like land use regulations and not an ordinance, that sounds like something the planning commission should be putting to a town vote to change the permitted or allowed by right uses,” selectboard member Matt Krasnow said. “This isn’t the selectboard’s jurisdiction. There’s no way the selectboard should be making these detailed granular decisions.”

Both ordinances were tabled, and Tenney said he was going to continue working on the food truck ordinance.

“It sounds like this was premature,” selectboard chair Jim Faulkner said. “We should move on. We should do a little more research and come back if we think it’s necessary.”

PUBLIC HEARING Hinesburg Development Review Board Tuesday, July 19, 2022 7:00 pm Blackrock Construction/ Haystack Crossing, LLC: Final Plat review for Phase 1 of a residential/commercial/ light industrial mixed use development for 72 lots and 176 residential units, and Conditional Use review for development in a stream setback and floodplain on a 75.56-acre property located on the west side of Route 116 north of Kinney Drug and Patrick Brook in the Village Northwest and Agricultural Zoning Districts.

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March 21 - April 20 Aries, you are on fire lately.

There’s seemingly nothing you touch that won’t turn to gold afterward. This trend will continue, but try not to let it go to your head.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21 Taurus, unless you take swift action, you could be heading for a financial free-fall. Start to pull back spending for a while and see if the situation will right itself.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21 It’s time to make amends with someone who did you wrong, Gemini. Life is too short to hold grudges, and this person has mended his or her ways since.

CANCER June 22 - July 22 Cancer, when plans change on a dime, you are ready to roll with the new situation. Higherups could get a peek at your quick thinking, which can land you a promotion.

July 23 - Aug. 23 Make the most of every opportunity that comes your way this week, Leo. You may not get many chances to prove your worth in the weeks to come, so it’s important to act now.

VIRGO Aug. 24 - Sept. 22 Virgo, it is important to remember that your online presence never goes away.

Watch what you post and say in social media groups, as it could come back to bite you.

LIBRA Sept. 23 - Oct. 23 Something that started out as a part-time venture could turn into much more, Libra. Figure out if this is the path you see yourself going and then jump on it.

SCORPIO Oct. 24 - Nov. 22 Let loose and have fun for a change, Scorpio. Don’t delay when others want to invite you out for a night on the town or even a brunch. Say “yes” to any and all opportunities.

SUDOKU Here’s How It Works: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 23 - Dec. 21 There’s a lot going on right now and it may have your head spinning, Sagittarius.

Delegate some of your workload if you can. Don’t be too hard on yourself.

CAPRICORN Dec. 22 - Jan. 20 Family matters come to the forefront this week, Capricorn. You must dig in deep to address them. There are two sides to every story, so try to get all the facts first.

AQUARIUS Jan. 21 - Feb. 18 Just when you started to lose hope, that new horizon you were seeking comes into view, Aquarius. It is welldeserved and there will be smiles for the weeks ahead.

PISCES Feb. 19 - Mar. 20 Pisces, if you find yourself with too much extra time on your hands, why not volunteer with the community to pass the time?

CLUES ACROSS 1. Basics 4. In a new way 10. __ Paulo, city 11. Jailhouse 12. Expresses surprise 14. Trigraph 15. A small stream 16. Dissimilar 18. Promote 22. Gives a boost 23. Lawmaker 24. Orthodox Jews 26. Actor Harris 27. Wild cherry 28. Participate in democracy 30. Opposite of begins 31. A Brit’s mother 34. Set of moral principles 36. Very fast airplane 37. Czech river 39. Private school in New York 40. Israeli dance 41. Electron volt 42. Adjusting 48. Duct by the bladder

50. Small burger 51. Begin again 52. Unstuck 53. Jai __, sport 54. Get free of 55. For instance 56. Hotel chain 58. A team’s best pitcher 59. Extracts from various sources 60. Indefinite period of time CLUES DOWN 1. St. Francis of __ 2. Supported 3. United in working 4. It cools your home 5. Predicting 6. Irritated 7. Popular talk show host 8. Fabric edge 9. A resource for employees 12. Broadway’s Jackman 13. Small water buffalo

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17. City of Angels: __ Angeles 19. Asteroids 20. Tailless amphibians 21. German expressionist painter 25. What drives you 29. N. Vietnamese ethnic group 31. Gold coin used in British India 32. Have deep affection for 33. Ponds 35. Breaks between words 38. Hairstyle 41. Print errors 43. Family of iron alloys 44. Sidelined in bed 45. Many couples say it 46. Brazilian hoopster 47. Allman Brothers late frontman 49. German city 56. One hundred grams (abbr.)

57. One billionth of a second (abbr.)

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FESTIVITIES

continued from page 1 The Community Alliance Church will serve ice cream in front of the Hinesburg Nursery School. The Hinesburgh Public House holds a lawn party from noon-3 p.m. and there’s mini golf on the green behind the police department from 12:45-4:45 p.m.

Food vendors will include Mac’s Sugarshack, Sisters of Anarchy ice cream and fried dough.

Fireworks start at dusk.

BURLINGTON The draw in the state’s largest city? Fireworks over the water.

Burlington celebrates the fourth on Saturday, July 3, at Waterfront Park with live music from Red Hot Juba and High Summer, an airshow, food vendors, and fireworks over Lake Champlain at 9:30 p.m.

Musical acts, starting at 6:30 p.m. include Andriana Chobot, who offers an “eclectic mix of pop-rock-indie-folk, with a touch of jazz,” and Kat Wright, described as “a young Bonnie Raitt meets Amy Winehouse,” according to the parks and rec department. Wright offers a second set after the fireworks.

In the park, starting at 5 p.m., activities include Sambatucada!

performing on the boardwalk, food vendors offering burgers and sausage, gyros and falafel, and vegan options along with ice cream cones, sundaes and fried dough.

SHELBURNE Shelburne celebrates the holiday with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra as part of its summer concert tour “Celebrate!” conducted by Julian Pellicanom at Shelburne Museum on July 4.

Gates open at 5:30 for picnicking with the concert at 7:30 p.m.

Alongside perennial favorites by John Williams (“Liberty” and “Olympic Fanfares”) and John Philip Sousa (“Stars and Stripes Forever”), enjoy strains of Bernstein’s “West Side Story,” Copland’s feisty “Rodeo,” Rossini’s William Tell Overture, Quinn Mason’s “A Joyous Fanfare,” and more.

Principal trombonist Matt Wright is soloist for the concert.

MILTON The annual parade starts at 11 a.m. from Herrick Avenue and then heads down Route 7 to Bombardier Park West.

From 6-9:30 p.m. at Bombar-

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Burlington waterfront fireworks are a big draw statewide on July 3.

dier Park, enjoy live music from DJ RobsReady and the Milton Community Band, food trucks, novelty vendors and mini golf.

Fireworks start around 9:15 p.m.

WILLISTON

The Williston Independence Day Celebration goes three days,

from July 2-4.

The Deb Beckett Memorial 5k race and walk starts at 8:30 a.m. on July 2 at the Williston Village Community Park.

On July 3, the library holds its book sale from 4-6 p.m. at the school followed by an old-fashioned ice cream social and town band concert at 7 p.m. on the green.

The book sale continues July

4, with a parade at 10 a.m. Grand marshals are Lynn McClintock, Cathy Kohlasch, Sally Dattilio and Liz Demas.

Food trucks will be set up from 6-9 p.m. in front of the Williston Central School, and evening festivities at Village Community Park from 6-9 p.m. include food and activities before fireworks at 9:20 p.m.

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