The Citizen - 2-16-23

‘One by One’

Hinesburg committee preps for new growth, development

Renewed interest with recent appointments

COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER

Will Patten is the owner of the Hinesburgh Public House, a restaurant and pub in the town’s village, and every day out his front door he sees thousands upon thousands of cars drive through along Route 116.

Hinesburg, he says, is “a town where everybody drives through, but they don’t stop very often.”

But with a boom in residential development expected in the next several years, Patten and others see an opportunity — to generate a downtown business community that could make Hinesburg a place where people drive to and “spend a day or an afternoon,” Patten said.

In the next six to 10 years, more than 400 units of residential housing are set either for approval or construction. The town’s population is expected to increase by at least 20 percent, and it’s creating a renewal of interest in the role of the town’s economic development committee, first formed in 2013 that members say has yet to be used to its full potential.

“I love Hinesburg, but I think we can do a better job, especially just before we increase our population by 25 to 30 percent,” he said at his appointment hearing in November.

Melissa Levy, the chair of the committee since its formation in 2013, has seen new life brought to the committee when, only several months ago, the committee often did

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“A perfectly formed sentinel watching over the landscape,” says photographer Lee Krohn

Police cite man in cyclist’s death

The South Burlington Police Department has cited a Hinesburg man in connection with a fatal October collision that killed a cyclist.

Richard Lewis, 69, of Hinesburg faces a charge of grossly negligent operation

stemming from an incident on Oct. 15 when Lewis, driving near 1410 Hinesburg Road, struck Gerard Malavenda, 65, of Williston, with his car.

Malavenda was given medical care at the scene by the South Burlington Fire Department, which transported him to University of Vermont Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead.

“An accomplished and seasoned bicyclist, Gerry had set out on a glorious Vermont day for a ride that would unfortunately be his last,” Malavenda’s obituary reads.

Lewis has been cited by the South Burlington police to appear in Chittenden

COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER

PHOTO BY LEE KROHN

of Charlotte.

Tenderbellies release new album, ‘One by One’

Six Champlain Valley Union High School alumni are shaking up

Pauza on mandolin, Luke Hausermann on bass, Chris Page and David Titus on guitar play music that takes listeners on a journey from bold and brazen to deli

pitch in on vocals, Francis explained that Cope — who was the latest to join the band in 2015 — pulled the band in a different direction “in a really good way”

in Winooski, it’d be remiss not to mention its humble beginnings playing that first show in 2013 at the Old Brick Store in Charlotte where the band also coined the

“Some of us have been friends since fifth or sixth grade, but I would say that the actual start of cis. “Someone invited us to do a

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little show at the Old Brick Store in Charlotte and so we just kind of threw it together. Someone at that point asked us, ‘Well, what’s your name?’ and Chris just answered off the top of his head, ‘We are the Tenderbelly Bluegrass Band.’ And that’s where it started.”

Francis added that a year later the band shortened the name to just the Tenderbellies since they aren’t strictly bluegrass.

Through their nearly a decade together, the band has gone on to play at venues ranging from Higher Ground to Waking Windows, Nectar’s, the Intervale’s “Summervale,” Shelburne Vineyard, the Burlington Jazz Festival and numerous other venues.

“We finally got this professional album recording done, and we’re trying to use that to hopefully launch into getting out of Vermont more,” Francis said. We have played in Boston a few times.”

The band recently played a music festival at Killington Resort during the Subaru Winterfest on Feb. 11 and opened for the Grammy nominated Infamous Stringdusters.

“If you come to see us in a live show. I would say it’s probably 50

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The Tenderbellies in concert. The group is comprised of six former Champlain Valley Union High School students.

Lewis Creek group focuses on McCabe’s Brook water quality

LEWIS CREEK ASSOCIATION

McCabe’s Brook has poor water quality. The brook originates near Charlotte Central School, passes through Charlotte and east of Earthkeep Farmcommon. It is visible as it passes under Route 7 in Shelburne near the Vermont Day School and it parallels the Ti Haul Path before draining into the LaPlatte River just upstream from its mouth in Shelburne Bay.

Runoff — stormwater discharges and stream erosion near the Shelburne Village, combined with upstream agricultural runoff and stream erosion — has led to phosphorus levels in McCabe’s Brook that exceed the state criterion.

The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have deemed McCabe’s Brook as “impaired” in its downstream stretches by excess nutrients, as it does not adequately support aquatic life.

To help address this problem, Lewis Creek Association received a grant to help reduce nutrient levels in the brook and to develop designs for three projects.

The engineering firm SLR, in collaboration with the towns of Shelburne and Charlotte, the Vermont Department of Conservation, as well as private landowners, will develop and prioritize the list of projects. The total list of more than 30 projects included everything from floodplain restoration and tree plantings to rain gardens, dam removal and swirl separators to remove sediment and some phosphorus from water.

The project team ultimately chose three projects — two swirl separators and a series of settling basins — to remove sedi-

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or 60 percent original songs, and 40 percent covers,” Francis said. “I think that’s what is cool about our genre is that we do a lot of traditional folk songs that have been passed down for many years and we put our own spin on them.”

Francis said that two of the band’s biggest influences are American guitarist and bluegrass musician, Tony Rice and David Grisman, who founded a style of music called ‘dawg music,’ which makes up a majority of the composition of their newest album “One By One.”

The 11-track record is a culmination of nearly a decade of gigging and songwriting and was recorded and mixed by Jeremy Mendicino at Lane Gibson Studios

ment from water before it reaches McCabe’s Brook.

To learn more about the problem and what landowners can do to improve water quality, watch a 17-minute presentation on Lewis Creek Association’s website at bit.ly/lca-wq-videos and bit.ly/ lca-aots.

This project has been funded

and mastered by Anna Frick. Although some members have left the Green Mountain state in years past, the album features all original members since the group always finds a way to navigate life’s twists and turns back to each other.

To catch the Tenderbellies live in action, they are the house band at a weekly Wednesday bluegrass night at Four Quarters Brewing in Winooski.

“We try to keep it up and get some friends playing banjo and fiddle and keep it unique every week,” Francis said.

The band’s latest album “One by One” is now available on all streaming platforms and CDs can be ordered at tenderbellies.com.

by an agreement awarded by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission

to New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission in partnership with the Lake Champlain Basin Program.

PHOTO BY JESSICA LOUISOS

A tall eroding bank along McCabe’s Brook, just downstream of the Route 7 bridge in Shelburne.

New antique showroom opens on Shelburne Road

Bittner Antiques has opened a new showroom at 2997 Shelburne Road.

The 1,000-square-foot space officially opened on Jan. 20.

Visitors will find a mix of local finds and discoveries from around the world. The selection ranges from paintings by noted Vermont artists, fine jewelry, silver, ceramics, esoteric collectibles and examples of Americana and folk art. Also on display are works by Pablo Picasso, Thomas Hart Benton, George Nakashima and other internationally renowned artists.

The building housing the showroom was constructed in the 1980s and was originally home to Applied Graphics. The building lacked insulation and had severely outdated heating and cooling systems.

Brian Bittner, the founder of Bittner Antiques, bought the property in 2021 and undertook a major overhaul of the building, replaced HVAC systems with heat pumps and a new high-efficiency boiler, built an airtight envelope with spray foam insulation and upgraded to LED lighting.

Further renovations to the exterior and site are planned for spring.

Bittner Antiques was founded by Bittner, a third generation Vermont antique dealer with over 20 years of experience. His grandfather, Jack, began buying and selling antiques in the 1960s and opened his shop, Yankee Ingenui-

ty Antiques in Brattleboro. Brian’s father, George, picked up the trade at an early age and continues to buy and sell antiques in southern Vermont.

In addition to its new physical location, the business has operated for many years online and at antique shows throughout New England.

House calls are made daily throughout Vermont for those interested in selling their antiques. For more information go to bittnerantiques.com.

Watershed grant benefits teachers

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The Lake Champlain Basin Program recently awarded an education grant to the University of Vermont Lake Champlain Sea Grant program to create the Watershed Alliance Teacher and Researcher Partnership.

This new partnership will support middle and high school teachers employed by schools in the Lake Champlain Basin in Vermont and New York to foster connections with researchers and integrate watershed science into classrooms. The year-long program includes hands-on learning opportunities aboard UVM’s state-of-the-art research vessel

Marcelle Melosira, involvement in ongoing water research projects and development of educational materials and lesson plans.

Although there is no cost to participate, space is limited. Teachers will be selected through an application process that is open until Friday, Feb. 24, at bit. ly/3HOMnhX. Selected applicants will be notified in March.

The intensive summer session, July 31 through Aug. 4, will take place at several locations, including the Marcelle Melosira and the university’s Rubenstein Ecosystem Sciences Laboratory. Teachers will work alongside research-

ers to conduct field assessments, water quality monitoring and limnological sampling of Lake Champlain and learn about the watershed’s unique characteristics.

During this initial week, they also will begin to brainstorm ideas for a watershed Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics-based unit and match with a researcher to develop their new curriculum. These individual lessons and corresponding materials will be compiled into a larger curriculum to be shared with other teachers in the Lake Champlain basin.

Enrichment programs get underway

Education & Enrichment for Everyone, a lifelong learning organization, hosts weekly lectures on diverse topics on Fridays from 2-3 p.m. at Faith United Methodist Church, 899 Dorset St., South Burlington, and

on Zoom.

For information visit eeevermont.org, email info@eeevermont.org or call 802-343-5177.

Membership grants access to 10 lectures. Non-members can attend by paying $8, check or

cash, at the door. To enroll in this speaker series, mail a check for $55 per person payable to Education & Enrichment for Everyone, c/o Cathy Chamberlain, 2504

The newly opened Bittner Antiques on Shelburne Road.

Senator offers love letter to Vermont

Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale

Vermont, I love you.

I came to you as a teenager with a suitcase and a heart full of hope, and you embraced me for who I am — the daughter of an Indian immigrant father and Jewish American mother who grew up in an Irish pub and wasn’t afraid to stir up necessary trouble.

You helped me find my calling with a deep sense of community, where we don’t care how many cars you have, but how many cars you have pulled out of a ditch. Where I could join the Legislature at 22 years old and help pass the Marriage Equality Act, honoring the fact that I’m the product of an interracial marriage myself and helping Vermont lead the nation in celebrating love.

You introduced me to the love of my life, who grew up on a dairy farm and just finished tapping the family sugarbush in this unseasonably warm weather. And now we are growing our family, welcoming a new Vermonter to the world in May.

We do have our work to do, Vermont. On our coldest day thus far this year, we were still reckoning with nearly 3,000 homeless Vermonters. We had the highest rate of growth in homelessness of any state in the country during the pandemic, but we also had the lowest number of people without shelter. Our compassion and generous spirit is being tested, and it’s important we remember to

No Vermonters in Heaven

I dreamed that I went to the city of gold, To Heaven resplendent and fair; And, after I entered that beautiful fold, By one in authority there I was told That not a Vermonter was there!

“Impossible,” said I. “A host from my town Have sought this delectable place, And each must be here with a harp and a crown, A conqueror’s palm and clean linen gown Received through merited grace.”

The angel replied, “All Vermonters come here When first they depart from the earth, But after a day or a month or a year They restless and lonesome and homesick appear And sigh for the land of their birth.

“They tell of its many and beautiful hills Where forest majestic appear; Its rivers and lakes and its streams and its rills Where nature the purest of water distills, And they soon get dissatisfied here.”

“They tell of ravines, wild, secluded and deep, Of clover-decked landscapes serene, Of towering mountains, imposing and steep Adown which the torrents exulting leap Through forests perennially green.”

“We give them the best that the Kingdom provides, They have everything here that they want; But not a Vermonter in Heaven abides, A very short time period here he resides, Then hikes his way back to Vermont!”

— E. F. Johnstone

choose love and humanity.

In a time of great turmoil in our country, our motto of Freedom and Unity matters even more. We must continue to welcome all comers and ensure that people of all walks of life find a place to call home here. I know we are up for the challenge, and we will face it as we always do — together.

Happy Valentine’s Day,

Vermont. Let us always choose love.

Kesha Ram Hinsdale, a Democrat from Shelburne, serves the towns of South Burlington, Shelburne, Charlotte, Hinesburg, Milton, Burlington, St. George, Westford, Underhill, Jericho, Richmond, Winooski, Williston, Essex and Bolton in the Legislature.

Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale

Wake up if you want to protect Vermont lakes

Guest Perspective

Jim Lengel

The Department of Environmental Conservation has worked for almost a year to draft a rule that would regulate wake surfing, a new sport where powerful boats create large wakes that abuse the lakes and exclude other forms of recreation.

The department’s draft rule would keep wake boats 500 feet from shore, and in water more than 20 feet deep.

While this draft rule moves Vermont in the right direction, it does not fully protect the traditional enjoyments of swimming, canoeing, sailing, fishing, waterskiing and kayaking, now or in the future. A stronger rule — 1,000 feet from shore — would better continue Vermont’s leadership in preserving the natural environment and growing traditional forms of outdoor recreation that its economy depends on.

Thierry Guerlain has owned a camp on Joe’s Pond in West Danville for over a decade.

According to Thierry, “On any given summer day, our shoreline is hit with countless artificial waves created by wake boats, waves that are significantly larger

and more powerful than any waves Mother Nature can create on our small pond.

“Some of these intentional waves crash up and over our docks, something we’ve never seen before. Our antique wooden runabout is buffeted and banged by waves arriving randomly from all directions. We now keep our boat pretty much out of the water.

“The plying back and forth of wake boats is irrevocably changing the essence of Joe’s Pond. What used to be a relatively quiet body of water with the occasional boat wake has become a veritable washing machine. Wake boats have fundamentally changed the nature of boating, sailing, swimming, paddle-boarding, kayaking, and shoreline enjoyment on our 405-acre pond.”

Four families ply wake boats on Joe’s Pond, while the other 200 attempt to enjoy canoes, kayaks, paddleboards and small motorboats.

Joe’s Pond is but one of the many lakes that joined together under the umbrella of Responsible Wakes for Vermont Lakes in March 2021 to seek relief from the damage caused by wakes. Lake Raponda down south, Lake Fairlee in the Upper Valley, Lake Iroquois in Chittenden County

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and many others that have already experienced the negative effects of wake surfing have approached the state for help.

The Responsible Wakes group petitioned the Agency of Natural Resources to regulate these boats. The group’s members studied the hydrological sciences on the dissipation of wake energy in lake water. They collected testimony from the victims of wake surfing. They developed a following of a thousand Vermont lake residents, anglers, kayakers, swimmers, water skiers and summer camps that depended on calm, clear lakes for their survival.

The Responsible Wakes for Vermont Lakes’ analysis of the scientific research resulted in recommending wake boats operate at least 1,000 feet from shore.

“Wake boats, while they provide fun for a few,” says Tom Ward of Lake Fairlee, “crowd out and make the lake less fun and safe for many. A friend of mine was injured when a wake boat wave knocked her down as she was attempting to get into her kayak. During Lake Fairlee’s busy Fourth of July weekend, a couple of kayaks were capsized by a wake boat; the wake boat operator didn’t stop to help. Were

they even aware of what they had caused? Someone from shore hopped into a boat to assist the kayakers. Luckily no one was hurt this time.”

Lake Fairlee, Lake Iroquois in Hinesburg and Joe’s Pond would be off-limits to wake boats under the rule proposed in the Responsible Wakes for Vermont Lakes petition to the Agency of Natural Resources.

“We worked for a year and a half with the Department of Environmental Conservation to develop a wake boat rule based on science and consistent with the (department’s) responsibility to protect our lakes and ponds from abuse,” says Responsible Wakes for Vermont Lakes chair Jack Widness from Lake Raponda in Wilmington. “While we are very glad the department has determined wake boat rules are necessary, we would like to see them adopt a stronger rule that fulfills this responsibility.”

The manufacturers of wake boats — none of which are based in Vermont, thereby adding little to the economy — are resisting movements to regulate wake boats in states and municipalities across the nation. Once they got wind that a Vermont citizen group was leading an effort to

protect Vermont’s lakes and ponds and traditional uses of these waters, their well-funded industry associations hired lobbyists in Montpelier to fight regulation.

They oppose any meaningful rulemaking. The industry proposes a no-wake operating distance of only 200 feet. This is already the law in Vermont. This distance would continue to allow wake surfing on all the motorboat-friendly lakes in the state, large and small.

The Department of Environmental Conservation held a pre-rulemaking meeting on Feb. 15 in Greensboro seeking feedback on the rule it has drafted.

Responsible Wakes applauds the work but would like to see the rule strengthened to keep wakeboats 1,000 feet from shore, which scientific research shows is the distance needed to dissipate the power of their wakes.

Jim Lengel has been a Vermont resident since 1972. His family owns a camp on Lake Elmore, and a lodge in Duxbury. In the 1980s, he was Vermont’s deputy commissioner of education. To learn more about wakeboats and their regulation, visit responsible wakes.org.

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Hinesburg Police Blotter

Total Incidents: 41

Traffic stops: 10

Arrest: 0

Feb. 7 at 4:15 p.m., a citizen was helped with fingerprinting for employment purposes.

Feb. 7 at 4:37 p.m., officers located individuals who had stolen bottles from a donation center at a church in Monkton, and assisted state police in the investigation.

Feb. 7 at 6:45 p.m., officers conducted a welfare check on Kaileys Way.

Feb. 8 at 7:14 a.m., officers investigated a theft from a motor vehicle at a home on Hillview Terrace.

Feb. 8 at 8:45 a.m., another theft from a motor vehicle, again on Hillview Terrace.

Feb. 8 at 9:10 a.m., theft from a motor vehicle on Hillview Terrace.

Feb. 8 at 9:20 a.m., a fourth report of theft from a motor vehicle at a home on Hillview Terrace.

Feb. 8 at 1:15 p.m., someone was refusing to leave the Hinesburg Community School. Police located the individual who they say was taking photographs of children at the school. Staff was notified and the subject was trespassed from the school grounds.

Feb. 8 at 3:40 p.m., a citizen was assisted with fingerprinting for employment purposes.

On Fe. 8 at 4:50 p.m., an officer investigated a traffic hazard on Pond Road.

Feb. 9 at 7:45 a.m., officers investigated a 911 hang up on Hollow Road.

Feb. 9 at 1:50 p.m., officers responded to a residence on Route 116 for the report of an injured and possibly sick raccoon.

Feb. 9 at 9:10 p.m., an officer assisted

first responders with a medical call on Charlotte Road.

Feb. 10 at 8:20 a.m., a traffic hazard on Mechanicsville Road was investigated.

Feb. 10 at 4 p.m., an officer investigated the report of damage to a motor vehicle at CVU.

Feb. 10 at 4:15 p.m., property turned over to police was returned to its owner.

Feb. 11 at 7:50 a.m., police conducted a welfare check on North Road.

Feb. 11 at 2:20 p.m., a welfare check on Commerce Street resulted in an individual being issued a no-trespass order from a business there.

Feb. 11 at 3:05 p.m., officers investigated a 911 hang up on O’Neil Road.

Feb. 13 at 9:30 a.m., a fraud was investigated.

Feb. 13 at 10 a.m., an officer investigated theft from a motor vehicle at a home on Route 116.

Feb. 13 at 1 p.m., an officer investigated the report of possible child abuse on North Road.

Feb. 13 at 1:40 p.m., an officer investigated a theft from a motor vehicle at a home on Mechanicsville Road.

Feb. 13 at 1:55 p.m., vandalism was investigated on Silver Street.

Feb. 13 at 3:15 p.m., an officer investigated a theft from a motor vehicle on Richmond Road.

Vermont State Police Blotter

Feb. 8 at 2:18 a.m., police arrested Trevor Hallock, 20, of Ferrisburgh, for domestic assault and interference with access to emergency services after they say he “attempted to cause injury” to someone at a home on Route 116 in Hinesburg.

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Friday, Feb. 17

“The United States Supreme Court, the Constitution and Democracy” — Jared Carter, JD, assistant professor, Vermont Law and Graduate School.

Friday, Feb. 24

“Climate Change and Climate Justice in Vermont” —Dr. Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, professor, Department of Geography and Geosciences, University of Vermont, and Vermont climatologist.

Friday, March 3

“Vermont Legislative Update” — Calvin Cutler, WCAX political reporter.

Friday, March 10

“U.S. Immigration—A Primer on Border, Visas, Pathways and Politics” — Dr. Pablo Bose, professor, Geography and Geosciences Department, UVM, and director, Global and Regional Studies Program.

Friday, March 17

“The Lost Legacy of Women in Orni-

thology” — Bridget Butler, The Bird Diva.

Friday, March 24

“Cybersecurity 101: A Pragmatic Overview of the Dark Side of Technology” —Sergion Tenreiro de Magalhaes, associated professor and chair of cybersecurity programs, Champlain College

Friday, March 31

“When the Bicycle Arrived in Vermont” — Luis Vivanco, professor and chair of anthropology department, UVM.

Friday, April 14

“The Ethan Allen Homestead: Preserving Burlington’s History and Community” — Angela Grove, executive director of the Ethan Allen Homestead Museum.

Friday, April 21

“The New Transatlantic Relationship: Impacts of Brexit, Inflation and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine” — Kristina Sargent, professor of economics, Middlebury College.

Friday, April 28

“The Holy Presence of Julius Eastman” — James Stewart, Vermont Public classical host.

Waiting in the wings Community Notes

Enjoy Age Well meals at Charlotte Senior Center

The Age Well meal for Thursday, Feb. 16, is 10-11 a.m., at the Charlotte Senior Center and features Swedish meatballs with sauce, rotini noodles, Brussel sprouts, French green beans, wheat dinner roll with butter, pineapple tidbits and milk.

You must have pre-registered by the prior Monday by contacting 802-425-6345 or kpughe@ charlotteseniorcentervt.org

The meal on Thursday, Feb. 23, features oven fried chicken, red mashed potatoes with sour cream, Capri blend vegetables with lentils, wheat bread and butter, pumpkin custard with cream and milk.

The meal on Thursday, March 2, features diced beef with potatoes and burgundy wine sauce, broccoli florets, Craisin muffin with butter, strawberry shortcake with cream and milk.

The suggested donation is $5. Check the website for last-minute cancellations at charlotteseniorcentervt.org.

MIT concert band plays in Hinesburg

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Concert Band will present a performance on Saturday, Feb. 18, at St. Jude’s Church Hall in Hinesburg, 10759 Route 116, at 7:30 p.m.

Featured musical selections include Jan Van der Roost “Flashing Winds,” Dmitri Shostakovich

“Waltz No. 2,” Johannes Hanssen “Valdres,” Julie Giroux “One Life Beautiful,” Pierre Leemans “March of the Belgian Paratroopers,” Karl King “Rough Riders,” Leonard Bernstein “Danzon” and Sir Arthur Sullivan “Pineapple Poll.” The concert is free and open to the public.

Sustainable Charlotte hosts

Nulhegan Abenaki

Sustainable Charlotte and the Charlotte Library are co-hosting an online event as part of their Wednesday webinars and events.

On Wednesday, Feb. 22, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Chief Don Stevens will speak online about the Nulhegan band of the Abenaki’s overall food security programs, which include traditional gathering, Abenaki land link and seed banks and meat production. Learn what more the tribe is doing for the health of the people and the land.

Stevens encourages a healthy question-and-answer period where participants can learn more about the culture and beliefs and what kind of support would be helpful.

The event is free, but registration is required. More at bit. ly/3YMVvuE.

Charlotte fire and rescue offers CPR course

The Charlotte Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service is offering the very popular “express” CPR class. In less than two hours

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Birds of Vermont Museum is holding its annual Great Backyard Bird Count on Saturday, Feb. 18 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the museum. Visit that day to learn what birds are being counting this year, learn to ID birds and find out more about recording your own observations. For information about all the museum’s February events, go to birdsofvermont.org. Above, Common Redpoll.

you can learn how to give CPR compressions, how to use an AED and how to assist adult and infant choking victims. This course does not lead to certification but does teach many of the same skills taught in the certification class-

es. This class is Saturday Feb. 25 starting at 9:30 a.m. at the Charlotte Fire Station. There is a $10 fee. To register for this class please go to https://bit.ly/3xk9sEs and sign up. Space is limited. For questions, email CPR@cvfrs.org.

Munch is Monday at senior center lunch

The next Monday Munch at the Charlotte Senior Center is Monday, Feb. 20, 212 Ferry Road, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The menu is macaroni and cheese, salad, warm bread and hot caramel ice cream sundaes.

Monday munches on Feb. 27 and March 6 will be announced.

A $5 donation is appreciated. Check the website in case of last-minute cancellations at charlotteseniorcentervt.org.

Hinesburg firefighters host spring craft fair

Join the Hinesburg Firefighters Association for their spring craft fair, Saturday May 20, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hinesburg fire station.

The event will include local crafters as well as outside business consultants and many home craft businesses. If you are interested in a space, contact dbarber7541@gmail.com. Proceeds

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from event benefit the Hinesburg Firefighters Association.

Chat with Chea at senior center

Bring questions and concerns for a legislative meet-and-greet with Rep. Chea Waters Evans, the Charlotte and Hinesburg representative in the Chittenden-5 House District on Monday, Feb. 27, at 1 p.m., at the Charlotte Senior Center.

Global Roots film festival is this weekend

From Thursday, Feb. 16 to Saturday, Feb. 19, the Vermont International Film Festival presents the Global Roots Film Festival: 11 select films from around the world, all submitted for Best International Feature Film to the 2023 Academy Awards.

The full is now online at bit. ly/3E39dlc.

U.S. Attorney’s Office hosts hate crime presentations

The U.S. Attorney’s Office has launched a series of presentations in Vermont high schools aimed at educating students on identifying, reporting and preventing hate crimes and other civil rights violations.

“Civil rights enforcement is a priority of the United States Attorney’s Office,” said U.S. Attorney Nikolas P. Kerest. “We are reaching out to Vermont youth – tomorrow’s adults – to give them the tools to recognize hate crimes or discrimination when it happens.”

“Hate crimes have a devastating impact not just on the victims, but their families and communities as well,” said Janeen DiGui-

seppi, special Agent in charge of the FBI’s Albany field office.

Schools interested in hosting a United Against Hate presentation should go to bit.ly/3HnSI3Q.

Homestead explores nature in 18th century

On Sunday, Feb. 19, at 2 p.m. at the Ethan Allen Homestead and on Zoom, professor Zachary Bennett of Norwich University will explore the key role nature played in the 18th century — rather than decisions of the people — for society’s transition to capitalism in its February enrichment lecture, “Why We Should Blame New England’s Fish for Capitalism.”

Winona Smith Scholarship opportunities now open

The League of Women Voters of Vermont Education Fund is now accepting applications for its Winona Smith Scholarship program.

Created in 1998 to honor the legacy of League leader Winona Smith, the scholarship is awarded annually to local high school seniors who embody the characteristics and qualities Smith displayed of civic participation and community service.

Four $1,500 scholarships will be awarded to students based on financial need, scholastic achievement and teacher recommendations.

Applications, due on May 1, are available at bit.ly/lwvscholarshipdetails. Students need to submit two essays, one on issues concerning voting rights and the other on the impact of a recent civic, national or world event. A letter of recommendation from a teacher is also required.

Alexander Twilight celebrated

Middlebury historian Bill Hart and others pay tribute to Rep. Alexander Twilight of Brownington, elected in 1836 as the nation’s first legislator of African descent at a 2023 Farmers Night Concert Series called “The Enigmatic and Charismatic Alexander Twilight with historian Bill Hart on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m. in the House chamber at the Vermont Statehouse.

Hart and others, including saxophonist and composer Ras Moshe Burnett, explore the complicated story behind this energetic and inspired educator. To complement the evening’s festivities Burnett will premiere a composition titled “Alexander Twilight.”

The entire Farmer Night Concert Series is presented by the Vermont Legislature and returns to for the first time since the pandemic interrupted the performances in March 2020. This year’s offerings include 12 weekly Wednesday performances, with the exception of a break for Town Meeting in early March.

Direct questions to lwvofvt. edfund@gmail.com.

Cochran’s Nordic Cross

On Sunday, April 2, Cochran’s Ski Area will hold its annual Nordic Ski Cross Race. This fun and challenging competition is for all ages and includes uphill,

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downhill, slalom gates, jumps and obstacles — all on one pair of skis.

Bring the whole family to watch. The race also includes a free pancake feast with hot slopeside syrup for all competitors and a shorter course for kids. Prizes awarded for top three in all age categories.

The fastest eight men and fastest eight women compete head-to-head in an all-out chaotic gun for the finish. Tickets are $25 per person at cochranskiarea. com. Start time is 11 a.m. for kids and 12:30 p.m. for adults.

For more information contact mrand@gmavt.net or call 802-373-7204.

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Katie Runde’s painting of Alexander Twilight, unveiled at the Vermont Statehouse on May 5.

Anglers set three new state records in Vermont

Three fish caught in 2022 were certified as new state records.

In February, Swanton angler Matt Gingras landed a new Vermont record burbot while fishing on northern Lake Champlain in the West Swanton area. The burbot, caught on a live golden shiner set under a tip-up, weighed 10.9 pounds and measured 32.5 inches long with a 17-inch girth. It beat the earlier state record burbot caught in 2012 by 2.1 pounds.

Unfortunately for Gingras, his reign as the state record burbot holder lasted just two months. In early April while open water bass fishing on Lake Champlain around South Hero, Stephen Estes of Auburn, N.H., caught an 11-pound burbot casting a Ned Rig. The fish measured 34 inches in length and had a 17.5-inch girth.

In May 2022, North Hero angler Jacob Kinney was out bowfishing at night for carp on Lake Champlain and took a fish that weighed an incredible 63.4 pounds. This monster carp smashed the earlier record set just last year by Bradley DiSorda — a fish that weighed 44 pounds, 11 ounces, also taken on Lake Champlain by bow. Kinney’s new record measured 39.25 inches in length while its girth was an immense 37.25 inches.

Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department fisheries biologist Shawn Good, who administers the state’s record fish program, says Kinney’s carp is the heaviest fish ever entered in the program.

“The department started tracking state record fish in 1969, and this 63-pound carp is far and away the largest fish ever entered,” said Good. “As a matter of fact, looking through the more than 1,200 entries received over the last 53 years, seven of the 10 biggest fish on the list are carp. The other three fish in the top 10 are a muskellunge, a lake trout and a channel catfish.”

Good says that at 265,000 acres and 120-miles long, Lake Champlain offers a nearly untapped carp population that receives very little attention.

“I think that die-hard carpers, whether they fish European style, or go after them with fly gear, would be floored at what Champlain has to offer,” he added. “The lake not only produces trophy-sized fish, but it also provides consistent action for carp in the 15-to-20-pound range. It truly is a carp angler’s dream paradise.”

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Boys’ basketball wins again, record now 15-1

with three assists and Grace Ferguson had 22 saves.

Girls’ hockey

BFA-St. Albans 5, Champlain ValleyMount Mansfield 2: The Champlain ValleyMount Mansfield team fell to BFA-St. Albans on Saturday, Feb. 11, as both teams near the end of the regular season.

Tess Everett and Samara Tucker each had a goal for the CougarHawks, who fall to 11-5-1. Grace Ferguson stopped 29 shots in goal.

CVU-MMU had captured a win earlier in the week, beating Essex 4-1 on Wednesday.

Everett had two goals, and Tucker and Sophie Brien each tallied once for the CougarHawks. Riley Erdman chipped in

Boys’ basketball

Champlain Valley 73, Essex 51: Champlain Valley continued its strong season with another win on Friday, Feb. 10, beating Essex 73-51.

Kyle Eaton led all scorers for the Redhawks with 18 points, while Tucker Tharpe added 11 points. In all, 13 CVU players scored.

CVU moved to 15-1 after the win.

Girls’ basketball

Champlain Valley 61, St. Johnsbury 42: Champlain Valley remained undefeated

in in-state play with a victory over St Johnsbury on Thursday, Feb. 9.

Addi Hunter had 22 points for the Redhawks, who moved to 14-1. The team’s one loss came to Shenendehowa Central School in New York.

Elise Berger added 12 points for CVU.

Boys’ hockey

Essex 4, Champlain Valley 1: The boys could not complete the comeback in a loss to Essex on Wednesday, Feb. 8.

The Redhawks were down 2-0 heading into the third period and were able halve the distance before the Hornets tallied twice more.

Alex Zuchowski had the goal for CVU, who move to 7-7-3. Jason Douglas stopped 36 shots.

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Jacob Kinney took this 63.35-pound carp while bowfishing last May in the Alburgh area of Lake Champlain. It beat the existing carp record set in 2021 by nearly 20 pounds.

CVU’s Tess Everett picked for NE All-Region team

Tess Everett of Shelburne has been named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association All-Region team for northern New England, one of only two Vermonters honored.

Everett was one of only 161 student athletes named to the high school all-region teams. Details are available at bit.ly/3JWcPsW.

Additionally, MAX Field Hockey named Everett as its Vermont State Player of the Year

CVU alum earns college academic honors

Caleb Nye of Hinesburg was named to the Endicott College All-Academic Athlete list for the fall season.

Nye is a member of the college men’s cross-country team, which also earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic Team honors for the 2022 season.

Endicott, in Beverly, Mass., received accolades for all its student-athletes attaining at least a 3.10 GPA through the most recent semester. The Gulls ranked 11th overall in the East Region with a 3.39 GPA.

Meanwhile, Nye garnered his honors for registering a cumulative GPA of at least 3.30 and finishing in the top-25 percent of the field at the NCAA Division III regional championship meet. Nye, a criminal justice major,

is the first student-athlete in program history to earn All-Academic Athlete honors.

At the NCAA Division III East Regional Championship in November, Nye placed 52nd on the 8K course with a time of 27:31.1.

Nye started running in eighth grade at Hinesburg Community School and helped the Champlain Valley Union team that won two state titles.

Nye was also one of 123 student-athletes, and one of eight men on the cross-country team, to earn Commonwealth Coast Conference Academic All-Conference honors last fall.

The Gulls ranked second overall among conference competitors after Salve Regina with 126.

and to its New England All-Region First Team. She was the only Vermonter to be named to the first team. Everett has also been honored as Burlington Free Press Player of the Year, First Team All-State, Metro Division First Team and Twin State roster.

Adowyn Byrne of Essex was the other honoree.

Everett will continue her field hockey career at Williams College.

Summer Camps 2023 GUIDE

The Secret to Your Summer Camp’s Success

Promote your program in our Summer Camps guide for targeted exposure to a local audience of kids and parents as they make plans for the upcoming summer season. This advertising section is a go-to guide for summer camp and recreation researchers, making it the ideal place to outline your offerings and secure more early enrollments.

Publication Dates: March 9 and April 6

Deadlines: Thursdays before each issue

Contact: Stowe Reporter/News & Citizen at 802-253-2101, Shelburne News/ The Citizen at 802-985-3091 or The Other Paper at 802-864-6670 for information or to advertise your camp (ask about multi-paper, half-price color and Burlington Area Newspaper Group deals).

To learn more or reserve your space, talk to us today!

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CVU alumnus Caleb Nye was named to the Endicott College All-Academic Athlete list.

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Tess Everett was recently named to the All-Region team for northern New England.

TOWN MEETING WARNING

Informational Meeting March 6, 2023 Annual Meeting March 7, 2023 Town of Hinesburg, Vermont

Informational Meeting March 6, 2023

In-person and via Remote Access

The legal voters of the Town of Hinesburg, Vermont are hereby warned and notified to meet in-person and remotely in said Town of Hinesburg, on Monday March 6, 2023 at 7:00 P.M. at the Champlain Valley Union District High School, at 369 CVU Road, Hinesburg, VT 05461, for an informational meeting on the articles to be voted upon by Australian Ballot on Tuesday March 7, 2023. Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 858 6891 0612

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85868910612?pwd=dnViRWFST0Q1U25qeVFGRDdoT2 Uzdz09

Passcode: 396282

This Informational Meeting will be held in-person and remotely. Available options to watch or join the meeting:

• Attend in-person in the auditorium at Champlain Valley Union High School.

• Join the meeting via Zoom using the log-in information above.

• View remotely by streaming on the Media Factory

• For the purpose of recording minutes, you will be asked to provide your first and last name.

• HOW TO REGISTER TO VOTE: There is no deadline to register to vote. You can register by going to olvr.vermont.gov to register on-line, by going to the town clerk’s office and filling out a paper registration form, or on election day at the polls.

• HOW TO REQUEST AN EARLY BALLOT: You can request an early ballot by visiting mvp.vermont.gov and signing in to your voter page. You or a family member may also request a ballot by phone, in person or via email at mross@hinesburg.org or hroberts@hinesburg.org.

ARTICLE I: To hear the reports of the officers of the Town of Hinesburg.

ARTICLE II: Any other business thought proper.

Annual Meeting Tuesday, March 7, 2023 via Australian Ballot

The legal voters of the Town of Hinesburg, Vermont are hereby warned and notified to meet at the Town Hall at 10632 Vermont Route 116 in Hinesburg, on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 to transact the following business by Australian ballot. Said voting by Australian ballot will begin with the polls opening at 7:00 A.M. and closing at 7:00 P.M.

ARTICLE III: To elect the necessary Town and School District officers by Australian ballot:

• Selectboard member for a term of 3 years

• Selectboard member for a term of 2 years

• Selectboard member for the last year of a 2-year unfulfilled term

• Town Clerk for a term of 3 years

• Town Treasurer for a term of 3 years

• Town Moderator for a term of 1 year

• Cemetery Trustee for a term of 3 years

• Library Trustee for a term of 3 years

• Peck Estate Trustee for a term of 3 years

• Champlain Valley School District Director for a term of 3 years

ARTICLE IV: Shall the Town approve a General Government budget of $1,779,587 with the sum of $1,273,513 raised through taxes?

ARTICLE V: Shall the Town approve a Highway Department budget of $720,583 with the sum of $542,083 raised through taxes?

ARTICLE VI: Shall the Town approve the Hinesburg Community Police Department budget of $808,074 with the sum of $770,574 raised through taxes?

ARTICLE VII: Shall the Town approve the Hinesburg Fire Department budget of $623,548 with the sum of $555,548 raised through taxes?

ARTICLE VIII: Shall the Town approve the Carpenter-Carse Library allocation of $244,000 with the sum of $244,000 raised through taxes?

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ARTICLE IX: Shall the Town approve Capital Transfers of $582,867 with the sum of $482,867 raised through taxes?

ARTICLE X: Shall the Town appropriate the sum of $40,050 with the sum of $40,050 raised through taxes, to be distributed as specifically designated below?

Steps to End Domestic Violence

$2,350

UVM Home Care & Hospice (VNA) $7,250

Committee on Temporary Shelter $1,000

Age Well (CVAA) $4,000

VT Family Network $1,000

Vermont Center for Independent Living $200

Hinesburg Meal Site $650

Prevent Child Abuse Vermont $500

Hinesburg Community Resource Center $23,100

(If voters approve Articles 4 through 10, total expenditures of $4,798,709 will be required, with the estimated amount of $3,908,635 to come from property tax revenue.)

ARTICLE XI: Shall voters authorize the payment of real and personal property taxes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, payable in full to the Town of Hinesburg in one (1) installment, with the due date being November 15, 2023 and to be collected by the Town Treasurer? Any and all payments received in the Town Treasurer’s Office later than midnight on November 15, 2023 will be considered delinquent and will be subject to the collection of interest at the rate of 1% per month or fraction thereof for the first three (3) months and thereafter at the rate of 1.5% per month or fraction thereof.

ARTICLE XII: Shall the voters authorize the purchase of a Pumper/Tanker for the Fire Department in an amount not to exceed $850,000 to be financed over a period not to exceed ten (10) years?

ARTICLE XIII: Shall the town provide notice of the availability of the annual report by posting notice on the town website and in three public places in town at least 30 days before the annual meeting instead of mailing or otherwise distributing the report to the voters of the town pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 1682(a)?

ARTICLE XIV: Shall the voters authorize the Selectboard to appoint a town treasurer as provided in 17 V.S.A. § 2651f?

ARTICLE XV: Shall the voters authorize the Selectboard to appoint a town clerk as provided in 17 V.S.A. § 2651e?

Signed and dated this 25th day of January 2023, and as attested to by:

Merrily Lovell, Chair Dennis Place

Maggie Gordon, Vice-Chair Michael Loner

Phil Pouech

Attest: Melissa Ross, Town Clerk

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ARIES

March 21 - April 20

You might feel caught up in a daze this week, Aries. Your mind continues to wander, but your thoughts will settle down soon enough.

TAURUS

April 21 - May 21

Make an effort to bring more people onto your side, Taurus. You can’t possibly win everyone over, but others might be receptive to your ideas with the right approach.

GEMINI

May 22 - June 21

A sit down with a higherup could be in order soon, Gemini. Explain your attributes and what you have been doing for the company and make an effort to compromise, if necessary.

CANCER

June 22 - July 22

Cancer, you are still following through with resolutions to be more organized. Start slowly and build up to bigger projects when you gain con dence in your abilities.

LEO

July 23 - Aug. 23

Celestial energy has you temporarily doubting your abilities, Leo. Normally you are quite con dent in your creativity. Give things a little time to settle down.

VIRGO

Aug. 24 - Sept. 22

Virgo, excitement could be on the horizon. Caution is needed, but don’t hesitate to embrace the renewed vigor this development inspires.

LIBRA

Sept. 23 - Oct. 23

Libra, this week you may start micromanaging other people without even realizing it. You certainly want things to be in order, but sometimes you have to let others be.

SCORPIO

Oct. 24 - Nov. 22

Retail therapy has its allure this week, Scorpio. If you must buy, direct your purchasing dollars toward a sweetheart for Valentine’s Day or another special occasion.

SUDOKU

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Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must ll each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can gure 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 Sagittarius, ground yourself with the small luxuries in your life that bring you joy. This could be the company of friends or cherished mementos.

CAPRICORN

Dec. 22 - Jan. 20 Misinformation seems to circulate with ease, but don’t believe everything you hear this week, Capricorn. You may need to do some factchecking of your own.

AQUARIUS

Jan. 21 - Feb. 18

Aquarius, you could be tempted to indulge in a little gossip as the rumors start ying this week. Take the high road and resist the urge to join in.

PISCES

Feb. 19 - March 20

Pisces, if you feel a little off your game this week, nd a friend who can offer you a pep talk. That’s all you need to bounce back.

CROSSWORD

CLUES ACROSS

1. River in Tuscany

5. A way to represent

8. Rocker’s guitar

12. Civil Rights group

14. Brew

15. Scratch

16. W. Asian country

18. The Eye Network

19. Clari ed butter

20. Part of the Cascade Range

21. Downwind 22. A way to steer 23. Loop 26. Not ingested 30. Swampy coniferous forest

47. Balm

49. Undergarments

50. Male parent 51. Ropes

56. Ear part

57. Investment vehicle

58. Dictator

59. Cain and __

60. A type of code

61. Border river along India and Nepal

62. It’s what’s for dinner

63. Consume

64. Christian __, designer

CLUES DOWN

1. Cuckoos

2. Skin issue

3. City in central Japan

4. Sorrels

5. Twinned diamond

6. Canadian province

7. Monetary units

8. Head honcho

9. Goddess of wisdom

10. Part of a play

11. Get rid of

13. Applicant

ANSWERS

17. Bowling alleys have many

24. Explosive

25. “The Say Hey Kid”

26. Ultrahigh frequency

27. No (Scottish)

28. Make a mistake

29. Credit card term

35. Keyboard key 36. Woman (French)

In the middle of

Score perfectly

Coat a metal with an oxide coat

Deadly disease 42. A place to dock a boat (abbr.)

Belch 44. Member of U.S. Navy

“In __”: separate from others

Examine extensively

Adjust

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‘Walter Hacks’ screenings return to Vergennes, Morrisville theaters

Two 11-year-old children sit on the porch, trying to decide who will be wearing the cowboy hat. A rumpled fedora with the sides curled up.

“I don’t want to be the beautiful girl; all they do is hand beer to dirty men. I want to be the hero.”

“Well, who am I then?”

“You can be the old guy who travels with him.”

George Woodard’s award-winning film

“The Summer of Walter Hacks” is back.

Nominated for best screenplay and best stunts by Maverick Movies Awards, the story is about the adventures of an 11-yearold boy in the summer of 1952.

Walter gets a job at a farm machinery repair shop, but as he travels around on his bicycle (his horse) helping fix farmer’s equipment, his adventures parallel the west-

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not have enough people to hold meetings.

Now that they have a quorum, with Patten appointed in November and Travis Counter, the owner of Good Times Cafe, appointed in January, they plan on holding several community forums in April for business owners and residents, “and hopefully start doing some visioning around how the business community in Hinesburg can benefit and seize the opportunity.”

“I think it’s time for that committee to really start seeing that they can do in Hinesburg,” selectboard member Mike Loner said at a Jan. 18 meeting, when Counter was appointed.

Levy and Steve Gladstone, another committee member, have been on the committee since its inception. Since its start, they have had access to the town’s revolving loan fund, an offshoot of a loan from the Vermont Community Development Program initially made to Vermont Smoke and Cure, which allowed that company to move into the former Saputo Cheese Plant.

Fifty percent of that original grant has since been paid back, but the remaining funds have been repurposed into a community fund. But only two loans have been given out over the years — one to Good Times Café and another to Shrubbly, both of which are being paid back. The town still has more

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County Superior Court on April 6. He could not be reached for comment, and a message for his attorney, Brooks G. McArthur, was not immediately returned by press deadline.

South Burlington police worked with the Vermont State Police crash reconstruction process team at the scene, who shared

ern movies he loves. The getaway, the showdown, the shootout, the runaway stagecoach (a farm tractor) and saving the beautiful girl from impending doom and riding off into the sunset.

Filmed in black and white, the film is an accurate presentation of that time gone by. It’s exciting, it’s funny, it’s sad and it’s a movie any 11-year-old should see, and any 60-year-old will remember.

Showings are Sunday, Feb. 19, Vergennes Opera House, 2 p.m.; and Saturday, Feb. 25, Morrisville River Arts, 6:30 p.m. Tickets will be sold at the door.

There will also be a preview of Woodard’s new film, “The Farm Boy.” In this World War II era story, the Waterbury Center filmmaker follows a young man from the farm to Europe in what would become known as the Battle of the Bulge.

The film will premiere in late March.

than $120,000 in available capital.

Part of the committee’s goal is to let the community know that fund exists.

“We would love to have more businesses take advantage of it,” Levy said.

Since the beginning of the new year, members of the committee have been individually reaching out to local business owners in the village, Levy said, to see how things are going in the post-pandemic world.

Businesses seem to be in good shape, committee members said, albeit many still have trouble retaining workers. But many said they welcome the idea of a walkable downtown.

— Will Patten

“I think it is about creating kind of a downtown culture, and we don’t really have that yet,” she said. “But with all these new developments coming online, hopefully, there’s more of a critical mass to help that idea along.”

While other towns have taken advantage of their proximity to Route 7, or to I-89, there are “upsides and downsides” to developing on the less trafficked Route 116.

“We’re going to have parking problems, and traffic problems,” Patten said. “But there will be a much bigger customer base, so hopefully, out of this will come an energized business community in Hinesburg that will work together.”

their findings with the Chittenden County State’s Attorney.

After “extensive investigation and careful review,” police decided to charge Lewis, said South Burlington police Chief Shawn Burke.

“No further information will be released prior to Lewis’ arraignment,” Burke said.

“Hopefully, out of this will come an energized business community in Hinesburg that will work together.”