Southern Chittenden House candidates unopposed
PATRICK BILOW STAFF WRITER
Three candidates are running unopposed for House seats in southern Chittenden County this year.
Shawn Sweeney of Shelburne, a newcomer to politics, is running to replace Jessica Brumsted in the Chittenden-7 seat that serves Shelburne.
Phil Pouech will return for his second term as Chittenden-4 representative for Hinesburg, and Chea Waters Evans of Charlotte will also return for her second biennium as Chittenden-5 representative, which includes a portion of the town of Hinesburg.
Sweeney, a Democrat who has lived in Shelburne since 1998, clinched the Democratic nomination for Chittenden-7 earlier this year after beating Shelburne Selectboard chair Michael Ashooh.
Sweeney has owned Sweeney DesignBuild, a local design and construction company, for over 20 years. Before that, he owned a nightclub in Burlington and worked in the movie industry scouting set locations for companies like Dreamworks and Warner Bros.
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Richmond may restaff cop shop
Hinesburg could lose about $160K next year
PATRICK BILOW STAFF WRITER
A plan between Hinesburg and Richmond to combine police departments, which at one time seemed promising, is now up in the air as Richmond considers revamping its own department.
Last year in April, the towns signed an inter-municipal agreement that provided Hinesburg police coverage in Richmond at $50 an hour. The arrangement offered much-needed coverage in Richmond and revenue for Hinesburg that became integral to the town’s budget.
This relationship dates to 2022 when Richmond was struggling to provide police services. The department was dwindling with fewer officers and an interim police chief who eventually left. At one point, the town had no officers at all.
That’s when Hinesburg Police Chief Anthony Cambridge floated the idea of combining services, according to selectboard chair Merrily Lovell. Currently, Cambridge is the acting police chief for both towns, with five Hinesburg officers on patrol for both.
Richmond has one officer on staff who patrols Richmond.
“At the time, there was an immediate
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A couple captures a selfie with Vermont’s colorful fall backdrop.
Philo selfie
A Vermont women’s rally will take place Saturday, Nov. 2, on the Statehouse lawn in Montpelier at 10 a.m.
Singer songwriter Patti Casey will open the rally with a sing-along, and Dwight and Nicole will also perform.
Pugh, a retired state representative, will also participate.
Vermont was one of the first states to constitutionally protect reproductive freedom and liberty. Vermont was also one of the first states to support gay marriage.
Melinda Moulton will serve as emcee and Beverly Little Thunder and Lushanya Echeverria will honor Indigenous Peoples with a land acknowledgement.
Kiah Morris, Bianca Stone, Kennedy Jansen and Jayna Ahsaf will speak, and Charity Clark, Vermont attorney general, Jessica Barquist, director of Vermont Planned Parenthood Action Fund and Ann
This rally will be a celebration of Vermont’s commitment to ensure equality for women and to recognize the power voters hold to fight for women’s rights.
This is a sister event to the National Women’s March in Washington, D.C., on the same date. State parking lots will be open and free for public parking.
Learn more at vermontwomensrally.com.
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Charlotte resident Nikkie Kent at the Vermont women’s rally in Montpelier in 2017.
Nordic Farm signs lease with USDA, University of VT
LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
When Benjamin Dobson and Kaspar Meier bought the sprawling 600-acre Nordic Farm property in July, they had a “serendipitous” opportunity on the horizon, but the deal was officially signed, sealed and delivered just earlier this month.
Representatives from the University of Vermont signed a 30-year lease for approximately 400 acres of the farmland for long-term agricultural research use in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (ARS), which has a unit based on the college campus.
This collaboration builds on UVM’s partnership with the research service through its Food Systems Research Center, the first USDA-funded center dedicated to studying all aspects of the food system.
“It was created about three years ago here on the campus,” Richard Cate, vice president of finance and administration at the university, said of the Burlington unit. “They do independent research. It’s not part of UVM’s research, but our faculty collaborate with their faculty in some instances. If we have a faculty member that is studying the same types of things, there are collaborations. But it is their research that is ongoing, in this case, here at the university and now on this farm.”
whole ordeal began with a simple conversation in late May, when the property was, at the time, still for sale.
“At about the same time we went down to look at it, Ben and Kaspar made the offer, and it was accepted. So, it became clear the purchase wasn’t an option, but I just was trying to think of a way whereby we could still accomplish the same goal for the university and for the Agricultural Research Service,” Cate said.
The work that the research service plans to do is expected to span decades, maybe even more than a century. While the $1.9 million lease is now set at 30 years, there are three options for renewal beyond what is currently stipulated in the agreement.
There are two aspects of research currently in motion. One side is focused on plant science and forage productivity along with soil health and the other is focused on animal science with beef cattle and grazing livestock, Peters said.
“Nordic Farm has got some poorly drained soils, and that’s a good place to be doing research.”
— Christian Peters
“It’s not only close, but it’s in this really important region within the state of Vermont for agriculture, one of the most densely farmed parts of the state,” Peters said. “We looked at the soils and they’re diverse, as you’d expect for this part of Vermont. It’s got some poorly drained soils, and that’s a good place to be doing research.”
University of Vermont CFO Richard Cate, center, signs the lease for 400 acres of Nordic Farm land in Charlotte during a ceremony Oct. 3. He’s flanked by Ben Dobson, co-owner of Nordic farm, on the right, and Christian Peters, research leader for the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Burlington on the left.
“It’s awesome news for us because in so many regards, we’re aligned with what they want to do and it’s really what we would like to do,” Meier said.
The property has seen a frequent shift in ownership and ideas over the years, but at one point was home to one of the state’s most prolific dairy operations with nearly 300 milking heifers during its prime. In 2004, it became the first farm in New England to install robotic milking equipment under the ownership of Clark Hinsdale III.
The high-profile farm went through a few different owners who offered a variety of ideas for its future. In 2018, Andrew Peterson, owner of Peterson Quality Malt, partnered with a group of investors led by Jay and Matt Canning of Hotel Vermont to buy the property, although that venture never got fully off the ground.
To further signify the partnership, the entire deal was penned on an antique desk that belonged to Vermont Sen. Justin Morrill, the father of the land-grant university system that has provided UVM its agricultural mission.
“We are supposed to be in this business to help lead both research and implementation of good agricultural practices here in Vermont.” Cate said. “This supports that in many ways.”
But signing the deal wasn’t the first time Cate and the research lead with the research service’s Burlington unit, Christian Peters, had visited the property. The
The farm looks much different than it did in July when Dobson and Meier officially closed on the property. The antique barn that sits directly on Route 7 has been cleared and swept, with some initial work to stabilize the building underway. An original Nordic Farm sign Meier found when cleaning out the barn sits proudly propped against the building farthest to the back of the property that currently houses office space.
What’s even more notable are the trails through the back of the property that have been tended and cleared by Meier, who, alongside Dobson, is working to bring new life back to the expansive acreage’s soil.
But the most notable endeavor, up until this month, came just three years when Will Raap, the visionary behind ventures like Gardeners Supply and the Intervale Center, bought the massive undertaking forged under the name Earthkeep Farmcommon. The project was poised to usher in a new era of collective farming that balanced nonprofit research, innovation and education all within a single hub. But before plans could fully evolve, Raap died in December 2022.
The farm has sat relatively vacant, minus a few businesses that were still operating out of the barn spaces, until this summer. Meier said that those businesses are no longer there as a new leaf
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Hinesburg Police Blotter: Oct. 8-14
Total incidents: 63
Traffic stops: 18
Arrests: 0
Oct. 8 at 8:25 a.m., an officer investigated the report of a traffic hazard on CVU Road.
Oct. 8 at 7:18 p.m., an officer responded to a single car motor vehicle crash on Pond Road.
Oct. 9 at 8:38 a.m., someone reported the theft of property on Hillview Terrace.
Oct. 9 at 3:08 p.m., theft of property on Catchapaw Road was reported.
Oct. 9 at 4:51 p.m., a stolen car out of Middlebury was recovered on Hayden Hill East.
Oct. 9 at 8:57 p.m., a welfare check was conducted on Hillview Terrace.
Oct. 9 at 9:18 p.m., an officer investigated a noise complaint on
North Road.
Oct. 10 at 10:24 a.m., an officer assisted the Department for Children and Families with a welfare check on Richmond Road.
Oct. 10 at 5:30 p.m., a loose dog was turned into the police department and later returned to its owner.
Oct. 11 at 11:31 a.m., an officer responded to a single car motor vehicle crash on Pond Road.
Oct. 13 at 11:40 a.m., officers assisted with mediating a citizen dispute on Piette Road.
Oct. 13 at 2:25 p.m., Kinney Drugs reported a shoplifting.
Oct. 13 at 2:53 p.m., an officer responded to Green Street for the report of trespassing.
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Vermont State Police Blotter
Sept. 4 at 3 p.m., police arrested Nichole Nimblett, 54, of Vergennes for identity theft, false pretenses or token, grand larceny, forgery and counterfeiting after a Charlotte resident observed several suspicious transactions on her bank statements. Investigation revealed the transactions were linked to Nimblett.
Oct. 11 at 11:59 p.m., Joshua Jerger, 36, of Starksboro, was arrested
for driving under the influence, refusing a sobriety test, leaving the scene of an accident, aggravated operation without owner’s consent and driving with a suspended license on Gilman Road in Hinesburg. Police said Jerger crashed into a barn and then fled on foot. They located him walking down the road and later realized the car he was driving had been stolen in South Burlington.
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CRIME & COURTS
Brunell murder trial delayed
ETHAN WEINSTEIN VTDIGGER
A judge ordered this week that a Lamoille County murder trial will be delayed following a mix-up over evidence disclosure.
Seth Brunell was scheduled to stand trial next week on a charge of second-degree murder. He is accused of killing Fern Feather, a transgender woman, in Morristown in April 2022. But after the prosecution failed to provide the defense with a 3D crime scene model, a judge ruled the trial would be postponed.
Lamoille County Superior Court Judge Mary Morrissey declined the defense’s efforts to exclude the model as evidence or dismiss the case entirely. She did, however, allow the defense a “continuance” of the trial to “retain an expert who could analyze” the crime scene model and “potentially rebut” the state’s expert witness.
Jessica Burke, Brunell’s attorney, requested the trial be delayed until spring 2025. Morrissey granted the request, though the trial timeline will likely be determined later this month and is subject to change.
Last week, the disclosure issue came to light in an evidentiary hearing as Lamoille County State’s
Attorney Aliena Gerhard, who’s prosecuting the case alongside Assistant Attorney General Sophie Stratton, revealed the state had mistakenly not shared a 3D crime scene model with the defense.
Morrissey, in a 15-page decision issued Monday, found that though the defense had not received the modeling, it was aware of the model’s existence. She also wrote there was no ill intent in the state’s failure to provide the model.
Still, Morrissey chided prosecutors, writing, “the court neither minimizes nor excuses the failure of the State to explicitly disclose the (3D) model and raw data to Defendant.”
Morrissey did, however, sanction the state for failing to punctually disclose a letter Brunell wrote in prison that was obtained by Vermont State Police in Aug. 2023. Prosecutors disclosed the letter last month, court records indicate, but Morrissey determined the late disclosure constituted a violation, and she ruled the state could not bring the letter as evidence in Brunell’s trial.
In the letter, Brunell allegedly described a ploy to have sex with his attorney and accuse her of assault to get his case thrown out, according to court documents.
Brunell pleaded not guilty to the
murder charge in April 2022. He has been held without bail since.
According to investigators, witnesses reported that Brunell and Feather had been spending time together since meeting each other while Brunell was hitchhiking a few days before the killing.
On April 12, 2022, Brunell used Feather’s cellphone and called the victim’s friend, telling that person he had killed Feather, according to investigators.
Morristown police officers arrived minutes later and found Feather lying face up on the side of the road and Brunell in the car.
Brunell, according to the charging documents, told officers Feather had attacked him after making a sexual advance, which Brunell said he had rejected because he “wasn’t gay.” Officers reported that Brunell showed no “indications of an altercation,” the filing stated. Feather’s killing led to an outpouring of grief and condemnation across Vermont, with advocacy groups calling for an end to transphobic rhetoric.
The year prior, Gov. Phil Scott signed a law banning the LGBTQ “panic” defense, a legal strategy where suspects justify violence by citing their victims’ sexual or gender identity.
That’s why they fall it the blues
In Musing
Carole Vasta Folley
copies of “The Power of Now.”
But I must admit, it takes me a while to find the groove of summer. Sorry, Eckhart.
Why is it that every year I’m left bereft by the end of summer? Maybe it’s because I live in Vermont where summers can be exquisite. Its emerald and malachite greens dazzling against a sky so blue it ignites not just the possibility, but the full- out expectation of freedom. One flavored by remnant feelings of childhood when the close of school left the door wide-open to the prospects of summer.
Perhaps my dismay at summer’s demise is due to my lack of attention to it while it was here. This from a woman who owns two
Every year, I’m late to the summer party. It takes months for me to notice it’s warm enough to bare my arms let alone gather outside with my neighbors to toast pinkish sunsets as someone invariably intones, “red skies at night.”
By the time the end of August rounds the bend, I’m thinking of picnics and firing up the grill only to look up at my calendar and read September. It’s then I realize I missed the fair. Or, more accurately, the fried dough. I’m crestfallen. Please understand, without reservation, I emphatically know a Vermont September is also exquisite. One could even argue it’s worth an entire summer of beauty.
Nonetheless, I’m sad summer has passed, sad to say goodbye. It seems once I’ve fully absorbed summer is indeed over, it’s October. Oh no, did I miss September too? Trust me, I’m
not one to spend time longing for the past, believing that the grass is always greener elsewhere. Although, in this case, that would be true. Yet, I still feel whiplashed into fall.
No ignoring it now, it’s everywhere I look. My petunias have called it a day, it’s dark by dinner and maple leaves carpet the sidewalk. Today, I picked up an unbelievably garnet-red leaf and tucked it safely into the pocket of the coat I now need to wear. It’s as if I’ve been awakened by a venerable voice booming, “Earth to Carole” as I stare at autumn all around me.
This Vermont summer, that’s a carrot to sub-zero temps in winter and rutted roads in mud season, is fleeting. But only because all time is just that. Here today, gone tomorrow. Tempus fugit, waiting for no one, it flies. Summer’s not to blame for this truth. At the end of the day, it’s my job to pay attention and to be with it while it’s here. No matter how transient.
This explains my sadness at
summer’s departure as it provokes my propensity to contemplate the profoundness of loss. A circle of life that mandates things come, and things go. Seasons come and seasons go. And really, the crux of the whole matter, people come, and people go. Seems to make sense the transitory nature of seasons could bring about the blues. The kind that expresses feelings in equal rhythm and measure of sorrow and prayer. I’m quite sure that my heavy-heartedness of spirit will continue into November. And that’s not because Vermont doesn’t have its charms then too. The 11th month offers more hues of gray than one can imagine, no kidding, with trees that boast a nobility unseen while
The 11th month offers more hues of gray than one can imagine, no kidding, with trees that boast a nobility unseen while wearing their crown of leaves.
wearing their crown of leaves. No, my pensive mood is inflamed by November’s upcoming election and a fear that our country has lost its way. I hold the hope that the month of Thanksgiving will end in optimism and aspiration. Meanwhile, I’ve decided to embrace my melancholy over the loss of summer and, mostly, all the other losses I feel deeply. Just like the passing of seasons, there’s a purpose to my sadness. A time for it as well. May there also be, as The Byrds sang, “A time for peace. I swear it’s not too late.”
Carole Vasta Folley is an award-winning columnist and playwright. Visit carolevf.com.
Carole Vasta Folley
Vermont needs a new approach to tackle housing shortage
Guest Perspective
John Vogel
The shortage and cost of housing in Vermont is a problem we can solve. Other states are showing us how.
In Minneapolis, apartment rents have declined by 4 percent over the last five years, according to an NBC News story, while they have soared an average of 22 percent across the United States. In Texas, total development costs for new apartments are half of what they are in Vermont (based on my discussions with real estate companies). That’s why developers can charge $800 a month in rent for new apartments and still make a profit. How did these places do it?
In Minneapolis, they reduced rent and decreased homelessness by creating incentives for new construction. Between 2017-2022, Minneapolis expanded its housing stock by 12 percent. The key driver behind this growth spurt was apartments. A full 87 percent of these new homes were in buildings with 20-plus units. As economists will tell you, increasing supply generally causes rent to stabilize — and sometimes even decline.
To spur this new construction, the Minneapolis City Council adopted three key policies:
• Minimum parking requirements for new developments were eliminated. By
first reducing and then eliminating on-site parking requirements for new apartments, the Minneapolis City Council enabled developers to build more densely and save costs, especially if the site would otherwise require underground parking.
• Taller buildings in commercial corridors were encouraged. Minneapolis created zoning districts near transit and along commercial corridors where developers were allowed to build three- and six-story buildings. On lots adjacent to light rail stations, zoning permitted 10- to 30-story buildings.
• Minimum building heights were required in high density zones. Most zoning regulations focus on maximum building heights. First in Korea, where land is scarce, and currently in downtown Minneapolis, developers are required to build to a minimum height so that prime sites can house more people. Minneapolis made it cheaper and easier to build apartments. Politicians withstood scathing criticism from loud NIMBY voices — and developers responded.
Regulatory improvements are not enough. Minnesota also backed up this program with financial resources, including a $1 billion omnibus housing bill. This legislation, passed in May 2023, provides funding for housing infrastructure and the development of workforce housing and other housing priorities. What can we learn from Texas? Why
does development cost twice as much in Vermont?
Texas has some natural advantages — land is plentiful, flat and generally less expensive. Also, the influx of new families means developers can build large complexes, and benefit from economies of scale.
There is also a less obvious but significant reason: the number of immigrants who work in construction. According to the American Immigration Council, only 17 percent of the Texas population are immigrants, but they make up 40 percent of the construction workforce. Also, according to the council, a whopping 39.7 percent of all entrepreneurs in the building industry in Texas are immigrants.
Minneapolis made it cheaper and easier to build apartments.
Politicians withstood scathing criticism from loud NIMBY voices — and developers responded.
These newcomers bring skills or a willingness to learn, innovation and a strong work ethic.
Vermont is short on people with construction skills, which is a key factor in the high price and slow pace of new developments in Vermont.
Is there a way to draw fresh faces to Vermont and welcome them with opportunity? Can we partner with organiza-
tions that help to settle new Americans? Reach across borders? Provide training or sponsor apprenticeship opportunities? Should we begin that conversation? In June 2023, the Vermont Legislature and Gov. Phil Scott took a significant step toward increasing the supply of housing. The HOME Act (Act S.100) modified parking requirements for priority housing and offered a 40 percent density bonus for affordable housing in areas with public water and sewer.
In 2024, the Legislature took further action and passed H.687 — which modernized Act 250 — smoothing the way for more housing projects and less duplicate regulation. This bold legislation is clearly a step in the right direction. But, if Vermont really wants to increase its supply of housing, it needs additional legislative action. It also needs to press forward in creative and potentially controversial ways.
John Vogel lives in Williston. Now retired, he was a longtime clinical professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
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CVU students launch student-run newspaper
LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
Three Champlain Valley Union High School students are bringing journalism to the halls of the state’s largest school district with the Hawk’s Nest, a new student-run newspaper that will publish this fall.
Grace Warrington, Lily Gruber and Karmen Wilbur, three juniors at the high school, first began to talk about launching a newspaper last year. Although conversations started as informal chats during lunch and breaks during the school day, urgency started to grow as the year continued, mostly out of concern that a school as large as CVU didn’t have a student-led newspaper in place.
“I was just simply concerned that we didn’t have one, and that felt very wrong that a high school as big as ours didn’t have a school newspaper,” Warrington said.
The trio got the wheels turning before they actually began meeting in earnest this year since Wilbur and Warrington both regularly see each other during Latin Club at school.
“We both knew Grace and the first time she talked to me about it was early sophomore year, but I didn’t hear anything else about it after that,” Wilbur said. “Then she and Lily both came and said that they had been talking about it more and asked if I had a real interest in it. I was like, ‘Yeah, absolutely!’”
Gruber said while journalism wasn’t something she’d ever considered doing before, the prospect sounded interesting enough, and “there wasn’t really anything like that in the school” already.
The three now act as the unofficial editors, publishers, designers and reporters and plan to publish their first eight-page edition by the end of this month. What
they are battling with now is garnering enough support to have a news team to work alongside them.
“We have an indeterminate number of staff,” Warrington said, the three letting out a laugh.
“I think it’s hard to get members that stay in a newspaper club, just because you have to put in so much time outside of school. I know that kind of thing is hard, especially for kids who might be in junior or senior year,” Gruber explained, noting that there have been a few people who have said that they are interested in writing regularly.
For now, the team meets once a week and is initially focusing on how to organize their systems to make it easier once others begin to join.
“Because we’ve never done anything like that before,” Wilbur said. “Our job is to figure out how it is all going to fit together at this point, which is a little bit challenging.”
The group anticipates some news-related content but also plans to include other content that students might be interested in, such as poetry and creative writing columns, comics and, of course, crossword puzzles and a sports section.
“Individual columns that students could come and write based on their interests,” Gruber said.
The team is onto a potential first story: Has CVU ever had a student-run newspaper before? While they have heard unofficial stories about one that may have circulated in decades past, the trio is only aware of one other, which came out of a journalism class and was only available to students of the class.
“Actually, now that we’ve talked about it, I think that’s going to be a whole article idea for us,” Wilbur said.
Get trained on sustainable road salting technologies
Lake Champlain Sea Grant and University of Vermont Extension are partnering with the Hyde Park Highway Department to offer free training for municipal employees and others who manage snow and ice on roads and other surfaces in winter.
The workshop will be held at the Hyde Park Highway Department garage, 332 Vermont Route 15, on Thursday, Oct. 24, from 9:30-11:30 a.m.
The training will include a demonstration of Hyde Park’s use of a salt-water mixture to prewet salt before it is put on the road.
This technology, combined with tracking road pavement temperatures and calibration have helped Hyde Park reduce use of salt by almost 50 percent over the past four winters. This has saved the town money and benefitted the environment.
Participants will learn about resources that describe other sustainable salt practices that communities are using to manage snow and ice that both keep people safe and reduce the use of salt.
Register for this free training at bit. ly/4dGa5Lp.
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Grace Warrington, Lily Gruber and Karmen Wilbur.
COMMUNITY
Carving time
Bring the kiddos for pumpkin carving at the Charlotte Library on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m.-noon. Come carve a pumpkin and make it part of the display on the Charlotte town green. The library supplies the pumpkins, but donations are welcome to help cover costs. Any surplus will go to the Charlotte Food Shelf.
Craft fair this Saturday benefits firefighters
The Hinesburg Firefighters’ Association craft fair is this Saturday, Oct. 19, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Hinesburg Fire Station, 10340 Route 116.
There will be 35 plus vendors selling an array of crafts, and a concession stand with a variety of food and treats.
Holiday bazaar features crafts, antiques
The All Saints Episcopal Church, 1250 Spear St., South Burlington, is holding its holiday bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 2, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
The sale will feature antiques and uniques, baked goods, books, crafts and Christmas decor, jewelry. There will also be a silent auction, yard sale and luncheon.
Political science expert talks presidential race
A talk by Matthew Dickinson, “Forecasting the Presidential Election: Who Will Win and Why?,” will take place at Faith United Methodist Church, 899 Dorset St., South Burlington on Friday, Oct.
25, 2-3 p.m.
Dickinson is a professor of political science at Middlebury College.
The talk is part of the Education & Enrichment for Everyone Vermont Lecture Series. Learn more at eeevermont.org.
Common Ground Center celebrates 30 years
Common Ground Center, the nonprofit outdoor recreation and education center nestled on 700 acres in Starksboro, is celebrating 30 years with a special benefit concert at Isham Family Farm on Thursday, Oct. 17, 7 p.m.
Local bluegrass band The Tenderbellies will provide the live music.
Known for its founding ethos of “camp for everyone,” the center has been a vibrant hub for community and creativity.
Tickets for the concert are $20 and can be purchased at bit. ly/3BOrqo0.
“This celebration is an opportunity to reflect on our accomplishments and look forward to many more years of strengthening
COMMUNITY
Hinesburg Artist Series performs fall concert
community where your loved ones can thrive. Our beautifully designed spaces and engaging activities provide the perfect environment for an active and fulfilling life.
www.vergennesgrand.com/learnmore
AMENITIES & SERVICES INCLUDE:
Dining room with valley and mountain views
Secure Memory Care garden
An engaging variety of scheduled social, cultural, and spiritual programs
Registered Nurse on sta
Roof Terrace / Market & cafe
TV Lounge / Art & Fitness Studio
All utilities included
The Hinesburg Artist Series will perform a mix of choral and band music at the Champlain Valley Union High School on Sunday, Oct. 27, at 4 p.m.
The concert will feature the Hinesburg Community Band and the South County Chorus, under the direction of Rufus Patrick, Hinesburg Artist Series founder and music director.
“Late October is a great time for an afternoon concert, and to ensure that the whole community can enjoy it, there is no charge for admission,” Patrick said.
The South County Chorus will present selections by Pinkzebra, Victor Johnson, an adaptation of the familiar spiritual “Elijah Rock,” and a Sam Pottle arrangement of “Jabberwocky” based on words from “Through the Looking Glass” by Lewis Carroll.
The Hinesburg Community Band is performing music by Brian Balmage, Carol Chambers, Jon Bubber and the classic “First Suite in E-flat” by Gustav Holst.
As an added special feature, Elisa Van Duyne will perform “They Can’t Take That Away from Me.” This classic Gershwin song is arranged for band and vocalist by Warren Barker. Van Duyne is a professional performer, choreographer and director, and the theater arts educator at Champlain Valley Union High School.
As a performer, she’s been seen on Broadway, television, national tours and regional theaters all over the country and Europe.
Donations are accepted. Learn more at hinesburgartistseries.org.
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families, building community, and fostering a love of nature,” Lindsay Whitaker, executive director, said.
Charlotte Walks
Want to get more familiar with the town’s public trails or meet and chat with other Charlotters? Join The Charlotte Grange for Charlotte Walks, every third Friday at a different trailhead at 8:30 a.m.
On Oct. 18, walk Charlotte’s Village Loop Trail, a well-kept trail in West Charlotte that goes through woods and meadows, with an optional walk up Barber Hill for some fall views. The meadow paths are well mowed but depending on the weather there could be a lot of dew on the grass. Wear shoes or boots that can stand getting a little wet.
Meet at the trailhead parking area at the Old Lantern Inn and Barn, 3260 Greenbush Road. When you pull into the driveway, trailhead parking is immediately to your left along the treeline by the road.
Check out charlottegrange.org for updates.
Learn how Vermont reclaimed Cedar Creek
Ethan Allen Homestead Museum hosts the talk, “Vermont and the Battle of Cedar Creek,” on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2 p.m.
On Oct. 19, 1864, a surprise attack by Confederate troops in the Shenandoah Valley at Cedar Creek appeared to be a solid victory for the South. But thanks to the heroic efforts of Vermont’s 8th Regiment, the Union reclaimed the battlefield.
Mike Soules will describe the
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Oct. 13 at 6:31 p.m., police investigated a report of property damage by a motor vehicle on Route 116.
Oct. 14 at 7 a.m., police investigated a shoplifting from the Jolly Mobile on Commerce Street.
Oct. 14 at 6:30 p.m., someone reported a missing juvenile on CVU Road.
Oct. 14 at 9:50 p.m., officers responded to a juvenile problem on Farmall Drive.
role of the Vermonter in the battle, its consequences, as well as the significance of the Cedar Creek Room in Vermont’s Capitol.
Rokeby Museum hosts spiritualism and spirits
Returning to Rokeby Museum on Oct. 25-26 is the annual spiritualism play.
This year’s play, “Spirits of Rokeby: Voices from the Summer Land,” features a new script inspired by Rokeby and Vermont’s spiritualist history. Ticket holders will gather for a drink and short talk on Victorian spiritualism before entering the historic home, where actors guide visitors through a participatory dramatization inspired by Rokeby’s spiritualist history.
The second-generation Robinsons practiced spiritualism and attended several séances in Ferrisburgh and Vergennes. Their encounters with spirits were recorded by a family friend and are preserved in the museum’s collection.
“This event draws inspiration from the archive and is an opportunity to experience a 19th-century séance just as the Robinson
did over a century ago,” executive director Lindsay Varner said.
Tickets to the event are $20 ($25 for non-members) at the museum or rokeby.org.
VT Teddy Bear hosts Halloween celebration
Vermont Teddy Bear’s annual Halloween party is Saturday, Oct. 26, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at its factory and retail store on Shelburne Road in Shelburne.
There’ll be face painting, games, food, prizes and a costume contest.
Garden club meets, gives talk on floral design
Burlington Garden Club Meeting presents a program on floral design at its monthly meeting, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 1 p.m., at Faith United Methodist Church, 899 Dorset St., South Burlington.
The speaker, Kathy Perkins of the Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont, will bring to life a real discussion and demonstration of floral design. Learn the standards used in a flower show to assess
An opening reception for new works by Judi Maculan and John Penoyar will be held Saturday, Oct. 26, 2-4 p.m. at the Carpenter Carse Library, 69 Ballards Corner Road, Hinesburg. Maculan will exhibit recent floral watercolors that create an abstract impression. Penoyar will share new layered watercolor and digital photo mashups that blur the boundaries between photography and painting. The reception will be in the Community Room, and the show runs from Oct. 26 to Dec. 30. Above, “Day Lily”
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mechanics, containers, types of flowers and various designs that are key elements to understand when making floral designs.
AARP-VT seeks Tax-Aide volunteers
AARP Vermont welcomes anyone interested in learning more about its Tax-Aide program at an Open House on Tuesday, Oct. 29,
3-4:30 p.m. at the AARP Vermont Office, 199 Main St., Suite 225, Burlington.
Tax-Aide is a group of over 28,000 volunteers nationally, sponsored by the AARP Foundation. Last tax season it assisted over 1.7 million low-income and elderly taxpayers file their taxes. In Chittenden County, volunteers helped Vermonters file over 1,800 tax returns, all at no cost.
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SPORTS
Girls win second straight golf title for Redhawks
LAUREN READ CORRESPONDENT
For years, the Champlain Valley girls’ golf team has worked to build its program to compete for a Division I state championship. Last season, all the work paid off and the Redhawks won their first girls’ golf title.
Now, they have two.
Two top performances led CVU to its second straight D-I state championship Oct. 8 at Burlington Country Club.
“It’s so much fun to watch the players celebrate a victory like this,” coach Christopher
Hood said. “I’ve coached other sports where you come up a little bit short and you do your best to acknowledge what a great season it was, but nothing beats coming out on top and watching the players celebrate.”
Ryan Sleeper was the top scorer for the Redhawks, coming in with an 88 and just behind D-I medalist Namo Seibert from Mount Mansfield Union, who shot an 86.
“Ryan is a long driver who can nearly hit the green on par fours and buckles down and gets the job
See GIRLS’ GOLF on page 11
CVU boys win state title by one stroke
LAUREN READ CORRESPONDENT
Before the Division I Vermont state championship golf tournament teed off on Thursday, Nov. 10, the Champlain Valley team knew it was going to be a close finish.
Even the Redhawks could not have predicted just how tight it would be.
Champlain Valley finished just one stroke ahead of second-place Rutland to capture the D-I state title, the program’s first since 2020.
“We have been wanting the win for a while and then finally being able to pull it out in as close a way as we did it was awesome,” CVU captain Jack Bryan said. “It felt really good. We all knew we were due and being able to pull it off in such a close way, it makes it almost even more exciting.”
It was an especially sweet victory for the Redhawks after the team lost by just one stroke in 2021 and four strokes in 2022.
“We knew we could win it, and, in previous years, we know we should have won it,” Bryan said. “This year finally all came together for us. It felt, when we knew we won, it felt awesome.”
Cooper Guerriere led the way for the Redhawks, coming in with
a 74 on a windy, cold Thursday at Burlington Country Club.
Guerriere came in one stroke behind Rutland’s Sebastian Pell (73), who earned the individual state championship, but the top CVU finisher really set the tone for the day.
“Cooper had a great round. I would even say he kind put the team on his back in that one,” Bryan said of his co-captain. “He just played very good golf in really tough conditions when the team needed too.”
Jack Bryan shot an 83 and Quinn Vincent followed with an 86 for the Redhawks. But it was Camden Ayer’s 92 that was the difference, coming in two strokes ahead of the fourth Raiders score (94) to give CVU just enough of an edge.
“Camden, he’s a grinder and he knows every shot counts,” CVU coach Seth Emerson said of Ayer, who shot a 52 on the front nine before rebounding in the final nine holes. “He went to work on the back nine and shot a 40. That’s a 12-shot swing from front to back. I was proud of how he grinded it out and gutted it out, and if he shoots another 52, we lose. I was proud of him.”
Another factor in the win was the confidence the team gained from beating South Burlington,
which came in third place, in the Division I qualifying tournament last week.
“We beat South Burlington a couple of times down the stretch and that gave us some confidence,” Emerson said. “We never see Rutland until the qualifier, and we beat them at Quechee,
See BOYS’ GOLF on page 11
PHOTO BY BRAEDON FOX/VGA
The 2024 Division I state champs, from left, Camden Ayer, Jack Bryan, Cooper Guerriere, Sam Nostrand, Quinn Vincent and coach Seth Emerson.
PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER HOOD
The Division I state title holders, from left, Rylee Makay, Riley Dunn, Stella Rakochy, Ryan Sleeper and coach Christopher Hood.
Redhawk’s footballers remain unbeaten
LAUREN READ
CORRESPONDENT
Football
Champlain Valley 41, Burr and Burton 3: After giving up the first score of the game, Champlain Valley scored 41 unanswered points to beat Burr and Burton, the defending Division I champs, on Thursday, Oct. 10, in high school football.
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done,” Hood said. “She takes her game very seriously and any foursome that she’s part of knows that she’s capable of producing low rounds and is a respectful competitor who appreciates high caliber golf.”
Nolan Walpole ran for two touchdowns and 100 yards on 16 carries to pace the Redhawks, while quarterback Orion Yates threw three touchdowns passes, all to George Taylor.
Taylor grabbed six catches for 111 yards and three touchdown passes of seven, 11 and 39 yards, while Daniel Tuiqere added a rushing TD.
With the win, CVU moved to 7-0.
Stella Rakochy rounded out the top two scorers with a 93 and a fourth-place overall finish. CVU finished with a team score of 181, ahead of Burr and Burton (189) and Essex (216).
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which is down near them. So, the boys had a little confidence, and I think that’s good. Confidence in golf works, for sure.”
With tough weather conditions and two tough opponents, CVU needed all the confidence it could get to capture the state championship.
“Going into that state qualifier, we knew we had all the tools
“Stella has been a consistent performer all season and has really worked hard over this past summer,” Hood said.
Rylee Makay was the third finisher for the Redhawks, tying for sixth overall, and Riley Dunn wrapped it up as the fourth finisher. Only the top two scores count toward the final team score.
“We knew that Burlington
Field hockey
Champlain Valley 1, Mount Mansfield 0: Champlain Valley rebounded from a loss earlier in the week to beat Mount Mansfield on Thursday.
Emery Thompson had the game-winning goal for the Redhawks, while Sophie Comeau and Annabel Johnson teamed up for the shutout in goal.
CVU moved to 8-3-1.
Country Club was going to be a pretty challenging course, especially the greens, which are notoriously challenging,” Hood said.
“We did have a practice round that gave us really good experience for what to expect.
“We felt good going in knowing that any two players of our four could show up and play and contribute to a championship round.”
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for the property turns.
The duo hails from the Hudson Valley of New York, and have farming and research in their blood. From managing farming efforts in the Hudson Valley and across the globe to spearheading research into the impacts of regenerative farming practices on carbon sequestration through his company Hudson Carbon, a partnership like this was a no-brainer for Dobson. Although Meier has spent most of the last two decades in the contracting and building business, farming is just what he loves to do. The plan now is for the team to have their own farming operation on roughly 200 acres of the Nordic Farm land.
“The USDA hasn’t always been my favorite institution,
but there’s one part of it — and I’m a pretty organic radical — that I’ve respected called the ARS,” Dobson said. “These ARS stations are where the USDA does its often more innovative research set within an eco-region, or a bioregion. That’s what their plan here is.”
Despite the team’s extensive backgrounds in organic farming and biodynamics, the partnership didn’t ultimately happen because of them. Instead, the opportunity just knocked on the front door.
“I’ll be frank, it came up serendipitously,” Dobson said. “I would’ve applied for and looked for things like this with Hudson Carbon. But instead, it drove down the driveway and Mr. Cate came in and introduced himself.”
Chittenden County man died of Eastern Equine Encephalitis last month
A man from Chittenden County died from eastern equine encephalitis in September, the Vermont Department of Health announced on Thursday.
The man, who was in his 70s, was the first person to die from the disease in Vermont since 2012, according to a press release issued by the department. He was hospitalized in late August, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the test results this week, the release stated.
Eastern Equine Encephalitis, often called EEE, is a rare but serious disease transmitted through mosquitoes that is fatal in about 30 percent of people who develop severe symptoms, according to the CDC. There are no vaccines or treatments for the disease. Symptoms include headaches,
vomiting, diarrhea, fever, seizures, behavioral changes and drowsiness, but most infected people do not experience symptoms.
“I extend my condolences to the family, and all impacted by this sad event,” Health Commissioner Mark Levine said. “This is a heartbreaking reminder that while infection with the virus that causes EEE remains rare, this disease can have serious consequences.”
One other person contracted the disease this year in Vermont but recovered after being hospitalized in August. A horse died after contracting the disease in September.
The risk of contracting EEE is “much lower now than it was in August,” according to the department’s press release, but officials continue to urge residents in high-risk communities in parts of Addison, Chittenden, Grand Isle and Rutland counties to take precautions after dark.
to win but we kind of needed to see it as a result,” Bryan said. “It would just go down to whether or not we would do it on that day and that day we had really solid scores from everyone who played.”
It is the 13th state title for the Redhawks, who will return their full roster next season, with no seniors, and the players certainly know that they have a chance for
a repeat.
“We know our senior year, we have a lot of depth next year as well,” Bryan said. “We have a lot of different guys who could end up being on that state team and a lot of guys who can shoot great scores.
“We’re definitely looking forward to next year. It’ll be a good year for us, I think.”
PHOTO BY AL FREY
Nora Cullen puts one over the head of a South Burlington player in an Oct. 8 match. CVU won in straight sets.
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need, and we put together what we could to meet that immediate need,” town manager Todd Odit said.
However, there was always a desire among selectboard members to codify the relationship, which was described as mutually beneficial, by creating a regional municipal service district.
There was money to be saved for both towns and efficiencies to be gained through recruitment, administration and union representation. It would have been the first department of its kind in Vermont.
During a meeting earlier this month, Odit suggested that might not happen after all.
Odit told the board that Richmond intends to rebuild its police department by hiring three more officers by 2026. It is possible that Cambridge will continue serving both towns as police chief, said Odit, but he added that nothing has been finalized.
“As far as I’m concerned, the goal was always to be fully staffed at both departments,” said Cambridge. “It’s never a good
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situation to be doing more with less. That doesn’t mean we still can’t work together.”
If Richmond decides to hire four new officers, Hinesburg will probably scale back its police presence in the town, which could significantly impact Hinesburg’s budget in fiscal year 2026.
Through the inter-municipal agreement, Richmond is paying Hinesburg a significant amount for coverage, which went into the town’s general fund and police budget. If the arrangement dies, Odit is projecting a $156,000 loss in reve-
nue in 2026.
“That could be a major hit for us in Hinesburg,” said Cambridge.
Odit, Lovell and Cambridge are all hopeful that the towns can continue to work together on law enforcement, even if it’s not through a regional municipal district, which can also be expensive and complicated to establish.
“Every small Vermont town is struggling with law enforcement right now,” said Lovell. “We need to be creative about how we make this work.”
PUBLIC MEETINGS
PATRICK LEAHY BURLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2024, 6:30-8:00 P.M. CHAMBERLIN SCHOOL, SOUTH BURLINGTON
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2024, 6:30-8:30 P.M. WINOOSKI HIGH SCHOOL
Notice is hereby given that Public Meetings will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024, at 6:30-8:00 p.m. (South Burlington Public Meeting) at Chamberlin School, and Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, at 6:30-8:30 p.m. (Winooski Public Meeting) at the Winooski High School.
These meetings will provide an overview of the DRAFT NOISE EXPOSURE MAP REPORT that has been prepared on behalf of Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport. The meetings will be workshop style with various stations for individuals to review the information and ask questions. There will be no formal presentation. Comment sheets will be available for the public to leave their comments.
The draft report can be found on the Airport’s noise program website: btvsound.com. Physical copies of the draft report are also available for review at the Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport administrative offices located at 1200 Airport Rd, South Burlington, VT, Suite 1.
Public comments can be submitted at the meetings or via email to btvsound@jonespayne.com
The public comment period will close Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. Additional comments and questions regarding the noise program can be submitted at any time.
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In 2023, he stepped into local politics by joining the Shelburne Planning Commission.
During his campaign, Sweeney knocked on doors and heard a lot about affordability throughout Vermont, particularly in Shelburne. Armed with a background in business, he plans to use cost-analysis techniques in Montpelier to help reduce spending and lower the burden of property taxes.
Sweeney said health care and education are two areas where Vermonters are overspending. He didn’t elaborate on health care but said how education is funded in Vermont “has run its course.”
“Like I’ve always said with my business, ‘Just because you spend more money, doesn’t mean it’s better,’” Sweeney said. “I’m attuned to getting value out of what you spend, and I think we need to look closer at that when it comes to education. We can’t just continue to raise taxes.”
Democrat Phil Pouech is a longtime resident of Hinesburg who has spent most of his retirement in local politics, including a 12-year run on Hinesburg’s selectboard.
Pouech worked in renewable energy for over 40 years.
He spoke in detail about education in Vermont, saying that two of his priorities heading into the next session would be to create equal opportunities for education throughout the state and develop an education funding mechanism that does not rely so heavily on property taxes.
“That might mean local districts won’t have 100 percent control over their budget,” Pouech said. “We need to level the playing field. There are a lot of great schools in Vermont, but a lot of districts are also struggling.”
Pouech added that while the recent increase in education spending was logical, relying on more property taxes every year to fund education is not working. He also believes there should be more administrative leadership in education and condemned the delayed appointment of a new education secretary earlier this year.
Pouech also addressed housing and homelessness, issues
he believes can be solved once Vermont catches up on housing construction.
He supported changes to Act 250 that made it easier for towns to work through the state development regulation process and said more work could be done in that area.
“Gov. Scott didn’t agree with those changes,” Pouech said, “but if you look closely, there are developments that have been in the works for years that are finally being built now. That’s what we need.”
Democrat Chea Waters Evans grew up in the Charlotte area, attending Charlotte Central School and Champlain Valley Union High School before crossing the lake for college in Upstate New York. She moved back to Vermont in 2010.
Evans believes that unaffordable and inadequate health care is at the root of many issues facing Vermont — it’s the reason education spending shot up this year, and, in her mind, it’s why Vermont is faced with a major homelessness issue.
“We need universal health care,” Evans said, “but that’s on the federal government to figure out.”
Evans said housing is another reason for Vermont’s homelessness problem, and she agreed with Sweeney and Pouech that there need to be fewer hurdles to development.
“I think the work we did to reform Act 250 was a step in the right direction,” she said. “We need to keep that momentum going and continue evaluating that process.”
TOWN OF CHARLOTTE
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SPEAR STREE CULVERT
The Town of Charlotte (Owner) is requesting Bids for the replacement and construction of a twin culvert on Spear Street.
Scope of Work:
1. The project generally includes the Installation of twin 10-foot diameter culverts with cast-in-place concrete headwalls and wing walls, debris deflector, road reconstruction and all associated work as outlined in the bid plans.
2. All bid planning documents are available at the Town of Charlotte’s website at: https://charlottevt.org/jobs
Bid Schedule:
1. Bids are due at 5:30 PM on Tuesday, October 22, 2024.
2. The Bid Proposal Page and the Unit Price schedule can be emailed to Nate Bareham, Town Administrator, at townadmin@ townofcharlotte.com. Hard copies are to be mailed thereafter.
3. The Town asks that the bidders reserve time on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 between 5:30 PM and 6:30 PM to answer any questions about the submitted information. This can be in-person or via Zoom.
Project Questions:
1. All questions during the bid, bid review, award and Construction Phase shall be directed to the Engineer, David Marshall, P.E dmarshall@cea-vt.com, (802) 864-2323 x310, who will address any questions regarding project during the bid phase and will act as the clearing house for all Addenda, contract executions, submittals, requisition review and change orders.
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TOWN OF CHARLOTTE
REQUEST FOR SNOW PLOWING BIDS OCTOBER 7th, 2024
The Town of Charlotte is seeking bids for snow plowing and associated services for the Charlotte Park and Wildlife Refuge, Charlotte Town Hall, and Charlotte Public Library.
Scope of Work:
1. Charlotte Town Hall & Library:
· Snow plowing, and salting, the parking area when depth of snow is 3”- 4”
· Shoveling, and salting, the sidewalks for Town Hall and Library when depth of snow is 3”- 4”
· Salting the parking area and sidewalk upon request.
2. Charlotte Park and Wildlife Refuge:
· Snow plowing, and salting, the parking area when depth is 5”- 6”, or at the end of a storm.
· Salting the parking area upon request.
Additional Notes:
1. Bidders should provide separate quotes for the Charlotte Town Hall & Library, and the Charlotte Park & Wildlife Refuge using the provided form.
• Bids for only the Charlotte Town Hall & Library, or the Charlotte Park & Wildlife Refuge will be accepted.
2. Any bid, and awarded contract, will cover the entirety of the 2024 – 2025 winter season.
3. The selected contractor will submit invoices on a monthly basis for all work performed during the prior month.
4. The selected contractor shall notify the Town Administrator if portions of any town property cannot be plowed or maintained for any reason.
5. The selected contractor shall provide, prior to starting work, a certificate of insurance (naming the Town of Charlotte as an additional insured for commercial general liability and automobile liability) with liability coverage of no less than $1,000,000. The Certificate must also include Workers Compensation Insurance.
6. Digital copies of this document, and the bid worksheet are available by at: https://charlottevt.org/jobs
Deadline to Submit Bids:
1. The deadline to submit a bid is 4:00 PM Monday, November 4th, 2024.
2. Bids must be either mailed or hand delivered to Nathaniel Bareham, Town Administrator, at the Charlotte Town Office, 159 Ferry Road, Charlotte, VT 05445.
To advertise in the service directory email: Advertising@thecitizenvt.com or call 985-3091
The Selectboard intends to open bids on November 4th at 6:45 pm. A contract may be awarded at that meeting or at the following meeting. The Selectboard reserves the right to accept any bid, or deny any or all bids for any reason.
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