Hinesburg rejects LOT, reelects House incumbents
PATRICK BILOW STAFF WRITER
Hinesburg voters denied a proposed option tax that would have increased taxes by 1 percent on three different types of sales throughout town.
A total of 2,113 voters opposed an increased sales tax, with 828 approving the measure; 1,640 opposed an increased lodging tax, while 1,302 approved; and 1,935 opposed an increased meals and alcohol tax with 1,011 in agreement.
The option tax was proposed earlier this year by the Hinesburg Selectboard to generate “much-needed revenue,” according to the board. Town manager Todd Odit said it might have brought in $175,000 annually.
Community members balked at the idea of another tax increase in Hinesburg, while others have been sensitive to the revenue issue at town hall. Although the option tax was intended to generate revenue from visitors to Hinesburg, residents would have also paid the tax.
Hinesburg is one of the last towns in Chittenden County not to pass an option tax.
House, state races
Democrat Phil Pouech will begin his second term as Chittenden-4 State representative. He ran unopposed for the seat and received 2,159 votes. Another 414 voters
See HINESBURG on page 11
Incumbents hold seats in Chittenden Southeast
LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
The three Democratic incumbents for Chittenden’s Southeast Senate District are holding onto their Statehouse seats after beating out two Republicans and one independent challenger Tuesday night.
Virginia “Ginny” Lyons, D-Williston, garnered 24,922 votes in the towns that make up the Senate district. Kesha Ram Hinsdale, D-Shelburne, received 21,498 votes, while Thomas Chittenden, D-South Burlington, saw the highest number of votes at 28,729.
Bruce Roy, R- Williston, trailed with a vote tally of 16,080. Rohan St. Marthe, R-Jericho, got 8,619 votes and Taylor Craven, I-Shelburne, garnered 7,017 votes. Together, the incumbents have served in the Statehouse for roughly 40 years. Lyons, chair of the House Committee on Health and Welfare, has served in the Legislature for 12 terms. Hinsdale, chair of the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs has served six terms in the Legislature, four of those
See SENATE RACE on page 11
How Lake Champlain scientists are prepping for future floods
KATE KAMPNER COMMUNITY NEWS SERVICE
Vermont scientists aren’t sure what could happen in the future as far as flooding goes, but as colder temperatures arrive, they’re continuing to monitor water quality in Lake Champlain and research ways to protect it in anticipation for winter and summer floods like those in the past two years.
Matthew Vaughan, chief scientist at the Lake Champlain Basin Program, said it’s a long-term picture.
Vaughan is finalizing the organization’s assessment of the 2024 flooding, which he said should be available around December.
Overall, the July 2024 flooding was more destructive downstream while the December 2023 flooding resulted in higher flow because it involved snow and rain, Vaughan said.
“Typically, what we see is our highest flows are usually in the springtime because of snowmelt, but what we’re seeing because of climate change is a decrease in our springtime flows and an increase in wintertime flows as more precipitation falling is rain rather than snow,” he said.
“We’re seeing an actual detectable shift in our hydrology,” he said, “how rain is falling, precipitation is falling and how our rivers are flowing.”
But Vaughan said every year is different and it’s best to be prepared for both an extreme or a typical year.
Vaughan said that 2021 and 2022 were dry years with few big storms, and the nutrient loading into Lake Champlain those years was relatively low compared to others.
When lakes and rivers are overloaded with nutrients or sediments during heavy water events, they become more susceptible to blue-green algae blooms and other issues.
Vaughan advises preparing as early as possible. “The flooding
certainly has been a wake-up call for all of our communities, and it’s certainly good to look at your own vulnerability in terms of flooding — what you can do to prepare in terms of preparing your household or property,” he said.
On his end, Vaughan and colleagues are continuing research and projects to help build resilience. They’re putting funding aside to collect water quality samples during, before and after flooding. “So, we can say with more certainty what is and is not in the water in terms of contaminants and in the area, we’re concerned about,” he said.
The program also has studies underway to determine how much floodplain restoration may be necessary to connect or restore river systems to a more natural state, a way to mitigate the havoc of flooding.
Rebecca Diehl is taking part in this research. Alongside collaborating with the Lake Champlain Basin Program, she is a research faculty at the University of Vermont and looks to understand the processes that support properly functioning floodplains.
“The idea is that we are seeing a shift toward more frequent major events.”
“We think about the capacity for the natural features of our landscape: pieces next to the rivers that support flood resilience, improve water quality and provide habitat,” she said.
— Rebecca Diehl
“We’ve got a lot more sediment moving through our river systems during these extreme events and it’s significant,” said Diehl. “Phosphorus is the largest concern, but it is that piece of the puzzle that needs to be more specifically accounted for.”
Healthy floodplains can slow down floodwaters as they move through a watershed as well as capture and extract sediment and phosphorus that has been traveling downstream. The research focuses on what the outcome could look like if those features are restored or conserved. The researchers are trying to quantify, measure, document and map floodplains to support better management of those systems.
In her research, Diehl compared a hypothetical small but yearly flood event to the extreme weather events seen in the last two years. The latter, she found, can put down six to seven times more sediment and phosphorus than more commonly occurring floods. “There’s questions of what that balance is, if floodplains can keep pace, (and) can they help put a dent in those elevated loads,” Diehl said.
She is now working with 20 floodplain sites and continues to monitor the spots she’s been looking at since 2019.
“We will get data on any flood that continues to occur in Vermont,” she said. “The idea is that we are seeing a shift toward more frequent major events.”
PHOTO BY CATHERINE MORRISSEY
CHAMPLAIN
State climatologist speaks at Pierson
On Thursday, Nov. 14, at 6:30 p.m., Pierson Library in Shelburne will host a presentation by Vermont state climatologist Dr. LesleyAnn Dupigny-Giroux. With expertise in floods, droughts and extreme weather, Dupigny-Giroux will share insights on current climate and weather trends, helping attendees understand what the future may hold.
Hinesburg Community School performs ‘High School Musical’
The Hinesburg Community School will present “High School Musical, Jr.” on Friday, Nov. 22, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 23, at 2:30 and 7 p.m.
Disney’s hit musical phenomenon features the students of East High School. It’s the first day after winter break at East High and the Jocks, Brainiacs and Thespians are all finding their cliques. Basketball team captain and resident jock, Troy, discovers that the
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Diehl and fellow researchers are “just trying to understand what all those little drops, what all those floodplains throughout the basin — how they all add up to contribute to that load.”
Peter Isles is the project leader for the long-term lake and cyanobacteria monitoring program within the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. The program covers 15 sites on the lake and 21 rivers, all monitored regularly, and people involved have been looking for ways to increase Vermont’s resilience to floods in the long term.
“If we get these big pulses of nutrients building up in lake sediments that is probably going to increase nutrients over multiple years to decades timescale,” Isles said.
He said, “It’s going to put a
brainy Gabriella, a girl he met singing karaoke on his ski trip, has just enrolled. The couple cause an upheaval when they decide to audition for the high school musical.
Although many students resent the threat posed by the status Quo, Troy and Gabriella’s alliance might just open the door for others to shine as well. Based on the Disney hit movies, audiences of all ages will enjoy the song “Breaking
Free” in this student power-romp. Packed with high-energy dance numbers and catchy songs, “High School Musical, Jr.” will be sure to “Bop to the Top” the whole family. The matinee performance on Saturday is perfect for the younger ones who will have a chance to meet the characters after the performance.
General admission is $8 at the door; a group of four or more is $30.
finger on the scale and make it harder to bring down nutrient concentrations in the lake over time.”
Things that reduce erosion during normal storm events, such as planting cover crops, also tend to reduce erosion during major storm events, even if they fail in some spots, he said. “It’s hard to anticipate and take preventative actions because you never know exactly where it could occur and how extreme interventions would have to be to prevent those extreme impacts.”
With future storms, Isles’ team wants to be better at getting data out, taking photos and talking to the public via the press or otherwise. They are incorporating more satellite data into monitoring so they can immediately see when and where lakes are turbid follow-
ing major weather events, he said. The project is working with the Lake Champlain Basin Program to install better sensors around the watershed and the lake to capture higher-quality images and readings in real time.
“I think increasing the use of high frequency sensors is something I’d like to see,” Isles said, along with increasing satellite data. “I think we are in conversation about other types of monitoring that would be particularly useful in the aftermath of these events.”
Throughout all his work, Isles remains optimistic. “I would like to avoid the feeling that we’re all staring disaster in the face,” he said.
“It’s just something we need to be concerned about as these things become more common in the future,” he said later.
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Raw Bar and Seafood Display
Cold Poached Salmon
Shrimp with Cocktail Sauce and Lemons
Smoked Oysters and Mussels Starters
Vermont Cheese Display
Salad Bar with Mixed Green and Toppings
Caesar Salad with Parmesan and Croutons
Garden Pasta Salad with Pesto Entrees
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Green Beans • Rice Pilaf • Mashed Potatoes • Sweet Potatoes
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Newspaper publisher, editor passes baton to next generation
BOB MILLER AND GREG POPA VERMONT COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER GROUP
After nearly 40 years at the Vermont Community Newspaper Group, Greg Popa is retiring from the newspapers at the end of the year.
For the past 12 years, Greg has served as publisher and editor of the newspaper company, which includes five newspapers — The Stowe Reporter, News and Citizen, Shelburne News, The Citizen and The Other Paper of South Burlington — and their associated websites, Stowe Weddings, and Stowe magazine.
Prior to that Greg served as a photographer, reporter, editor and sales manager for the Stowe Reporter for more than two decades. Under his leadership, the newspaper company and its team of journalists and graphic artists have won several hundred awards through the New England Newspaper and Press Association Better Newspaper Contest, and Stowe magazine, which Greg has edited since 1991, has been recognized as the best in its class in New England just about every year since 2010.
During his tenure as publisher, he oversaw the acquisition of the News & Citizen and the three weeklies in Chittenden County. He was inducted into the New England Newspaper and Press Association Hall of Fame in 2022.
Fortunately for us, Greg has agreed to stay on and continue to edit and publish Stowe magazine. He will be missed but his passion and professionalism will remain embedded in the journalistic culture of everything that we do.
Tommy Gardner, the current news editor, will replace Greg as editor of Vermont Community Newspaper Group’s five community weeklies. Tommy is well known throughout the Lamoille County area as he grew up in Morristown and Hyde Park and attended Johnson State College and is starting his 12th year as lead reporter and mentor to the other journalists at the company. Previously, he worked at the Hardwick Gazette.
We are incredibly fortunate to have someone as talented and experienced as Tommy to lead us forward. Known for his elegant and accessible writing, his work has also been regularly recognized by his peers in the regional newspaper awards contest.
In 2016, Gardner won the Mavis Doyle Award from the Vermont Press Association, which historically had been presented annually to one reporter in the state. The award is named for the former dean of the Statehouse press corps, and selection is based on “the reporter’s aggressiveness, determination, compassion, commitment to journalism, dedication to social justice and unwavering belief that journalism should be the watchdog of the
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The role of publisher is going to be replaced by a management committee that will oversee all the operations of the newspaper group. Serving on the committee will be Bob Miller, who has been the majority owner of the newspapers for 12 years, sales manager Bryan
Meszkat, production manager Katerina Werth, who will become general manager, and Tommy Gardner, editor.
This structure ensures that the company will be overseen by local employees and managers of the business and not by some out-ofstate owner.
“I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my
12-year ownership of these papers and working closely with Greg but it’s time to transfer the leadership and decision making to a younger and talented team of local managers who I’m excited to work with,” says Bob, who currently lives in Los Angeles.
All these moves will take place directly after the New Year.
Three people taken into custody in reported kidnapping of Vermonter in the Philippines
ALAN J. KEAYS VTDIGGER
Police in the Philippines said they have arrested three people in connection with their investigation into the reported kidnapping earlier this month of a Vermont man who had been living in that country for the past several months.
Authorities in the Philippines have been searching for 26-yearold Elliot Eastman since Oct. 17, when he was reportedly shot in the leg, abducted and taken onto a boat by his assailants in Sibuco, in the southern province of Zamboanga del Norte.
A law enforcement task force established to investigate Eastman’s disappearance reported in a press release posted Wednesday on a regional police agency’s Facebook page that, as of Tuesday, they had three suspects in custody who had “direct participation in the kidnapping.”
The police added in the statement, “The meticulous intelligence, investigation, and tactical operations” also led to the identification of three other suspects involved in the crime.
Complaints have been filed in court against “six principal suspects and other John Does as accessories of the crime,” police said.
“We believe he is alive, so our operations are ongoing,” Lt. Col. Helen Galvez, a regional police spokesperson, told the Associated Press in a report Wednesday. “Our search won’t stop until we locate him.”
Police in the Philippines had reported that on Oct. 17 a group of men falsely posing as law enforcement officers abducted Eastman from a residence where he had been living.
Eastman, according to a report earlier this month in the New York Times, had been living in the Philippines since May and had first arrived in the country a year earlier, when he met his wife, Karisha Jala Eastman.
The couple married in July 2023 and Eastman came back to the United States for work before returning to the Philippines, according to the Times report.
A Facebook page that appears to belong to Eastman shows recent photos and videos of his life in the Philippines and identifies his hometown as Hinesburg. He appears to have graduated from Champlain Valley Union High School, which serves Hinesburg and neighboring towns, in 2016.
Family members of Eastman could not immediately be reached Wednesday for comment.
As Eastman resisted, police added, he was shot in the leg and then taken aboard a boat that fled the area.
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Stories from Stick Season
Where We Find It
Editor’s note: Local photographer Paul Rogers, who grew up in Stowe, last year took our readers through a journey of Stick Season in a series of essays detailing his travels throughout the area looking for images to photograph for his ongoing exploration of Vermont’s fifth “season.” It proved so popular, we’re doing it again this Stick Season.
Skies were clear and temperatures seasonal on the afternoon of a certain mid-October day, more than a dozen years ago. I was exploring a seldom-used backcountry hiking trail atop Worcester Ridge in Elmore, having fulfilled a commercial assignment by capturing beautiful Vermont views from a certain parcel of land.
Down in the valleys and along the slow-moving rivers of Lamoille County, peak foliage had come and gone, its rich autumn color fading. Higher up, hillside trees were scantily clad, though some color remained. But on that ridgeline at a couple thousand feet, trees were fully bare, fully transitioned.
The calendar indicated that we were still in mid-October, so I had not yet undertaken any late-autumn, photo treasure hunts. November would be the time for such journeys.
Being yet early in late autumn — and close to home — it hadn’t occurred to me that I could simply climb a bit and step into a local expression of stick season. So, I wasn’t intentionally pursuing photos that day to include in my on-going project of the same name.
Even so, I was about to stumble upon a subject I knew well. And I was about to make a photograph of importance to my project, one that would enrich a group of images that tells a story of Vermont between fall foliage and the onset of winter.
Leaving the trail to begin my trip back, I noticed a lone figure at the same viewpoint I had visited earlier: In a clearing nestled between birches and firs, he was perched on a remnant of weathered plywood, enjoying the grand eastern view of a landscape in
transition. It didn’t take me long to identify him as Rusty DeWees.
My shout of “Russ?” earned his reply of “Paul!” He’d seen my Outback parked just below, reckoning that I was somewhere on the mountain. As his photographer for nearly 25 years, I’d known him as one of Vermont’s best-known entertainers. But I’d also known him since the third grade simply as a friend.
No longer 8 years old, we’d sometimes meet at his barn to chew the fat, his cigar at the ready for just the right moment. We would also run into each other at seemingly random places, as one does with friends, at grocery stores, fairs or farm markets. Not surprising then that we might one day also meet on a mountaintop.
Quick with a smile and a kind word, Rusty was at rest, keeping his post-workout-
self warm with a Darn Tough cap. And he was about to light up a stogie.
would buy him a cigar while on assignment
PHOTO BY PAUL ROGERS
DeWees atop the Worcester Range overlooking the Green Mountains during stick season.
Kelley’s Field project will bring affordable housing to Hinesburg
Hinesburg Affordable Housing Committee
Carl Bohlen
In our last article, we reviewed the long history of Kelley’s Field 1, a 24-unit affordable independent living community. We now turn to the latest project on Kelley’s Field Road — Kelley’s Field 2. When Cathedral Square and Evernorth purchased Kelley’s Field 1 in 2015, they knew there was additional buildable land on the
By adopting Kelley’s Field 2 as a neighborhood development area, the town helped exempt the project from Act 250, which saved both time and money.
site. During the pandemic, the housing crisis really heated up. As a result, Evernorth and Cathedral Square decided to develop additional housing, and the project called Kelley’s Field 2 was born. The new building will have 24 dwellings (23 one-bedroom and 1 two bedroom). Michael Wisniewski of Duncan Wisniewski Architects is the project architect, and J.A. Morrissey, Inc. is general contractor. The multi-story new building will have air conditioning, a laundry, and an elevator. Other indoor amenities will include a large community room with a kitchen for all residents, lounge, exercise room, indoor bike storage and telehealth room.
Outdoor amenities will include garden planters, a pavilion with seating for residents, an outdoor walking loop and electric vehicle
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Knowing that my five-dollar investment, even near the source, wouldn’t purchase a premium smoke, I’d later ask him, how was it? He’d pondered thoughtfully, genuinely, then tell me it was a good tractor cigar — one to enjoy while doing chores. The answer would sit well with me.
Anyhow, up there on Worcester Ridge we chatted for a moment as I considered the photographic possibilities of the scene before
me. Though not one to take advantage of friends with my camera, especially friends who are well known, I found the scene just too good to go unrecorded.
Subject obliging (as he always was) and camera at hand, my off-camera flash was also needed, because in a landscape that was bright toward the Woodbury Mountains in the southeast, my subject sat in the deep shadows of late afternoon. The hand-
held strobe would bring light to that darkness, simulating direct sunlight if positioned away from the camera and directed toward Rusty.
A little turn of the head by the experienced actor, a puff of smoke, and a few flashes of light were all it took. Pronto! A series of environmental portraits came into being … stick season portraits, as I now recognize them.
Four weeks later, in the heart
of stick season, Rusty would be cigared-up once again. We were gathered with friends on the dark eve of his birthday, sitting a tolerable distance from bonfire flames that reached higher than a Vermont white pine. The blaze could be easily seen across the valley, such was the initial burn of that summer-long gathering of brush.
In fact, invitee Pete Wilder delayed his arrival to photograph the spectacle from a couple of
miles away. The bonfire would initiate enough emergency calls from helpful citizenry to warrant a courtesy visit from a representative of the local fire department, proper burn permit and requisite pre-fire phone call to the sheriff notwithstanding.
That wouldn’t be the last Elmore bonfire I’d attend, nor the last photos of Rusty I’d make for my Stick Season Project. But looking at those 2012 ridgetop portraits in the rearview mirror has changed my perspective on late autumn photography, changed what I consider stick season opportunities.
No longer so concerned whether late-October, branch-clinging leaves might disqualify my photos on philosophical grounds, or whether late-November, ground-hugging snow might do the same, I continue to open myself to the photographic possibilities of this liminal time of year.
With or without a camera, I join my fellow Vermonters in enjoying the quietness and uniqueness of late autumn, when the demands of busier seasons are left behind and the rush of winter is not yet here. Through the chores and holidays, harvests and hunting seasons, we reflect on the passing of seasons and gaze upon an unadorned landscape and its people.
Stick season is where we find it.
See KELLEY’S FIELD on page 7
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The new Kelley’s Field 2 building in Hinesburg.
at Home (SASH) will be available to Kelley’s Field residents. There will be a coordinator and part-time wellness nurse to support safe and positive aging.
Kelley’s Field 2 is a $11.4 million project. When it comes to any affordable housing project, it usually takes many participants to provide the funding. Kelley’s Field 2 is no exception. Funding has come from a variety of sources, including American Rescue Plan Act funds and the National Housing Trust Fund, both allocated by the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, and a Community Development Block Grant granted by the state to Hinesburg.
Funding also comes through:
• Financial institutions like the Vermont Housing Finance Agency, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston and Mascoma and Union banks.
• Not-for-profits like Housing Ministries of New England, Efficiency Vermont and the TD Charitable Foundation.
• Private investment through the Housing New England Fund V and private foundations.
In addition, Hinesburg provided a $50,000 grant through the town’s revolving loan fund. By adopting Kelley’s Field 2 as a neighborhood development area,
the town helped exempt the project from Act 250, which saved both time and money.
Because affordable housing requires rent subsidies to achieve the affordability, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development calculates the area median income for affordable housing projects. For Hinesburg, and therefore Kelley’s Field 2, most of the units will serve households with income at or below 50 percent of the median ($41,650). Most of the other units will serve households with income at or below 60 percent of median ($49,980). Two of the units will serve households with income at or below 80 percent ($66,600). The goal is to try to keep rent at 30 percent of gross income.
The completion date is December 2024. The building is expected to be ready for occupancy in January 2025.
Cindy Reid, director of real estate development for Cathedral Square, sums up the Kelley’s Field story this way: “Vermont is experiencing a severe housing crisis, in terms of lack of supply and high cost. Vermont is also an aging state and needs accessible and affordable options for its older adult population. This is an important consideration, as many long-term
care facilities have been closing over the past decade, leaving fewer appropriate options for housing with services for older adults.”
Note that the Support and Services at Home program is a nationally recognized model of care available in Vermont and Rhode Island. It helps older adults and people with disabilities remain living independently at home as
they age, and it saves Medicare and Medicaid dollars.
If you or someone you know is interested in getting an application for Kelley’s Field 2 or wants additional information, reach out to 802-863-2224 or info@cathedralsquare.org.
If you have an interest in helping Hinesburg to bring hous-
ing to the community, especially affordable housing, the Hinesburg Affordable Housing Committee has two openings on the committee. Contact Carl Bohlen at larcredsox@gmavt.net or the town manager’s office.
Carl Bohlen is a member of the Hinesburg Affordable Housing Committee.
A schematic of the Kelley’s Field project.
COMMUNITY
Community Notes
United Church of Hinesburg offers holiday bazaar
The United Church of Hinesburg, 10580 Route 116, will hold its annual holiday bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 23, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Shop for reasonably priced items in Grandmother’s Attic, the jewelry corner and the arts and crafts center. Find gifts for others and a treasure or two for yourself
The baked goods table will have an array of homemade treats, including pies, homemade breads, cookies, the sale’s traditional “Brown Bobbies” and more. Lunch will be available between 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and will feature homemade soups, sandwiches and a free dessert.
Credit cards, cash or check will be accepted.
A local wreath maker will have wreaths for sale in the parking lot (cash or check only).
Learn more at ucofh.org
Christian Scientist talks about God’s healing powers
Nikki O’Hagan, a Christian Scientist and international speaker, will present a free one-hour talk, “The Science of God and It’s Power to Heal Us,” on Saturday, Nov. 16, at The University of Vermont, Dudley H. Davis Center, Jost Room.
The talk will focus on universal healing precepts found in the Bible, especially in Jesus’ life and teachings, and show how they are available for anyone to understand and experience through the lens of Christian Science. The talk is and sponsored by First Church of Christ, Scientist, Burlington.
Sharing examples of healing from her own life and professional practice of Christian Science, O’Hagan will explain why
Christian Science is both Christian and scientific, meaning that people can prove its effectiveness for themselves. The practice is fully described in the book, “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,” written by the founder of the Christian Science movement, Mary Baker Eddy.
O’Hagan travels from her home in County Kildare, Ireland, to speak to audiences as a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship.
Learn more at christianscienceburlington.org.
SCHIP awards grants to nonprofits, groups totaling $44,000
The Shelburne, Charlotte, Hinesburg Interfaith Project (SCHIP), the nonprofit resale store in Shelburne, has announced its fall 2024 grants totaling $44,000 to 15 local groups that met the grant eligibility criteria.
These nonprofits include Age Well, Burlington Dismas House, Camp Knock Knock, Champlain Housing Trust, Charlotte Congregational Church, Champlain Valley School District Community Skills, Farm Stand Together, Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity, Hinesburg Community Resource Center, Joint Urban Ministry Project, Merrymac Farm Sanctuary, ReSource’s Essential Goods Program, Shelburne Food Shelf, Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports and Vermont Catholic Charities.
SCHIP raises funds by selling locally donated gently used clothing, household items, jewelry, and art. The funds raised are distributed in the form of grants twice a year to eligible organizations primarily serving the communities of Hinesburg, Shelburne and Charlotte, and has distributed over $950,000 in grants. For more information, go to theschip.org or email grants@theschip.org.
Schoolgirl samples
COURTESY PHOTO
The Vermont Sampler Initiative will hold Sampler and Embroidery ID Days on Friday, Nov. 15, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 16, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m., at the Holy Family St. Lawrence Church Hall in Essex Junction to register samplers and other embroideries made by schoolgirls before 1900. At this event, samplers will be photographed, a detailed description will be recorded, and owners will be asked to share the history of the sampler and its maker. The Sampler Initiative has registered nearly 800 samplers from 157 individuals and organizations. The Vermont initiative is part of the National Sampler Archive Project, a national effort to document schoolgirl samplers made in this country. The images and information are online at samplerarchive. org. To schedule an appointment, email samplersvt@gmail.com.
Silent auction benefts Charlotte Congregational
“Joyful Bidding,” the Charlotte Congregational Church’s 5th annual silent auction is online now.
Items include a week’s stay in Vail, paddling in the Adirondacks, phenomenal boating on Lake Champlain, pickleball and tennis lessons, a kayak, tickets to Winter Lights and a vast array of food opportuni-
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ties.
Bidding ends Sunday, Nov. 10, at 8 p.m. at auctria.events/Joyfulbidding2024.
Burlington
Civic Symphony holds fall
concert
The Burlington Civic Symphony presents its fall concert on Saturday, Nov. 9, at 7 p.m., at the Elley-Long Music Center in Colchester with guest conductor Cole Marino.
The program will feature Gioachino Rossini’s Semiramide Overture, the Kare-
lia Suite by Jean Sibelius and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A major.
Marino, a classically trained conductor, baritone and keyboardist, graduated from the Manhattan School of Music in 2020.
Information and tickets can be found at bcsovt.org.
Episcopal church hosts holiday bazaar in Shelburne
Trinity Episcopal Church will open its doors for its annual holiday Christmas bazaar on Saturday, Dec. 7, at 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
The sale will feature all manner of gifts and will fill the rooms with original and handmade crafts, food, and ornaments. A special traditional item will be the pinecone wreaths fashioned by hand. They require no adjustment; just hang them on the door.
Other holiday gifts will include knitted and crocheted items and wooden and glass tableware.
There will be children’s activities, raffles and take-home baskets and holiday food set-ups.
The church is on Shelburne Road (Route 7) in Shelburne.
Holiday bazaar
At Faith United Methodist
Faith United Method Church of South Burlington will host its annual holiday bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 9, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 899 Dorset St.
\Featured this year are a large variety of adult and children’s new and like new winter coats for $10-$20 each, a huge cookie walk, fudge, pies, to-go soup, and lots of holiday and home decor. All proceeds will go directly to the South Burlington Food Shelf. Contact Diane at events@faithsbvt.org with any questions.
HONORING The Veterans Among Us
KENNETH JANSON U.S. Navy Submarine Supply Officer 6 years
EDMUND HART U.S. Air Force Sargent 1972-1976
TODD KING US Army Sargent Served 16 years in the 3rd Battalion, 172nd infantry/ mountain division
GREGORY LIEBERT Retired Army Infantry and Combat Engineers Officer 1973-1995
ED HART US Air Force Sergeant E-4 1972-1976
TOM WADSWORTH U.S. Navy Commander Vietnam and Iraq 1967-1992
JAMES BRENEMAN US Army Sergeant E5 3 years of service
CAROL BLANSHINE (COLE) Army SPC 2001-2004
Democrats lose supermajority in House, Senate Rodgers ousts Zuckerman
VTDIGGER
The Democratic supermajority in the Vermont House is no more.
Republicans picked up 18 seats in the 150-member chamber on Tuesday, dramatically reshaping power dynamics in the House. They’re set to hold 55 seats in the next biennium — enough to prevent Democrats and Progressives, who will hold 92 seats together, from overriding Republican Gov. Phil Scott’s vetoes.
Three independents won races Tuesday, according to unofficial results from the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office.
The chairs of two House committees were among several Democratic incumbents unseated Tuesday — as was an assistant majority leader of the party — ensuring major changes to the chamber when lawmakers return to Montpelier in January.
The outcome mirrored that of the Vermont Senate, where Republicans toppled four incumbents and picked up two additional seats in the 30-member body.
Vermont Republican Party Chair Paul Dame said the Republican successes in legislative races will force Democrats to work with Republican Gov. Phil Scott, who cruised to reelection Tuesday.
“I don’t think we’ve had a night
this good in 10 years,” Dame said. “Tonight, voters have weighed in on how to solve that stalemate. They said, ‘You should have been listening to the governor in (the) last two years.’”
Speaking at an election party in South Burlington on Tuesday night, House Speaker Jill Krowinski, D-Burlington, bemoaned the outcomes of that day’s elections.
“Our stomachs are in knots tonight about what’s happening with the national election and elections here at home,” said Krowinski, flanked by about a dozen House colleagues. “We are still waiting to get final results from across the state. We’ve picked up some seats. We’ve lost some seats. It’s difficult, but what I want Vermonters to know is that we still have your back.”
Democratic incumbents ousted Tuesday:
• Rep. Diane Lanpher in the Addison-3 district
• Rep. Mike McCarthy in Franklin-3
• Rep. William Notte in the Rutland-7 House district.
• Rep. Josie Leavitt in the Grand Isle-Chittenden district
• Rep. Dennis Labounty in the Caledonia-3 district
• Rep. Robin Chestnut-Tangerman in the Bennington-Rutland district
People follow election results during a Democratic Party election night gathering in South Burlington on
• Rep. Jim Carroll in the Bennington-5 district
Jim Dandeneau, executive director of the Vermont Democratic Party, said in an interview around 11:15 p.m. at the party’s election night gathering in South Burlington that the state GOP’s — and particularly Scott’s — messaging over property taxes proved to be more effective on the campaign trail than what he called Democrats’ “herculean work” knocking on doors and engaging with voters on the ground.
Scott and the GOP, Dandeneau said, “overwhelmed people’s
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concerns about the future of our democracy with concerns about the future of their own pocketbooks.”
Zuckerman loses
John Rodgers, a Republican from Glover, was elected lieutenant governor Tuesday, unseating Progressive/Democrat Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman in a rare ouster of a statewide incumbent.
The dramatic conclusion came at the end of a highly competitive — and at times highly personal — contest for the state’s second highest-ranking office.
The outcome became clear around 1:20 a.m. Wednesday, when the last of Vermont’s 247 towns and cities reported results. At that time, Rodgers led Zuckerman 46.2 percent to 44.6 percent, according to the Secretary of State’s Office — with just 5,959 votes separating them.
“We feel like we’ve got it,” Rodgers said earlier Wednesday morning, in a phone call around 12:30 a.m. “We couldn’t be happier with the results.”
About an hour before that, Zuckerman addressed reporters at the Vermont Democratic Party’s election night party in South Burlington, saying “there’s certainly a decent chance I’m going to lose” but declining to formally concede the race.
The result means that Republican Gov. Phil Scott — who cruised to reelection on Tuesday — will have a close ally serving in the lieutenant governor’s office for the first time in the eight years he’s served as chief executive.
The race saw both Rodgers and Zuckerman, who work as farmers and previously served alongside each other as state legislators, pitch themselves as a stronger voice for working class people and the better candidate to help tackle concerns
over affordability and property tax increases in many communities necessary to fund public education.
Zuckerman was seeking his fourth term in the lieutenant governor’s office.
Speaking at the Democratic party event, he acknowledged that Rodgers’ campaign messaging was effective, though the incumbent characterized it as “a lot of promises, and really, capitalizing on people’s frustration.”
Strong turnout
Throughout Vermont on Tuesday, voters streamed into polling places to cast their ballots in an election that has been marked by extraordinary anticipation and division at the national level and a more muted debate closer to home.
More than 220,000 Vermonters — roughly two-fifths of the state’s registered voters — had already voted before Tuesday, Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas said at a press conference that afternoon. She said she expected overall voter turnout to be high, though she said it was too soon to say whether it would exceed the high-water mark set four years earlier, when nearly 371,000 Vermonters — or roughly 73 percent of registered voters — took part in the election.
According to the Community News Service, 47.12 percent of mail-in ballots were returned and accepted as of Nov 5. Charlotte and Shelburne had the highest percentage of mail-in ballots at 65 percent and 62 percent, respectively.
Though many voted early, some said they preferred to wait until Election Day to part with their ballot.
Though few statewide candidates in Vermont face serious
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Tuesday.
Waters returns to House as Charlotte votes blue
PATRICK BILOW STAFF WRITER
Charlotte voters returned 2,850 ballots for an 82 percent turnout on Election Day.
Democrat Chea Waters Evans, who ran unopposed for Chittenden-6 State representative, received 1,925 votes. In January, she will begin her second term in Montpelier.
Evans’ district also extends into Hinesburg, where she received 32 votes.
Kamala Harris was the clear favorite in Charlotte with 2,027 votes for president. Donald Trump, the expected national winner, received 502 votes.
A total of 2,040 Charlotte citizens voted for Republican incumbent Phil Scott for governor, with Democrat Esther Charlestin receiving 681 votes.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders beat Republican challenger Gerald Malloy, 2,064 to 612.
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in the district wrote in a different candidate.
Incumbent Democrat Rep. Chea Waters Evans, whose Chittenden-6 district extends into Hinesburg, got 32 votes.
Kamala Harris received 2,322 votes from Hinesburg for president, with Donald Trump, getting 727.
Republican incumbent Phil Scott received 2,256 votes for governor, with Esther Charlestin getting 747.
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders was handily reelected. He got 2,195 votes to Republican Gerald Malloy’s 789.
Becca Balint will return to Congress. She bested Republican Mark Coester 2,118 to 689. David Zuckerman, while he
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, a Democrat, received 2,031 votes for Congress, with Republican Mark Coester receiving 524.
While he lost the state race for lieutenant governor, incumbent David Zuckerman received 1,480 votes to Republican John Rodgers’ 1,117.
Charlotte voters reelected other Democratic statewide office holders, including state treasurer Mike Pieciak, secretary of state Sarah Copeland Hanzas and attorney general Charity Clark.
Thomas Chittenden was the favorite in Charlotte for state senator in the Chittenden-Southeast District with 1,697 votes. Ginny Lyons received 1,465 votes and Kesha Ram Hinsdale got 1,346. All three incumbents head back to Montpelier for another term.
Republican challenger Bruce Roy of Williston received 1,027 votes.
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lenges this cycle, Gov. Phil Scott and his fellow Republicans have sought to make the election a referendum on the Democratic supermajority that controls the Statehouse.
That message resonated for Joan Forbes, a 73-year-old Middlebury resident who owns a concrete company. Outside the Middlebury Recreation Center on Tuesday morning, she said that she was hoping to give Scott “the help that he needs to do things to make Vermont livable right now.”
But like Vermonters traditionally do, Forbes said she was splitting her ticket — voting for Republicans in statewide races and for Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, for president. “That’s new for me!” she exclaimed.
Explaining her vote for Harris over former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee and Tuesday’s winner, Forbes said, “I just don’t like the negativity. He has to badmouth everyone. People shouldn’t do that.”
While Harris won Vermont’s three electoral votes, the country has a whole will send Trump back to the White House in January.
Peck said she believes Scott is an “excellent” governor. As for legislative Democrats? “Everything he tries to do, they override his veto,” she said. “There are too many out-of-staters, transplants, running the state now. They don’t seem to care what the real Vermonters want.”
Other statewide races
Vermonters reelected the state’s attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer and auditor of accounts by comfortable margins Tuesday, sending a slate of incumbent Democrats (and one Democrat/ Progressive) back to office.
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Unofficial results from the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office just after 12:30 a.m. Wednesday morning showed victories for attorney general Charity Clark, secretary of state Sarah Copeland Hanzas, treasurer Mike Pieciak and auditor Doug Hoffer.
None of the incumbents faced competitive challenges.
Reporting by VTDigger journalists Neal Goswami, Ethan Weinstein, Shaun Robinson, Sarah Mearhoff, Emma Cotton, Kevin O’Connor, Neal Goswami, Paul Heintz, Klara Bauters, Peter D’Auria and Auditi Guha.
lost statewide, got 1,606 votes for lieutenant governor, with Democrat-turned-Republican John Rodgers receiving 1,329.
Hinesburg voters reelected other Democratic statewide office holders, including state treasurer Mike Pieciak, secretary of state Sarah Copeland Hanzas and attorney general Charity Clark. Thomas Chittenden was the favorite in Hinesburg for state senator in the Chittenden-Southeast District with 1,781 votes. Ginny Lyons received 1,624 votes and Kesha Ram Hinsdale got 1,342. All three incumbents head back to Montpelier for another term.
Republican challenger Bruce Roy of Williston received 1,288 votes.
Norman Boyden, 80, a retired clockmaker from Williston, stood outside the armory in his town with a sign and a hat emblazoned with the name of his friend, Bruce Roy, a Republican candidate for state Senate in the Chittenden-South district. He noted that he also had a Trump hat waiting for him in his Jeep, which featured a Trump bumper sticker.
“Trump is not a perfect person. None of us are. Has he made mistakes? Absolutely,” Boyden said. “But the other side has made far more mistakes.”
Referring to two foiled assassination attempts on the Republican presidential nominee, Boyden said, “He’s risking his life to bring balance back.”
Donna Mae Peck, 78, sounded a similar note when voting at Lake Region Union High School in Barton Tuesday morning.
“The country is going to hell, and we need a big change in administration,” the retired chef said of the presidency.
in the House — where she sat on the House General, Housing and Military Affairs, and Ways and Means Committees, and served as vice chair of the House Natural Resources and Energy Committee — and two in the Senate. And Chittenden, a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, has served two terms in the Senate after three terms on the South Burlington City Council.
While Democrats won big in Chittenden-Southeast, the Senate overall lost its Democratic supermajority as Republicans flipped six seats, unseating four incumbents and dominating races for open seats, according to VTDigger, nearly doubling its representation from seven seats to 13.
The Senate chair of the natural resources and energy committee, Sen. Chris Bray, an Addison County Democrat, lost to a political newcomer, Steven Heffernan, while Katherine Sims, who mounted an aggressive campaign for the Orleans County Senate district lost handily to her GOP opponent, Sam Douglass.
Other Senate Democrats in
Orange, Grand Isle, Caledonia and Chittenden counties were also defeated.
The Republican strategy of blaming the Democratic supermajority for steep tax increases this year seems to have paid off statewide, if not in Chittenden-Southeast.
Lyons told The Other Paper in October that an experienced Senate is something that will be crucial in the next biennium as hot topics loom. From housing and combating climate change to property taxes and education funding reform, the legislature is facing a monumental year with each incumbent candidate outlining these issues as top priorities.
“It’s really important to have experienced leadership in the Senate and I do bring that, and I will continue to bring that,” Lyons said.
Roy, who garnered 11.8 percent of South Burlington’s votes Tuesday night, brought in $21,500 to finance his campaign in total.
Hinsdale raised just over $26,000 for her campaign. Chittenden brought in $11,833 and Lyons $3,370.
Barre, Williston, St. Albans
By supporting each other, CVU boys’ win 21st state title
For most of the season, the Champlain Valley boys’ soccer team’s mantra has been “the only team that can beat CVU is CVU.”
On Saturday, in the Division I state championship, they proved unbeatable.
The top-seeded Redhawks beat No. 10 Colchester 3-0 at the University of Vermont’s Virtue Field to win the D-I state title — the 21st in program history.
“I’m just proud of the way they came together,” CVU coach Shane Bufano said. “I was just really impressed with the level that these guys competed.”
The season didn’t come easily for the Redhawks, who battled some defensive issues early on, faced one of the state’s tougher game schedules and spent a lot of time on road. But the group focused on supporting each other and being mentally tough and as the season progressed, the defending champs found their rhythm.
“It was kind of an arduous season in a few ways,” Bufano said. “We were making a bunch of silly mistakes and getting frustrated by that. So, we had a sit down and talked about how we could be good teammates and support each other, and that I thought really contributed to how we started to play for each other as the season progressed.”
All the work throughout the regular season paid off in the final game, when the team’s
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defense combined to shut down star Colchester player Demunga Alfani in the early parts of the game.
Then the CVU offense jumped on two first half opportunities — one half way through the half from George Charlson and the other just before the end of the frame on a converted penalty kick
for Miles Bergeson.
The 2-0 lead forced Colchester to rely more on its star and opened up the game for CVU, exactly as they planned.
“We knew if we scored early that they’d have to push (Alfani) up, which would then open up our midfield,” Bufano said. “We scored fairly early, about 19
minutes in, so as soon as we had scored, they put him as a forward, which the entire midfield was open and we took control after that.”
The well executed game plan piggybacked on all the work the team had done through the regular season and helped the Redhawks secure the program’s 21st state
title, a record that is tied for most in state history with the CVU girls. “I really am happy for those guys to go out on top,” Bufano said. “It’s really a privilege to be part of something like that and not something to take for granted. I think when they look back at it, they are going to really cherish that time.”
The Champlain Valley boys’ Division I soccer champs. The program has now won 21 state championships, a state record, and is only matched by the CVU girls’ soccer program.
Girls’ soccer team take unbeaten season to division title Redhawks’ football heads to title game
LAUREN READ SPORTS CORRESPONDENT
Champlain Valley girls’ soccer coach Stan Williams could not have asked for a more out of his team this season.
A tight-knit 23-women roster that played well together? Check. Seven senior leaders that set the tone? Check. An unbeaten regular season? Check.
The program’s 21st Division I state title? Check.
No. 1 Champlain Valley beat No. 10 South Burlington, 2-0, on Saturday at the University of Vermont’s Virtue Field to clinch the D-I state championship, their second in three years.
“Just a spectacular group of kids,” Williams, who won his eighth title as head coach, said. “We were pretty steady through the whole year, and it was a great culmination — an awesome match under the lights at Virtue. You couldn’t have asked for a better ending.”
The title game played out much like the rest of the season — exactly as planned for the Redhawks.
The team going in knew that controlling the ball and team defense would be key, giving the offense a chance to find a quick strike to grab the lead.
That’s exactly what happened as the first half progressed, with Rieanna Murray finding the back of the net in the 31st minute. Kate Roberts then doubled the lead early in the first half to essentially seal the win.
“We knew South Burlington would be hard to score on,” Williams said. “In one of our previous games, we felt we’d almost overpassed and kept looking for the perfect goal rather than just a goal or chance. Kate just ripped it from outside the 18 rather than wait and try to slot through and get that perfect one.
“That was a great example of looking to attack a little bit more than we had in the previous game against them.”
The win was a culmination of a year that saw the Redhawks play nearly perfect team ball throughout the season.
CVU pitched 12 shutouts in its 16 wins. The team completed a 16-0-1 unbeaten season. And they did it all as a 23-woman unit on and off the field.
“This group was just all 23 kids seamlessly integrated, and I think that our power came from that connection,” Williams said. “We realized that we were much more powerful as a collective than individuals. This group legitimately was just so tight and so connected that it was such a joy to coach. I feel lucky to have been on the sideline with them.”
All of that led to the program’s 21st state title, tying the CVU
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Child Find Notice
Champlain Valley School District (including the towns of Charlotte, Hinesburg, Shelburne, St. George, and Williston, Vermont) is required by federal law to locate, identify and evaluate all children with disabilities. The process of locating, identifying and evaluating children with disabilities is known as child find.
Champlain Valley School District schools conduct Kindergarten screening each spring; parents may also call to make an appointment to discuss their concerns at any time. As the school district of residence, CVSD has the responsibility to identify and provide services to any child with special needs who may require special education and related services in order to access and benefit from public education.
If you have, or know of any CVSD resident who has a child with a disability under the age of 21 or a child who attends a private school located in Charlotte, Hinesburg, Shelburne, St. George, or Williston, Vermont, we would like to hear from you. Sometimes parents are unaware that special education services are available to their children.
Please contact the School Principal Charlotte Central School – 802-425-2771, Hinesburg Community School – 802-482-2106, Shelburne Community School – 802-985-3331, Williston Central/Allen Brook Schools – 802-878-2762) or the Director of Student Support Services, Anna Couperthwait at 802-985-1903.
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Rieanna Murray and her teammates celebrate her score that put the Redhawks up 1-0.
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boys for most in program history.
“I could not be happier than to have seen this group succeed like they did,” Williams said. “I really truly felt they deserved it, and it was kind of the honor that they had been working for.”
Redhawks beat Middlebury
Champlain Valley 21, Middlebury 7: The Champlain Valley defense came up big in 21-7 win over Middlebury on Saturday to book the Redhawks a spot in the Division I football state championships.
The top-seeded Redhawks will face No. 2 Rutland (8-1) on Saturday at St. Johnsbury Academy at 5 p.m. CVU did not face Rutland in the regular season.
The two teams were tied 7-7 headed into the fourth quarter, the CVU defense providing key stops to give the Redhawks offense a chance to find their footing.
And find it they did. Quarterback Orion Yates hit first Dylan Frere and then George Taylor with long touchdown passes to give CVU the points it needed to clinch a spot in the D-I final.
Yates also hit Frere with an earlier 40-yard TD catch.
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CVU’s girls’ soccer team celebrates its Division I title on Saturday. The No. 1 seed beat South Burlington 2-0 for the program’s 21st championship.