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Shelburne’s police and dispatch workers now have a fully ratified contract, cementing pay increases through 2026 and ending a two-year stalemate without a contract. The town selectboard last week unanimously approved the new contract. It establishes a new 20-step wage scale from Jan. 21 of this year through June 30, 2026, while providing a retroactive pay increase from July 1, 2021 — when the last contract officially expired while negotiations were well underway. Town manager Lee Krohn called the negotiations a “a hardfought battle” to balance the needs of the department with the fiscal responsibility for the board
and the taxpayers. The contract raises base wages “to be much more in line with our competition in Chittenden County,” Krohn said. “That was a key issue.” The contract has 20 steps in a new wage schedule, adding wage increases each year. A new hire with the department would be assessed based on years of experience as well as the type of work they did previously and would then be assigned to a step based on that experience. They would then receive a raise for each year they work with the department. Patrol officers at step 6, for example, will earn $30.55 an hour. The maximum earnings for a patrol officer would be $43.16 an hour at step 20. New patrol See CONTRACT on page 11
Shelburne adopts policy to protect undocumented COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
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Shelburne Little League helds its first opening day celebration since 2019 on April 30 with a parade through town and a visit from Champ, the Vermont Lake Monsters mascot. “This is a great tradition and a wonderful way to kick off the season,” said Mike Niebur, president of Shelburne Little League. A record 382 kids registered to play this year from three towns: Charlotte, Hinesburg and Shelburne.
The Shelburne selectboard last week approved a new policy bolstering protections for undocumented individuals while limiting the amount of cooperation local police can have with federal immigration enforcement authorities. The town’s new fair and impartial policing policy, which broadly prohibits officers from engaging in biased policing based on personal characteristics such as gender, age or sexual orientation, now adds strong limits to when local police can cooperate with federal authorities like the Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The town’s original policy had “weaknesses specifically in regard to migrant workers and immigration status,” said Zoe Hart, a Shelburne resident and member of the town’s fair and impartial policing team. “So that’s the intent of our changes is to tighten up those weaknesses, and not to prevent local police from ever working with federal authorities but simply to clearly define the conditions under which that should be permitted.” Language struck from the town’s previous policy include allowing communication between local agencies and the ImmigraSee POLICY on page 5
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Celebrate Arbor Day, talk trees, meet Shelburne’s ‘big tree’ Vermont Arbor Day is Friday and Shelburne Tree Committee is inviting the whole town to celebrate trees. Have you ever planted a tree? Would you like to plant a tree this Saturday? Would you like an opportunity to get answers to tree planting and tree maintenance questions? Join the committee at Bay Park on Saturday, May 7, 10 a.m. to noon, for some tree planting and tree conversation. Come plant a tree. Bring a shovel if you have one although there will be shovels available. The tree committee will be planting 10 bare root trees and hope to use the opportunity for a bit of education. So, bring your questions too. Simultaneously, the Shelburne Tree
Committee will be celebrating Shelburne’s “Big Tree.” The Vermont Urban & Community Forestry Program released a Vermont big tree inventory recently that maps the largest documented specimens of tree species throughout Vermont. Shelburne is included in the inventory and is home to the largest Atlantic white cedar currently documented in the state. The cedar is in front of the Pierson Library. Shelburne Tree Committee members will also be available at the cedar from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday to talk trees. The inventory can be found on the town’s website or at v t c o m m u n i t y f o r e s t r y. o rg / p l a c e s / big-trees.
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Tim Trevithick is the new co-principal at Hinesburg Community School. He will lead grades five through eight. Principal John Pontius is retiring at the end of the school year. Trevithick starts July 1. Trevithick’s recent roles include assistant principal at Enosburg Falls High School, student assistance program counselor at Champlain Valley Union High School, and health educator and student assistance counselor at Rice Memorial High School. “Through the years I have visited Hinesburg Community School for a multitude of events, both personally and professionally,” he said. “With every visit to the school, I feel a Tim Trevithick sense of being at home. To me, this feeling is a testament of the community’s care and investment. It is both solid and enduring. I feel grateful for the opportunity to work with
creative and dedicated educators as we partner with families and community members to help our kids thrive.” Trevithick has a bachelor’s degree from Keene State College, a master’s degree in counseling from Johnson State College, and is working toward his school leadership and principal license at Saint Michael’s College. Co-principal Suzan Locke, who oversees kindergarten through grade four at the school, said she is eager to work with Trevithick. “As an enthusiastic, compassionate and hardworking educator who understands the needs of students, Tim will be an excellent addition to the Hinesburg Community School community. These qualities, combined with his collaborative approach, will ensure that Hinesburg students continue to receive a high-quality education in the years to come,” she said.
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The Vermont Community Newspaper Group staff took home 34 awards for writing, photography and ad design from the annual New England Better Newspaper Competition, held in Boston over the weekend. From left, designer Kristen Braley, news editor Tommy Gardner and reporters Avalon Styles-Ashley, Corey McDonald and Aaron Calvin have their hands full with an array of first-place editorial awards.
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Greg Popa, editor and publisher of the Vermont Community Newspaper Group, was inducted into the New England Newspaper Hall of Fame over the weekend, and the publications he oversees received dozens of awards for writing, photography and design. Popa was one of six journalists inducted into the hall this year, as part of the annual New England Newspaper Convention, held in Boston and organized by the New England Newspaper and Press Association.
Vermont Community Newspaper Group publications also received 33 awards during the association’s annual Better Newspaper Competition.
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Interfaith leaders convene in Shelburne Where can you hear from a Sufi teacher, an expert in Confucianism, a native spiritual leader and a leading instructor on the divine feminine? All Souls Interfaith Gathering is hosting the Thomas Keating Interspiritual Seminar on May 7 and 8 with the Charis Foundation and the Spiritual Paths Foundation. The seminar honors the interspiritual legacy of Father Thomas Keating and provides leading interfaith teachers and thinkers with a laboratory for sharing and developing the spiritual thought of the future. On Saturday, May 7, at 4 p.m., a panel presentation will feature Pir Netanel Miles-Yépez, the head of the Inayati-Maimuni lineage of Sufism, and Brenda Salgado of the Nepantla Center for Healing and Renewal, who was trained by Purepecha, Xochimilco and Toltec elders in traditional medicine. On Sunday, May 8, 3 p.m., a panel at will include Dr. Judith Simmer-Brown, Buddhist professor of religious studies at Naropa University in Boulder, Colo.; Dr.
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Rory McEntee and Netanel Miles-Yépez, founders of the Charis Foundation, trained in interfaith dialogue with Thomas Keating.
Bin Song, assistant professor of philosophy and religion at Washington College with a specialty in Confucianism; Rev. Matthew Wright, an Episcopal priest and writer working to renew the Christian wisdom tradition; and Rory McEntee, the co-author of “New Monasticism.” Tickets for both panels are $15, online or at the door. Alejandra Warden, a contemplative educator, international lecturer and author who teaches from a place deeply rooted in the
feminine, will be the guest speaker at the All Souls Music and Spirit Service on Sunday, May 8 at 5 p.m. Music will be provided by All Souls music director Ronnie Romano on the piano and organ and Jane Kittredge on violin. There is no admission charge for the music and spirit service. For more information, contact Rev. Don Chatfield, lead pastor, All Souls Interfaith Gathering, at (802) 985-3819, ext. 102, and for ticket information, go to allsoulsinterfaith.org.
April 25 at 10:20 a.m., a face mask with human excrement was found on the front porch of a local business. The scene was cleaned, and an officer spoke with an employee about the situation. April 25 at 12:13 p.m., someone locked their keys in their car on Church Street. Officers assisted in unlocking the vehicle. April 25 at 3:21 p.m., officers searched the former Sirloin Saloon after a caller reported someone was inside the vacant business. Officers found no sign of anyone inside, but the incident is under investigation. April 25 at 9:12 p.m., Shelburne police checked on a man who was passed out in his car near Shelburne Road and Penny Lane, but the man was fine. April 26 at 1:22 p.m., an individual who was previously involved in a theft at Kinney Drugs was back in the store and employees wanted them removed. Officers located the
person after they left the store and issued them a trespass notice. April 26 at 2:58 p.m., someone crashed their car near Falls Road and Thomas Road and sustained minor injuries. The patient was transported to the hospital by Charlotte rescue. April 26 at 7:45 a.m., a caller reported a retail theft from Kinney Drugs. Police were unable to find the alleged thief. The case is under investigation. April 27 at 9:24 a.m., police received a call of a runaway juvenile. While investigating, officers learned the juvenile was staying at their grandparents’ home and that the Department of Children and Families was aware of the situation. April 27 at 5:29 p.m., an individual called and reported someone was hacking his cellphone. April 28 at 8:45 a.m., police responded to a call of a man sleeping in a bank kiosk in the Shelburne Shopping Park. The individual was located and hooked up with services in Burlington. April 28 at 11:29 a.m., employees at Kinney Drugs called police to report individuals were trespassing on the property. See BLOTTER on page 5
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continued from page 1 tion and Naturalization Service, or ICE — specifically 8 U.S.C. §§ 1373 and 1744 — unless it is with the individual’s consent. The new policy, for example, struck language that gave the police “authority to enforce federal criminal law” in regard to border crossings, and instead added that police “shall not make warrantless arrests or detail individuals on suspicion of ‘unlawful entry,’ unless the suspect is apprehended in the process of entering the United States without inspection.” All municipalities with law enforcement agencies are required by state law to adopt a fair and impartial policing policy. But stronger policies than the state’s have been adopted by at least eight towns and jurisdictions throughout Vermont, including Winooski, Burlington and South Burlington, Richmond and the Addison County Sheriff’s Office, among others. Acting Shelburne police chief Michael Thomas said during the meeting he was supportive of the policy’s adoption and that that was already “the way we do business.” Migrant Justice, a human rights organization founded and led by immigrant farmworkers in Vermont, has spearheaded advocacy to bolster protections for undocumented peoples. The local Shelburne team, in conjunction with Migrant Justice, has worked since 2020 to add these protections to the town’s policy. More than 300 residents have signed a petition from the group urging the selectboard to adopt the policy. “This is an effort that has been going from town to town all over Vermont,” said Marcela Pino, a resident and member of the town’s fair and impartial policing team. “This protects people that are traveling through Shelburne as well as undocument-
ed people that might be in our town.” Attorneys with the town cautioned that this policy could potentially jeopardize the town’s relationship with the federal government and warned against adopting the new policy. In a memo to the selectboard sent in November, town attorney Brian Monaghan said that if the town adopted the new policy it would guarantee “that the town would be in violation of both federal and state law.” “To the extent that the Shelburne Police Department receives federal funding — which it does — those funds could be put in jeopardy if the town were to adopt the proposed amendments. Additionally, it is possible the town could be subjected to a court action to compel compliance, where the Department of Justice could seek coercive injunctive or financial penalties,” he said. “Since many of the proposals would likely put the town at odds with state and federal law, and would likely place the town at risk of lawsuit from the state of Vermont or the Department of Justice … I cannot recommend that the town adopt any these changes as proposed,” he concluded. Several officials, however, reached out to express support, including Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George, who has urged municipalities in Chittenden County to adopt strengthened fair and impartial policing policies, as well as former selectboard member Mary Kehoe, who said that Shelburne “should join other progressive Vermont towns and cities and adopt the (policy).” “We can then be proud to be on the forefront of providing peace and justice to all those who live in, and pass through, our wonderful town,” she said.
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continued from page 4 The individuals were issued trespass notices. April 28 at 11:58 a.m., a man called to report his girlfriend would not return his sim card for his cellphone. Shelburne police arrived at the scene and the situation was resolved. April 28 at 2:51 p.m., an individual was reportedly bitten by a dog near Harbor Road. Officers could not locate the animal. April 29 at 4:24 a.m., someone was trying to take another person’s car, but officers learned that the vehicle’s ownership was in question. Police told the individuals the issue was a civil matter. April 29 at 8:28 p.m., a caller reported hearing someone trying to break into the office at the T-Bird motel. Police were dispatched but the staff told them there were no incidents to report. April 29 at 9:48 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported between a woman and her boyfriend on Falls Road. Shelburne and South Burlington police arrived on scene and the female was issued a citation for domestic assault and released. April 29 at 11:07 p.m., a caller reported he thought someone was trying to rob
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individuals at the T-Bird Motel. Shelburne Police determined he was suffering from mental health issues. April 29 at 11:11 p.m., Anthony Adalio, 32, of Burlington, was arrested after an Ockert Lane resident called and said Adalio was going to fix their car but had never returned it. Police later found the car in Burlington. He was arrested for operating a vehicle without the owner’s consent, possession of cocaine, possession of heroin and petit larceny. April 30 at 8:54 a.m., Shelburne Police helped escort the town’s Little League parade. May 1 at 9:01 a.m., a walk-in dropped off a purse she had found. The property was placed in storage until the owner can be located. May 1 at 9:35 a.m., a caller reported items had been taken from their car. The case is under investigation. May 1 at 9:35 a.m., a group of kids was hanging out around the railroad tracks. Police checked the area but could not find any youths. May 1 at 1:30 p.m., fire and rescue departments from Shelburne, Charlotte and Hinesburg extinguished a brush fire on Ridgefield Road.
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Community Notes Shelburne resident takes first for safety video
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Maggie, pictured above, and Otto, below, are Shelburne’s dog and cat of the year, respectively. Town Clerk Diana Vachon sets up the event each year, where residents enter photos of their pets for a chance to win prizes. The event is an incentive by the town to get owners to register their pets. The winners are randomly selected by the town.
Jack Mahar of Shelburne, a student at the Center for Technology in Essex, won first place in the Vermont Highway Safety Alliance annual video public service announcement contest. In conjunction with National Distracted Driving Awareness Month in April, the alliance hosted its fourth such contest. The goal for contestant was to research the issue issue, and produce a 25-second video about the dangers of distracted driving. Fifty-three entries were submitted. Watch Mahar’s video at bit. ly/3kxerLA. Fourth place was won by Will Devereaux, Champlain Valley Union High School. Watch Devereaux’s video at bit.ly/3ORzYgb.
Shelburne greens up Saturday, May 7 Green Up Day bags are available at the Shelburne town clerk’s office and Shelburne Supermarket. Follow the link — bit.ly/37ttfYJ — and let organizers know where you will be greening up. Filled bags should be left in the town dump truck at Turtle Lane between 7 a.m.-3 p.m. on Green Up Day. Town officials ask track picker-uppers not to leave bags on roadsides. Call 802-985-5116 with questions.
Pianist performs Schumann, Beethoven at concert Claire Black, renowned Burlington-based pianist, will perform music by Robert and Clara Schumann and Ludwig Beethoven
on Sunday, May 15, 7-9:30 p.m., First Congregational Church, 39 Main St., Essex Junction. A portion of the proceeds will go to Spectrum Youth and Family Services. Tickets are $20. More at fccej.org
Lecture explores making a difference Linda Gilbert offers “Making a Difference with Hands to Honduras Tela” at the next Charlotte Senior Center Wednesday lecture on May 11. Hands to Honduras Tela is a service group of volunteers of all ages who travel to Tela, Honduras, to create positive change. Projects are specifically focused on maternal-child health, education, a medical and dental brigade and community assistance. The presentation will show how one small group can accomplish big projects successfully and have fun while doing it. Gilbert of Charlotte, director of the group, will share colorful photos and unique stories of how the love of service creates happiness for all involved. The free, in-person lectures start at 1 p.m. Questions? Leave a message at 802-425-6345 or visit charlotteseniorcentervt.org.
Advocate explores mental health, faith in presentation Father Tim Naples of St. John Vianney Church, 160 Hinesburg Road, South Burlington will host an interactive mental health presentation on Thursday, May 12, 6-7:30 p.m. by the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont. The presentation highlights the importance of creating a supportive faith community that welcomes
open dialogue about mental health to support individuals and family members and includes a discussion. Jodi Girouard, author, mental health advocate, and National Alliance on Mental Illness volunteer will talk openly about her mental health experience and how she found a pathway to hope and healing. She will read excerpts and poetry from her book, “Living with the Neighbors.”
Shelburne maker circle knits together democracy Come learn more about democracy while participating in a group knitting project. This free maker circle and presentation at the Pierson Library is for civically minded adults who want to deepen their understanding of the electoral process, learn how it is being threatened and discover how to strengthen it, on Monday, May 9, 7-8:30 p.m., in the community room. The circle has activities for knitters and non-knitters. Patterns, tools and materials will be supplied, but people are encouraged to bring their own. The presenter, Eve Jacobs-Carnahan, is a former lawyer in the Vermont Attorney General’s Office, who now creates fiber art sculptures with democractic themes. Register at knitdemocracy.org/ Shelburne.
Young professionals host Congressional forum The four leading Democratic primary candidates for Vermont’s sole U.S. House seat — Becca Balint, Sianay Chase Clifford, Molly Gray and Kesha Ram Hinsdale — will participate in a forum Thursday, May 19, 6-8 p.m., Main Street Landing. “This is a real opportunity for young professionals to engage with state-level issues and ask these candidates how they might address some of our most pressing challenges — affordability, retention, housing, climate change, among others,” said Alex Bunten, director of Burlington Young Professionals, which is co-sponsoring the forum. The event will be hybrid to ensure broad participation opportunities for young professionals across the state. Channel 17 will livestream the event and there will be an opportunity to submit questions in advance of the forum. In-person registration is limited to 60 people. The in-person event will host a reception from 6-7 p.m. and the candidate forum will take place from 7-8 p.m. Registration See COMMUNITY NOTES on page 7
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Historical societies present talks on syrup, transit Chittenden County Historical Society offers “The Essex Junction Syrup Plant: Weaving Together 75 Years of Vermont Maple Syrup,” a talk by Dr. Matthew M. Thomas at Shelburne Sugarworks, 746 Shelburne-Hinesburg Road, Tuesday, May 17, 6-8 p.m. Dessert will be served. The two options are sugar on snow or maple
strawberry shortcake or a choice of maple ice creams. Register your choices and numbers in your party at 802-9853581 or sarah.morganhouse@ comcast.net.
Chamber hosts workshop series for business owners The Lake Champlain Chamber offers a few upcoming workshops and seminars in its business exchange program. “Tackle Talent: Concepts from United Way’s Working Bridges,” will be held virtually on Tuesday,
May 17, 9 a.m. Presented by the United Way of Northwest Vermont, this interactive workshop will give employers talent acquisition and retention tools. On Thursday, May 19, noon, “Smart Start: The Legal Fundamentals for Launching a Business,” will be presented by Primmer, Piper, Eggleston & Cramer. Attendees can attend in person at the Lake Champlain Chamber, 60 Main St., Burlington, or virtually. This workshop addresses business formation and regulatory considerations, brand identity protection and employment laws. Register at lccvermont.org.
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Author gives reading of ‘Spirit Traffic’ MARC VINCENT
Inspiring and insightful, hilarious and heartbreaking, C. Jane Taylor’s “Spirit Traffic: A Mother’s Journey of Self-Discovery and Letting Go” chronicles the journey, undertaken in 2015, of the author, her husband John and her son Emmett — a seven-week, 10,000mile motorcycle trip from Vermont to California and back to celebrate Emmett’s graduation from college. Her story — part travelogue, part diary and part confessional — celebrates the American landscape, its varied people and the physical and emotional challenges and
triumphs of the self-titled “Free Rangers.” Taylor’s intelligent and accessible writing sprinkles literary and musical allusions that range from Albert Camus to Cat Stevens. But her clear and wittily metaphorical descriptions are her greatest strength, conjuring both physical and emotional landscapes. Taylor had never ridden a motorcycle before their trek, and she recounts her odyssey from timidly skittering down her dirt driveway in Hinesburg to gliding along the precipitous grades and sharp curves of Hell’s Backbone in Utah. The family navigates rock gardens with boulders the size
of soccer balls, cliffs rising “like the vulture-picked rib bones of a Mesozoic-Era behemoth,” and the fickleness of spring weather, motorcycle engines, bodily functions and family dynamics. But it is the people who make the journey memorable, from the endearing boys in Heyworth, Ill., who brought them sheet cake from the local VFW dance, to the “evil bus driver” in Monument Valley who told them to go back home. Most poignant of all are the personal voyages of the Free Rangers, as individuals and as a family. The journey marks the end of an era in their lives, but also a new beginning. Join the ride as C. Jane Taylor gives a free reading at the Pierson Library in Shelburne on Tuesday May 10, 7 p.m.
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SPORTS Two CVU pitchers team up to throw no-hitter Monday LAUREN READ CORRESPONDENT
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Champlain Valley 7, Mount Mansfield 0: Two Champlain Valley pitchers combined to throw a no-hitter and the Redhawks got the win over Mount Mansfield on Monday, May 2. Braedon Jones (five innings, 12 strikeouts) and Jared Anderson (two innings, four strikeouts) teamed up in the no-hitter. Robbie Fragola and Oliver Pudvar each had an RBI for the Redhawks, who move to 3-0. CVU pitched another shutout on Saturday, April 30, beating Rutland 12-0 in six innings. Ryan Canty got the win on the mound, allowing three hits and striking out nine in five innings. Canty also drove in three runs and went two-for-four at the plate. Fragola had three RBIs and Lewis Kerest also batted .500 with two RBIs.
Softball Mount Mansfield 6, Champlain Valley 5: The softball team fell to Mount Mansfield Monday in a tight-knit game. Sophia Stevens went two-for-four with two runs batted in and Shelby Companion had two RBIs for the Redhawks (0-4). The Redhawks lost to Rutland 20-17 on Saturday, surrendering a 15-9 lead in the fifth inning. Trinity Nye had a three-run homerun for CVU.
Boys’ tennis Stowe 4, Champlain Valley 3: A few three-set matches were the difference as Champlain Valley fell to Stowe in boys’ tennis Monday.
Charles Mjaanes and Aiden Greer each got a win in singles for the Redhawks, while John Bingle and Jacob Graham got a win in doubles.
Girls’ tennis Champlain Valley 6, Essex 1: Six Champlain Valley girls won their matches in straight sets to get a 6-1 win over Essex on Saturday. Tabitha Bastress, Cassie Bastress, Sage Peterson and Leonie Schwetlick each got a win in singles for the Redhawks. The doubles teams of Stella Makay and Ariel Toohey won in No. 1 doubles, while Millie Boardman and Eliza Willoughby won in No. 2 doubles. With the win, CVU moves to 1-2. On Friday, Champlain Valley fell to South Burlington 5-2.
Girls’ lacrosse Champlain Valley 11, South Burlington 8: Champlain Valley jumped out to a quick lead and held off a South Burlington rally to win a matchup Friday, April 29. Chloe Snipes had four goals to pace the CVU offense, while Dicey Mannin and Stella Dooley each tallied twice. Tess Everett, Amelie Scharf and Grace McNally each scored a goal for CVU, which moved to 5-1. Clare Stackpole-McGrath stopped five shots in goal.
Boys’ lacrosse Champlain Valley 9, South Burlington 6: Colin Zouck had four goals and two assists to help the boys get a win over South Burlington Friday. Nolan Shea added a hat trick for the Redhawks while Matias Williams tallied twice. Jake Bowen made six saves in goal. CVU is undefeated, 6-0.
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Green Mountain Bicycle Club May rides For rules of the road, liability waivers and other club information, visit thegmbc.com. Sunday, May 8 Vergennes voyager: Two mileage options along Otter Creek to Middlebury. The longer ride heads toward Kingsland Bay State Park before heading south to Middlebury. Meet at 9:15 a.m., Vergennes Union High School, Monkton Road, east parking lot. Leader is Diane Meyerhoff, 802-495-8883. Saturday, May 14 Introductory ride: For new riders, 12-20 miles at a leisurely pace. Goal is to teach new cyclists the rules of the road and how to ride in a group. Meet at 10 a.m., Veterans Memorial Park, South Burlington, Wheeler lot. Leader is Brian Howard, 802-304-0610. Sunday, May 15 Kingsland Bay: 35-mile ride rolls from Shelburne through Charlotte to Kingsland Bay Park and back. A 51-mile ride heads toward Vergennes and climbs to Monkton Ridge, returning through Hinesburg while a 65-mile option heads into Huntington but will not have a leader. Meet at 9:15 a.m., Shelburne Village Shopping Center. Leader
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AWARDS
continued from page 3 earner at the New England Better Newspaper Competition. He later replicated that company consistency to what is now known as the Vermont Community Group, with Chittenden County papers The Other Paper of South Burlington, the Shelburne News and The Citizen, which serves Charlotte and Hinesburg. Popa was also at the helm when the company ceased publication of the Waterbury Record. Popa has for decades nearly single-handedly — with a talented stable of photographers, writers and designers — produced the twice-yearly Stowe Guide and Magazine, a 240-page package that has regularly been awarded the best niche publication in New England.
“Under Greg’s leadership, these newspapers not only were kept alive, but became excellent,” Popa’s biography in the Hall of Fame reads. “Greg led the transitions and built new teams, always on the principle that excellent, must-read journalism is the key to a weekly newspaper’s economic health.” Popa was inducted by a pair of fellow hall-of-famers, Tom Kearney — former executive editor of the Stowe Reporter and Keene Sentinel, now with VTDigger, who also wrote Popa’s Hall of Fame biography — and Mike Donoghue, a retired veteran Burlington Free Press reporter, head of the Vermont Press Association, and a post-retirement correspondent for the VTCNG papers and
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several other Vermont weeklies. “Greg is a skilled leader and motivator, and he has insightful news judgment,” Donoghue said. “He’s a great juggler for all his hats and newspapers. His newspapers are taken seriously and take seriously their First Amendment fights.”
Editorial awards The weekend’s New England Newspaper Convention also featured its annual Better Newspaper Competition, which netted the newsroom 21 awards, a haul that includes eight first-place winners for writing and photojournalism. Once again, the Stowe Guide & Magazine was named the overall best niche publication in New England and was also given a second nod as the publication with the best overall design and presentation. News editor and staff writer Tommy Gardner took home seven reporting awards in the weekly
newspaper categories. Those include two first place awards — a local personality profile of actor Rusty “The Logger” Dewees and a sports feature about how local Scholars’ Bowl teams fared during the pandemic. Photographer Gordon Miller won six awards, including three first-place shots. He won in both weekly classes in a new category for pandemic related photos, one at a local high school and one at a nursing home. He also won for a photo of a baseball player safely sliding into home plate in a cloud of dust. Biddle Duke, the former Stowe Reporter owner and publisher, also won first place in the sports feature category, for his story on what it’s like being the parent of a competitive ski racer. Gardner earned three other sports-writing nods — for stories on a high school tennis state championship; a state championship baseball game; and the colorful announcers of the weekly Stowe Ski Bum Races. Miller was awarded three other photography prizes — two pictorials that featured very different crescent moons, and one general news photo of a school bus driver shoveling the bus roof. In other editorial and photography awards: • Business/economic reporting: Avalon Styles-Ashley, second place for her story about a women’s ski apparel company with biologically convenient zippers. • Local personality profile: Gardner, second place for a feature of a man who picks up roadside trash in his hometown every day. • Best niche publication:
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Design awards The production staff, responsible for designing the eye-catching print and digital advertisements that bring revenue into the company — and responsible for the placement of every single bit of copy, photography and graphic — earned a dozen awards. The News & Citizen won second place for overall advertising “general excellence” for New England weekly newspapers. Production manager Katerina Hrdlicka got a third-place nod in the best overall ad designer category, with judges noting her “clean, clear design sense.” The papers also took home several awards for individual ads or special packages. The Stowe Reporter production staff won first place in the special section category, for the popular annual RIDE mountain biking supplement, which judges said was “magazine-like” in its scope. The staff also won for themed multiple advertiser pages, again for a popular annual feature, the leaf peeper section that runs for a month every fall. Designer and webmaster Kristen Braley won first place in two categories: most creative use of small space for a front-page mini Power Play Sports ad; and best local online ad, for a Ferro Jeweler digital display. In other advertising awards: • Automotive display ad: Beverly Mullaney, second place with Royers Auto Sales; Braley was third with Lamoille Valley Ford, both in the News & Citizen. • Holiday ad: Hrdlicka, third place with her Stowe Reporter ad for Country Store on Main. • Most creative use of small print space: Hrdlicka, third place for her Stowe Sweets ad. • Local color display ad: Braley, third place for the Ferro Charms ad in the News & Citizen. • Real estate display ad: Braley, third place with her Stowe Reporter ad for KW Vermont.
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CONTRACT
continued from page 1 officers would earn $27 an hour. Dispatchers, meanwhile, will make $30.18 an hour at step 12, and could earn a maximum of $36.77 at step 20. A new dispatch employee — at step one — would earn $23 an hour. “This keeps us comparable with other departments,” acting Shelburne police chief Michael Thomas said. “People are starting to look in our direction.” A new facet of the contract allows the department to hire new employees based on their years of experience. The previous contract only allowed the town to pay an officer or dispatcher based on 50 percent of previous experience. “That was a significant stumbling block,” Krohn said. “We’d have people who were very interested but if we could only pay them based on half of their years’ experience,” calling that a challenge to hiring efforts. The town specifically pushed for a five-year contract, given the amount of time it took to ratify this one. “The goal there, again, was not just administrative efficiency — and not having to negotiate again — but clarity, budgeting and stability in the department for a little bit longer term,” Krohn said.
The department, which has been working with a skeleton crew for months, is slowly starting to rebuild itself. It currently has seven police officers on staff, and three full-timers. Thomas, Sgt. Josh Flore and Lt. Bruce Beuerlein make up the current full-time staff available to work. The department recently hired two officers from Hinesburg and has had “a few people apply.” “So, things are looking good,” Thomas said. Corp. Jon Marcoux, another full-timer, has been on administrative leave and is currently under criminal investigation by Vermont State Police stemming from a use of force incident in January. Bob Lake, meanwhile, is slowly coming back to work after being off the schedule. Thomas said he “has done follow up and closure on case work” and “he’s been prepping the motorcycle for patrol.”
Search for new chief The next step for the town is to begin the process of hiring a new chief, a process that officials said could take 12 to 18 months. Thomas has served as acting
chief since December, when former Chief Aaron Noble took family leave after receiving notice of the town’s “lack of faith” in his leadership. Noble ended up signing a settlement agreement with the town, retaining his $102,440 annual salary through Oct. 15, 2023, while keeping all his benefits, including health and dental insurance through October of this year. The speculation was that Noble would’ve been able to sue the town for termination without cause — an outcome the selectboard said they would like to avoid by arranging a more clearly defined contract for a new chief of police. “Questions have been asked about what kind of contractual arrangement they are hired under, and typically, here at least, the town manager has been the only employee operating under a specific contract,” Krohn said. “It would be possible, if it were deemed appropriate or helpful, that a police chief could be hired on a contract basis as well. It might not address every concern that might arise, but it might address the concept that it’s not necessarily a permanent appointment forever, it would have a
time-based approach and perhaps certain goals and objectives.” The town has several options to proceed: they could appoint Thomas to a permanent role, they could conduct an internal search among current employees, or they could do a “full blown” external search — forming a committee and hiring a consultant to conduct a nationwide search. “There’s a lot of good reasons to” conduct an external search, selectboard chair Mike Ashooh said. “It’s a transformative period, not just in the nation, but locally about how we think about policing and what kind of force we want. So, it might be a great opportunity to be transformative in our thinking about our police force and a chief that would lead it into the next, however many years.” Selectboard members were on board with creating an external search committee but remained supportive of Thomas in his current role and discussed the possibility of creating a “more formalized interim appointment for a period of time” while the board conducts a search process, Krohn said. “I do think we have to go through a search in order to be
transparent and go about looking for folks and I would hope that Chief Thomas would apply, and he probably would come out as the right person,” Selectboard member Cate Cross said. “But I think we need to make sure that we’re very transparent about how we choose a chief, especially after what happened with the last selection.” Selectboard member Matt Wormser’s “initial inclination” was to look at a direct appointment of Thomas “simply because one, the need to stabilize the department, (and) two, really a reward for the commitment he’s shown to the community over his many years of service.” “With that said, our last chief had been with our department for a long time,” he added. “There is something to be said for having a competitive process that includes more broadly defined parameters of what you’re looking for in your next chief.” Any committee would make a final recommendation to Krohn, who would then have the final decision in hiring. Parameters of such a committee were not set at the meeting, and no timeline was given for when a committee would be formed.
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