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Act 76 leads to higher wages, subsidies LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
Advocates, lawmakers and child care providers are celebrating what they call a “quantum leap” with the Legislature’s passage of Act 76, a bill that invests $125 million annually into early childhood education. The new law seeks to lessen the gap between what it costs providers to deliver early education, with equitable wages for staff, while also creating access to affordable child care for families throughout Vermont. By October the state’s child care financial assistance program will be expanded to families up to 575 percent of the federal poverty level — $172,000 for a family of four — and facilities — both center- and home-based programs — will receive a 35 percent increase in state reimbursements for families utilizing financial aid. The expansion is expected to help nearly 7,500 more Vermont families, said Shelburne Rep. Jessica Brumsted, a member of the House Committee on Human Services. “More families are going to be eligible for subsidies,” said Aly Richards, chief executive officer of the advocacy group Let’s Grow Kids, which has lobbied for these changes since its formation in 2015. “Centers are going to get paid more per child and subsidy from the state. So, they don’t even have to raise their rates. They’re just automatically going to get more per child and more kids are going to get subsidies.” Though only $20 million in grants meant to immediately help with infrastructure and staffing rolled out this fall, faciliSee CHILD CARE on page 8
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Veterans Paul Goodrich and Peter Gadue place the honorary wreath at the Veterans Day ceremony in Shelburne on Nov. 11. More photos on page 10.
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Conservative group complaint leads to investigation COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
The Champlain Valley School District was briefly investigated by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights this spring after a complaint filed by a national conservative group targeted an opt-in racial affinity group at the Shelburne Community School. In December 2022, the district announced it was looking to develop an affinity group program for students in grades three through eight at the Shelburne
Community School who identified as Black or Indigenous and for other people of color. Parents were invited to sign their kids up by contacting the school’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion coach, Lashawn Sells. But the group never got off the ground. Parents Defending Education, a conservative nonprofit organization that says it “fights indoctrination in the classroom,” quickly filed a federal civil rights complaint with the office’s department of civil rights in January as a third-party organization “that opposes racial discrimination and political indoctrination in Amer-
ica’s schools.” Their complaint claimed that the group was in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which requires that taxpayer money not be spent in ways that result in or support racial discrimination. “The program description does not make participation in these affinity groups open to all,” the group said. An investigation into the matter was opened by the Department of Education in See INVESTIGATION on page 13
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This year, during the 124th Audubon Christmas Bird Count, a local group of bird-lovers will be doing a tri-County census in parts of Chittenden, Franklin and Lamoille counties. On Saturday, Dec. 16, people might see slow-moving cars or folks with binoculars in the Cambridge, Westford, Milton, Fairfax, Fletcher, Underhill, Jericho and Jeffersonville area. The group invites everyone in those areas to flag us down and tell us about interesting birds they’ve been seeing in towns and fields, forests and backyards, or on rivers and lakes. All the sightings and reports will be compiled and sent to Audubon, and then it will be made available to everyone online. The tri-county group will also send a summary to local newspapers so that everyone can read about the rich bird life in our area, even in the winter. If you’re looking to participate in this year’s count, there are two ways: Travel and count birds along a predefined route in the tri-county circle; or count birds on your feeder at home. If you’re interested in routes, email Judy Bond at grgis@ ymail.com and if you’re interested in a feeder count, email Jason Crooks at mwongera@hotmail. com.
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Above: A boat steward removed Canadian waterweed (Elodea canadensis), a native plant, from a boat and takes a photo for identification. Below: Portia Butrym, one of the boat launch stewards for summer 2023, waits for visitors at Bristol Pond on an overcast July morning.
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Sept. 24 marked the end of Lewis Creek Association’s boat launch steward program at Bristol and Monkton ponds. The two ponds see many visitors throughout the summer months, from anglers to recreational boaters to wildlife enthusiasts, making them ideal locations to educate the public about aquatic invasive species. As of 2023, there are three known aquatic invasives in Bristol Pond: European frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae), Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) and brittle naiad (Najas minor); and two known invasives in Monkton Pond: Eurasian watermilfoil and curlyleaf pondweed (Potamogeton crispus). Presence of these species in these popular ponds means that they could function as points of introduction for the spread of invasives in the Lewis Creek watershed and throughout the state. The goal of the boat launch steward program is to prevent their spread by inspecting watercraft, identifying and removing suspicious specimens, collecting data and educating the public about spread prevention.
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In a photo caption honoring Paul Goodrich and his years of service to the Shelburne Highway Department, we incorrectly reported that he had retired. The last name of “Newsies” director Elisa Van Duyne is Van Duyne, not Duyne. The theater program at Champlain Valley Union High School has seen a turnover in directors, not musical directors.
BARKEATERS HAS REOPENED! Boat launch stewards interacted with a total of 230 watercraft at Bristol Pond and 79 watercraft at Monkton Pond. Most visitors were already familiar with aquatic invasive species, likely due to the longevity of the boat steward program and repeated instances of boat stewards across the state educating the public. Stewards still intercepted 35 watercraft with invasive aquatic species before and
after entering Bristol and Monkton ponds. The stewards also helped remove brittle naiad near the dock at Bristol Pond during the free time between greeting visitors. Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation sent a small team to help the stewards remove brittle naiad but more work will be required to eradicate the plant from the pond.
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Come January, Vermonters will be able to fly directly to Florida year-round out of Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport via the low-cost carrier Breeze Airways. The airline plans to begin twice-weekly direct service from Burlington to Tampa starting Jan. 31 and to Orlando starting on Feb. 14, airport and airline officials announced at a press conference Wednesday morning at the airport. “Today we welcome Breeze Airways to the Leahy BTV team,” Nic Longo, the airport’s director of aviation, said. “The relationship that we’ve kindled over the last year is strong, and with this new service I look forward to a long relationship and a valued partnership for many years to come.” Longo said that Florida is a particularly popular destination for Vermonters, with approximately 200 passengers flying to or from the Sunshine State each day through the Burlington airport. “These new direct flights are going to be extremely important,” Longo said. Other than American Airlines, which operates a nonstop flight once weekly to and from Miami
exclusively during the winter months, Breeze Airways will be the only airline offering nonstop service to Florida from Burlington on a year-round basis. At Wednesday’s press conference, Gareth Edmondson-Jones, a spokesperson for Breeze, hinted at the possibility that the airline may expand its Burlington operations in the future. “We grow like a weed, as I say. As soon as these flights fill up, we’ll add more flights and more destinations, so there’s lots more to come here,” Edmondson-Jones said. The announcement of the new partnership comes just weeks after the airline JetBlue abruptly announced that it would pull out entirely from the Burlington airport, effective Jan. 4. The airline has provided nonstop service to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City and cited air traffic control staffing challenges and congestion in the New York airspace as reasons for its departure. On average, JetBlue has accounted for roughly 10 percent of the airport’s monthly customer base, airport officials have said, and its sudden decision to end its services prompted members of Vermont’s congressional delegation to send a letter to the airline’s CEO criticizing the move.
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It’s that time of year: Let’s talk turkey run a little hot, often overheating. Plus, I still don’t understand stuffing, let alone where to Carole Vasta Folley put it. One expert blamed my failure rate on the fact that I pick I have a long hapless history extra-large turkeys. I find that with turkeys. I’ve dated quite offensive. Others suggested I do a few. That is, if you describe dating as I do: A planned engage- it upside down for the first hour. What is this, Cirque du Soleil? ment preceded by nerve-wrackAnother authority ing anticipation atop a said to select only fresh ton of lofty expectation turkeys. Seriously? The only to end in exhauslast thing I need in a tion, crushed dreams relationship is a cheeky and withering disapturkey. It’s bad enough pointment. Sometimes I have to see their even gastrointestinal gizzards. distress. Then, there are It all started with those mavericks who Butterball. You’d think recommended wild with a name like that, Carole Vasta Folley turkey. At first, I was I’d have a winner. I all in. I love bourbon. mean, who doesn’t like But then I realized they butter, let alone balls? meant turkeys that live outside in Perdue and Honeysuckle were the woods. People, I don’t even next followed by Shady Brook. camp! Besides, I don’t know The name Shady itself should about you, but I’m not randomly have tipped me off as it was picking any ol’ turkey from my indeed one slick turkey, slipping out of my hands onto the floor as backyard. I have standards. Finally, in a desperate I cried fowl, and yelled, “Get a attempt, I searched for advice grip on yourself!” from Bobby Flay, celebrity chef By the way, all these turkeys, and restaurateur par excellence. each and every one of them, were full of themselves, boasting Or at least I thought so until he said, “I whack off the legs and good taste and perfection. Of the thighs!” What is wrong with course, I fell for their claims. Even though, year after year, one this man? This certainly explains his divorce rate. I suggest he turkey after the other was toughwork on his approach. er than the next. They say our relationships Couldn’t they at least try a are a reflection on how we were little tenderness? At first, I blamed myself. I do parented. If this is true, I never
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had a chance. My mother, bless her heart, skewered every turkey she met. Wearing a chenille robe that I’m pretty sure was a bedspread, she’d meet them in the wee hours of daybreak, trudging to the kitchen with a lit Virginia Slims. My mother tussled with turkey after turkey like wrestling matches held in a sink. Eventually she’d throw in the towel and exit the kitchen disheveled and stricken. Come to think of it, those turkeys probably deserved a little more enthusiasm and a lot less secondhand smoke. Though I can understand why her heart wasn’t in it. After all, she was married to my dad, who was a turkey. Maybe my lackluster history with turkeys is indubitably my fault. The truth stands for itself. There’s been a new turkey every year and just the one me. I am the common denominator. I must be the problem, not the turkey. I can’t even blame the tough ones with no taste. Folks, this is why I go to therapy. So, one day the turkey and I will unite in roasting nirvana. Where gobble-gobble won’t be just the sound of a turkey, but of me eating it. If not that, then I hope there’s a special chicken out there waiting just for me. Carole Vasta Folley is an award-winning columnist and playwright. Visit carolevf.com.
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Community Notes Red Cross hosts blood drive in Shelburne The Red Cross will hold a blood drive on Tuesday, Nov. 21, noon-5 p.m., St. Catherine’s Parish Hall, 72 Church St., Shelburne. Schedule an appointment at redcrossblood.org or call 800-733-2767. Appointments are strongly recommended as walkins cannot always be accommodated. Share with patients in need this holiday season and get a pair of officially licensed socks from the movie “Elf.”
Shelburne resident joins Hunger Free Vermont board Joshua Kruk of Shelburne was recently elected to the board of directors at Hunger Free Vermont. Kruk has over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry and is the chief financial officer for Bank of Burlington. He is a graduate of the University of Vermont and also serves on the boards of the Humane Society of Chittenden County, Kayla’s Directory and the CFA Society of Vermont.
Feeding Chittenden hopes to feed 10,000 families this holiday Feeding Chittenden’ Holidays Without Hunger campaign hopes to feed 10,000 families during through the end of December. The agency is asking supporters to make a virtual donation this year by visiting feedingchittenden.org, reminding everyone that a donation of $25 feeds a family of four. Director Rob Meehan says the agency saw an increase in demand over the last few months, with an average of 200 people coming in each day to access the food shelf. “This increase comes at a time when many economically challenged households are facing higher inflation rates, with housing, food and heating costs continuing to rise,” Meehan said.
Donations received through the Holidays Without Hunger campaign will be used to purchase holiday fixings such as turkeys, mashed potatoes and stuffing. To learn how to volunteer or get involved, visit feedingchittenden.org.
Early childhood association honors Shelburne representative Rep. Jessica Brumsted of Shelburne has received a Children’s Champion Award from the Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children. The association presented its awards at a Nov. 7 conference in Stowe to recognize excellence and advocacy among individuals who work within and support early childhood education.
Vermont gardening conference focuses on resilience The University of Vermont Extension master gardener program will offer its annual conference on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Zoom. The conference theme, “Fostering Resilience in Our Gardens,” reflects on this year’s challenging growing season, including the late frost in May and July floods. It also looks to the future with ways gardeners can better weather interpersonal and gardening challenges. Featured speakers include Matthew Wichrowski, who will kick off the conference by delving into the world of personal resilience through the lens of gardening. Wichrowski is a registered horticultural therapist and a clinical associate professor of rehabilitation medicine with New York University’s Langone Medical Center. Alicia Wasula, a forensic meteorologist, will address how gardeners can prepare their gardens in the face of climate change. She is the owner and president of STM Weather, a meteorological firm in Troy, N.Y, that provides climatological analysis and weather preparedness plans. UVM Extension agronomist Heather Darby will give a presentation on the
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Shelburne’s annual tree lighting and carol sing will be held Friday, Dec. 1 on the village green. Caroling will start at approximately 5:30 p.m. along with a visit from the SD Ireland truck of lights. At 6 p.m. help us count down to the lighting of the town tree. After the lighting, light refreshments will be served in the Shelburne Town Hall and kids can personally deliver a letter to Santa in the Pierson Library community room while parents snap a quick picture and check out a train display in action. A take home craft for kids will be offered by the library staff. train display in action!
importance of building and maintaining soils for resilient gardens, while Sarah Kingsley-Richards, Extension pesticide safety education program coordinator, will share information about biopesticides,
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State seeks input on 2025 budget The Vermont Department of Finance and Management if offering a public forum on the 2025 state budget to let the public participate in the development of goals and to help prioritize spending and revenue initiatives.
Members of the public can offer their thoughts, comments or suggestions regarding the development of the budget through an online survey and watch a short budget presentation at finance.vermont.gov/ budget/public-forum.
Police offer free car seat safety check As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, the Chittenden County Safe Highway Accident Reduction team and the Heritage Automotive Group will host a free car seat check Saturday, Nov. 18, at 1620 Shelburne Road in South Burlington. The free child safety seat check will run from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. with a press conference taking place at 10:30 a.m. There will be a free lunch — hotdogs and hamburgers— from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. All members of the public, whether or not they have a child seat that needs inspection,
are welcome. Lt. Allen Fortin, project director for the Chittenden County law enforcement group, said of the upcoming holiday travel period, “Leave a few minutes early and be aware of the weather and road conditions that you may be driving into. Your NO. 1 goal should be getting to your destination safely.” Nationwide over holiday periods, police step up enforcement efforts for speeding, and aggressive, distracted and impaired driving.
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and thriving. Gardeners also may take part in an optional lunchtime session to exchange ideas, share successes and challenges from their growing season and discuss the morning’s presentations. Registration is $40 per person before Nov. 22, and $55 after that date. For more information or to register, go to bit.ly/475t8wc. Registration closes on Nov. 30.
4-H holds science fun day at University of Vermont A Science Fun Day on Saturday, Dec. 9, will offer “out-of-this-world” STEM activities for students in grades three to five. Participants will have an opportunity to create, build and test as they engage in several fun, hands-on activities including flying helicopters on Mars, investigating alien genetics and building an egg-drop lander to deliver their “egg-stronaut” safely to the ground. The free workshop will be led by 4-H science ambassadors, a group of high school students who plan and organize VTeen 4-H Science Pathways cafés throughout the school year. It will take place from 1:30-3:30 p.m. on the University of Vermont campus in Burlington. Space is limited to 30 participants; membership in 4-H is not required, only an interest in exploring science, technology, engineering and mathematics topics. To register, go to go.uvm.edu/scifunday. Questions? Contact Lauren Traister at lauren.traister@uvm.edu.
Revolutionary Vermont is topic of museum talk Ethan Allen Homestead Museum enrichment lecture series continues with “The Fluidity of Allegiance in Revolutionary Vermont” by Benjamin Anderson Anderson will be presenting from Scotland; the talk will be on Zoom, Saturday,
Nov. 19, 2 p.m. The talk will be limited to 100 attendees. To register, go to ethanallenhomestead.org.
Stuffed chicken fills the plate at Age Well meal Age Well and St. Catherine’s of Siena Parish in Shelburne are teaming up to provide a meal to go for anyone age 60 and older on Tuesday, Dec. 12 The meal will be available for pick up in the parking lot at 72 Church St. from 11 a.m. until noon and are available for anyone 60 or older. Suggested donation is $5. The menu is stuffed chicken breast with apple cranberry stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, carrots, cranberry sauce, wheat roll, pumpkin bar with white chips and Craisins and milk. To order a meal contact Kathleen at agewellstcath@gmail.com or 802-5031107. Deadline to order is Wednesday, Dec. 7. If this is a first-time order, provide your name, address, phone number and date of birth. If you haven’t yet filled out a congregate meal registration form, bring a completed registration form with you or send one to: Age Well; 875 Roosevelt Highway, Ste. 210, Colchester VT 05446. Forms will be available at meal pick up. Learn about restaurant tickets to dine at participating restaurants at agewellvt.org.
Christmas bazaar features bake sale, attic treasures The Williston Federated Church, 44 North Williston Road, will hold its annual Christmas bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 18, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. The bazaar features crafts, a bake sale, soups to go, plants, attic treasures, silent auction and more. Local artist Nancy Stone will be selling her book “Indigo Hours: Healing Haiku.” For more information contact Carol Bouchard at 802-862-7400, or go to steeple.org
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Champlain Valley School District 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 802-383-1234.
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continued from page 1 ties throughout Chittenden County child care worker was paid less are already beginning to see posi- than $14 per hour or about $28,500 tive effects, advocates say. in annual earnings while preschool According to a state study teachers had somewhat higher commissioned in 2021 by the compensation of about $16.50 per Rand Corporation, Vermont’s hour or roughly $34,300 a year. estimated cost to overhaul the The effect of this legislation, child care system was somewhere Richards said, provides livable between $179 million and $279 wage for a women-dominated million per year, profession while the same advoat the same “It’s an exciting time to time cates say Act 76 creates just scratches the more workbe part of early educasurface to solve force opportuniproblems in the ties for parents tion because it’s finally who have been sector. “I often say forced to stay getting recognized as it’s a quantum home due to leap forward ineligibility for the important career because we creatfinancial help. ed a sustainable, “You hear that it is.” dedicated revenue from almost source,” Richards — Joanne Pillsbury anyone, ‘I can’t said. “We need to afford to live just implement it.” here, I can’t afford child care, my The program will cost the taxes are too high.’ So, what we’ve state’s general fund approximate- been able to talk about is looking ly $50 million annually with the at affordability a little differently,” remaining $80 million coming she said. “The best thing to reduce from a 0.44 percent payroll tax — our collective taxes is to increase 0.33 percent paid by the employ- our population, and this is one of er and 0.11 percent paid by the the few things that increases our employee. That is expected to roll population because you’ll see so out in July. many young families wanting to According to RAND, the early be here and can’t be here because childhood education workforce in of child care.” Vermont is relatively low-paid and According to the study, the typically receives few or minimal expansion of subsidies into even benefits. As of May 2019, data higher income households has from the U.S. Bureau of Labor the potential to expand the labor Statistics shows that the median force by 600 to 2,800 workers, an
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increase of less than 1 percent of the state’s current labor force. “For people who have exited the labor force, child care is one of the key barriers,” Richards said.
On the ground Let’s Grow Kids is now parading around the state to celebrate the bill’s launch with “The Courage in Action Child Care Tour,” which showcases centers and facilities that have already been able to implement changes in their operations. The first leg of the tour stopped at the Homestead Preschool on Shelburne Road in South Burlington, which recently opened a new facility in August thanks to grant funding. Owners Jeff O’Hara and Leigh Lamphere opened their original facility five years ago to serve families who struggled to access child care, providing 70 toddler and preschool spaces. With a rising need for infant and toddler care, the school expanded to offer 42 infant and toddler spaces in 2022. But in April as the waitlist grew to over 170 kids and the certainty of Act 76 became certain, the team bought a building just steps from its other facilities to open six more classrooms. “That’s what helped us make the decision to purchase (the building) knowing that the funding was coming,” Joanne Pillsbury, the school’s early education coordinator, said. “We knew that one of the biggest challenges was going to be hiring staff with the size of that building and with the needs of the community. But the anticipation of the funding coming from the bill, we started hiring early.” In addition to being able to hire nearly 25 additional staff members, the school increased wages by 10 percent and expanded its benefits packages to include a 401k. “(The owners) were just really committed to making sure the staff is taken care of and that was the biggest impact from the bill,” Pillsbury said. “We’ve always provided medical, dental insurance, life insurance policies and disability. They added in a 401k with a really generous employer match.” In Hinesburg, the team at First See CHILD CARE on page 9
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continued from page 8 Roots - Wild Roots — previously known as Annette’s Preschool — has been implementing workshops for families who now qualify for financial assistance on how to access that money. “We set up an informational night with families to talk about child care financial assistance and how it might affect them,” said Maeghan Booska, co-director of the school, from helping families figure out their own resources and who to turn to with questions, to “really building a unified front around how to get more families the financial support they need.” Like the Homestead School, the team at First Roots - Wild Roots is seeing a 10 percent increase in staff salaries along with the addition of dental coverage to its benefit package. “We made that leap of faith to be able to make that commitment to our team,” owner Andrea Sambrook said. Both Sambrook and Pillsbury said the legislation provides more than resources and funding, but it also ushers in a new era for early educators who say they finally
feel recognized for their work. “It’s an exciting time to be part of early education because it’s finally getting recognized as the important career that it is,” Pillsbury said. “Both the scholarships that the state has started to provide for early educators in local colleges to help feed into the talent pool, and now this government funding so we can pay them what they’re worth. There’s really no more important job.” Legislators say that early childhood care affects nearly every sector in the state’s economy and Act 76, while a big accomplishment, is still a work in progress as it rolls out in phases. Brumsted added that a major chunk of the bill also focuses on the collection of data to track its effectiveness. “We want to be sure that we look back in one year, five years, 10 years and make sure that it is having the impact that we intended it to have right,” she said. “This legislation is, at least in my memory, one of the first times that we have actually named an entity,
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Veterans Day in Shelburne Shelburne honored America’s veterans, including its own, on Saturday, Nov. 11, at the town’s annual Veterans Day ceremony at the Shelburne Veterans Monument.
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Alpine Shop celebrates 60 years this month Alpine Shop mark a big milestone this month as it celebrates turning 60. What started out as a small ski store in a Swiss chalet building on Williston Road in South Burlington is now one of the largest and longest-running outdoor gear and apparel shops in New England. While a lot has changed over the years — most notably its recent move to Shelburne Road, the store has remained locally owned and operated throughout its history and supports over 100 Vermont charitable events each year.
The store will celebrate its 60th with special events, after hours events with live entertainment and merchandise giveaways throughout November. Alpine Shop was founded in 1963 by Chuck and Jann Perkins (later operated by the Perkin’s daughter, Peg and son-in-law, Scott Rieley) but purchased 13 years ago by Vermont residents Andy and Becky Kingston. Asked about turning 60, Andy quipped, “Are you talking about me or Alpine Shop? I did get my first set of skis at Alpine Shop when I was 3 years old!”
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Old-growth forests are a call to action 90 percent of Vermont, today the number is closer to 0.1 percent — perhaps one thousand acres in Ethan Tapper total. On a highly altered landscape, What are old-growth forests the idea of an old-growth forest is like? While they are defined by captivating to many. But what are their irregularity and their variold-growth forests? Why do they ability, which make it difficult to matter? generalize, old-growth forests — Some would say that the only whether they are primary or just true old-growth old — often forests are primafeature those We can use forest ry forests — the late-successiontiny fraction al characterismanagement to that has never tics. While the been extensively most obvious of create old-growth altered by humans these is big, old or by humans of trees — but not characteristics, and European descent. a lot, often just Others would say 10-12 per acre the myriad habitats that an old-growth — old-growth forest is any forest is equally charand benefits that that is old, one acterized by that has escaped m u l t i g e n e rthey provide, in extensive disturationality, by bance for a long tons of dead decades rather than period of time, wood on the usually at least forest floor, by centuries. several centuries. a canopy filled Others would say that a forest with gaps and by deep, well-debecomes old-growth when it veloped soils. Interestingly, attains late-successional char- while many people imagine that acteristics, the suite of traits old-growth forests are peaceful common to many older forests. and easy to appreciate, these qualThese characteristics include ities make them seem incredibly multiple generations of trees — messy, chaotic, even jarring. what I call multi-generationality From an ecological perspec— some big, old trees and lots of tive, old-growth forests are not dead wood on the forest floor. just valuable because they’re By any definition, most people old. They’re valuable because of have never seen an old-growth these characteristics. On a landforest in Vermont, or anywhere scape that was once dominated in eastern North America. Unless by old growth, the characteristics you specifically seek out one mentioned above are the condiof our few remnant old-growth tions to which our native flora and forests, a walk in Vermont’s fauna have adapted for thousands woods will carry you through an of years. Each of these characarea that was a field or a clear- teristics supports vital natural cut within the last 150 years, and processes and provides important probably as recently as the 1960s. habitats for wildlife, and all are Most of Vermont’s forests are woefully underrepresented on our just 60-100 years old — just at modern landscape. the beginning of their centuries The rareness and uniqueor millennia-long journey toward ness of old-growth forests has old-growth. While old-growth convinced some people that the forests once covered more than best thing for our forests is just
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to leave them alone. Unfortunately, this is not so. While we should certainly protect all existing old growth forests and set aside some unmanaged reserves, we need to acknowledge that our forests are facing an apocalyptic array of threats and stressors: they have been cleared and exploited; have lost native species and had non-natives introduced; and are simultaneously navigating a climate crisis, a biodiversity crisis and a mass extinction event. Many, if not most, of our forests have been altered to an extent where they will likely never become old growth without our help. Of the forests that may someday become old growth on their own, this process will likely
take two or three centuries, leaving our planet and our biodiversity to suffer in the meantime. While we say Not in My Backyard to local forest management, forests — including old-growth forests — will be exploited across the world to feed the need for resources, forcing peoples and ecosystems elsewhere to bear the cost of our consumption. As we pretend that the beauty and the importance of old growth means that we should leave every forest unmanaged, forests and the biological communities that they support will continue to suffer without our help. To me, old-growth forests are a call to action. At a time when old-growth is more needed than
ever before, we can use forest management to create old-growth characteristics, and the myriad habitats and benefits that they provide, in decades rather than centuries. We can do so while protecting biodiversity, sequestering and storing carbon, producing local, renewable resourcesand supporting a vibrant and just local and global economy. To me, this is a far greater tribute to old growth than leaving every forest alone. Ethan Tapper is the Chittenden County forester for the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. See what he’s been up to at linktr.ee/chittendencountyforester.
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April but ended within days after the office of civil rights noted that the group didn’t officially exist yet. “The district also informed (office of civil rights) that the group would not restrict membership on the basis of race or color, and that it updated the school newsletter to make clear that ‘all are welcome’ to join the group,” the department of education said in a May 1 letter. Parents Defending Education, first formed in 2021, has filed dozens of similar complaints challenging diversity, equity and inclusion programming across the country. Among the programming it has challenged, according to reporting from the New York Times, was a “Families of Color Playground Night” in Colorado and an advertised “Students of Color Field Trip Opportunity” in Illinois. It is one of a number of right-leaning organizations that have targeted local school districts in recent years. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights has, according to the New York Times, logged a record number of
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The district hired Dr. Asma Abunaib as its newest director of diversity, equity and inclusion in 2022. In September 2022, an equity audit funded by the district found that marginalized groups in the district are not achieving comparably high outcomes compared to their peers.
TOWN OF SHELBURNE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD Notice of Public Hearings to be held December 6th, 2023, 7:00 PM Town Center Meeting Room #1 and Remote Meeting via Zoom SUB04-10R4: Application by Robert Chittenden, Mariah Venner and Milne Golf Too LLC to reapprove a boundary line adjustment due to expiry of deadline to file mylar in land records. Properties located at 220 Scout Farm Rd and 7470 Route 116 are in the Rural District. SUB23-01: Application by Brian Precourt on behalf of Rinald and Beatrice Precourt Irrevocable Trust for Sketch Plan Review of a 2-lot subdivision. Subject property is located at 215 Maple Leaf Lane is in the Mixed Use District and the Lakeshore Overlay and Stormwater Overlay Districts.
SHELBURNE Human Resources Coordinator $24 - $28 hourly DOQ Full-time with a great Town Office team and excellent local government benefits. The Town of Shelburne team has grown to require a dedicated human resources professional. Help all our staff achieve their best, and cultivate the spirit of public service in our town. This coordinator will support all of our departments in the full suite of HR routines and special projects. The ideal candidate has related education and experience in human resources work, including recruiting, benefits administration, training, and problem solving. We are excited to shape this position to the skills and interests of the right candidate. Visit www.shelburnevt.org/jobs to see the full job description and application. To apply, email scannizzaro@shelburnevt.org. Review of applications begins immediately. The Town of Shelburne is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
CU23-02/SP23-02: Application by Matthew Lawless on behalf of the Town of Shelburne for Conditional Use and Site Plan Review of a pedestrian bridge over the Laplatte River. Subject property located at Falls & Irish Hill Roads is in the Shelburne Falls Mixed Use District and the Watercourse Overlay District. Zoom Information: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82237339271?pwd=SkltS0Y1VDROMH FEQ0F5L2VKNnVFUT09 Meeting ID: 822 3733 9271 Passcode: L98cS5
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