The Shelburne Selectboard is now doing its own investigation into accusations that the chair of the cemetery commission verbally accosted a grieving family over burial payment during a ceremony at the village cemetery.
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With proposed cuts looming on the horizon for the state’s largest public transportation service, Green Mountain Transit Authority has outlined a roadmap of potential reductions that, if fully executed, could save the service nearly $3 million. In addition to a slew of other reduc-
PHOTO BY PHU LY
Shelburne resident Phu Ly captured this sweet photograph of a sweet couple looking out at the sunset at Shelburne Beach on Aug. 27.
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Burlington Airport hosts Green Mountain Aviation Field Days
Green Mountain Aviation Field Days is coming to the Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 14-15, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., to celebrate the “Past, Present and Future of Aviation.”
Presented by the Vermont Aviators Association, the weekend event will highlight the region’s rich aviation history and its contributions to the community, with a significant emphasis on education and STEM-related industries. Event festivities will focus on breaking down barriers for youth to get involved in aviation, learn about career opportunities and celebrate what aviation means to Burlington.
“Pride comes to mind when I think about GMA Field Days,” Vermont Aviators Association president Chris Chicoine said.
“The Vermont Aviators Association has been diligently working since 2022 to support the Vermont aviation community through events around Vermont.”
Event festivities will include the largest hands-on aircraft display in Vermont history, including BETA Technologies ALIA Vertical Takeoff and Landing aircraft, plus the new Pipistrel Velis Electro. Additional aircraft include a 1942 Douglas C-53-DO Skytrooper, a 1941 B-25 Mitchel, fighter jets from the past and present, and a host of general aviation aircraft including single, multi-engine and jet planes.
Attendees can experience flight simulators, discover flights for kids ages 7-17 through the local Experimental Aircraft Association chapter and have opportunities to learn about career oppor-
tunities in the aviation industry.
There will be drone exhibitions, live music, food trucks and more.
Additionally, the event will feature the Vermont Air Nation-
al Guard. Operational missions permitting, the Vermont Air National Guard plans to highlight the F-35 Lightning, UH-60 Black Hawk and the UH-72 Lakota.
Additional event attractions
include the Tuskegee Airmen Commemorative Air Force and Women Airforce Service pilots.
For ticket information ($15), visit greenmountainaviationfielddays.org.
Explore Champlain’s rich canal boat history
A new exhibit at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum showcases canal boat stories from a fresh perspective.
The exhibit dives into the history of canal boats on Champlain using research and artifacts recovered from shipwrecks and shares lesser-known local stories of canal boats and the people who worked them, providing unexpected points of connection.
“Underwater Archaeology:
Diving into the Stories of People and Canal Boats on Lake Champlain” runs through Oct. 20 at the museum in Vergennes.
While the maritime industry of the 19th century was dominated by men, the canal boat community was strikingly different. Boats were often owned and operated by families who lived on board, combining work and home for men, women and children, and building connected communities with other canal
boat families.
For the museum’s research and archaeology team, the work of excavating canal boat shipwrecks in Lake Champlain is a special experience as they discover families’ home goods, toys, tools and clothes as well as the cargo that canal boats were tasked with delivering.
A 1942 Douglas C-53-DO Skytrooper, a civilian DC-3 airliner drafted into service weeks after the U.S. entered World War II. It served in multiple theaters under multiple commands and worked under legends of the era and will be part of the upcoming Green Mountain Aviation Field Days at Burlington International Airport.
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Clayton Clark, general manager for Green Mountain Transit, discusses proposed cuts to services to deal with a three million dollar budgetary shortfall during a press conference in Burlington on Aug.
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tions, Route Six, which services Shelburne, could see a cutback in weekend services beginning as soon as November.
The cuts are expected to be phased in starting in November and end next summer. But before the cuts become final, general manager Clayton Clark said that the transit authority will hold five public hearings later this month. Three will be in person in both Montpelier and Burlington and two will be held virtually.
“We’ve already received considerable feedback,” he said. “So, all those contacts that we get from people via email, via phone or however they communicate to us, those go into the same collection of responses that will go to our board of commissioners and also the Legislature because we have a legislative plan that’s due in November where we have to lay out how we return to financial sustainability.”
The reason for the phased approach, he said, is that the initial phases are needed regardless of if new funding becoming available, and the final phase will allow the transit authority more time to seek additional funding sources to keep those services in operation, with the hope of retaining as many as possible.
“The cuts that we’re looking at in June are cuts to services that may be pretty good, but we just don’t have the funds to operate it. One of the benefits of having that be in the last phase is that it gives more time for us to seek additional revenue, whether that’s from the state, from our municipalities or from grants,” Clark said.
Route Six, which Clark described as a main corridor, had
roughly 267,000 rides last year. It runs between Shelburne and the Burlington Downtown Transit Center, primarily along Shelburne Road.
This initial phase of reductions would eliminate the 6:30 p.m., 9:15 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. runs on Saturday evenings.
In a document outlined at a press conference last week, Route Six had 662 riders, on average, on Saturdays. Based on that data, approximately 54 rides would be affected by the reductions, which could save the authority about $5,000.
When deciding where to limit services, Clark said Saturdays are a natural first step since there’s a big drop off across all the routes from weekday totals. For example, the weekday average ridership on Route Six was nearly 200 rides higher than Saturday’s average.
The final cut set to begin in June 2025 would reduce Saturday bus frequency on Route Six from every 30 minutes to every 45 minutes, which would affect around 228 rides and save the service nearly $20,000.
Officials with the transit authority began raising the alarm over an impending $3 million “financial cliff” earlier this year, citing skyrocketing operating and labor costs and plummeting revenue sources, mostly related to the pandemic-era decision to stop collecting fares, and funding shortfalls.
“Not only do we have fewer riders on Saturday, but our labor costs are much higher, so that makes that cost per rider even bigger than what we reported.”
— Clayton Clark
Prior to the pandemic, nearly 20 percent of GMTA’s budget was offset with fares, but officials have warned that as fares began to be rolled out again this year, that number is now likely closer to 10 percent.
The other factor, he said, is that weekend services remain the most difficult and expensive days to staff.
“Not only do we have fewer riders on Saturday, but our labor costs are much higher, so that makes that cost per rider even bigger than what we reported. But we know from overtime usage, which is paid at time and a half, and forcing usage, which is paid at double time, that that’s a very expensive day for us to operate,” he said.
Clark reported that the funding gap has since shrunk to around $2 million but the transit authority’s reduction plan outlines closer to $3 million in savings since a lot of the costs to operate the service are volatile.
“We want to make sure that, for example, if the price of diesel goes up $1 that costs us $330,000 a year, so we just want to make sure that we have the flexibility,” he said. “But the good news is that as of this time, we would only have to go through that reduction list to find $2 million in savings.”
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Shelburne man sentenced in cocaine case at T-Bird motel
MIKE DONOGHUE
CORRESPONDENT
A Shelburne man who took delivery of more than two pounds of cocaine in his motel room has pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge.
Raul Velez, who also is known as “Tony Laboy,” admitted in federal court last week to a charge of attempted possession with intent to distribute controlled substances March 7 in Shelburne, court records showed.
Velez has at least three previous drug trafficking convictions over the past two decades, including a federal court case in Vermont for possession of heroin with intent to distribute 20 years ago, according
to court records.
Federal authorities arrested Velez when he retrieved a package shortly after it was delivered to the office of the T-Bird Motor Inn at 4405 Shelburne Road in Shelburne last spring.
Visiting federal judge Mae A. D’Agostino accepted the guilty plea during a hearing in U.S. District Court in Rutland. Velez was held pending sentencing, which is set for January.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Barbara Masterson argued after his arrest that Velez was both a danger to the community and a risk to flee.
Masterson noted that Laboy, after getting out of prison in his 2003 heroin trafficking case, violated his supervised release
terms “because, among other things, he used cocaine, operated a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and failed to communicate with his probation officer.”
In the current case, federal officials intercepted a mailed package before it could be delivered to Valez at the T-Bird Motor Inn on Shelburne Road. The package had a return address for a woman listed in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Border Patrol agent Derek Joyal and his K-9, Boris, alerted on the package,
According to U.S. Postal Inspector Alex M. Borofsky, a border patrol and his K-9, Boris,
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Total reported incidents: 69
Traffic stops: 25
Warnings: 24
Tickets: 3
Arrests: 0
Medical emergencies: 23
Mental health incidents: 3
Suspicious incidents: 9
Directed patrols: 40
Citizen assists: 6
Motor vehicle complaints: 0
Car crash: 4
Animal problem: 3
Theft: 2
Harassment: 1
Fraud: 2
Alarms: 9
Pending investigations: 6
911 Hang-up calls: 3
Aug. 26 at 12:07 a.m., officers mediated a family dispute on Shelburne Road.
Aug. 27 at 7:26 p.m., a retail theft was reported at Jiffy Mart. The case is pending further investigation.
Aug. 28 at 12:29 p.m., a Shelburne Museum staff member was reportedly assaulted by a Howard Center client. The individuals involved agreed to deal with the issue internally between the organizations.
Aug. 29 at 11:53 a.m., a stray dog
was running loose on Bay Road. The animal control officer was called.
Aug. 29 at 2:58 p.m., two dogs in a vehicle on Harrington Avenue were barking, but officers found no such animals.
Aug. 30 at 8:29 a.m., someone reported a theft of items from their residence on Chesapeake Drive. The case is under investigation.
Aug. 31 at 2:43 p.m., police mediated a dispute between family members on Falls Road.
Aug. 31 at 3:54 p.m., a caller reported hearing gunshots around Dorset Street. Officers checked the area but didn’t hear anything.
Aug. 31 at 6:05 p.m., officers mediated a dispute between family members on Falls Road.
Sept. 1 at 6:32 p.m., a caller reported a juvenile riding a dirt bike unsafely in the roadway near Brentwood Drive. The juvenile was warned about riding on the road.
Sept. 1 at 6:33 p.m., a caller reported a runaway juvenile at Tractor Supply. They were transported to the Burlington Police Department for pickup by the Department for Children and Families.
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OPINION
Could a cap-and-trade solution help clean up Champlain?
Guest Perspective
Matt Wormser
Summer is nearing its end in the Green Mountain State, and it’s time to enjoy the waning days of warmth as harvest season kicks into full swing. It’s also a time to reflect on some of this summer’s challenges, which included stormwater-related flooding and resulting pollution-driven beach closures on Lake Champlain —–problems reflective of broad lake health issues we’ve struggled with for many years.
The sources of pollution impacting lake health, phosphorus pollution in particular, are well known. Agriculture — primarily dairy — contributes roughly 38 percent of the phosphorus runoff into the lake. Forests and streambank erosion contribute another 38 percent, with developed lands (16 percent), wastewater treatment plants (6 percent) and wetlands (1 percent) making up the rest.
At the Shelburne Selectboard meeting last week, we got an update on efforts to implement the state’s updated 3-acre stormwater requirements, intended to marginally reduce the phosphorus load from developed land. The current effort requires any development with an existing stormwater permit — properties built sometime during the mid-1970s and beyond — and those with greater than 3 acres of so-called impervious surfaces like pavement, roofs and driveways to upgrade to current stormwater management standards. Because of the narrow scope of the properties affected relative to all developed lands, improvements can unfortunately be expected to have at most a marginal impact on improving lake quality.
How might this work? Department of Environment Conservation experts would assess the projected pollution reduction from various mitigation measures, whether that’s upgrading stormwater facilities for 3-acre sites, extending waterway buffers in agricultural zones, or other means, and allow parties responsible for reducing their phosphorus pollution to invest in the least expensive way to achieve their mandated targets, whether it be on their property or beyond.
What might the lowest cost solutions be? Most likely, these involve a combination of helping the dairy industry accelerate implementation of pollution control best-practices such as expanded waterway buffers and increased use of manure soil injection, along possibly with targeted buyouts for some dairies willing to consider a transition to other productive uses of their land.
Long ago, the environmental community embraced so-called cap-andtrade solutions to reduce pollution at the lowest possible cost.
A 2021 report from Vermont’s state auditor indicated that between 2010 and 2019 the state subsidized the dairy industry to the tune of $285 million, and that despite this, the number of farms steadily dwindled from nearly 1,000 in 2010 to half that today. Farm consolidation has meant that the number of cows is only down roughly 12 percent during that timeframe, although the long-term prospects remain challenging for the industry.
The anticipated compliance tab, however, is anything but marginal. Upgrading 10 existing residential stormwater permits within Shelburne is anticipated to cost over $5 million, a bill that does not include a larger number of commercial and municipal government properties, and obviously represents only the tally for one community. A back of the envelope calculation on this basis would put the statewide tab at $400 million or more, again for what could be expected to have a marginal improvement on lake health.
Long ago, the environmental community embraced so-called cap-and-trade solutions to reduce pollution at the lowest possible cost. Given the costs above, we desperately need to rethink our approach toward the 3-acre rules, building a cap-andtrade type system to achieve pollution reduction goals at the lowest cost to the state.
The dairy industry remains — no pun intended — a sacred cow in Vermont. It’s a key part of our identity and heritage. It also is already highly threatened by economic factors beyond the borders of our state, and if reducing its footprint can help us achieve compliance with federal lake cleanup mandates at far lower cost than alternate methods then we need to be open to all options there.
Equivalent research as a part of a cap-and-trade approach to lake health should also include cost-effective ways to reduce pollution from forests, streambanks and other primary sources. Reducing or eliminating the use of lawn fertilizer on developed lands would similarly be a low-cost way to cut phosphorus pollution.
In the end, if we as a state are going to invest hundreds of millions of dollars into trying to solve a problem, let’s be darn sure we’re pursuing the most cost-effective way to get there, and the current 3-acre rules are almost certainly not that. Given the vast investment needs around housing, schools and other priorities, our lake cleanup strategy needs a major and immediate rethinking.
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Matt Wormser is vice chair of the Shelburne Selectboard.
Sad day? Decades of wood-fired winters end
Guest Perspective
Walt Amses
My first whiff of woodsmoke triggers a torrent of memories of an unlikely, 40-year infatuation with rural living, not necessarily off the grid but certainly off the school bus route.
For some reason this typically happens while I’m swimming as the shoreline maples offer the first whispers of what’s to come. For years it’s also served as one of the recurring signals that the several cords of wood languishing on the lawn all summer will need to be stacked sooner rather than later.
I’ve inadvertently experimented with both timetables and found sooner is the preferable option. Better late than never doesn’t apply where wood stacking is concerned, particularly when winter arrives early as almost always happened back in the day. December 1983 was a snowy one with 2 feet on the ground when we began our flight from civilization in a converted
hunting camp with several acres of land and a pile of log-length patiently waiting in the yard.
All I needed to do was cut it up, split it, stack it, and hump it up the stairs and we’d be warm as toast the entire winter. A chainsaw-wielding friend showed me how to use the thing without severing any bodily appendages and we spent a freezing weekend cutting it up in almost constant, wind-blown snow. The next steps in the process — split, stack, hump — enlightened me on the adage about the different ways wood warms you well before you put a flame to it.
more slippery, gloves got soaked through and fingers became numb and nearly useless. The only thing left to do was to carry it into the house and put it in the stove — no small feat in a house especially unsuited for convenient wood storage.
basement would help us avoid going outdoors each time the stove needed to be fed, the stairs have remained unavoidable until this week.
While I’ve managed to throw my back out in a number of creative ways, thousands of journeys up and down the basement stairs, hefting wood on the ascent has never caused me even the slightest tweak, which is why in the waning weeks of winter, I decided to quit while I was ahead.
The solace we find sitting around a fire is very real with a hint of the primitive. According to research at the University of Alabama conducted in 2014, relaxing in front of a crackling fire dates to prehistoric times and may be rooted in evolution.
Splitting it required a maul that weighed 8 pounds, which, after a half hour, felt more like 80. Stacking wood that would remain ice encrusted until April provided an especially diabolical experience as each log got heavier and
Letters to the Editor
Without a substantial redesign, the only logical place to have a woodpile was outside, under the deck, with easy access to the walk-out basement, with a staircase between you and the woodstove with no logical alternative to circumvent the climb. Although we eventually figured out that moving a cord of wood inside the
I know the decision was the right one. The older I get, the more likely a sprain, twist or rupture becomes, but I’m sad to see the Hearthstone Phoenix we’ve relied on for the past 25 years exit the stage.
sized that sitting fireside, all our senses become absorbed in the experience and this calming focus of attention could help reduce anxiety.
In an interview with the Huffington Post, Lynn suggested that “multisensory” stimulation of fire, including visual, auditory, olfactory, as well as smoke and food taste, “would have made a great focus of attention, particularly in the dark.”
Sweeney thanks supporters, volunteers
To the Editor:
Now that I have had a chance to catch my breath, I wanted to say thanks to all of you who supported me and everyone who came out to vote during the primary.
I also want to thank Mike Ashooh for running a positive campaign and for his many years of committed service to the town of Shelburne.
And I don’t want to forget all the volunteers in both St. George and Shelburne who put in long hours every election cycle to provide all of us with the opportunity to cast our votes in a safe, friendly environment.
I am excited to be the Democratic candidate in the general election for the Chittenden 7
district and will continue reaching out to the community and listening to what you have to say about our towns and the state. We have many challenges ahead and I look forward to meeting them with courage, thoughtfulness and creativity.
Shawn Sweeney
Shelburne
Roy will bring moderation to Senate to state
To the Editor:
I am pleased to provide my endorsement for Bruce Roy in his campaign for the Vermont Senate in Chittenden-Southeast.
Roy is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel with a professional background in finance. He knows how to get to the facts logically
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and rationally and look at both sides of the equation, which is not an easy task in the world of partisan politics.
We are in a true affordability crisis in Vermont, with an overpriced education system, collapsing health care and property taxes and health insurance premiums that have seen double-digit increases every year.
The policies of state senators Ginny Lyons and Kesha Ram-Hinsdale have certainly contributed to this affordability crisis.
It is time to elect someone like Roy, who can bring some moderation and Vermont common sense back into the equation.
Louis Meyers Shelburne
As anyone who heats with wood knows, it’s special. One part of my winter morning routine I’ll sorely miss is putting on a pot of coffee and getting the stove going. In a satisfying daily ritual, I’ll slide open the damper and poke at the coals until that reassuring orange glow fills the fire box. If I played the previous evening’s cards right, there’s enough kindling along with a few logs remaining to sustain us through our hour or so of perusing our respective news sources as the living room warms.
The solace we find sitting around a fire is very real with a hint of the primitive. According to research at the University of Alabama conducted in 2014, relaxing in front of a crackling fire dates to prehistoric times and may be rooted in evolution. Led by anthropologist Christopher Lynn, researchers took blood pressure readings before and after they had adult subjects watch a video of a fireplace, asking participants to report on their experiences of the fire.
They found the longer subjects watched the fire, the more relaxed they became; blood pressure decreased by an average of five points. Researchers hypothe-
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Humans enjoying sitting around fires may be attributed to fires’ historical importance as a means of fostering social cohesion, offering socialization as well as warmth and safety. Lynn explained that “especially in colder climates, keeping a fire going would have been an important job” requiring cooperation, especially in poor conditions. Groups that were more successful at maintaining a fire would have had a distinct advantage over those that didn’t.
Considering that I’ve kept fires going for as long as I have, I figured I could easily be an honorary member of this cohort of evolutionary heroes despite flipping the switch to gas and maintaining the flame with a handy remote. Just as I was starting to feel fairly good about myself over the tons of wood I’d already moved, especially at my age, Helene sensed a bubble and showed up with a pin, recommending I read a piece in Seven Days about Jules Rabin.
A former Goddard professor, Rabin famously established Upland Bakers in Marshfield in the late 1970s, coordinated bringing Bread and Puppet Theater to Vermont, and has been a social activist, political commentator and progressive stalwart for years. The article revealed that “just this year, after turning 100, he gave up splitting five to six cords of heating wood with a hydraulic splitter, though he will stack the same quantity neatly in the garage.”
He probably doesn’t do stairs, right?
Walt Amses is a Vermont-based writer.
In
Superintendent search process stays in house
LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
The Champlain Valley School District School Board has a massive task on its hands this year: Hire a permanent superintendent.
The search officially kicked off last week when the board directed its human resources and labor relations committee to start looking for the district’s new leader.
Former Champlain Valley Union high school principal Adam Bunting was appointed interim superintendent in May, just two months after former superintendent Rene Sanchez announced he would be stepping down in June after three years on the job.
Keith Roberts, a member of the committee, said details of the process have not yet been ironed out, but discussions are expected to continue later this month.
“I can assure you, as the board, and you, as the administrators, and you, as the public, that the process will be, for lack of a better word, thorough and involve all of our constituencies,” Roberts said. “We’re definitely going to include a community, and members of our faculty and staff and administration on input throughout the process.”
The committee has solicited offers for consultants during the summer months who may be able to help in the process. He warned
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uncovered the package, which contained the cocaine, officials said.
A plan was set up for the delivery of the re-sealed package to the motor inn without any drugs, Borofsky said. A staff member brought it inside the office about 1:23 p.m. and Velez and a companion returned to the motel about 1:39 p.m.
Velez went into the office and came back out with the package a minute later, Borofsky said. He was then taken into custody in the rear parking lot, officials said. The package was behind a gray backpack and covered with a white towel between a bed and nightstand in Valez’s room, officials said.
Authorities interviewed the companion, who said he met Velez at a park off Church Street in Burlington on March 5, court records
that could end up costing the district $20,000 or more.
“The human resources committee reviewed them and had a very robust discussion at our meeting on Aug. 19 and, in many respects, couldn’t come to a conclusion about this,” he said.
Roberts noted that Laura Rice, the new human resources director for the district, is also qualified to aid in the search process.
“Ultimately, I think the committee felt that if Laura was willing and able to facilitate the process for and with us, that we could move forward without a search consultant,” Roberts said.
The board briefly discussed what sort of conflict of interest that may pose, but Rice assured the board that she would simply be facilitating the process and ensuring that meetings are scheduled.
“I will not be on the committee that is making the decision to say yay or nay to the actual individual who is then selected and put forth,” she said.
Anticipating another difficult budget year on the horizon, the board ultimately voted to keep the search process in-house, with more details to be brought to the board after the committee holds a meeting on Sept. 10.
“It still shows an effort of the committee and the board to be mindful of fiscal issues and responsibilities,” Roberts said.
show. They note the companion said he bought methamphetamine from Velez at the time.
When Valez was arrested 20 years ago, federal authorities said they believed he was “often working in conjunction with his brother Edwin Laboy” in transporting large quantities of heroin between Massachusetts and Vermont, federal court records showed. They were named in separate indictments at the time.
Edwin Laboy, originally from Holyoke, Mass., set up a network of drug sellers at various points between Burlington and St. Johnsbury and he was involved in a near fatal drug overdose at a South Burlington hotel in 2001, officials said. He brought tens of thousands of heroin bags to Vermont over four years by making trips each week to Massachusetts, prosecutors said at the time.
Guiding you home
Tropical Fish Club holds Burlington meeting
The Tropical Fish Club of Burlington presents “Freshwater Shrimp Keeping — What’s all the Fuss About?” on Thursday, Sept. 12, starting at 7 p.m. at the Essex Junction VFW Post, 73 Pearl St.
The talk will be led by Therese Neal, aka The Shrimp Princess, who has been a dedicated freshwater shrimp and planted aquarium enthusiast since her introduction to the hobby in 2009. Neal believes in the power of community, helping others in their journey with shrimp breeding, and connecting hobbyists to people who share the passion of these beauties.
The meeting includes door prizes and an auction. Details about CatCon, the all-aquarium
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catfish convention, coming Nov 1-3.
Questions? Contact David Banks at dbanks@together.net or 802-372-8716.
Old Round Church hosts concert series
The Old Round Church 2024 Concert Series continues Saturday, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m., Round Church Road in Richmond. Featured performers will be the band Mama Tried, an all-gal bluegrass, country folk and blues string band. This Vermont-based band features Rebecca Padula’s vocals, Linda Kallingers fiddling, “Ukulele” Clare Innes on the uke and banjo and Kathy Mulligan laying down the bassline. Enjoy new and old favorites that will have you humming all the
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way home.
Suggested donation of $15 to benefit the upkeep of the Old Round Church and the projects of the Richmond Historical Society.
For more information rhs@ richmondvthistory.org.
Charlotte Senior Center September programs
For more information about any of the programming, go to charlotteseniorcentervt.org.
• Senior Art Show — A wide range of artwork produced by local artists of all skill levels, ages 50 and older. An artist reception will be held on Friday, Sept. 27, 1-2 p.m.
with Alzheimer’s? Do you know someone who is? The meetings provide a safe place for caregivers, family and friends of persons with dementia to meet and develop a mutual support system. For information contact Susan Cartwright at cartwright.susan1@ gmail.com. Free, no registration required.
• Italian for beginners with Nicole Librandi, Fridays, Sept. 13, 20 and 27, and Oct. 11, 18 and 25, 10-11 a.m. Are you interested in exploring the beauty of the Italian language and culture. Questions about whether this class is the correct level, contact
• Alzheimer’s Caregivers Monthly Support Group, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 4-5 p.m. Are you caring for someone Crossfit kids
Kids can join us right after school to improve general conditioning, including a focus on core, strength, agility, flexibility and cardiovascular fitness.
Based on the principle of movement mechanics, consistency, form and then intensity, this program pushes for quality movement throughout childhood.
Session dates are Thursdays, Sept. 5 to Oct. 3, 3:15-4:15 p.m. Fee is $95 per session, for grades five to eight, led by Nick Mead and Shelburne Field House staff.
Yoga flow for strength, flexibility
Find some calm in your body and your mind and join Jane Taylor for an accessible, fun and energizing yoga flow that builds bone strength and brings students out of their daily grind and into their true nature of goodness.
Get the heart rate up with vigor, and then wind down and relax in a balanced class designed to make you feel better than when you came in the door.
All levels welcome. Participants should be comfortable sitting on and getting up from the floor.
Bring your own yoga mat and whatever props you need.
Taylor has been practicing for more than 20 years and has been assisting the University of Vermont yoga teacher training for 12 years.
Sessions are held on Tuesdays, Sept. 17 to Oct. 22, 9-10 a.m. in the Shelburne town gym. The fee is $90.
Librandi at nicolelibrandi2@ gmail.com. The cost is $60 with registration and payment required by Monday, Sept. 9.
• Senior investment fraud, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 1-2:30 p.m. Learn about the three Ps of investment fraud: profile, persuasion and prevention. Join Eric Giroux from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a seminar on investment fraud and financial scams and how you can protect yourself. Free handouts, including the S.E.C.’s
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Table tennis
Those aged 16 to 99 and all abilities are welcome to enjoy informal instruction, organized play and competitive matches. Registration is required.
Dates are Fridays, Sept. 6 to May 30, 6:30-10 p.m. in the town gym. The cost is $35.
The program runs most Fridays throughout the school year. Registered players will be notified in advance of schedule changes.
Adult volleyball
This is six on six, coed pick-up play. This is a recreational level program for those 18 years of age and up with an emphasis on fun. Some days will be unavailable or moved to Shelburne Community School due to schedule conflicts in the Shelburne town gym. Play takes place on Sundays and Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m., through May 28. Pre-registration is required to play. The fee is $40.
Pickleball skills and drills
Drilling is one of the fastest ways to improve your game. This program, led by Len Guilino, is for experienced pickleball players who want to improve. The clinic will focus on specific techniques through multiple drills. The clinic is one hour with possible games after.
The registration deadline is Monday, Sept. 9, and the clinic will be held Saturday, Sept. 14, 9-10 a.m. at the Davis Park courts. The fee is $35.
The rain date is Sunday, Sept. 15, 9-10 a.m.
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official guide for senior investors, will be available to take home. Free. Registration appreciated.
• Men’s breakfast, Friday, Sept. 13. Doors open at 7 a.m.; breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Speakers will be Michael Hibben and Margaret Woodruff, library directors for the Shelburne and Charlotte libraries, respectively. They will be speaking about the evolving roles, challenges and opportunities that public libraries face in the 21st century. Suggested donation is $6. Registration is required by Tuesday, Sept. 10, to Lane Morrison, lmorrison@gmavt. net.
• Shape-note singing, Sunday, Sept. 22, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Traditional a capella, four-part harmony sung for the joy of singing not as a practice for performance. The first hour will be sacred harp singing and the second from an alternate shape notebook. Books provided. For questions or to schedule your introduction to shape notes and scales, contact Kerry Cullinan at kclynxvt@gmail.com.
• Charlotte Death Café, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 4-5 p.m. Held on the fourth Wednesday of the month, come celebrate life by voicing concerns, share questions,
ideas and stories around death and dying. Register at ppolly62@gmail.com.
• Walking and gentle hiking group, Thursday, Sept. 26, 9 a.m. Free but registration appreciated. Walk at a gentle pace with other seniors. The group will meet each month for a congenial non-strenuous walk. Meet at 9 a.m. in the parking lot at Charlotte Senior Center. Questions? Contact Penny Burman at 916-753-7279.
• Play reading, Thursday, Sept. 26, 1-3:30 p.m. Join Sue Foley and Wally Gates for table-reading fun. No tryouts, no rehearsals, no critical reviews. The group meets monthly and is for people who enjoy reading plays aloud or listening to others perform. Registration required at ssnfoley@icloud.com.
Age Well, St. Catherine team up for luncheon
St. Catherine of Siena and Age Well team up to offer a luncheon on Wednesday, Sept. 18, for anyone 60 or older in the St Catherine of Siena Parish Hall, 72
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Mental Health Urgent Care to open in October
The public is invited to a virtual town hall on Tuesday, Sept. 10, on the Mental Health Urgent Care Center opening this October in Burlington.
With funding from the University of Vermont Medical Center and the Vermont Department of Mental Health, Howard Center, the medical center, community health centers and Pathways Vermont have come together to offer a mental health urgent care center where individuals can access supportive follow-up services, immediate peer support and medical care in a trauma-informed, suicide-safe setting.
Scheduled to open on Oct. 28, Mental Health Urgent Care will serve adults 18 and over seeking immediate support or in self-defined crisis.
The virtual town hall will be held via Zoom from 1-3 p.m.
There will be a presentation by the project managers, Cathie Buscaglia and Charlotte McCorkel from the Howard Center, and Maureen Leahy and Karen Vastine of the University of Vermont Medical Center.
Presenters will be joined by special guests Dr. Rob Althoff, chair of psychiatry, The University of Vermont Health Network; Sandra McGuire, CEO, Howard Center; Dr. Jeff McKee, CEO, Community Health Centers; and Hilary Melton, executive director, Pathways Vermont.
The event will be presented in a webinar format and registration is free but required. To register contact Paul Detzer at pdetzer@ howardcenter.org or 802-488-6911.
through the end of October at the Wine Makers Gallery in Shelburne village. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2-5 p.m. For the show, McIntyre, a Shelburne resident, painter and professor emeritus of art at the University of Vermont, picked a series of ocean and mountain-inspired paintings that explore the visual voices of natural landscape, including those inspired by the power of the ocean, the changing winds of the Azores, Bonaire and Kauai, the rivers and mountains of Vermont and the Adirondacks, the arid landscapes of Abiquiu and the Outback, along with the clay cliffs of Aquinnah and nearby, snowy winter hillsides. A percentage of proceeds from the exhibit will be donated to the MPN Foundation. For more information, go to lyndareevesmcintyre.com.
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“Abundance: Celebrating Nature’s Bounty, selected paintings by Lynda Reeves McIntyre, will be exhibited
The Charlotte-Shelburne-Hinesburg Rotary Club ball drop fundraiser returns.
Don’t
forget your chance: Rotary golf ball drop
Rotary Club of Charlotte-Shelburne-Hinesburg holds its annual golf ball drop and longest drive competition at The Kwini Club Driving Range in Shelburne on Friday, Sept. 13, 4 p.m.
Proceeds from the fundraiser will be distributed among the fire and rescue services in the three towns.
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Church St. in Shelburne. There will be entertainment by Gerry Ortego on guitar.
The check-in time is 11:30 a.m., and the meal will be served at noon. There is a $5 suggested donation.
the hole or nearest the pin wins
$1,000. The next closest win $500 and $250, respectively. The person with the ball farthest from the hole will get a large gift basket of golf-related items and Vermont products.
After the ball drop, enter the long-drive contest at the range.
To buy a chance, go to bit. ly/3yXJY4h or stop by the SidePony Boutique in Hinesburg.
vanilla pudding parfait.
To order a meal, contact Kathleen by Wednesday, Sept. 4, at agewellstcath@gmail.com or 802-503-1107.
The menu includes chicken cordon bleu with panko and sauce, mashed sweet potatoes, broccoli florets, wheat roll, blueberry crumble, applesauce and milk.
Register by Thursday, Sept. 12, with Kerry Batres, nutrition coordinator, at 802-662-5283 or kbatres@agewellvt.org. Tickets are also available at the Age Well Office at 875 Roosevelt Highway, Suite 210, Colchester.
Restaurant tickets will be available for distribution for a suggested $5 donation.
Grab a meal and go at Shelburne church
Age Well and St. Catherine’s of Siena Parish in Shelburne will provide a meal to go for anyone age 60 and older on Tuesday, Sept. 10.
The meal will be available for pick up in the parking lot at 72 Church St. from 11 a.m. until noon. A $5 donation is suggested.
The menu is stuffed chicken breast with gravy, mashed potatoes, glazed beets, wheat roll,
First timers must fill out a meal registration. Forms will be on hand at meal pick up. Learn more at agewellvt.org
Enjoy Age Well meals at Charlotte Senior Center
The Age Well meal pickup for Wednesday, Sept. 11, is from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Charlotte Senior Center. The meal features stuffed chicken breast with gravy mashed potatoes, glazed beets, wheat roll, vanilla pudding parfait with blueberries and strawberries and milk.
You must pre-register by the prior Monday at 802-425-6345 or meals@charlotteseniorcentervt.org. The suggested donation is $5. Check the website for last-minute cancellations at bit. ly/3FfyLMb.
The meal on Wednesday, Sept. 18, features chicken and wheat biscuit with mashed cauliflower, peas and carrots, apple berry crisp and milk.
The meal on Wednesday, Sept. 25, features roast pork with gravy, boiled potatoes with parsley, butternut squash, wheat bread, cookie bar with dates and Craisins and milk.
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The incident, which prompted Matthew Gervia to issue a formal complaint to town manager Matt Lawless, happened in June. The family asserts that Stuart Morrow rudely interrupted the service of their mother and inappropriately demanded payment for the burial, which the family said it had paid earlier in the week.
At a selectboard meeting last week, the board restarted the conversation just weeks after the cemetery commission voted to support its chair, citing what they deemed to be both false reports made by the Gervia family and the mishandling of the situation by town staff.
The selectboard, which has jurisdiction over certain town volunteers, decided last week that vice chair Matt Wormser will act as a liaison to the cemetery commission and will meet with Morrow and other commissioners. The board also agreed to not conduct its questioning of Morrow in public.
“The people who step up to volunteer are good people that are trying to help the town,” board member Andrew Everett said. “I
now sort of lean toward feeling that they get the benefit of the doubt in terms of the story, and if that group did an investigation and feel good about it, I’m leaning that way, but I just it still struck me as very strange.”
After the meeting, selectboard chair Mike Ashooh said Wormser’s meeting with the commission is a first step.
“He just has good personality traits for talking with people about contentious issues,” Ashooh said. “I just think, let’s have somebody from the selectboard talk to the commission, off on the side, and ask what is going on here. I think the next step is, do we want to have a public discussion about this?”
Two different investigations
Commissioners and town manager Matt Lawless have done their own investigation into the situation, but both initially came up with different conclusions.
According to Lawless, after investigating the incident and conducting interviews with Morrow, the family and Father Dwight Baker of St. Catherine of
Siena Catholic Church — who oversaw the Gervia funeral — he sent an email to commissioners in July deeming the incident “legitimate and serious.”
The investigation by cemetery commission members, which did not include talking with the Gervia family, resulted in unanimous support for Morrow. They also voiced overwhelming concern over the “ethics” of how Lawless handled the situation.
Their biggest concern was an apology letter signed with Morrow’s signature and a refund for the burial payment, which the town mailed to the family last month. Commissioners claim Lawless edited Morrow’s letter and sent it out, with Morrow’s signature, before the commission could approve the changes.
At that same August meeting, Lawless backpedaled on his initial suggestion that Morrow may wish to resign “in the face of conduct unbecoming of an official of the Town of Shelburne,” and instead apologized to the commissioners for an “awkward situation” and “poor investigation.”
In a phone call last week, Gervia said that at this point it’s “clear, they’re not going to do anything.”
“Their whole thing was to protect (Morrow), and I understand it,” he said of the commission. “It’s clear there will be no resolution because the investigation that they did did not include me. No one from that board reached out to me.”
He reiterated that his complaint was never about the money. “The one thing I wanted out of all of this was it not to happen ever again to anyone.” he said. “They made it clear that’s not a concern.”
At the selectboard meeting last week, Wormser said it is the board’s understanding this is a totally isolated incident and there doesn’t seem to be a pattern of misconduct on the part of Morrow.
While no other formal complaints have been made against
Morrow, according to a public records request, Lawless, in an email to selectboard chair Ashooh on Aug. 12, wrote that since the news of the alleged incident broke, he has heard more comments about Morrow’s alleged boorish behavior. It remains unclear whether the selectboard will include the Gervia family in any future discussions, but Ashooh said he thinks that would be a good idea.
“I think there’s been learning all around, one hopes,” Wormser said. “It’s worth a pause to reflect on what we could do differently. I think the appropriate act to assuage the family was to refund the money. I think it’s one of those situations where mistakes were made, presumably all around, and let’s just have a conversation, and see how we make sure that doesn’t happen again.”
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The famous moment the sailing canal boat General Butler crashed on the Burlington breakwater. Artifacts from this shipwreck will be on display in a new exhibit at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum.
SPORTS
CVU fields strong teams as season begins
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Cross country
Coach: David Baird
Last season: girls, Division I state champions, New England Champions. Boys, third at state championships.
Key returnees: girls, Alice Kredell, senior; Annalise Wood, senior; Lydia Donahue, junior; Audrey Neilson, junior; Charlotte Crum, junior. Boys, Charlie Garavelli, senior; Treson McEnaney, sophomore; Ben Holoch, sophomore; Cole Hart, sophomore.
Key newcomers: girls, Claire Kim, senior; Justyna Amblo, sophomore. Boys, Dylan Elder, senior; Luke Buehler, junior; Jack Snyder, sophomore.
Outlook: The girls won the Vermont and New England regional championships, finishing with a rank of 25th in the nation. CVU will have to replace two runners from that squad but bring back two seniors, Alice Kredell and Annalise Wood, who will help lead the way. The group has its sights set on qualifying for the national championships, taking a step up from last year’s results.
“The girls run strong as a group, they race hard and are at their best when they face the toughest competition,” Baird said.
For the boys, the Redhawks graduated four runners, but the team is motivated to chase down a Division I state title. It will be a younger team this year, with Charles Garavelli looking to lead the team.
“The entire 2024 team is very motivated and excited after coming off of impressive distance accomplishments this past track season,” Baird said.
Football
Coach: Rahn Fleming
Last season: 7-1, lost in the D-I semifinals
This season: 1-0
Key returnees: Stuart Allard, RB/LB, senior; Lucas Almena-Lee, RB/LB, senior; Jacob Armstrong, WR/DB, senior; Billy Bates, WR/DB, senior; Dylan Frere, RB/DB, senior; Will Hilgerdt, OL/DL. junior; Sean Kennedy, OL/DL, senior; Chase Leonard, DB, senior; Josh Quad, OL/ DL, senior; George Taylor, TE/ LB, senior; Dylan Terricciano, RB/LB, junior; Daniel Tuiqere, RB/LB, senior; Nolan Walpole,
goes airborne in a preseason jamboree against the Fair Haven Slaters.
Outlook: Footballers return with a senior-laden squad and, with that, some high expectations. One key position the Redhawks need to fill is quarterback, with sophomore Orion Yates stepping into the role for the first time at the varsity level.
“There is a sort of undefinable intangible that is senior statesmanship on the ballfield,” Fleming said. “We are fortunate to have the leadership, intensity, calm, and clarity of purpose that comes with so many seniors.”
Just two years removed from a Division I state title, the Redhawks move into the season with an experienced group.
CVU girls’ soccer shuts out Mt. Anthony in fall season opener
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Football
Champlain Valley 17, Hartford 0: Champlain Valley pitched a shutout on defense to open the season with a win on Saturday, Aug. 31, against Hartford.
Nolan Walpole finished with two rushing TDs for the Redhawks, including a 51-yard run to the end zone. Alex Jovell added a 25-yard field goal. Joshua Quad recovered a fumble.
CVU moved to 1-0.
Boys’ soccer
Champlain Valley 8, Mount Anthony 1: Champlain Valley opened the season with a big offensive effort, beating Mount Anthony 8-1 on Saturday.
Ethan Revoir had a hat trick to pace the Redhawks (1-0), while Miles Bergeron added a goal and an assist and Sebastian Bronk had three assists. George Charlson, Caleb Greenslit, Julian Olin and Gavin Prada each scored one.
Henry McLean (two assists), Mason Barron (one assist) and Ajak Dau (one assist) also got one the scoresheet for the Redhawks.
Girls’ soccer
Champlain Valley 8, Mount Anthony 0: Champlain Valley scored four times in each half and opened the season with a win over Mount Anthony on Friday, Aug. 30.
Rieanna Murray had three goals and one assist for the Redhawks, while Ellie Antonucci tallied twice.
Elsa Klein added a goal and an assist, with Kate Robers and Flynn Sexton each chipped in a goal. Josie Ziter stopped four shots for the shutout (1-0).
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team will look to combine its returning roster with new players as it looks to return to the top of D-I. The core of the group’s returning players are in the midfield, which will likely be a strength for the Redhawks this season.
“Our challenge is in our inexperience on the forward line, so scoring could be an issue, but I think our defense is strong and steady, as well as our goalkeeping,” Pierson said. “This is a really great group of people, and we are looking to build on each game and practice.”
Key newcomers: Too early to tell Outlook: Girls’ soccer is chock-full of returning players in all positions and will be riding all that experience all the way to the top of the division. With the team’s experi-
ence comes a load of chemistry and depth, along with a ton of scoring power. Williams is looking for the team to build as the season progresses. “I am excited about this team’s chemistry, versatility and depth. We have great team speed, and this season has the potential to be a special team.”
After netting eight goals in the team’s opener, they are off to a great start.
Up next: Tuesday, Sept. 3, against Burr and Burton, 4:30 p.m.
Outlook: The defending state champs will be hunting for another title this season, with a strong returning core from last year’s squad. With a returning senior in goal, Ziggy Babbott, and key defenders, Bergeson and Dau, also seniors, the Redhawks will have experience anchoring the back line.
One slight question mark may be the team’s offense and where the scoring will come from, but an eight-goal outburst in the opening game of the season may have answered that question.
Up next: Thursday, Sept. 5, at the Jay Brady Kickoff Classic in Essex, 7 p.m.
The Town of Hinesburg, Vermont seeks qualified applicants for the following positions:
Highway Foreperson
This is a supervisory position that is responsible for overseeing and participating in the maintenance of the town’s highway infrastructure. A valid VT issued CDL Class B license is required. Required skills include proficient operation of a road grader, excavator, front-end loader, backhoe, and tandem plow truck. Starting pay is $34.00 - $40.00 an hour depending upon qualifications.
Highway Maintainer
This is a semi-skilled position of moderate complexity in highway maintenance and equipment operation. A Highway Maintainer performs a wide variety of manual and automotive equipment operation tasks involved in municipal road maintenance. Work extends to responsibility for maintenance and servicing of assigned automotive equipment, requiring strong mechanical and trouble shooting skills. A valid Vermont issued Class B CDL is required. Starting pay is $25.00 - $28.00 an hour depending upon qualifications.
Both positions provide health, dental, vision and disability insurance; paid time off; pension plan; and 13 paid holidays. Detailed information and an application form can be found at www.hinesburg.org under the employment tab. Applications can be mailed or delivered to Todd Odit, Town Manager, 10632 Route 116 or emailed to todit@hinesburg.org.
The Town of Hinesburg offers a comprehensive benefits package and very competitive pay. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Applications will be reviewed as received and accepted until the position is filled.
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