Selectboard will rule on O’Brien Project fate
The future of a 175-acre parcel of land owned by the O’Brien Brothers development company rests, in part, in the hands of the Shelburne Selectboard after it held its final community forum on the project.
The board was expected to make some sort of decision about the developer’s petition at Tuesday night’s selectboard meeting, after The Shelburne News went to press.
Like the one before it, last week’s forum drew hundreds of community members to town hall to air their grievances — and support — of the proposed project.
O’Brien Brothers has for decades owned the property that sits immediately outside the town’s water and sewer service area. The developers came to the selectboard four months ago with a petition to include part of the property in the town’s designated utility service area to allow it to build more houses.
That designation could give the land, which is currently included in the town’s rural zoning district, a higher density as outlined in the recently passed Act 47, or HOME Act. Although the town’s planning commission is currently looking at massive regulatory reform, the current rural zoning district only allows for one unit per 5 acres.
But under the new state law meant to spur housing development across the state, areas serviced by water and sewer can be built at a much higher density than five dwellings per acre.
The parcel is separated by Thomas Road into two tracts — a 110-acre tract on the north side of the road and another 65.5 acres to the south. The northern parcel sits at the edge of the current area serviced by water and sewer infrastructure, located on the south side of Irish Hill Road, between Spear Street and Thomas Road.
The company argues that, although the northern portion of
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Town hires first-ever paid chief of Shelburne Rescue
than 40 years of it being a volunteer-led department.
The Town of Shelburne hired its first-ever paid rescue chief to run Shelburne Rescue after more
The rescue chief role is not a new one, but Andrew Kehl is the first person who will be compensated for the work. He began in
the role on Aug. 23 and is working to expand the department as Shelburne grows and ages and 911 calls throughout the community increase.
Originally from New York
City, Kehl moved to Vermont to attend the University of Vermont and was a volunteer with Shelburne Rescue from 2006-2017. He then took a break from the squad to pursue an opportunity with the
Vermont National Guard, where he worked as a registered nurse. Kehl was stationed in Turkey
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A Deer Run Drive chipmunk stocks up for the long Shelburne winter.
Cheeky chippy
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PATRICK BILOW
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.
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 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.
Toddler open gym
Come play and connect with others. No pre-registration necessary, just sign in at the door. A parent or caregiver must always be present.
Scooters, bikes and ride-on toys are not permitted. There will be balls, hoops and tumbling mats. Wear indoor shoes or socks inside
the gym. No food is allowed. In case of inclement weather, call 802-985-9551 to check for cancellations.
The free open gym for toddlers and preschoolers. The first session is Sunday, Sept. 22, 9:30-11 a.m.
The volunteer coordinator is Aisha Mueller at Shelburne town gym.
Beginning Sun Style Tai Chi
Come and join a relaxing, joint-safe activity. Tai chi has been shown to improve flexibility, reduce stiffness and help keep joints mobile. It can also help with concentration, memory, balance, strength and energy levels.
Learn to relax more with tai chi’s slow, gentle movements, while having fun and meeting new people. The class is sponsored by Age Well Vermont. Registration is required through Shelburne Parks and Recreation. If you would like more information about the class, contact instructor Chris Curtis at curwit@gmail.com.
The free sessions are held on Mondays and Wednesdays, 11 a.m.-noon, Sept. 16 to Dec. 11.
Sun 73 Tai Chi
This class builds on movements learned in the introductory class. Each new movement is broken down and emphasized in a slow and gentle manner while emphasizing the health and well-being aspects of tai chi. Although Sun 73 is a competitive form of tai chi, you will be practicing a relaxed, non-competitive style while learning new movements and increasing your understanding and depth of tai chi.
The free sessions are held on Mondays and Wednesdays 12:301:30 p.m., Sept. 16 to Dec. 11.
Learn more at shelburnevt. org/160/parks-recreation.
Pedals for Progress
Former Green Mountain Peace Corps volunteers are holding their 26th bike and sewing machine collection for Pedals for Progress. Items gathering dust in your closet or garage will help struggling families in communities around the world build a more secure life. Bring your bike or sewing machine, plus $20 to help with shipping costs, to St. Michael’s College, Tarrant Center parking lot, Route 15, Colchester on Saturday, Sept. 21, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. For questions, to volunteer or to donate, email p4pvermont@gmail.com, visit Facebook or call Paul Demers at 802-793-0888. Learn more at facebook.com/p4pVermont.
Four killed in Ferrisburgh plane crash
ETHAN WEINSTEIN
VTDIGGER
Four people are dead after a private plane crashed in Ferrisburgh on Sunday, according to Vermont State Police.
The four-person, single-engine Piper plane left Connecticut on Sunday morning, arriving in Ferrisburgh for brunch at Basin Harbor, police said in a press release Monday morning. The group is believed to have started flying back to Connecticut around noon Sunday, but “no reports
were received indicating an aircraft in distress or that a plane had crashed,” according to police.
Vermont State Police identified the four people as Paul Pelletier, 55, of Columbia, Conn.; Frank Rodriquez, 88, of Lebanon, Conn.; Susan Van Ness, 51, of Middletown, Conn.; and Delilah Van Ness, 15, of Middletown, Conn.
“After the plane failed to return to Connecticut as expected, relatives of the occupants reported the situation to the Connecticut State Police and the Middletown
(Connecticut) Police Department,” police said. Authorities later used cellphone location data to locate the crash.
State police, the Middlebury Police Department and the Vergennes Fire Department responded to the incident Sunday night, later using a drone to discover the plane in a wooded area near the Basin Harbor air strip around 12:20 a.m. Monday.
A spokesperson for Basin
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News from Pierson Library
Chittenden County
mural art
Celebrating the publication of her three-volume series, “Street Murals of Burlington,” photographer and arts advocate Carolyn Bates will be in the large community room of the library Thursday, Sept. 12, from 6:30-7:30 p.m., to discuss the art and culture of mural creation in Vermont.
She will be joined by muralist Kathryn Wiegers, an artist with a distinct and inventive method for mural making. Together they will look at Wiegers’ oeuvre, the vibrancy of Chittenden County murals and Bates’ book series. Copies are available for purchase from the author with all proceeds going to Ukraine.
The event will be filmed and livestreamed courtesy of event partner, The Media Factory. Go to the event page on the Pierson website for the livestream or come in person.
“Friday the 13th” multimedia performance
Sufferers of paraskevidekatriaphobia — fear of Friday the 13th — steer clear!
This Friday the 13th, from 2:30-4 p.m., the library will be joined by author and unscrupulous stockbroker, Thomas W. Lawson (1857-1925) who will read an abridged version of his 1907 novel (itself about an unscrupulous stockbroker), Friday the 13th,” while the 1980s slasher picture, “Friday the 13th” plays.
It’s Friday the 13th double trouble. Is this performance art? Stunt spectacle? A bit on inanity? Will the film and early 20th century novel sync as neatly as say “The Wizard of Oz” and “Dark Side of the Moon?”
Through just what sort of devilry did the late Lawson return to us? Is his Boston accent any good? Drop in and see for yourself. The film contains violent imagery, not suitable for anyone under 18.
Guacamole potluck
Monday, Sept. 16, is National Guacamole Day. To celebrate bring some guac to the Pierson Library from 2:30-3 p.m. to dip chips with your neighbors.
Store bought, garden-sourced, family recipe, or first attempt. All are welcome.
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Shelburne’s Pierson Library hosts a talk with photographer Carolyn Bates Sept. 12 on her book series on murals.
Shelburne Police Blotter: Sept. 2-8
Total reported incidents: 72
Traffic stops: 23
Warnings: 27
Tickets: 0
Arrests: 0
Medical emergencies: 21
Mental health incidents: 3
Suspicious incidents: 15
Directed patrols: 36
Citizen assists: 7
Motor vehicle complaints: 2
Car crash: 4
Animal problem: 1
Noise disturbance: 0
Unlawful Mischief: 0
Theft: 4
Harassment: 0
Vandalism: 0
Property damage: 1
Fraud: 0
Alarms: 9
Pending investigations: 4
911 Hang-up calls: 1
Sept. 3 at 8:47 p.m., a woman was found lying on the side of Shelburne Road and Cynosure Drive. She was transported to the hospital.
Sept. 4 at 1:54 p.m., a two-vehicle crash with no injuries was reported on Falls Road.
Sept. 4 at 5:45 p.m., another two-vehicle crash on Falls resulted in injuries, but everyone refused transport to the hospital.
Sept. 4 at 2:17 p.m., a caller reported inappropriate behavior by a male and female near the playground area at Harbor
Place. The officer reviewed the video and determined the complaint was unfounded.
Sept. 5 at 11:30 a.m., a caller reported a two-car motor vehicle crash earlier in the day on Mount Philo Road. A statement was taken for insurance purposes only.
Sept. 5 at 1:02 p.m., a caller reported the theft from their motor vehicle on Barstow Road. The case is pending further investigation.
Sept. 5 at 2 p.m., a caller reported a theft from their motor vehicle on Barstow Road. A theft report was taken, and the matter is under investigation.
Sept. 6 at 3:26 p.m., a caller reported a sick skunk in her shed on Spear Street. The officer located the animal and determined it was not sick.
Sept. 6 at 4:36 p.m., a caller reported a theft from their motor vehicle on Spear Street. The case is pending.
Sept. 7 at 10:14 a.m., police mediated a resident dispute on Brentwood Drive.
Sept. 7 at 10:37 a.m., a caller reported an unwanted customer trespassing at the Jiffy Mart. The individual was issued a trespass notice and escorted off the property.
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A vehicle crash on Falls Road on Sept. 4 around 5:45 p.m. resulted in injuries, Shelburne police said. Shelburne fire and rescue also responded to the scene. Occupants of the vehicles refused transport to the hospital.
OPINION
Burlington’s Cathedral of the Immaculate
Conception, parkland should be saved
Guest Perspective
Sally Giddings Smith
I am not Catholic, nor am I a professional critic. However, I love great buildings and great parks, particularly when they go together, and especially in places which do not have many great buildings or much urban green space.
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes, is a grand example of a modernist building. Barnes used simple shapes and local materials in this building, just as he did at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building in Washington, D.C.,
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Sept 7 at 11:47 a.m., a caller reported a theft from their residence on Shelburne Road. The case is pending further investigation.
Sept. 7 at 12:28 a.m., someone reported a verbal dispute between a mother and daughter on Martindale Road. The
the Indiana University Library and the NSU Art Museum of Fort Lauderdale, among others.
But most significant for all Vermonters is the parkland that surrounds the building. Dan Kiley of Charlotte was internationally famous for designing landscapes to balance the geometric harshness of modern structures.
The trees used here are honey locusts — the same trees that surround the Eiffel Tower in Paris. They smell lovely in the spring and turn yellow gold in the fall. They are plenty hardy here in Vermont and seem tolerant — so far — of the abuse they have been receiving in the last 20 years. I can’t overstate the significance of having a Dan Kiley landscape right here in our own backyard.
It should be impossible for this building and this parkland to
be demolished. It is now eligible for historic preservation and must be preserved for future generations. Its demolition would be a black eye for Burlington and for Vermont, and an insult to the people who rebuilt Vermont after World War II.
The ruling of the Vermont Supreme Court on Sept. 25 will undoubtedly be on a strictly legal basis. But really, something must be done. A retreat? A place of rehabilitation? An ecumenical study center? A building for the historical preservation program at University of Vermont? A place of inspiration and a reminder of great creativity and beauty?
Is this too much to ask of a church, a city and a state?
Sally Giddings Smith lives in Montpelier.
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Time: 5-8 p.m.
Location: The Old Lantern, Charlotte, VT
Tickets: $50 per person.
officer located the individuals and mediated the dispute.
Sept. 8 12:20 p.m., a resident at Wake Robin was found dead, and the death was not considered suspicious. Police did not immediately provide the name or age of the deceased.
Sept. 8 at 12:01 p.m., a crash
between two vehicles took place on Shelburne Road. There were no injuries.
Note: Charges filed by police are subject to review by the Chittenden County State’s Attorney Office and can be amended or dropped.
Join us for an evening to commemorate 50 Years of helping Vermonters age well. Fantastic fare by Backyard Bistro, libations, live music from folk artist Nick Carter,
To purchase tickets, please scan the code below or visit our website: https://www.agewellvt.org/home/50th-celebration/ and a fabulous silent auction. We will be recognizing the Honorable Madeleine Kunin, with shared excerpts from her book, Coming of Age: My Journey to the Eighties.
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The Vermont Supreme Court will weigh in this month on whether to allow the demolition of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
Town manager updates Falls Road demo project
To the Editor:
Thank you to the community for working together to try the temporary demonstration project on Falls Road. Our team heard strong support from businesses and residents to continue several elements, notably the new crosswalk at the Shelburne Country Store, new walking lanes and marked car parking.
To protect the crosswalk near the Shelburne Country Store, we moved the new continuous speed hump there. But we have removed all the traffic cushions, the most problematic elements of the experiment.
The survey on this project will close on Sept. 16. Find it on the town’s project webpage at shelburnevt.org/589/safety-onfalls. If you have not already, share your feedback. Your input matters for the future of Falls Road.
Once the survey closes and we collect all the traffic data, the Falls Road Working Group — composed of members representing the local business community and local walking and biking advocates — will develop a set of recommendations to present to the Shelburne Selectboard, projected to take place in October.
Thank you for your continued patience and participation as we work toward transforming this section of Falls Road into a safe, vibrant and walkable area.
Matt Lawless Shelburne Town Manager
at the end of this experimental period. I appreciate the goal to make the village area more welcoming and safer for pedestrian traffic, but the speed bumps do not achieve this goal. They encourage drivers to swerve around them onto the sidewalk and bike lanes.
The worst unintended consequence of this project is caused by the speed bump closest to the Route 7 and Harbor Road intersection on the southbound side of Falls Road. That bump is so close to Route 7 that cars turning onto Falls Road or crossing from Harbor Road must immediately slow down, causing vehicles to get stuck in the intersection.
A much better approach to meet the goal is to install yellow crossing signs that flash when a crossing button is pushed by pedestrians.
Tom Williams Shelburne
Columnists piece focused on wrong victims
To the Editor:
In response to “J’accuse: a journalist and Jew responds to Israel’s war” (Aug. 29, 2024), I am tired of divisiveness. You are either right or wrong, canceled or shamed, you are the oppressed or oppressor. What this opinion is missing is facts and humanity.
Hamas terrorists infiltrated the borders, breaking through the fence in 119 different places, a security fence Egypt has also placed with awareness of Hamas’ terrorism. My other brother, a Special Forces reservist in the Israeli Defense Forces, sat in tears after receiving the news that nine members of his elite unit were murdered by Hamas while fighting against the infiltration. He just happened to be safe in America on that brutal day.
There are still over 100 hostages who are being held in Gaza. Is Clift aware that of the over 150 hostages who have made it home to Israel or to their countries — this is a global humanitarian issue — have reported that they were held captive in civilian homes in Gaza, enduring sexual violence, torture and starvation — cruelties beyond the comprehension Vermonters can understand?
Over 1,200 civilians were gruesomely murdered and over 250 abducted on that day. What if 405 people were tortured, raped and murdered at the Burlington Jazz Festival as they were at the Nova Peace Festival? Over 100,000 Israelis have been forced to flee their homes in the north due to constant attacks from Hezbollah since Oct. 8, with over 7,500 rockets fired at them since the war began.
29 guest perspective, “J’accuse: a journalist and Jew responds to Israel’s war,” and never mentioned Hamas or the leader of Gaza. It was Hamas that attacked Jewish towns and cities to kill Jewish babies and elders, rape Jewish women and take hostages into Gaza, almost one year ago. Those disgusting actions are the definition of genocide — killing large numbers of a town, country or ethnic group. The civilized world cannot allow that to happen to return the hostages and destroy the leaders who use genocide. Articles of war allow the military to engage the enemy when it is hiding among civilians if they focus on the combatants. Hamas deliberately hides among civilians, especially hospitals, schools and mosques. But this situation is mostly over because the Israel has now been mostly fighting in the tunnels. Yet now, Clift is distraught. I am not buying it from her or the college protesters. No genocide by any country, especially those who start it.
Chris Kapsalis Shelburne
Allegation of genocide fails the smell test
To the Editor:
Traffic calming measures aren’t working
To the Editor:
I find the Falls Road traffic calming project to be an unnecessary stressor, and I hope the town decides to undo the changes
All people should have a right to live in peace, free of terror and war. As a Jew who represents the 90 percent of Jewish Zionists — the belief that Jews have a right to statehood and self-determination — and someone with direct connection to Israeli family, I cannot stay silent on untruths from Elayne Clift’s opinion piece.
Where was Clift and her family on Oct. 7? My brother was hiding in his safe room in Israel with his family as thousands of
Over 300 missiles were fired at Israel from Iran in April with the intent to obliterate every civilian in Israel. Does Clift understand that the loudly stated goal of these terror organizations is to carry out “the final solution” of the Jews in the Middle East? What if we all united against terrorism, pressuring Iran and its proxies to end their terror campaigns on Israel and their own people?
Ilana Siegelman Colchester
Let’s not forget who started conflict in Gaza
To the Editor:
I was feeling Elayne Clift’s pain until I realized she wrote two thirds of her Aug.
Elayne Clift insists on context but fails to mention two contextual events most people would consider significant: the unilateral Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in 2005, which yielded an immediate and persistent terrorist enclave, and Oct. 7. (“J’accuse: a journalist and Jew responds to Israel’s war,” Aug. 29, 2024)
I don’t like Netanyahu any more than Clift does. I look forward to his removal by the will of the Israeli people, and I don’t think I would have taken the course he has pursued if I were in charge. But I’m not in charge. Nor do I have the chutzpah to believe I could have fashioned an entirely satisfactory approach.
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If one says, “anything is better,” then the question becomes “better for whom?” What does one owe a weaker but implacable enemy that uses its own women and children as shields? The answer, if you are a good person, and certainly if you are a Jew, is some measure of forbearance. But how much and for how long? Two decades? Five? Forever?
The Israelis, unlike their neighbors, will work it out in the way democratic societies work through their excesses — free protest, free elections, a change of course. But official pressure from the United States won’t and shouldn’t do it. The Israeli accommodation of 2005 did not work out well. President Joe Biden’s policy of public support and private argument is an agonizing path but the best available.
Finally, I can’t let Clift’s buy-in to the genocide allegation pass. Russian President Vladimir Putin is in the process of killing thousands of Ukrainians. Stalin and Mao killed 80 million of their own countrymen. America killed hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians in a few days. Allied bombers killed about as many residents of Dresden as the Palestinian Health Ministry claims Israel has killed in Gaza. None of these horrendous events qualifies as genocide.
Numbers are relevant, but the definition of genocide depends on the intent to destroy a people. Jews know what that is. As do the Armenians. As do the Tutsis. As do very few others. The label is not a matter of semantics. It is the emotional difference between criminal and child molester. Clift’s use of the term is both wrong and a capitulation to the easily roused antisemitism of the unnamed
“developed democratic countries” she cites for support and the slice of the American academy whose good opinion she seeks. That is what she should be ashamed of.
Frank Kochman South Burlington
Zionism means supporting Israel’s right to exist
To the Editor:
In the guest perspective by Elayne Clift, she mentions “rightwing zealots and Zionists” as the enemies. (“J’accuse: a journalist and Jew responds to Israel’s war,” Aug. 29, 2024)
It is essential to know that a Zionist is a person who believes Israel has a right to exist as a sovereign nation. The term here and in other places tries to ignore history and paint Zionists as the big bad monster. If you think Israel has a right to exist, then you are a Zionist.
David Sokol Shelburne
Hamas, not Israel, caused current conflict
To the Editor:
I am a Jew living in the Burlington area. I find the antisemitic rhetoric and actions by local groups to be very disturbing as it is aimed at making Burlingtonians hate Jews and Israel, both locally and globally.
It is easy to blame Israel as Jews have been scapegoats throughout history. It would be more difficult to blame the perpetuators of this war, Hamas, as they are a terrorist organization.
Today, the Palestinian map
does not include the country of Israel. The map has the land Israel occupies listed as Palestine. The chant “from the river to the sea” is literally calling for the genocide of all Israelis.
Israel has not committed genocide as only 1.5 percent of the Palestinian population has been killed. I personally would prefer that no one was killed, but please realize that Israel is defending itself from annihilation.
In 2005, Israel governed Gaza. The city was beautiful, there were schools, hospitals and greenhouses. Tourism was thriving along the 25-mile coastline of Gaza. In 2006 Gaza was turned over to the Palestinian Authority, which was overthrown my Hamas. Hamas provided food, shelter and medical care to the Palestinians. Hamas told the Palestinians that Israel was the cause of their problems. This was not true but there was no way for anyone to learn otherwise, and Hamas governed with an iron fist. If you questioned anything you were killed.
The once beautiful city was transformed into ghetto-like neighborhoods. The billions sent to Gaza from countries went to build more than 300 miles of underground tunnels and create bunkers under hospitals and schools. Almost no money went to infrastructure or was used for the public good. Hamas has been planning this war for 20 years.
Israel doesn’t want war; it wants its hostages back. Israel wants to live in peace. Israel employs many Arabs and Gazans, which is why the attack of Oct. 6 was so deadly. The people on the kibbutz opened their houses to the Gazans, who then used that knowledge to kill, rape and torture the very people who helped them.
Hamas attacked a peaceful music festival. Israel is targeting specific individuals who are hiding in hospitals, schools, apartment buildings. Israel is doing everything it can to minimize death. Hamas is doing everything it can to maximize death. Hamas is the enemy we should go after.
Adam Winter
South Burlington
Columnist’s perspective devoid of facts
To the Editor:
I am responding to “J’accuse: a journalist and Jew responds to Israel’s war,” the Aug. 29 guest perspective by Elayne Clift. While Clift highlights the fact that she is a journalist and a Jew, the matter of her religious faith is not relevant to the observations she makes.
However, her background as a journalist does matter because journalistic ethics require that a perspective be based on facts and reality, rather than propaganda and raw emotions. This is particularly important in dealing with a topic as complicated as the Middle East conflict. The many facts missing from the guest perspective include:
• The claim that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza falsely accuses one party of the conduct committed by its adversary. On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas engaged in genocidal behavior by killing, raping or kidnapping every Israeli citizen they could reach in the southern towns of Israel. While 1,200 were murdered solely because of their religion, Hamas would have murdered countless thousands more had that not met
resistance from the Israeli military.
• While the death toll of innocent civilians in Gaza is tragic and unacceptable, Hamas is directly responsible for the overwhelming majority of those deaths by deliberately keeping its troops, munitions and rocket launchers in civilian areas and in buildings that are solely designed for civilian use.
Clift has no words of criticism for this outrageous conduct. Hamas has also put the Gazan civilian population in harm’s way by refusing to build and maintain bomb shelters to protect civilians and by denying civilians access to its vast network of underground tunnels. Further, the troubling civilian casualties in Gaza would promptly cease if Hamas acted in a principled manner and agreed to stop fighting and give up its arms in exchange for peace with Israel.
Even ruthless autocratic regimes such as Japan and Nazi Germany recognized their untenable military positions and sought peace to avoid massive civilian deaths.
• Not only does Hamas’ behavior on and after Oct. 7 demonstrate its culpability for the Gazan suffering, but the accusation that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza cannot withstand any scrutiny. First, when one excludes the deaths of Hamas combatants, it appears that about 25,000 non-combatants have been killed. Thus, Israeli has conducted this war in a way that has preserved the lives of 98-99 percent of Gaza’s civilians. Second, during the war, Israel has allowed 20,000 aid and food trucks into Gaza to alleviate civilian suffering.
David Kerman Burlington
COMMUNITY
Community Notes
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 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.
Church holds outdoor winter clothing sale
The United Church of Hinesburg, 10570 Route 116, will hold an outdoor winter clothing sale from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21, the day of the Hinesburg Fall Festival.
Choose from a selection of all new (not used) gloves, jackets, fleece pullovers, long underwear and more, all 50 to 80 percent off retail prices. Get ready for your outdoor winter activities or do some early holiday shopping.
SB police hold Red Cross blood drive
The South Burlington Police Department is hosting a blood drive from 12:30-5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 20, 19 Gregory Drive.
Schedule an appointment at 800-733-2767 or visit redcrossblood.org and enter sbpolice to book a slot.
If you are a type O, B-, or Ablood type, you can make a power red donation, which allows you to donate more red blood cells with just one donation.
Meet the candidates at GOP fundraiser
Meet the candidates at the Visions of Vermont Values fundraiser featuring former Gov. Jim Douglas and Bruce Roy, a Chittenden-Southeast Senate candidate, who will discuss the current Vermont environment and the “positive values we remember,” according to event sponsors, the Shelburne and Charlotte Republican committees.
The event takes place on Sunday, Sept. 8, 4:30-7 p.m., at the Old Lantern Inn and Barn, 3260 Greenbush Road, in Charlotte, and includes hors d’oeuvres and dinner. There will be a cash bar; tickets are $50.
Learn more at shelburnegop.
org/product/autumn-social or contact Lisa Gaujac at lgaujac@ gmail.com or 802-425-2120.
Elli Parr to open store in South Burlington
Elli Parr, a Vermont-based jewelry brand, is opening a new flagship store and headquarters in South Burlington in October.
This location, 41 IDX Drive, represents an expansion for the brand
The new store will offer an extensive range of handcrafted jewelry pieces from Elli Parr, alongside a curated selection of complimentary products from small, independent makers and brands specializing in accessories, beauty, and body products. It will also offer a variety of experiential services designed to engage and inspire, including ear piercing, kids’ afterschool workshops, do-it-yourself jewelry making and beading classes, private events and parties, and more.
A grand opening will be held on the weekend of Oct. 12.
“We are beyond excited to open our doors in South Burlington,” Sara Nelson, owner of Elli Parr, said. “We look forward to becoming a destination where customers can shop, create and connect.”
The company’s two boutiques in Middlebury and Shelburne will combine into one space in South Burlington “to home in on our operations and offer a more robust customer experience,” Nelson said.
Dancing with Burlington Stars kicks off Sept. 14
Dancing with the Burlington SDancing with the Burlington Stars is back on Saturday, Sept. 14, 7-9 p.m., at the Flynn Center in Burlington.
The signature annual fundraising event for the Vermont Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired, all proceeds from the event support its mission to help Vermonters with impaired vision live more independently, cultivate adaptive skills and improve the quality of their lives.
Professional dance instructors are paired witha local celebrities to deliver family-friendly community fun. Teams include Iris Toedt-Pingel, Burlington, and Sophie Decker, South Burlington; Jayden Choquette, Williston, and Allee Pineault, Richmond; Elissa Borden, South Burlington, and Kimberly Volkari, Burling-
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In its 77th year, the Green Mountain Chorus presents “On the One Road,” its annual show, on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2 and 7 p.m., at the First Congregational Church of Essex Junction, 39 Main St. In addition to the Green Mountain Chorus (the Burlington chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society), quartets Chordination and Daily Special will perform, as well as chapter quartets High Voltage and Low Maintenance. Daily Special is a 2024 Barbershop Harmony Society International competition finalist, and a rising star in the world of Barbershop harmony. Chordination is a 2024 Barbershop Harmony Society Northeast District finalist and features the popular and talented Cerutti brothers. Each show has an intermission with door prizes. Tickets can be purchased for $20 at bit.ly/3Mye9lA.
Elissa Borden and Kimberly Volkari and Iris Toedt-Pingel and Sophie Decker will participate in Dancing with the Burlington Stars.
ton; Ayeshah Raftery, Colchester, and Jon Bacon, Essex Junction; Trent Cooper, Westford, and Rose Bedard, Milton; and Shawn Mercy, Grand Isle, and Jessica Ashton, Milton.
Special guest performers include Dance in the Isle, Electric Youth Dance Company, and Just for Kicks.
Emceed by Darren Perron and Amanda Thibault, judging will be done by Elizabeth Seyler, aka Dr.
Tango, DJ Craig Mitchell, Nicola Boutin and Rebecca Raskin.
Tickets are $32 through the Flynn box office.
Garden club talk dives into plastics
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“All About Plastics” from speak Eva Schaub’s 2023 memoir, “Year of No Garbage,” draws attention to recycling lies, plastic problems and one woman’s trashy journey to zero waste.
Plastic is everywhere: from the
PreseThe Burlington Garden Club presents “All About Plastics” at its next meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 1 p.m., at Faith United Methodist Church, 899 Dorset St., South Burlington.
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top of Mount Everest to the placenta of unborn babies. But what can we really do about it and why? Humorist author Schaub spent an entire year attempting the seemingly impossible: Living in the modern world without creating any trash at all, culminating in her recent memoir.
In the process she learned some startling things: Modern recycling is broken, and single stream recycling is a lie; flushable wipes aren’t flushable and compostables aren’t compostable; plastic drives climate change fosters racism; and that it is poisoning the environment and our bodies at alarming rates. Microplastics are found everywhere, including in the human bloodstream and brain, Schaub said.
Schaub is an internationally published author and humorist. She is the author of “Year of No Sugar” (2014) and “Year of No Clutter” (2017). She has been featured in The New Yorker, USA Today and The Huffington Post, and she has appeared on Fox and Friends.
Her books have been translated into Chinese, Hebrew and Spanish, and she holds degrees from Cornell University and Rochester Institute of Technology.
Ethan Allen talk explores upcoming election
The Ethan Allen Homestead Museum hosts the talk, “What’s Happening in the 2024 Election,” by Geoffrey Skelley on Sunday, Sept. 15, at 2 p.m.
Skelley will provide a detailed overview of the electoral landscape in the upcoming election, including a look at polling of the presidential race in the key battleground states and the situation in the Electoral College. The talk will also include a review of the pivotal down-ballot elections for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives.
The discussion will engage with current and past electoral developments to help provide a clearer understanding of what’s happening in the 2024 election.
Skelley is a senior elections analyst at 538, part of ABC News. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated. For information, email ethanallenhomestead@ gmail.com or call 802-865-4556.
Enjoy Age Well meals at Charlotte Senior Center
The Age Well meal pickup for Wednesday, Sept. 18, is from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Charlotte Senior Center. The meal features chicken and wheat biscuit with mashed cauliflower, peas and carrots, apple berry crisp 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. 25, features roast pork with gravy, boiled potatoes with parsley, butternut squash, wheat bread, cookie bar with dates and Craisins and milk.
Event celebrates legacy of Lydia Clemmons
“Looking Forward: A Celebration of Legacy with Clemmons Family Farm” celebrates the legacy of Lydia M. Clemmons with collaborating artists and beloved community members., on Saturday, Oct. 5, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Come together to walk, talk, eat, plant a tree, enjoy art and look to the future.
The Clemmons Family Farm stands on a 60-year legacy of community-building by Jack and
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Lydia Clemmons that centers African American history, arts, culture and a deeply meaningful place — the historic 138-acre Clemmons farm.
The mission of Clemmons Family Farm is to preserve and maintain the historic farm in Charlotte as an educational prototype, and a model for preserving African American-owned agricultural land, cultural and heritage assets in the U.S.; to empower a growing network of Vermont’s Black artists and culture bearers with opportunities for professional development, advocacy, visibility, networking, paid engagements, collective healing and a safe haven for creativity that helps them to thrive; and to build a loving multicultural community around African American and African diaspora of history, arts and culture.
Tickets are required through Eventbrite.
Birds of Vermont Museum hosts fall events
The Birds of Vermont Museum, 900 Sherman Hollow Road, Huntington, has several upcoming fall events.
• “The Power of Perspective” art show — Wednesday to Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Explore, examine and delight in art that speaks to both
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‘Clips & Conversations” features South Burlington artists Todd Lockwood and John Killacky, Sunday, Sept. 15, 3 p.m. in The Screening Room at Vermont International Film Festival, 60 Lake St. Burlington. Since the late 1960s, Lockwood has been shooting studio portraits of friends and acquaintances. In the last decade, he has experimented with a new kind of portraiture he calls “Cinema Portraits.” For this special event, Lockwood and collaborator Killacky will talk about his art and screen “Cinema Portraits.” Pay what you can. Above, Todd Lockwood and John Killacky
humans’ and birds’ perspectives and experiences. How might a change in perspective alter people’s understanding of the lives and needs of the birds who share our world?
• Meander for Mushrooms, Saturday, Sept. 14, 9-11 a.m. Meg Madden leads an exploration to learn about the essential roles that fungi play in forest ecology and to learn how to identify them.
• Celebration of Gale Lawrence, Sunday, Sept. 22 2-4 p.m. Take time to celebrate the life of Gale Lawrence, a naturalist, teacher and writer. Without her support, the Birds of Vermont Museum would not have become what it is today. Please bring a photo or memory to share. Read more about Lawrence at birdsofvermont.org/gale-law-
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• Bird monitoring walk, Saturday, Sept. 28, 8 a.m. Monthly monitoring walk to record birds on the museum’s property. Bring your own binoculars and dress for the weather.
• Green Mountain Woodcarvers, Saturday, Oct. 5, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The Green Mountain Woodcarvers will be carving. Stop in to watch a woodcarver at work, ask a question or learn about the carving club.
• The Big Sit, Sunday, Oct. 13, dawn to dusk. How many birds can be identified from a 17-foot diameter circle between sunrise and sunset? This is a great long-running community science project.
To register or to find out more, go to birdsofvermont.org/events.
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Redhawks start fall sports season in strong fashion
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Field hockey
Champlain Valley 10, Mount Abraham 0: Two players netted hat tricks as the Champlain Valley field hockey team beat Mount Abraham on Saturday, Sept. 7.
Emery Thompson led the way with three goals and two assists, while Alex Wemple added a hat trick. Penny Webster added two goals, while Cordelia Thomas and Gracie Sanchez each tallied once for CVU.
Sophie Comeau and Annabel Johnson combined for the win in goal for the Redhawks. They moved to 2-0.
Cross country
Both the boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams finished first in the Burlington Invitational on Saturday.
For the boys, Benjamin Holoch came in first place overall. Treson McEnaney was fifth and Charles Garavelli came in 13th. Jack Snyder was 23rd overall for the Redhawks.
For the girls, Lydia Donahue, Audrey Neilson and Charlotte Crum went 2-3-4 for the Redhawks. Annalise Wood was seventh and Justyna Amble came in 20th place.
Football
Champlain Valley 52, Essex 13: Champlain Valley broke out the offense to win its second game of the season, beating host Essex on Friday, Sept. 6.
Orion Yates threw for 239 yard and five touchdowns. George Taylor caught five passes for 72 yards and two touchdowns, while Dylan Terricciano had an 18-yard TD catch and 2-yard scamper to score.
Dylan Frere added a touchdown and Billy Bates returned a kickoff for a touchdown and nabbed a 24-yard catch for another.
The Redhawks moved to 2-0.
Girls’ soccer
Champlain Valley 7, Montpelier 0: Six players found the back of the net as Champlain Valley beat Montpelier on Friday in high school girls’ soccer.
Kate Roberts tallied twice for CVU, Rieanna Murray had goal and three assists and Lilyanna Mittlestadt added a goal and an assist. Flynn Sexton, Reese Kingsbury and Ellie Antonucci each scored one for the Redhawks.
Josie Ziter earned the shutout as CVU moved to 3-0.
Girls’ golf
Champlain Valley came in second place in high school girls’ golf at the Links of Lang Farm on Friday.
Ryan Sleeper came in first place overall with a 34, while Stella Rakocky was fourth (41), Rylee Makay was sixth (42) and Riley Dunn came in seventh (44).
The Redhawks were just behind first-place Rice.
Boys’ soccer
Champlain Valley 3, Essex 1: The boys soccer beat Essex on Thursday, Sept. 5, on the opening night of the Jay Brady Kickoff Classic.
Miles Bergeron had two goals to lead the Redhawks, while Will Wallace added one.
The win moved CVU to 2-0.
Girls’ volleyball
Essex 3, Champlain Valley 0: Champlain Valley fell to Essex in high school girls’ volleyball on Thursday.
The Redhawks dropped the first set 25-9, the second 25-21 and the third set, 25-15. CVU is now 1-1.
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Above: Apryl Tuiqere spikes the ball in a 0-3 loss to Essex last Thursday. Below: Elsa Klein battles for the ball against her Burr and Burton opponent. CVU won 3-1.
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the property is not technically considered part of the town’s service area, its proximity to that infrastructure — including an 8-foot sewer line and manhole located on the property and a water main connection located less than 50 feet away on Irish Hill Road — should allow it to be.
The town and its lawyers spent nearly two months in closed-door negotiations with the company and ultimately drafted a pre-development contract that the selectboard has not yet officially signed.
The agreement outlines nine stipulations for the company that include conservation and affordability requirements, a maximum of 375 dwelling units and mandatory net-zero energy building standards.
The board said that, before it approves the document, it would first hold two public meetings about the issue to hear from residents who, for the most part, have remained split on the proposal.
But residents have not just taken to selectboard meetings to vocalize their views. The newspaper’s opinion section and social media forums have for months been flooded with postings about the project, and an online petition asking the selectboard not to accept the current pre-development agreement has gotten nearly 530 signatures.
“We fully expect O’Brien would contest this through a court action. We did warn the selectboard that because of the unique situation with this parcel, the law is not completely clear,” said Shamis, who added that, since there have been no legal challenges to Act 47, there is no way to know how the court would rule on the issue.
The selectboard has long said that it is viewing the project outside of the purview of Act 47, instead looking at it based solely on the merits of what it could bring to Shelburne. If the selectboard decides not to sign the pre-development agreement and not expand the service area, it’s likely the company could still build on that parcel, but the outcome would likely be “McMansions” selling at a much higher price than what is currently proposed.
“Packed rooms, so many meetings, so many comments, and it just feels like it’s just a sales pitch defending the proposal.”
— Mike Schramm
The pre-development agreement allows the selectboard to guide how the property is developed, including the conservation of 65 acres, an affordability clause for nearly 11 percent of the homes, and increased walking and biking trails.
do to contain our tax rates. But at the current revenue structure that we have, this project appears to pay for itself, and then some.”
According to data from Bunting, the school district’s population is trending downward. For Shelburne Community School, the elementary school has seen a steady decline in student population since the 2016-2017 school year.
“In the 2024-25 school year, we had 680 kindergarten through grade eight students,” and the projections for the future 2028-29 school year are expected to drop 80 more students.
“Those numbers are daunting,” he said. “We have an aging population in the state, fewer children, and it’s something that we need to think about.”
While the meeting lasted roughly two and half hours with dozens of comments from residents, neighbor Mike Schramm made a few lasting remarks for the selectboard.
“It feels disheartening, at least from my perspective, because it just feels like your mind is made up,” he said. “Packed rooms, so many meetings, so many comments, and
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Last Wednesday night’s meeting was like a meeting held last month in which town manager Matt Lawless, along with town lawyer Kristen Shamis and interim superintendent of Champlain Valley School District Adam Bunting, gave brief presentations regarding the affects that this proposal could pose for the town.
Shamis said that while the town disagreed that this parcel should inherently be included in the serviced area designation, her team warned the selectboard that some of the ambiguity with the law could pose a significant risk should the decision be up to the courts.
“We want bike paths, we want open space, and we want affordable housing,” Pam Brangan, chair of the housing committee said. “We have a willing developer who wants to provide us with those top three things that Shelburne Forward Together came out with, and I just really think that we would be crazy to revert back to a 5-acre zoning opportunity if weren’t to go forward with this agreement with the O’Brien’s.”
Although residents have voiced concern that a project like this could drain the town’s resources, municipal staffers developed a fiscal impact analysis that said the net benefit of the development would be $1 million in increased revenue for the town.
“The density of the compact development supports the service level increases,” Lawless said. “There’s a much wider conversation in Vermont about what can we
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when he interviewed for the rescue chief role, according to Shelburne town manager Matthew Lawless.
Just two weeks into the job, Kehl is working on an assessment of Shelburne Rescue to determine what is working well and what areas might need improvement.
A major priority for him over the next few weeks is expanding the department’s paramedicine services.
Last year, Shelburne approved a significant increase in Shelburne Rescue’s budget with the understanding that the department would move toward a career model and recruit paid paramedics.
Kehl’s hire at a salary of $108,000 was part of this transition.
In July, Shelburne Rescue finally received its license to offer paramedic services, but the department only had two certified paramedics who were working as volunteers, including Kehl.
“The expectation that we could sustain that service with volunteers was unrealistic,” said Kehl, who referenced the increasingly demanding process of achieving a paramedic certification, which can take up
it just feels like it’s just a sales pitch defending the proposal. So, my one question is, if 500 signatures on the petition doesn’t even get your attention, what number would? Do we need 1,000 signatures?”
As the room erupted with claps signaling a strong presence of those agreeing with Schramm, board chair Mike Ashooh said he recoils as he hears community members decry lack of transparency and malfeasance on the part of the selectboard throughout the process.
Should the board accept the pre-development agreement and modify the service area boundaries in town, this entire proposal would still be subject to local permitting at the development review board level and statewide level. In other words, it still has years before the first stages of the project could make headway.
“I negotiated in good faith with the settlement agreement that we thought benefited the town well and would be good for us. It is that straightforward, it really is,” Ashooh said. “There’s nothing to hide. There’s no dark Shelburne or deep Shelburne.”
to 1,000 hours of schooling.
“It used to be that a volunteer could balance a career and family and operate the ambulance when needed,” he said. “We were happy to do it, and the department was grateful, but that’s not a luxury we can rely on anymore. It requires a lot of time and effort.”
Shelburne Rescue is currently hiring three positions, according to the department’s website. One of the jobs is for a full-time paramedic and the other two are for a part-time paramedic and a part-time EMT. Full-time staff work at least 36 hours a week and are eligible for benefits, and part-time staff work an average of 12 hours a week.
Kehl stressed that as long as he is in charge, volunteers will still be an important part of Shelburne Rescue operations. Even with new employees, the department needs lots of help operating two ambulances.
“I think a lot of these smaller municipalities are wrestling with how they can financially support a higher level of care,” Kehl said. “We are seeing that support now and I’m excited to deliver on the care piece.”
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Harbor Resort declined to comment on the incident Monday morning beyond the details already shared by police.
In an interview, Jason Covey, chief of the Middlebury Police Department, said that state police requested the department’s thermal drone to aid in the search Sunday night.
Harbor Airport.”
An investigator is expected to arrive on the scene Tuesday morning, according to the statement, and the investigation will include flight data, air traffic communications, maintenance records and a review of the three-days prior.
“I walked out in my pajamas. It was as quiet as ever, there was nothing going on.”
Monday morning, no local, state or federal authorities were readily visible near the airstrip. Jim Donovan and Eva Glasgow, who live due east of the site, said they’d not seen or heard any commotion Sunday or Monday. Despite their proximity to the crash, they’d heard about it on the news.
“I walked out in my pajamas. It was as quiet as ever, there was nothing going on,” Donovan said.
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The device was in the air for approximately 18 minutes and captured still, thermal images that located the crash site, Covey said, calling it a “classic case” of the drone’s utility.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are leading the ongoing investigation into the crash, according to state police.
In a statement, the NTSB said that the crash occurred under “unknown circumstances one-half mile south of the Basin
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A preliminary report from the NTSB is expected within 30 days.
In an email, Steve Kulm, an FAA spokesperson, said the administration typically releases a preliminary accident report on the following business day after an incident.
Later that morning, they walked from the east to the southern edge of the airstrip and could not see any signs of the incident.
Vergennes Fire Chief Dave DiBiase described to the Addison Independent the “traumatic” scene his team responded to, eventually locating the plane about 120 yards east of the airstrip.
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