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City denies airport rezoning Officials plan to ‘revitalize’ Chamberlin green space AVALON STYLES-ASHLEY STAFF WRITER
A small, empty patch of land sandwiched between the Chamberlin neighborhood and the Burlington International Airport will remain preserved — for now. After months of study by a South Burlington airport task force over whether to rezone 11 acres owned by the airport off Kirby Street Extension from residential to aviation use, the city planning commission denied the airport’s request. But airport officials say they’re not entirely unhappy about it. Acting director of aviation at the Burlington International Airport Nic Longo is committed to “put the neighborhood first into our future plans,” he said, adding that See AIRPORT on page 10
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Acting director of aviation Nic Longo has worked at the Burlington International airport for 10 years. He took over the helm from predecessor Gene Richards, who was fired following an investigation into his workplace misconduct last summer.
Alpine Shop moves but honors its chalet charm Becky and Andy Kingston offer retail-entertainment experience, add golf lines — and waffles AVALON STYLES-ASHLEY STAFF WRITER
When Andy and Becky Kingston saw that the Alpine Shop in South Burlington was up for sale, with its heart-shaped accents, white and brown shutters, and general vintage Swiss chalet charm, they fell in love. Even though neither had worked in the retail or ski industry before, something felt familiar in the sloping roof and friendly faces inside.
So 12 years ago they took a leap. “It dawned on me, my past experiences were all in the entertainment industry, and then when we came in, we were like, you know what? We want this to be part of the entertainment industry. There’s no reason that a customer experience should be any different in a retail store than it is if you’re going to see a band or go skiing,” said Andy Kingston, a native of Northfield. “Our mantra as we came in was, how can we just have a true customer experience?” The pair has tried to keep the heart and
look of the Alpine Shop, a fixture of South Burlington since 1963, intact, especially coming in as newbies to the world of outdoor retail. But as they’ve learned the market and applied their own unique backgrounds, growing the store’s online presence, boosting marketing and adding major brands, the shop has grown dramatically. So much so that it outgrew its iconic location on Williston Road and the Kingstons moved to a new space — only one story — on Shelburne Road earlier this year.
Trading spaces The Alpine Shop’s original sign, delicately fluted, was recreated and is displayed across a wall of the new space. The original shutters with their heart-shaped cutouts adorn the outside, and the giant wooden register from the original store also made its way to the new location. In April, the Kingston’s held their grand opening of the new location, kicking See ALPINE SHOP on page 10
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Over the last month I’ve announced in different forums that I will not be running for reelection to the South Burlington City Council next March. For the past eight years, I’ve had the honor and privilege of serving on this council, representing the town I grew up in and the community I care deeply about. But with my kids still being in school, my role at University of Vermont expanding and with my other commitments, I am committed to stepping away from the city council at the end of this term. My objective in this role was to learn from the past, serve the present and plan for the future. My intention in this role has been to serve with maximum transparency, accessibility, humility and, most important, civility. I welcome anyone interested in running for this seat next March to contact me or other councilors to discuss the nature of the role and its importance. This summer I will be running for reelection to the Vermont Senate in the newly formed Chittenden Southeast district. This district is effectively half what the previous Chittenden Senate district was and is made up of the following towns: Bolton, Burlington South-End (mostly everybody south of Maple Street), Charlotte, Hinesburg, Jericho, Richmond, Shelburne, South Burlington, St. George, Williston and Underhill. Being that this district is half as large as it previously was, I look forward to spending twice as much time in all of the communities I hope to represent again with another term in the Senate. I am proud of the contributions I have made in the Legislature on topics ranging from education policy, transportation infrastructure, public transit funding, gun control, tax policy and pension stabilization. There are high profile efforts that get a lot of attention but for every one of those, there are 100 less noticed yet important pieces of legislation working through the chambers. I’m proud of my work on many of these less noticed efforts like Vermont Higher Education Investment Plan student loan withdrawal allowances, increased local control to communities to expand planning commissions to nine members without a charter change, Paycheck Protection
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Program loans, e-bikes standards, Vermont National Guard tuition benefits, purple star campuses, legal pupil definition changes and adjutant general candidate minimum requirements. I served on three committees in the Legislature, the Senate committees on transportation, education, and joint information technology oversight. A small but important part of the transportation bill passed by both houses is a Burlington International Airport working group study report to be developed over the next 18 months. This effort has $150,000 — 90 percent from the federal government — to support a committee of seven individuals representing the communities most directly connected to the county airspace used by the Burlington International Airport. This will be an important effort to give more voice to the public, which owns the airspace that this asset uses to generate all its revenues. This same transportation bill has record investments in electric vehicle charging infrastructure, paving improvements to fix those rough roads we all know too well, and a very important $1.2 million state allocation to keep public transit fare free for another year while maintaining service levels. To address climate challenges, we need to get out of our single occupancy vehicles — and fare-free public transit has shown to increase ridership. As we come out of this pandemic, this will be an important opportunity to show how state investments in public transit can work to reduce traffic, reduce carbon emissions, and give more time for people to safely multi-task during their commute. In the Senate Committee on Education, we spent a great deal of time on the pupil weighting formula, the withdrawal processes for unified school
districts and supervisory unions, anti-discriminatory standards for recognized independent schools that receive public tuition dollars and a sensible statewide school mascot policy. We made progress on many other important issues including an Agency of Education report on kindergarten entrance-age policies throughout Vermont and how we might allow fully remote days to still count toward the 175 mandatory school days in years to come. Throughout conversations in committee, in the hallways, over coffee or over Zoom, I was a consistent voice advocating for sensible gun safety measures and we should all feel proud of S.4, the now passed law that prohibits firearms in hospitals and gives judges the explicit power to order guns removed under relieffrom-abuse orders in domestic violence situations. This important legislation also narrows the Charleston Loophole, strengthening our background checks system. I was just one voice of many advocating for this important work and I applaud Sen. Philip Baruth, Rep. Martin LaLonde, Rep. Alyssa Black, as well as many others, for leading this important effort. Similarly, I am very proud of our collective accomplishments to address our housing crisis with S.226, led brilliantly by Sen. Michael Sirotkin. We should all be proud of this important bill that makes immediate investments and policy changes for our housing needs that should have long-term benefits. It has been an honor to serve with Sirotkin and if you all give me another term to serve, I hope to one day be at least half as an effective senator as he has been through his storied career in the Legislature. These housing investments, coupled with our important old forest policy improvements and our historic investments in electric vehicle charging infrastructure, are important steps forward addressing our climate crisis. We have more work to do but I hope we are all proud of the direction we are going in. It has been an honor to represent you in the General Assembly over the past two years. I hope my service has earned your support for another term and I welcome any opportunity to hear from you on how I could serve in this role better. Reach me at thomas.chittenden@gmail.com, thomaschittenden.com or 802-233-1913.
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Diocese hires David Young to run Vermont’s Catholic school system Outgoing South Burlington school district superintendent David Young is the new super of Vermont’s Catholic schools, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington has announced. Young began his teaching and administrative career in Fairfax before serving as the principal of the Georgia Elementary School for 10 years. He has spent the last 17 years with the South Burlington School District. He started at South Burlington as the assistant superintendent and served as the superintendent for the last 11 years. “David Young’s extensive leadership experience as an assistant superintendent and superintendent will be a great asset to our Catholic school system,” Burlington Bishop Christopher Coyne said. “We are confident he will build
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upon the strong academic and faith-based education our schools currently offer and lead them to new heights.” Young received a bachelor’s degree from Norwich University
and served in the U.S. Army as an officer before returning to his alma mater for a master’s in education administration. “I look forward to the opportunity to support Bishop Coyne and the leaders in the Vermont Catholic schools,” said Young. “I believe that relationship development leads to trust, and with that formation, honest and reflective outcomes emerge.” Young grew up in Burlington and currently lives in South Burlington with his wife, Linda. They have three children, Austin, Anna and Connor, and a son-inlaw, Colden. Three of the four are educators. His daughter Anna and son-inlaw, Colden Golann, welcomed a baby girl, Kate Elodie Golann, into their family on May 12.
Minier will run for South Burlington House seat vacated by Killacky board members, district officials, students, parents, and community members. What was achieved in the end owed a great deal to our community’s input and was the better for it. Should I be fortunate enough to be elected, I hope you will join me in making South Burlington and all of Vermont even better than they already are.
Political Notebook Brian Minier My name is Brian Minier, and I would like to reintroduce myself to the South Burlington community. I was elected to the South Burlington School Board in 2019 and served until March. My time on the school board was fascinating and rewarding, offering me a wealth of insight into both local education and local politics. During those three years, the board tackled enormous issues. In addition to typical work like building school budgets and negotiating contracts, we continued assessing and addressing our schools’ infrastructure needs, pivoted quickly to pandemic-era education, drafted a long-overdue equity policy, and much more. When I stepped down from the board two months ago, I did not imagine that our community’s issues had been solved, but I remain hopeful that the groundwork has been laid to move forward. I left the school board to take some time with family and consider what form of public service would be next for me. The opportunity came quickly, when I learned that my district’s representative, John Killacky, would not be running again. To be clear: while I am thankful for this opportunity to serve my community, I was quite pleased
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having Killacky as my representative, and I would have been delighted for him to carry on. In his stead I offer this: I will do my best to represent the interests of the people in my district while trying to make our town and our state a place where all feel at home and all can succeed. I will bring the same qualities that made me an effective board member: I listen carefully to all sides; I quickly synthesize a great deal of information; and I communicate the reasons for my decisions clearly. My time on the board strengthened my belief that the best decisions are reached only after considering a broad range of perspectives. Perhaps the clearest example of this was the creation of the district’s equity policy. The final policy was reached only after several months, multiple drafts and input from fellow
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Bills pass, die at governor’s desk Local legislators talk new blood at final forum AVALON STYLES-ASHLEY STAFF WRITER
A mass retirement seems to be turning over the Vermont General Assembly and South Burlington is not immune. Over a third of the state’s senatorial body and over half of House committee chairs won’t seek reelection next session, including one of South Burlington’s senators and three of its representatives. “It is a little scary that we are losing all of this seniority and expertise, because that’s worth a lot,” said one South Burlington resident during a legislative forum at the public library Monday following the session’s end. The lawmakers acknowledged the impending loss, noting how, for example, Rep. Maida Townsend’s committee on appropriations, which crafts the state budget, will be losing seven members and be left with four who have only served on the committee for one biennium. But it’s time for new blood, Townsend and her peers said. At the forum, Sen. Thomas Chittenden and representatives
Townsend, Martin LaLonde and John Killacky recalled some of the peaks and valleys from the legislative session.
Common ground on pension reform Chittenden and Townsend both included legislators’ work on reforming state pensions in their highlights for the session. They passed a bill in April that is expected to reduce the state’s unfunded retirement liability by funding other post-employment benefits and modifying the structure of the state employees’ retirement system. The bill, which was vetoed by Gov. Phil Scott but passed in a unanimous override, will reduce the pension liability by about $2 billion via one-time allocations of $200 million from the general fund and $13.3 million from the education fund, according to the joint fiscal office. Current retirees, beneficiaries or other vested members won’t see any changes to benefits, but active members will see higher contribution rates moving forward.
South Burlington Police Blotter Total Incidents: 225 Welfare checks: 18 Traffic stops: 18 Alarms: 16 Larceny: 14 Directed patrols: 12 Agency assists: 11 Public assists: 10 Trespass orders: 8 Mental health issues: 7 May 15 at 4:22 a.m., someone complained of noise on Queen City Park Road. May 15 at 9:02 a.m., police responded to Laurel Hill Drive for a report of public intoxication. May 15 between 9:42 and 9:51 p.m., an officer conducted two traffic stops on Shelburne Road. May 16 at 9:23 a.m., a car crash on Dorset Street caused property damage to the vehicles but no injuries. May 16 at 3:06 p.m., police assisted a member of the public at F.H. Tuttle Middle School. May 17 at 12:03 p.m., police investigated a reported sex offense on Anderson Parkway. May 17 at 4:55 p.m., police assisted responding to a
reported suicide attempt. May 18 at 12:02 p.m., a vehicle was reported stolen from Allen Road. May 18 at 10:40 a.m., someone reported a case involving threats and harassment at Olive Garden on Shelburne Road. May 19 at 7:05 a.m., a car crash near the intersection of Hinesburg and Williston Road resulted in damage to the vehicles but no injuries. May 19 at 11:01 a.m., police responded to 350 Dorset Street for a report of drugs. May 20 at 11:41 a.m., a mental health issue brought police assistance to Lime Kiln Road. May 20 at 2:42 p.m., a car reportedly fled the scene of a crash on Dorset Street. May 21 at 10:37 a.m., police responded to Berard Drive for a report of larceny. May 21 at 1:26 p.m., an officer checked on the wellbeing of someone on Nowland Farm Road and Dorset Street. May 22 at 11:01 a.m., someone reported unlawful mischief and vandalism
on Suburban Square. May 22 at 1:11 p.m., police responded to Olive Garden on Shelburne Road for a reported animal problem. Arrests: Sharon S. Brailsford, 53, of Colchester, was arrested May 16 for violating the conditions of release. Albert J. Plewa, 31, of Shelburne, was arrested May 17 for violating the conditions of release. Kevin J. Miller, 35, of Swanton, was arrested May 18 for driving after criminal license suspension. Zoe Clark, 18, of Burlington, was arrested May 21 for grand larceny. Untimely Deaths: May 20 at 2:17 p.m., police responded to the untimely death of Jesse Terry, 50, of South Burlington. The medical examiner’s office is determining cause of death. Note: The incidents above are not a full recount of police activity, rather a highlight of some of the events that occurred.
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Weight and meaning of a million heed? Each of us doing what we can, when we can. For adults, there are easy ways Carole Vasta Folley to do so. Wearing a mask indoors in public spaces. We all have One million. On a good day, them now; it wouldn’t even cost it sounds rosy and abundant. Like anything. Masks are still required one million dollars. A million-dolat doctor’s offices. These medical lar smile. You look like a million bucks. Or thanks a million. But not professionals are taking reasonable precautions, why can’t more of us? today. I ask because lately at superToday, the word million markets and big box stores, I’m lost any possible luster. It’s the often among the few wearing one. number of people who have died Maybe the accommodation can of COVID-19 in our country. Add be to mask-up now and to that, over five million then, especially when more people worldwide there’s an uptick in who have been taken by cases. this virus. I remember getting Are there even words vaccinated as a kid. to describe this ravage? Lining up in the school Tragic. Unthinkable. gymnasium, rolling Perhaps the worst? up my sleeve to get Ongoing. Some call it immunized against the single most catamumps and measles, strophic event in our Carole Vasta Folley never understanding the nation’s history. Yet this miracle of it all. At the milestone of one million Smithsonian, you can deaths happened as if it were just see quarantine signs used in the another day. No united mourning 1920s to prevent the spread of the and recognition; no candles lit same thing I was getting a shot for. throughout the land. Quarantine warnings that doctors “Cripes,” you might be thinking. “As if I need to read one more rendered useless by creating vaccines for infectious diseases we article about this pandemic.” no longer even talk about. I hear you and agree. After Someday, may it be so for the years of dashboards, forecasts, coronavirus. testing, and tracking, I too feel It’s jaw-dropping and crushing weary of it all. to know that close to a third of Weary, but not done. Because the perished million could have this virus is not done. I know we can’t be plugged into the pandemic been averted if all adults had been vaccinated. This according to all the time, that too is unhealthy. Brown School of Public Health, But we also cannot turn away. in collaboration with Brigham and In respect to the millions lost, Women’s Hospital, Harvard T.H. shouldn’t we continue to take
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Chan School of Public Health, and Microsoft AI for Health. Meanwhile, here we are, decades later, a country at odds with a vaccine that would have saved hundreds of thousands of lives, 319,000 to be exact. It sounds callous when death is calculated in such large numbers. It doesn’t account for the individual loss. The empty chair at the dinner table. The missing parent at a wedding. The phone call you can never make again. The bright-beautiful, messy, complex and complicated life that would have continued to make a difference. Maybe to just one or to the world. But does it matter which? For, to each person, their person is the world. We humans struggle with grief. It’s too much to swallow. How can I breathe if who I love cannot? When confronted with the faceless loss of millions, sometimes all we can do is get up in the morning, go to work and soldier on. After all, taking action is a tonic, a neutralizing agent per se, to such jumbled feelings of sadness and overwhelmingness. Do something. Anything. My personal ever-changing and growing to-do list includes getting boosters when available and appropriate. Wearing a mask indoors in public spaces. And when I feel overcome with this pandemic, I’ll remember there’s no room to feel “over it” until it is over. I’ll light a candle in honor of the millions who were taken by this virus. Never in a million years would I have guessed it’d come to this. Carole Vasta Folley is a Vermont award winning playwright and columnist. Contact her at carolevf.com.
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House passes important bills on firearms, adoption, racial disparity Legislative Update Rep. Martin LaLonde The Legislature’s work in the 2021-22 biennium resulted in major accomplishments, including investing significant funds in housing and workforce development, putting the state’s public pensions on a path to sustainability, and assisting vulnerable Vermonters. The House Committee on
Judiciary, on which I serve, also produced important legislation that may not have received as much attention. Below, I focus on four of those bills from this past session.
Firearm safety Some of our most at-risk Vermonters are those fleeing domestic violence. Most homicides in Vermont are domestic violence-related, and usually involve a firearm. Act 87 helps
address this danger by clarifying that judges can order the relinquishment of firearms in an emergency relief from abuse order to remove guns from emotional, potentially dangerous situations. The law advances other important public safety measures. It removes firearms from potentially volatile situations — and protects frontline health care workers — by banning firearms from hospitals. The law also
Letters to the Editor Clean heat standard is just more snake oil To the Editor: I have a few brief comments about Rep. Martin LaLonde’s touting of the Legislature’s clean heat standard. (“New standard will offer Vermonters choices for clean, affordable heat,” The Other Paper, April 28, 2022) Lalonde uses the amorphous term climate change, which replaced the term global warming —which replaced the global cooling scare — when, it turned out, actual temperature measurements belied predictions of drastic warming. Climate change is said to explain every weather disaster, video of which, in today’s connected world is immediately displayed on our devices, leading us to believe that these events are becoming more frequent and severe. Fortunately, they are not. Weather-related deaths declined 99 percent over the last century. That is not a climate crisis. He also wrongly labels carbon dioxide a pollutant. Pollutants are harmful or poisonous substances, sulfur dioxide, for example, that contaminate water, air or land. In contrast, carbon dioxide occurs naturally in the atmosphere and is essential to photosynthesis and hence to all life. The more carbon dioxide, the better plants grow. Lalonde says reducing fossil fuel reliance by weatherizing or switching to other fuels will save Vermonters money. Maybe, but nothing prevents Vermont builders and homeowners from taking these supposed money saving actions now. What he means is that he knows better than individual owners what is best for them. This kind of hubris has resulted in countless man-made disasters. See, for example, Sri Lanka’s current food crisis. Lalonde admits that fuel dealers “may” raise prices to recoup his law’s cost. A business that does not recoup its costs is unsustainable so, of course,
fuel prices will rise. If he is so confident, he should be willing to personally post bond to compensate every owner harmed by higher prices. Unless and until he does, beware. Lalonde’s contention that this will reduce price volatility is contrary to an ironclad economic law: prices for substitute goods, such as propane, oil and biofuels, which also emit carbon dioxide, run in parallel. Fuel prices can be volatile, which is a problem when, as now, prices are rising. The legislation’s tax on fuel dealers will hurt, not help, that situation. The forgoing just scratches the surface. If a politician tries to sell you something that is too good to be true, it is. Think critically. Don’t buy it. Sheldon Katz South Burlington
Rock the belt, law enforcement officials say To the Editor: As we approach Memorial Day weekend, which historically has marked the start of the busy summer travel season, law enforcement agencies are urging everyone to buckle up when hitting the road. On May 23, state, county and local officers from Vermont and New York joined agencies across the U.S. to kick off the annual Click It or Ticket law enforcement mobilization. On this date, law enforcement agencies from bordering states joined forces across the nation to provide increased seatbelt education and enforcement in highly visible locations near state borders, sending a message to the public that seatbelt use is required no matter what state you’re in. This year marks the 20th anniversary of both Vermont’s and New York’s participation in the national Click it or Ticket campaign. In 2002, the year that
Vermont and New York first joined the national Click it or Ticket campaign, the nationwide seatbelt use rate was 75 percent. Today, the national estimate is just over 90 percent. In Vermont last year our rate measured is 89.2 percent. We are inviting the public to join us and make this our year to push Vermont’s use rate over 90 percent. For this year’s “Border to Border” event we are partnering with Students Against Destructive Decisions chapters from Vermont and New York. Research by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicates that motor vehicle crashes are the No. 1 killer of teens today, with more than half of those deaths being teens that were unbuckled while driving or riding in a vehicle. The student group’s “Rock the Belt” program is designed to address these statistics through education and engaging activities for high- and middle-school students. The annual two-week Click It or Ticket national law enforcement mobilization goes through June 5. Vermont law enforcement agencies and the Click It or Ticket Task Force will be using roving patrols and checkpoints on roadways identified as having higher unbelted crash rates. Officers will be enforcing aggressive driving, speeding, distracted driving and impaired driving violations during this period. These are the leading causes of serious crashes and for those motorists we encounter, wearing your seat belt will not be optional. Lt. Allen Fortin Chittenden/Franklin County highway safety coordinator Chittenden County Sheriff’s Office Paul White Law enforcement liaison Vermont State Highway Safety Office
protects Vermonters by extending the amount of time someone must wait to purchase a firearm when their criminal background check is delayed.
Racial disparity in criminal justice Vermonters of color make up a disproportionate number of incarcerated people in our state. To help identify and address the sources of these disparities, we need better data from the state’s criminal justice system. To that end, H.546 creates a Division of Racial Justice Statistics. The new division will collect data on individual interactions with law enforcement, state’s attorneys, Vermont courts, the department of corrections and other entities to uncover and remedy systemic racial bias and disparities in our criminal and juvenile justice system. An advisory council has also been created to incorporate the data collected into suggestions for concrete actions the Legislature can take as it strives to make our state welcoming to people of all racial and ethnic backgrounds.
Adoption records Act 100 allows adopted Vermonters to access their original birth certificates. During testimony on this bill, many adoptees spoke movingly on how incomplete they felt and how difficult it was to move on without having birth documents — access that most Vermonters take for granted. With passage of this law, adopted Vermonters — over 30,000 of our neighbors — will own their history in a way previously denied to them. It also creates a registry for future birth parents to clarify if they wish to be
contacted by children they gave up for adoption. This registry also allows them to share any information they wish their birth children to know, making this process kinder for both birth parents and adoptees.
Medical monitoring and toxic substances Over the past several years, Vermonters have been disturbed to learn of several instances of toxic contamination in our state. People exposed to these toxic substances often have no way of knowing what the long-term consequences could be for their health. They also may not have the financial means to afford the medical monitoring that could catch health issues at an early stage, when treatment would be most beneficial. Act 93 provides a cause of action for compelling the party responsible for exposure to a toxic substance to cover the costs of medical monitoring to those affected by the contamination. It lifts a burden of uncertainty off Vermonters coping with long-term health concerns through no fault of their own. One effort that did not make it across the finish line involved restructuring Vermont’s criminal code. The House passed three bills that dealt with this issue — H.87, H.475 and H.505 — but the Senate Committee on Judiciary was unable to take them up before the session ended. I am excited to be running to return to the Statehouse and, if I am reelected, one of my priorities will be to finish this work. If you have any questions or thoughts on the foregoing, contact me at 802-863-3086 or mlalonde@leg. state.vt.us.
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COMMUNITY Community Notes City plans Memorial Day ceremony on Friday South Burlington holds its Memorial Day ceremony Friday, May 27, at Veterans Memorial Park at 10 a.m. Join the ceremony next to the entrance to the Pathway of Honor. The rain site is city hall.
Democrats hold candidate forum in Shelburne Democrats in South Burlington, Shelburne and Charlotte are co-hosting a U.S. Congressional candidate forum Tuesday, May 31, from 6:30-8 p.m. in the Shelburne Town Hall, both in person and virtually. The forum will be moderated by longtime Vermont journalist Terri Hallenbeck and feature Democratic Party primary candidates Vermont Sen. Becca Balint, Lt. Gov. Molly Gray, Vermont Sen. Kesha Ram-Hinsdale, and
Sianay Clifford, all vying for the state’s lone Congressional seat now held by Rep. Peter Welch. Dr. Louis Meyers is also a Democratic candidate in the primary. More at facebook.com/shelburnedemocrats For virtual access, go to mediafactory.org/Shelburne. Submit questions ahead of time at forms. gle/SpYcpK4eZUkyBAdQ9.
program and provides a means of comparing students in all regions of the U.S. The association is dedicated to the advancement and improvement of the teaching of language, literature and culture of German-speaking countries. Rinelli and Berger are students of Polly Vanderputten, German teacher at South Burlington High School.
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Nicolas Rinelli, a student at South Burlington High School, has been awarded the Gold Medal and special recognition on the National German Exam Honor Roll for outstanding performance on the 2022 exam for high schoolers. Lukas Berger, also a student at South Burlington, received the Bronze Medal for his performance on the exam this year.
Rinelli and Berger received the awards after scoring in the 90th and 70th percentiles, respectively, on the level two national German exam sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of German. Over 15,200 students participated in the exam this year. The National German Exam, now in its 62nd year, rewards students through an extensive prize
Elaine Greenfield of South Burlington will give a concert Friday, May 27, 7 p.m., at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 2 Cherry St., Burlington, to celebrate the release of her new recording, “Ravel Compared.” The concert will be repeated Sunday, May 29, 3 p.m., at the Richmond Free Library, 201 Bridge St. At the concerts Greenfield will share insights into her 8-year
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Credit union gets worksite wellness award Vermont Federal Credit Union was recently awarded the Governor’s Excellence in Worksite Wellness Award and achieved gold-level recognition. The award highlights worksites around the state and their efforts to promote the health and wellness of employees. Ongoing wellness programs at the credit union include challenges, nutrition classes, community supported agriculture and farm sharing, discounted gym memberships and employee assistance programs. Vermont Federal Credit Union has seven locations throughout the state, including South Burlington.
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PRIDE rock gets annual spring spruce up Players from the 56-year-old South Burlington Dolphins youth football program, Alec LeClair, Michel Bergeron and Ryan Steele returned to their home field to polish the PRIDE rock, created by Dolphins’ program founder Rene LaBerge with the help of Barrett Tree Service. The rock was created in memory of lost teammates and a former
coach. With the slogan, “Once a Dolphin always a Dolphin,” thousands of South Burlington young people have learned lifelong lessons characterized by the team’s motto: P.R.I.D.E — Personal Responsibility for Individual Daily Effort. With sadness but always acknowledging the motto, two new names have been added with the tragic loss of a father and son in
two different accidents — Michael A. Loyer and his son, Michael B. Loyer Many visitors stop by the rock at the edge of Jaycee Park to read the inscriptions and to absorb what it represents. Current and former players touch the rock each time they are near it and sometime bring their children to reflect on the good times from their pasts.
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Running the Alpine Shop has been about learning on their feet and pivoting for owners Andy and Becky Kingston, who bought the ski shop with little experience in the retail industry. After about 12 years, and a recent move to a new space on Shelburne Road, they’ve managed to maintain the nostalgic feel of the iconic shop while also making it their own.
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continued from page 1 off with music from local bands, piping hot samples from the Waffle Cabin installed at the back of the store, and local beer and wine for sipping while shopping — one of the other recent changes that add to that entertainment experience Kingston spoke about. “I think it’s kind of genius,” said Fischer Van Gulden, operations manager and product buyer at Alpine, who started with the company in 2007 and joined the South Burlington team in 2011. “Introducing that mindset that it’s a different type of store, with a theme and entertaining things to do throughout — you’re almost walking in for the experience of it. You build these memories with your customers so down the line they’re going to want to come back, tell their friends, show their family members this behind-thescenes buzz.” Van Gulden was attracted to Alpine after realizing a love for the world of outdoor retail — a unique corner of the market that he said is almost indescribable. “There’s something so magnetically attractive about it. It’s literally just about having fun and being in the outdoors. We sell the equipment that provides that, and we get to be part of that industry every day that we work,” he said. “We are all like-minded people who really love what we do.” That friendly magnetism also attracted the Kingstons to Alpine, Becky recalled, and it’s remained at the center of the shop as it’s grown over the years. Before the pair moved back to Vermont 12 years ago, they lived in Boston where Becky had spent
time in professional fundraising and Andy had made a name for himself running an empire of radio stations, leading its parent media company and moving on to grow a major music booking platform for indie bands. But family time proved rare and special amid all of Andy’s work travel, so the pair decided they needed a “lifestyle change,” he said. “We were also at a point where we wanted to own something.” “— and attempt to work together,” Becky added smiling. “That was our challenge and it worked out.”
Hello, goodbye The location of the business isn’t the only thing that’s changed recently. Like many other retail businesses, Alpine Shop closed briefly during the height of the pandemic and continued to feel the pains of COVID-19-related rules, supply chain issues and a fluctuating customer base. “In the past two years we keep on pivoting, coming up with ways to deal with hurdles that are thrown our way,” Andy Kingston explained. “You can’t continue to do business the same way year in and year out. You need to keep thinking about your business and how do we evolve.” The addition of the Waffle Cabin at the back of the store is an example of that, as is the business’s foray into new sports like golf and stand-up paddle boarding. The way Becky Kingston explains it: “Life’s short, eat waffles.”
Next to the Waffle Cabin is the golf hitting bay, a new feature to boost the recent foray into golf gear. Both Andy Kingston and Van Gulden are pumped to get into the business, already claiming the top spot in Vermont as the state’s largest local golf supplies store. But while she giveth golf and waffles, she also taketh away. The store’s bike stock sold out quickly during the height of the pandemic and supply chain pressures hampered their ability to restock, triggering a decision to eliminate their bike business entirely. They soon replaced their bike business with stand-up paddleboards, as that sector of the outdoor industry saw a boom during the height of the pandemic. Within a month, they made up for all the business lost over bike sales, he said. Like the original sign, shutters and register, the Alpine Shop core hasn’t really changed, however. “Forward positivity” has sort of become the Kingston’s motto. It started the day they took over Alpine Shop and it’s now at the top of the list of values they consider when hiring new people. Part of it is about learning from mistakes — and then moving forward, Becky Kingston said. “We learned in the early years by a lot of mistakes. Every year we’re still learning because we’re always having to change,” she said. “But for me, I do have three kids and management is like parenting. You try to listen, you try to get the best out of your co-workers, and you surround yourself with great, interesting, passionate people.”
not only does the airport have a plan to build its needed facilities in a different place, but that Longo plans to revitalize the surrounding land at the heart of the original request. “I heard you. I heard you loud and clear. We can build somewhere else,” he said, referring to the Chamberlin neighborhood and the airport rezoning task force, a city group formed in December that recommended against the airport’s request. “The way I’m thinking of it is a little bit reversed from how it’s been thought about, where we have a responsibility to make sure that we are a good neighbor... We are growing. That’s a really good thing. But we can grow respectfully with the neighborhood’s thoughts, and certainly their expertise. They live here, they see everything that we don’t necessarily see,” he said. The task force unanimously voted April 28 against the airport’s request, arguing that the neighborhood has already suffered enough from F-35 jet noise, the removal of hundreds of homes, the loss of critical affordable housing and the disintegration of its community. On May 10, the South Burlington Planning Commission also voted to deny the request. Monica Ostby, who served on the task force and is also a member of the planning commission, said that what stood out to her as the members considered the pros and cons of rezoning Kirby Street Extension was how vital it is to prioritize Chamberlin neighborhood as they move forward on the comprehensive plan. “I want the people of Chamberlain neighborhood to know from all of us that they’re not alone, that it’s not just on them because I believe that the comp plan needs to very clearly, more clearly than it did the last time, cite the importance of that neighborhood to the entire city. That’s our city. It’s our neighborhood. And we all cherish it,” she said. While representatives from the airport have remained relatively quiet through the winter and spring as the task force studied the rezoning question, Longo attended the planning commission meeting as task force co-chairs Kim Robison and Carmine Sargent presented their recommendations to announce that the airport would build its needed facilities in a different place. The airport now plans to build a new maintenance shop on the other side of the fence separating the 11 acres from land zoned for aviation use, in an area that still has access to the runway and has the space for potential future
needs, like a small hangar. The Federal Aviation Administration also recently granted the airport millions in funding to build the new maintenance shop — something they didn’t have when the task force started — which has Longo eager to get started on the design and the other pins that need to fall into place for the FAA to reimburse funding. For the Kirby Street Extension area, which was once dotted with houses and now resembles a small undeveloped park, Longo is planning a landscape master plan with sidewalks, bike path connectivity, benches, landscaping in the green spaces, maintenance to the nearby cemetery and overall preservation of the area as a noise buffer zone.
Tensions fly Robison, a resident of Chamberlin who served as co-chair of the task force, said she’s cautiously optimistic following Longo’s announcement. She’s glad the community was heard since it’s often felt ignored. She also feels more confident in Longo’s leadership so far than his predecessor, Gene Richards, who was fired last summer following an investigation into workplace misconduct and harassment allegations. “He is excited, he spent quite a bit of time talking with us and he seems sincere,” she said. “I don’t want to paint him with his predecessor’s colors.” “If this design happens it’ll go a long way to making the community feel better,” she added, but “talk is cheap.” Over the last few months, agitation between those for and against the rezoning request has bubbled up in task force meetings and city council meetings, on social media and in person, even sparking a group of residents to canvass the neighborhood and create a petition with over 200 signatures to deny the rezoning. The task force’s final report emphasizes Chamberlin as a holdout of crucial affordable housing in a steeply increasing market. It represents “an original ‘missing middle’ neighborhood,” filled with modest single-family homes, apartments, condos and duplexes, according to the report. Many residents suggested that houses could one day return, but Longo does not see that happening. “That’s not a possibility,” he said. The cost to pay back the FAA, which funded the airport’s buyout of land throughout Chamberlin neighborhood in the early and mid 2000s, would be “significant,” he said, and it’s unlikely they would be able to recover the cost.
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continued from page 4 Additional payments from the state tion” to provide students access to toward the unfunded liability will resources, regardless of where they continue beginning in 2024 and live. again in 2026. “This is going to make that very A similar effort to reform the complicated formula to achieve system took place last year, but that equitable access to resourcunions and public employees es even more complicated, if you voiced loud oppocan imagine, but sition over higher it will, I would “We needed 100 contributions and argue, also make votes to overcome reportedly smaller it fairer. It will benefits packages. not penalize but the governor’s The newly minted will reduce the bill was based on taxing capacity veto and we got 99 recommendations on some districts from a task force while increasing votes. It was kind created last year. the tax capacity “Everyone right on others,” he of a heartbreaking up to the last minute said. I think thought it Based on the moment.” was impossible, notion that not because it was just every student — Rep. John Killacky needs the same such a bear. But ultimately, it was resources or unanimous agreement within the services to learn, the state metatask force, and also a unanimous phorically weighs every student vote of support in both chambers of based on several factors, such as the Legislature. It’s the beginning. whether English is a student’s first It’s not the end,” Townsend said. language, and a district’s cut of state funding fluctuates based on Ed spending complexities that pupil weight. The new law adds and changOn another side of education spending, Chittenden noted the es some of those weighting factors pros and cons of a bill that recent- to increase access and equity in ly won Scott’s approval that will school funding. “While the current per pupil alter how public school education weighting formula is out of date, it is funded in Vermont. “The state of Vermont has is just one symptom of an unequal — I’m gonna say it — the most system of education, with increascomplicated funding formula for ing costs and decreasing opportupublic education in the country,” nities, that requires fundamental he said, adding that he believes reform. While S.287 does not rise the state also has “the fairest solu- to this level, I am signing it based
on its goal of improving equity for all students and schools through updated pupil weighting,” Scott wrote in a letter to the General Assembly after signing the law.
Big budget The state budget is the biggest in state history, clocking in at $8.3 billion. LaLonde and Killacky both applauded Townsend, who’s served on the House Committee on Appropriations for 10 years, for knowing where almost every dollar is in the budget. One specific highlight is $11 million being allocated to launch regional dispatch centers across the state, an effort that South Burlington has been at the forefront of with other neighboring communities in the Chittenden County Public Safety Authority. “It quickly became my personal mission to not let that just go up in smoke,” Townsend said.
he said. “Property owners will be less willing to take the risk of renting to individuals who are perceived to be greater risks, whether that’s based on income level, past rental history, experience with homelessness or the criminal justice system, are being resettled from countries in distress or other factors.” “We needed 100 votes to overcome the governor’s veto and we got 99 votes. It was kind of a heartbreaking moment,” Killacky said. As far as clean heat, Scott argued that the costs and impacts of the bill are still unknown and that too much authority would have been delegated to the public utility commission. LaLonde called it their “primary climate bill” this biennium that took a lot of time and effort to pass. The drug use standards bill
would have determined the “benchmark personal use dosage and benchmark personal use supply” for each regulated and nonregulated drug, with the overall goal of reducing criminalization of personal drug use. But Scott argued that the bill rids law enforcement as a useful tool and places “no limits on which drugs can be contemplated for legalization,” he wrote. “But those still pale in comparison to the pension stuff that we did, the tens of millions of dollars that we put into climate assistance, the money that we put into clean water — there’s so many things that we accomplished,” LaLonde said. A summer session isn’t out of the question and sitting Statehouse members will still be working through the end of their term this winter.
Veto power A few bills the legislators were hopeful about died when they hit the governor’s desk, including a charter change for the city of Burlington that banned no-cause evictions, creation of a clean heat standard, and a drug use standards advisory board within the Vermont Sentencing Commission. Scott opposed the Burlington city charter change, arguing that banning no-cause evictions could discourage property owners from renting to “vulnerable prospective tenants, or to rent their units at all,”
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LEO
March 21 - April 20 You may be questioning some of your relationships this week, Aries. Periodic reflection is good for your long-term well-being, but move ahead with caution.
TAURUS
July 23 - Aug. 23 Has your love life affected your professional ambitions lately, Leo? Take a step back and analyze the situation to see what you can change for the better.
VIRGO
April 21 - May 21 Taurus, finding balance between your professional life and your home life may be challenging this week. Try not to hurry through your decision-making process.
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Aug. 24 - Sept. 22 Take some time to audit your health, Virgo. What you eat, how much you are sleeping, how often you are exercising these are all factors that may require some change.
LIBRA
May 22 - June 21 Typical routines just aren’t fulfilling you lately, Gemini. Avoid succumbing to frustration and dissatisfaction by trying a new hobby or brainstorming ways you can change.
CANCER June 22 - July 22 Avoid comparing yourself to friends and colleagues, Cancer. You may need a confidence boost, so hang around friends and family who have your back
Sept. 23 - Oct. 23 Libra, watch out for power struggles at work, especially if you feel they are causing you to be treated unfairly. Bring issues to a supervisor if it comes to it.
SCORPIO Oct. 24 - Nov. 22 Scorpio, fatigue may catch up with you if you have not been pacing yourself or taking enough time to care for yourself. Slow down and take a mental health day . or two.
SUDOKU Here’s How It Works: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!
SAGITTARIUS Nov. 23 - Dec. 21 You may be more sensitive than usual this week, Sagittarius. You may feel like family or friends are judging you, but that’s not necessarily so.
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AQUARIUS Jan. 21 - Feb. 18 Aquarius, you may be seeking greener pastures, both at home and in your professional life. Impatience can get the best of you, but a change will happen over time.
PISCES Feb. 19 - March 20 You may have a tough time relating to others this week, Pisces. You view the world through a creative lens even when others don’t.
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South Burlington 15, Middlebury 3: The South Burlington girls’ Ultimate Frisbee team grabbed its seventh win Thursday, beating Middlebury. Clare Margulius had three goals and three assists for the Wolves (7-1). Lily Hankes, Liz Toupin and Emme Vogt each tallied twice, while both Moriya Gelfenbein and Merideth Lambert put up one.
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South Burlington 2, St. Johnsbury 0: Nick Kelly pitched a complete game shutout to lead South Burlington to a 2-0 win over St. Johnsbury Friday. Keifer McGrath and Luke Fitzgerald each had a double to help the Wolves offense. South Burlington moves to 7-7.
South Burlington 7, Colchester 0: The boys team swept Colchester Saturday, May 21. Sriram Sethurman, Chris Bialas, James Bialas, Vihit Gupta and Mateo Duracak each had a straight set win in singles for the Wolves. Both Will Bradley and Yuyang Zhang, No. 1 doubles, and James Bradley and Nicolas Charlebois in No. 2 doubles won their matches.
South Burlington 8, BFA-St. Albans 7: Mercedes Rozzi scored the game winner with about a minute remaining Friday as South Burlington edged out BFA-St. Albans in girls’ lacrosse. Rozzi also assisted on Sam Crane’s tying goal just minutes earlier to help the Wolves pull out the narrow win. Crane had four goals, while Rozzi added one goal and two assists and Ava Goyette tallied twice. Greta Heldman made nine saves in goal.
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Middlebury 8, South Burlington 7: Middlebury scored with seconds remaining
Track and field The South Burlington track and field teams traveled to BFA-St. Albans for a relay competition, with the boys coming in second and the girls placing third. For the boys, Aidan Lybarger came in first in discus to pace the team and Vaughn Larkin finished second in pole vault. For the girls, the 4x100 shuttle hurdles team of Nora Clear, Izzy Laramee, Meagan Boyer and Mia Carmolli came in first, Samantha Chittenden and Clear went 1-2 in the high jump, and Alisa MacLean placed first in pole vault.