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SB school board chair steps down

Kate Bailey takes the seat

During a special meeting Aug. 16, South Burlington school board member Alex McHenry resigned as board chair following an emotional meeting a week earlier where complaints over his effectiveness bubbled to the surface.

Following an hour-long executive session, McHenry announced his decision citing a desire to dedicate more time to his family, career and personal ventures.

He then nominated Kate Bailey to take his seat. McHenry will remain on the board.

In a statement read by McHenry on behalf of the board, he apologized for the

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Rental registry, short-term ordinance takes shape

COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER

How stringent should South Burlington be in regulating short-term rentals? Should it even regulate them at all, or allow exemptions for property owners currently using South Burlington properties as short-term rentals?

While still months away from becoming city law, South Burlington’s rental registry and short-term rental ordinance is beginning to take shape. Since the start of the year, the city has been crafting an ordinance that would serve a dual function of creating a rental registry for the city’s more than 3,000 rental units, while also adding limits to the use of short-term rentals — a market domi-

nated by the likes of Airbnb and VRBO — within city limits.

Councilors during their Monday evening meeting debated how stringent to keep the draft ordinance that would regulate companies like Airbnb, and they heard from both property owners renting out homes as shortterm rentals and neighbors who say they’ve been negatively affected by them.

The registry, if created, would be the first step in regulating the city’s growing rental housing stock. The city last discussed the proposal in May, where councilors mulled where to put the office space needed for staff. Depending on the location, that could cost the city upwards of $1.8 million.

Annual fees levied on property owners of rental housing, meanwhile, was increased

to $110 per unit, except for buildings with greater than 40 units where the fee would be $90 per unit.

“The team estimates this is sufficient revenue to cover the reoccurring operating expenses of the new program, not including facility costs,” city officials said.

Currently, the city’s fire department is responsible for inspection of rental housing properties, but only does so when a tenant sends a complaint. The department has received only 55 complaints over the last two years.

The proposed ordinance would create an annual inspection mechanism to ensure the safety of rental housing in South Burlington, city councilor Tim Barritt said.

“If somebody is paying money to some-

body else to stay in a room, in a bedroom, in an apartment, in a detached dwelling, I want to make sure that it’s got hardwired interconnected, photoelectric smoke detectors with CO2 combo heads where they need to be, according to fire code,” he said.

But while most seem in agreement on the benefits of ensuring safety standards in all the city’s rental housing, the debate over the regulation of short-term rentals is far from settled.

“I just think we’re going to have to tweak some around the edges until we get it right where we want it,” Barritt said.

The ordinance would mandate that

PHOTO BY MIKE DEAN

Mike Dean of South Burlington captured this shot of a helicopter dropping rabies vaccine bait over South Burlington on Aug. 14.

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University to build undergrad housing

COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER

The University of Vermont last week announced plans to build an undergraduate housing complex in South Burlington, the second housing project announced in less than a year for undergraduate and graduate students in the city.

The complex, named Catamount Woods, would be an extension eastward from the University’s main campus in Burlington. The project will be built on property currently being used as a parking lot next to the neighboring DoubleTree Hotel — across from the Staples Plaza on Williston Road — and will include space for approximately 540 undergraduate students, university officials said.

“Building new housing is a top priority for the university,” said UVM’s president Suresh Garimella. “Catamount Woods will provide another attractive residential option for hundreds of our upper-level undergraduate students, offering them an opportunity to live on campus and enhancing the vibrancy of our community.”

Details of the project are still being finalized, but the project, a partnership with AAM 15, is expected to cost $100 million. The university’s investment would represent roughly a quarter of the total project cost.

“Our ability to move forward

with this project in a financially responsible way will yield significant benefits for UVM students and the university’s neighbors,” Ron Lumbra, chair of the university’s board of trustees, said.

The housing project comes just a year short of the announcement of Catamount Run, a development agreement inked between the university and local development company Snyder-Braverman.

Currently under construction, that development will feature 295 apartments for students in the school’s graduate and professional programs in South Burlington’s City Center — the city’s budding downtown hub where more than 400 housing units are either approved or are under construction.

The university has had a presence in South Burlington for years but has relied on Burlington to provide housing for many of its upper-class students living outside of the school’s dormitories. UVM reported just over 10,500 undergraduate students, according to data on the university’s website.

But that relationship has become strained as the state’s housing crisis has brought focus on the effect of the university’s enrollment on the region’s housing supply. A VTDigger report in March noted the political stalemate between the university and

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“Let the Light In” is showing at the South Burlington Public Art Gallery at 180 Market St. through Oct. 19. The exhibition explores the effect of light in art through the work of four Vermont artists, Liz Hawkes deNiord, Joy Huckins-Noss, Jill Madden and Julia Purinton. The artists utilize the absence of light, through shadow or obscurity, to showcase complex emotional themes, and also use the presence of light, through colors or patterns, to show similar complexity from a different perspective. Hours are Monday to Thursday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m., Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Shown here is deNiord’s, “Paramita I,” acrylic on canvas, 36”x36”.

city after its council in February tabled a zoning proposal for student housing at the site of the former Trinity College.

Councilors cited UVM’s role in the city’s housing crunch through growing enrollment, the

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report noted, and said they wanted a commitment from the university not to increase its undergraduate enrollment.

While city and university officials have said there is not a concerted effort to build student

housing in South Burlington, some see an obvious fit.

“From our point of view, rather than have students in our

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“When you’ve got a vacancy rate that’s under 1 percent, you don’t have a very healthy marketplace in terms of housing.”

— Richard Cate

EEE kicks off fall lecture series with Dr. Mark Levine

Education & Enrichment for Everyone, a lifelong learning organization established in 1990, has announced its fall schedule of lectures.

Lectures are held on Fridays from 2-3 p.m. at Faith United Methodist Church, 899 Dorset St., South Burlington and on Zoom.

To enroll in the series, mail a check for $55 per person payable to EEE, c/o Cathy Chamberlain, 2504 Brand Farm Road, South Burlington VT 05403. Include your mailing address, phone number and email. Memberships will also be accepted at the lectures.

Walk-ins for individual live lectures are also welcome. The fee is $8, check or cash, and payable at the door from non-members.

For more information, visit eeevermont.org, email info@eeevermont.org or call 802-343-5177.

Fall lectures

Friday, Sept. 8

“Public Health in Vermont” with Mark Levine, MD, Vermont commissioner of health

Friday, Sept. 15

“What’s So Great About Beethoven’s Fifth?” with Larry Hamberlin, recently retired professor of music, Middlebury College

Friday, Sept. 22

“A Deep Dive into the History of the Burlington Ravine” with architectural historian Britta Tonn

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single-family homes, we need to give them student housing,” city councilor Meaghan Emery said. “I have for years been talking about this need, and I see this as a big positive for UVM, and for our residents who need housing.”

It’s not necessarily the strategy of the university to build specifically in South Burlington; rather it’s “really more about where the opportunities lie,” said Richard Cate, UVM’s vice president of finance and administration.

With the city line between Vermont’s largest cities cutting right through campus, people are “used to seeing us building in Burlington,” he said. “But there are fewer opportunities obviously because Burlington is pretty well built up.”

The university, said South Burlington’s city manager Jessie Baker, “certainly is a significant partner of South Burlington — many of our residents work at the

Friday, Sept. 29

“Labor in the Food System” with Teresa Mares, associate professor of anthropology, and director for the graduate program in food systems, University of Vermont

Friday, Oct. 6

“Let Me Ask You This” with Jane Lindholm, host and producer of “But Why” and special projects, Vermont Public

Friday, Oct. 13

“State of the Economy: Vermont and Beyond” with Mike Pieciak, Vermont state treasurer

Friday, Oct. 20

“Electrifying Flight and Building the Work Force of the Future” with Tyler Seeholzer, team member, BETA Technologies

Friday, Oct. 27

“Rebel Memory: Indigenous Movements and Oral History in Bolivia” with journalist and UVM professor Benjamin Dangl

Friday, Nov. 3

“The 1960’s Fluxus Art Movement: Blurring Art and Live” with John Killacky, former Vermont representative and rxecutive director, Flynn Center

Friday, Nov. 10

“Enabling Renewable Energy Integration with Grid Flexibility” with Mads R. Almassalkhi, professor of electrical engineering, UVM

Friday, Nov. 17

“City Place: Burlington’s Long-awaited Project is On the Move!” with David C. Farrington Jr., president, Farrington Construction, and general manager of Cityplace Partners

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The goal of the university, Cate said, “is to have modern housing options for our upper-class students, and at the same time, try to relieve some of the pressure on the on the housing stock that’s currently available.”

“When you’ve got a vacancy rate that’s under 1 percent, you don’t have a very healthy marketplace in terms of housing,” he said.

The parties hope to begin the permitting process immediately, with the goal of breaking ground in early 2024 and to have the building ready for occupancy in time for the fall 2025 semester.

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CRIME & COURTS

Police arrest man who threatened Uber driver

MIKE DONOGHUE CORRESPONDENT

A man who South Burlington Police say pulled a gun on an Uber driver has been arrested after eluding officers for almost four days.

Roger W. Peay, 33, of Burlington pleaded not guilty in Vermont Superior Court Monday to a charge of aggravated assaulted with a deadly weapon.

Peay has a lengthy criminal record in Philadelphia that includes crimes involving firearms and assaults, police said in court papers. He was initially jailed for lack of $10,000 bail, but it was reduced to $2,500 in court.

The Uber driver said he had his life threatened by the gunman, who had apparently got into the wrong vehicle with his female companion near Church and College streets in downtown Burlington, about 10:30 p.m. Aug. 14, South Burlington police said.

Police said they were called to a disturbance at the parking

lot of Homeward Suites Hotel at 5 Dorset St. near Williston Road shortly before 11 p.m. Officers learned during the dispute a customer had brandished a handgun at the Uber driver, chief Shawn Burke said.

Police said the Uber driver maintained the gunman threated to kill him and that he feared for his life.

Peay and his companion both fled on foot but responding South Burlington police Cpl. Karen Chevalier first spotted the pair near the Interstate 89 overpass headed toward Burlington. By the time she and Sgt. Sean Pope got turned around at the Staples Plaza due to the divided highway, Peay was missing, police said.

The woman, later identified as Nicole Dashnow, 37, was taken into custody briefly, police said.

Dashnow agreed to a search of her backpack, where police found a Pope a Smith & Wesson

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Motor vehicle complaint: 12

Foot patrol: 12

Welfare check: 12

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Larceny from a structure: 6

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Simple assault: 4

Animal problem: 4

Juvenile problem: 3

Threats: 3

Disturbance: 3

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May 23 at 5:11 p.m., William F. Stevens, 37, of South Burlington, was arrested for false pretenses on Bower Street.

July 27 at 8:41 a.m., Devin F. Legassie, 32, no address provided, was arrested for aggravated operation without owner’s consent on Shelburne Road.

Aug. 14 at 10:54 p.m., Roger W. Peay, 33, of Burlington, was arrested for aggravated assault

on Dorset Street. (See related, this page)

Aug. 15 at 3:58 p.m., Odalis Azogue, 18, of Essex, was arrested for retail theft on Dorset Street.

Aug. 16 at 8:01 a.m., Joseph T. Desorda, 38, of Burlington, was arrested for driving with a criminally suspended license at Shelburne Road and Baldwin Avenue.

Aug. 16 at 5:33 p.m., Jessica M. Elder, 37, of Essex, was arrested on an in-state warrant on Bacon Street.

Aug. 16 at 9:24 p.m., Crystal A. Tavares, 36, of Shelburne, was arrested on Shelburne Road for operation without owner’s consent, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and assault on a law enforcement or rescue worker.

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OPINION

HOME Act moves the housing needle, but more work needed

From the House Rep. Emilie Krasnow

Historic flooding last month has had a deep impact on our state. It’s been heartbreaking to see the damage inflicted on people’s homes, businesses and agricultural community. It has also been heartening to see communities come together to help their neighbors and strangers who need support during this time. I want to thank the hundreds of South Burlington residents who have shown up for their friends across the state.

In a state with some of the lowest rental vacancy rates in the nation and one of the highest rates of homelessness, it’s clear that the floods will have a devastating effect on the state’s housing stock. On Aug. 15, I joined the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs for a flood recovery and housing hearing. We heard from town and city managers from municipalities that were deeply affected like Barre City, Johnson and Hardwick. We also heard from residents who lost everything in Montpelier.

We were also updated on the state of housing stock in Vermont and progress on the HOME Act (S.100). The HOME Act, passed this session, lays the groundwork for more affordable housing stock for Vermont’s working families. It updates land-use policies to encourage housing development where we want it — in vibrant, livable and walkable downtowns — while discouraging sprawl.

These land-use updates include zoning changes to enable more housing density, like allowing duplexes wherever

single-family homes are allowed and at least five housing units per acre in areas served by water and sewer.

It’s no secret that Vermont is experiencing a housing crisis. This seemingly intractable issue is connected to the intersecting crises in the child care system and workforce. Since adjournment I have been meeting with stakeholders and community members to build on successes of the HOME Act, and to identify where we can continue to expand on this in January. We all must dedicate ourselves to addressing the housing crisis and ensuring that every Vermonter has a warm, safe roof over their head.

July marked Parks and Recreation Month in Vermont. It’s a wonderful time to get outside to visit our parks, and to engage in the many programs and events South Burlington has to offer. It was an honor to introduce the members of the Vermont Recreation and Parks Association at the Statehouse in March. I introduced House Concurrent Resolution 22 recognizing July 2023 as Parks and Recreation Month in Vermont and designating July 21, 2023, as Vermont Parks and Recreation Professionals Day.

On a personal note, in May I welcomed my spunky new rescue dog Ben. He arrived from a shelter in Texas and is now a South Burlington resident. This has been a very difficult year of loss for me, and he fills me with joy every day.

One of our greatest joys and my happy place is the South Burlington Dog Park. You will find us there twice a day almost

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Rep. Emilie Krasnow’s new family member, Ben.

Can suburban neighborhoods become better, greener?

Guest Perspective

A recent argument by some wealthy homeowners that putting a paved bike path across a neighboring South Burlington-owned public park was bad for the environment stoked some incredulous reactions in the city and beyond.

Perhaps these nature-loving large-homeowners hadn’t heard that fossil fuel use for transportation is the leading source of climate-change causing emissions in Vermont, and that suburban lifestyles create four times the emissions as someone who lives in an urban center.

This is according to Tamura and Kane, writing for the Brookings Institute. They compared suburban areas around New York City with its population center, both of which enjoy better public transit systems than anywhere in Vermont.

Of course, South Burlington’s close proximity to jobs and shopping makes it an ideal place to add population with less climate impact, if it is done with intelligent, climate-focused design in mind.

Looking at many neighborhoods built in the last 10 years, one sees lawns that are mainly used to exercise lawn mowers.

Expansive lawns are quite

rare in Europe, where per capita fossil fuel use is one third to one half that of the U.S. We would do well to look at this and other ways European countries like Germany, France, the Benelux and Scandinavian countries use land and energy much more efficiently, and arguably have at least as high a standard of living. If we could only get to where they are today, we will have reached our 2030 climate action goals.

Compact home lots are a necessity in towns and cities designed around highly efficient transportation systems that allow most people to attend to their daily lives without having to drive their own private car. These more compact homes are not as segregated by income as they tend to be in the U.S.

Beautiful well-kept homes with courtyards and gardens hug narrow residential, treelined streets shared with smaller homes. There is a lot of privacy and less need to have vehicles, although many families outside the highest density cities do have private cars that get used less.

Many European neighborhoods are quite old, lending them the charm that is usually lacking in newly constructed developments both there and in the U.S. This is not to say that neighborhoods must remain sterile looking or boring. One

answer lies in greater encouragement of gardening, whether in seasonal window boxes, streetside pocket gardens, transformed front and back yards, or transforming those useless mowed grassy expanses.

Want more trees? A wooded garden can reduce the temperature of your home on a hot summer day, as well as give you a lovely spot to seasonally spend comfortable time outdoors.

Don’t have time to care for a garden? This looks like a great opportunity for horticulturalists to add valuable climate-friendly services. Most people agree that we need to save farmland in South Burlington, although it’s hard to make a living by farming

alone. The cost of land is just too high. However, land around existing homes can be productive in growing beautiful organic vegetables, fruits and flowers for consumption, use and sale.

And yes, many of us do enjoy seeing vegetables and fruits grown and harvested among flower beds.

I’ve also noticed in Burlington garages being converted to very nice accessory dwelling units that are now permitted on every home lot in Vermont. As a separate side- or rear-yard building, such units can create very nice private spaces for gardens, as well as providing a great place to live for a relative, live-in child care or caretaker, or

additional income.

Some municipalities are offering property tax reductions when lower income tenants are housed, reducing the pressure on affordable housing.

We’ve all heard enough of the naysayers, the complainers, and the NIMBYs — Not in My Backyard. Let’s focus on real progress to improve our climate while making our communities better places for everyone.

Donna Leban of South Burlington is an architect who specializes in lighting design. She was recently appointed to the city planning commission. These are her thoughts, not those of the commission.

Easing the loneliness of grief

passed, the bereaved often must soldier on alone.

Loss is such an inherent part of life, it’s a wonder we’re not better able to absorb it. Instead, it can stop us mid-air with no parachute to be found; gravity tumbling us to hard ground where we’re forced to reckon with the empty chair, the random voicemail and the infinite remnants of an entire life.

It’s no wonder grieving how-tos are a booming business. Books upon books about coping, dealing and healing. It makes total sense why we need these resources since we live in a culture that tends to package death as an event that happens and ends.

For many, and maybe most of us, that is far from true. We struggle to grieve among the living. For some, the grief is unnavigable. It’s as incomprehensible that one still has to brush their teeth let alone show up for work.

And it’s awkward. Oh, so awkward when people act like death is over. The funeral could be a month or a year ago, either way, no one is going to talk about it or mention the person who died. Well intentioned, it’s as if we’re afraid to remind the bereaved of their loss. Even though, inside, we know they’re breathing their loss every day.

Perhaps this not talking thing only adds to the insufferableness of grief. That once the initial condolences and memorials have

What if talking about those who have died is the path to help soften and ease suffering? Maybe grief itself isn’t a thing to fix, heal or expect to ever end, and is not meant to be borne in isolation. Seems to me that grief could have a seat at the table. Invited in and welcomed. After all, when we don’t talk about those who have died with the people who loved them, it’s as if their loved one never existed.

Of course, no one can say what happens to us when we die, but I’ve always felt that something of the person who died remains in our day-to-day realm. This belief took root in my seventh-grade science class when I was taught that matter is neither created nor destroyed. It cycles through the universe.

“The cosmos is within us,” Carl Sagan said. “We are made of star-stuff.”

So how could a person who died be gone?

It’s not difficult for me to get my head and heart around this concept. For when I think of a beloved who has died, it is not their anatomy or mortal being that thrum in their absence. It’s their ineffable spirit. Their energy, the magnificent difference they made in the world, and, for lack of a better word, their soul. All the things that made me love them when they were here, I still love. More importantly, I still feel.

It’s not just the so-called good things about our loved ones

that remain, it’s the annoying stuff too. For years I’ve told my husband that when I’m gone what he will miss the most about me are the quirks that make me — me. From overthinking every situation to crying while watching the news. From bypassing the open carton of milk for the new one to putting toothpaste directly in my mouth rather than on the brush. (I know, how could I?)

Yet, those will be the things he’ll miss.

I think we’ve all noticed this in one way or another. How former complaints about a departed loved one somehow transmute into behaviors that we now appreciate, forgive and even laud. It’s another way we experience the existence of our person. Their essence cannot be destroyed. It lives. Differently. But here, right here. Whenever we pay attention.

So, talk about people who have died with their loved ones, with respect and full understanding if that’s not wanted. But I believe, overall, it is wanted. That grieving in communion is a catalyst for intimacy and empathy.

For some, it will be a way to hear, “You’re not alone. I hold this with you.” For others, it’ll be stories and memories of their loved ones that can bring some light to the dark.

Kahil Gibran wrote, “When you are sorrowful, look again in your heart and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.”

Carole Vasta Folley is an award-winning columnist and playwright. Read more at carolevf.com.

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every day. I have been meeting so many neighbors and constituents and it has been wonderful connecting with all of you while we enjoy our dogs socializing in the beautiful outdoors.

Across from the dog park many of us joined Sen. Bernie Sanders, Grace Potter and young Vermont artists for music and conversations on Aug. 5 at Veterans’ Memorial Park. There is no better way to bring people together than through the arts. It was a wonderful afternoon with friends, constituents and, of course Ben the Dog. Thank you, Bernie Sanders and Grace Potter, for coming to South Burlington to celebrate music and the arts.

Sanders’ office also hosted their yearly senior luncheon in Burlington. I enjoyed connecting with folks from AARP Vermont over lunch, discussing our shared priorities. From the high cost of prescription drugs, healthy food, heat and housing to social isolation and loneliness, seniors face many challenges. I believe no one should ever have to struggle to afford basic human needs, least of all our older friends and neighbors. I am a member of the Older Vermonters Caucus and will continue to support legislation for seniors next session.

Last week, I welcomed Rep. Tristan Roberts, D-Halifax, who serves on the House Committee on Corrections and Institutions. We spent a few hours at Vermont’s only women’s correctional facility, located here in South Burlington. I had intense and emotional conversations with incarcerated women. There is much to consider as we

design a more rehabilitative system. I have some ideas, but there is no quick or simple path.

August is a difficult month at the South Burlington Food Shelf. With summer vacations, contributions slow down a bit, but demand increases. This week alone we had 69 customers, eight of which were new. In our community, nearly 1 in 4 students depend on free or reduced school meals, and those same students may go without breakfast and lunch over the summer school vacation. If you feel moved to host a food drive in your neighborhood or organization, please reach out. I am happy to drop off boxes and pick them up.

Every day, I’m so grateful to the voters in Chittenden-9. My oath of office is something I take very seriously, and the weight and reward of public service is not lost on me. There is always more work to be done and during the off-session months I will continue meeting with residents and stakeholders on issues affecting our community.

Of note: The 2023 Pride Vermont Parade and Festival is just around the corner. Join us at Waterfront Park in Burlington on Sunday, Sept. 10, for a fabulous celebration of LGBTQ joy, love and solidarity.

As always, please reach out anytime with ideas, questions and concerns at ekrasnow@leg.state.vt.us.

Emilie Krasnow, a Democrat from South Burlington, serves the Chittenden-9 House district.

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Community Notes

Photographer launches book on street murals

Burlington photographer

Carolyn Bates will launch her newest book, “Street Murals of Burlington, Saturday, Sept. 9, at 4 p.m., at the First Congregational Church, 38 S. Winooski Avenue in Burlington.

The book is a photographic romp through the streets of Burlington, capturing images of the many examples of public artistry in the form of paintings and murals on buildings, fences and walls all over the city.

The event will include an exhibit of photographs that are included in the book. Bates will give a talk on the creation of the book and discuss the various artists included.

The public is welcome, and refreshments will be served.

Learn about dementia, Alzheimer’s resources

Join community members, Vermonters with dementia, caregivers and Alzheimer’s Association staff to explore how to expand support for members of the community living with Alzheimer’s and dementia, Sunday, Aug.

27, 11 a.m.-noon, at Faith United Methodist Church, 899 Dorset St., South Burlington. Information will also be provided on the latest treatments and the upcoming Walk to End Alzheimer’s. All are welcome, snacks provided.

More at alz.org/Vermont.

Shelburne Age Well hosts Grab and Go meal

Age Well and St. Catherine’s of Siena Parish in Shelburne are teaming up to provide a meal to go for anyone age 60 and older on Tuesday, Sept. 12.

The meal will be available for pick up in the parking lot at 72 Church St. from 11 a.m. until noon and are available for anyone 60 or older. Suggested donation is $5.

The menu is Swedish steak with mushroom sauce, seasoned penne pasta, broccoli, wheat bread, vanilla fluff with blueberries and strawberries and milk.

To order a meal contact Kathleen at agewellstcath@gmail.com or 802-503-1107. Deadline to order is Wednesday, Sept. 6. If this is a first-time order, provide your name, address, phone number and date of birth.

South Burlington named future leader

New York University student

Madeleine Kern has been selected for the Television Academy Foundation Bob Bennett Future Lead-

ers Program. She is one of only 10 college students selected among the foundation’s 2023 summer interns.

Kern, a senior this fall, is majoring in film and television, and is a summer intern in the development department at FX Networks in Los Angeles.

Kern attended Rice Memorial High School in South Burlington.

To be considered for the program, applicants must submit a 350-word essay on what innovation and leadership mean to them and how they plan to apply those qualities in their internship and future careers in television.

“Leadership and innovation have always been intertwined. It’s easy to stick to a tried-and-true path, but it can be challenging to break free and think creatively. A good leader knows how to support, encourage and inspire others and how to create an environment that fosters innovation,” Kern said.

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Philanthropist Kelly Bennett, right, with Madeleine Kern, a Bob Bennett Future Leader, in Los Angeles in July.

Back to school in style

Obituary

Dorothy Marie Tripler

Dorothy (Dottie) Marie Tripler, a longtime resident of South Burlington, died at The Arbors in Shelburne on Friday, July 7, 2023, at the age of 103.

Dorothy was born in Pinconning, Mich., on Sept. 1, 1919, to parents Cecil Wright and Emil LaDuke. She was predeceased by four siblings, Bernard, Gerald, Lila and Elaine, of Lansing, Mich.

Dorothy married James Tripler, a pharmacist, in 1938. He predeceased her in 1965.

She leaves her son, Gerald of South Burlington; daughter, Rosalie Frances Zucker of Arlington, Texas; grandchildren, Neil (Garima) Zucker and Jamie (Brian) Pedersen; and great-grandchildren Manasi, Raunak and Connor.

She was a very experienced hairstylist for over 70 years, attaining her first cosmetology license in New York City at Zotos. She

had licenses in three states, New York, Michigan, and Vermont. Since moving to the Burlington area in 1970, she worked in several beauty boutiques specializing in permanent waves, color, haircuts and modern nail care. Customers loved her work and always returned. She retired in

December 1999.

Dorothy was an excellent cook like her daughter, mother and sisters, preparing her great Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners with all the fixings at home and at annual family reunions in Michigan. She always enjoyed cooking at home and made delicious stews and pot roasts. Her specialty in the summer while grilling was making delicious potato salads and Jell-O desserts with whipped cream.

She had several hobbies, including sewing, knitting Afghans and ski hats (for her son who loved winter sports), reading her favorite magazines, and watching cooking shows on TV and her favorite memorable movie “Driving Miss Daisy.”

Dorothy always had a smile on her face. She sacrificed everything for her family and will be dearly missed by them.

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.38-caliber pistol.

Pope determined the gun had been stolen from another incident in South Burlington. Dashnow is a person of interest in that case, court records show.

Dashnow claimed she only knew her companion as “KP” and he was from Philadelphia. She was eventually released as a witness. Det. Kevin Grealis was assigned to the case the following day and he used security cameras from downtown Burlington to get video of the couple getting into the Uber, police said.

As Grealis tried to collect more videos from local businesses, he received a call from the Uber driver saying the gunman came up to him near Mr. Mike’s Pizza on Main Street about 11:30 a.m. The victim said the gunman apologized and said the weapon belonged to his girlfriend, Grealis wrote in court papers.

The gunman reported he was from Philadelphia, had six children and didn’t want to get into trouble, police said.

The Uber driver said he refused the apology and the gunman left, police reported.

The driver also reported the gunman had a distinctive triangular shaped tattoo on the front of his neck and was with a friend, Grealis said.

The veteran detective went to Mr. Mike’s to retrieve its security video.

Grealis also checked recent contacts Dashnow had with area

police and found at least three incidents connecting her with Peay, court records show.

A Burlington Police officer spotted Peay near King Street about 1:25 p.m. Friday and another foot pursuit began. Peay fled through various backyards as multiple law enforcement agencies soon joined in, including a K-9 unit from South Burlington.

During the half-hour manhunt Peay discarded a bag that police recovered after being alerted by the K-9, Grealis wrote. Peay later admitted he ran from police on Friday because he had an ounce of crack cocaine on him, the detective wrote. He added Peay, when caught in a backyard, reportedly said “this is about that Uber things isn’t’ it?”

Peay claimed the Uber driver had either a pocketknife or switchblade on him, police said. He also admitted he fled from South Burlington Police four days earlier.

“I’m from Philly so I ran,” he said. Peay also admitted he had apologized to the driver the day after the threat.

He was jailed for lack of bail at the Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans Town pending arraignment.

Assisting South Burlington Police were Burlington and University of Vermont police, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

The King Street Youth Center was shut down briefly while the manhunt was underway.

Dorothy Marie Tripler

“I’m from Philly so I ran,” the officer said Peay told him, who also admitted he had apologized to the driver the day after the threat.

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emotional tenor of the initial public conversations and said the board will continue to establish trust, accountability and community partnership as the new school gets underway.

“In addition to my service to the South Burlington school district, I also am a parent to my two wonderful kids, I have a rewarding and challenging career serving the Vermont Medicaid program, I own and manage an expanding real estate portfolio, I run an average of 7 miles every day and participate in races in the region,” he said in a personal statement to The Other Paper. “I live a very, very active and busy life, and I love doing it all and serving people in whatever way I can. But living a busy life and taking on more new activities and more public service can sometimes exceed a person’s capacity.”

He said the three main tasks of a school board are to hire a superintendent, monitor their progress and negotiate contracts with labor unions, all jobs he said the board has successfully done.

McHenry has been with the district since 2016 but has only been board chair since March, a move pushed by Bailey after the Town Meeting Day vote. But at a July 12 meeting, she charged that McHenry had shown a massive lack of clear and timely communication — between board members, with other governing bodies and the public — as well as a lack of professional training for new members.

Bailey specifically criticized

McHenry for the board’s response to the city regarding a traffic study, which she said was “unnecessarily delayed by two weeks.”

She also pointed to several board meetings, including a joint meeting between the city council and school board, that had to be rescheduled.

Bailey said at the time that she had extensive one-on-one phone calls with other members of the board who also felt meetings featured an inconsistent structure and communication barriers.

She claimed that they suggested she step up as chair.

“The reality is we’ve been very vocal as a board for quite a long time about our lack of efficiency and training in order to get things done,” member Chelsea Tillinghast said at the Aug. 2 meeting where members voted 3-2 vote to take a vote of no confidence in McHenry.

McHenry insisted multiple times that the situation was being rushed and at one point became visibly angry, and made a point of order, banging a gavel on the table after saying that he couldn’t get his rebuttals across because of interruptions.

“You all seemed to have made your minds up three weeks ago,” McHenry said. “It’s like a jury deciding before the trial is over.”

In a phone call this week, Bailey said she initiated these conversations in the summer to get the board back on track as the school year starts and to ensure it’s capable of continuing to work together in the coming months — a hefty feat facing the five-member board.

“Going into the new school year, my goal was to get us unstuck and offer alternative leadership to try to do something different and see if that would make progress toward allowing us to focus and make progress on our own internal governance,” she said.

Moving forward, Bailey said she is optimistic and thinks of last week’s meeting as a much-needed reset and looks forward to upcoming board training sessions on governance in September.

“I have no doubt that my four other board members are incredibly dedicated and caring people and we’re all on the same page about our commitment to public education and to our students and staff,” she said.

“I think a lot of elected official positions were designed with the idea that folks would be retired or not have a full-time job or perhaps not parenting actively,” she said.

“It’s a lot of work and a lot of responsibility, and I hope to do my best to be a team player.”

PHOTO BY AUDITI GUHA/VTDIGGER

Alex McHenry, right, resigned as chair of the South Burlington School Board at its Aug. 16 meeting. Superintendent Violet Nichols, left, attended the meeting.

“It’s a lot of work and a lot of responsibility, and I hope to do my best to be a team player.”

— Kate Bailey

short-term rentals be allowed in owner-occupied housing only — or housing where the owner resides for at least six months and one day.

Data from March showed 75 total active rentals in the city. About 60 of those were considered whole units — entire homes rented out as opposed to renting a room, according to Paul Connor, the city’s planning and zoning director. Of those, about 45 were single-family homes and about 15 were units in a larger building.

City councilor Andrew Chalnick said during the meeting that he was “concerned that the ordinance is a little too heavy handed, as written,” adding that he had spoken to people who “pay for their child care, and their food and their shelter” through short-term rentals.

“I just don’t see that the city interest right now is compelling enough to upset those settled financial expectations of those folks,” he said, suggesting they defer the portion of the ordinance prohibiting short term rental. “To me, the most important thing is not to upset people’s settled financial expectations ... It seems harsh to me.”

Daryl Campbell, who with his wife operates a short-term rental in South Burlington, said the income

from their property “is a key component of how we will fund our retirement.”

“Most of us who operate short term rentals are ordinary folks,” he said. “We run a small business, we followed all the rules to get here, we made substantial property investments, we relied on those rules, and now we rely on the income to be able to live within the city and make ends meet.”

Councilor Meghan Emery, who first proposed language placing limits on short-term housing in the spring 2022, pushed back on these arguments, saying she felt the council was giving property owners ample time “to change and reinvent if they are making a living by renting out single family homes or short-term rentals.”

“They are taking that housing off the market. That is of concern,” she said. “We have heard an outcry from our businesses who cannot recruit workers because there is no place for them to move into,” she said. “I would argue that long-term rental is a way for people to make a living. They might not make as much, but they can make a healthy living by turning their short-term rentals into long-term rental.”

A few residents also spoke in favor of regulating short-term rentals.

John Stevens said he now has two Airbnb’s on both sides of his home.

“We don’t know who’s coming. They might be there two days. They might be there for a week,” he said. “People are making a lot of money buying these houses and converting them into Airbnb.”

“It starts to feel like you’re living next to a hotel,” said resident David Austin, who lives in

the same neighborhood as Stevens.

“The city of South Burlington zones for things like that. I hate to tell you this, but Airbnb is not residential.”

City council chair Helen Riehle said she was in favor of allowing for an exemption of the ordinance for current owners of short-term rentals until the property is sold.

“So, we would have whatever we have now, an Airbnb, or VRBO

or whatever it is — that number would stay what it is, they’d be able to rent them under the circumstances they rent now,” she said. “But we wouldn’t have any more coming in, that’s what I would like to see.”

The next step is to finalize a draft ordinance, followed by a first reading and a public hearing, before the council takes a final vote.

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Schools aim for more student sports, activities

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The state-level governing body for high school sports and other extracurricular activities is helping schools do more with less.

During the Vermont Principals’ Association annual media day Friday, executive director Jay Nichols said in his last full year as a high school principal about 25 years ago, there were 127,000 school-aged children in Vermont. Now, there are about 83,000 and he said projections indicate it could “go as low as the mid-tohigh 60s” in the next decade.

“If that doesn’t scare the hell out of you, nothing should,” Nichols said.

Devin Wendel, president of the Vermont State Athletic Directors Association, said there has been something of a brain drain in the athletic directors’ offices across the state, too — going into the last school year, there were a dozen new athletic directors filling vacancies. This year, there is about half that level of turnover, “which I think is a step in the right direction,” Wendel said.

With a smaller pool of athletes for coaches to pull from, athletic directors will be tasked making sure coaches don’t coach too much. The current policy is that they can coach in that season and cannot have contact with the kids the rest of the year.

Lauren Thomas, the principals’ association assistant executive director, said there are plenty of gray areas — a varsity basketball coach could skipper a spring

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AAU team with their own kid on it, but not other kids from the winter varsity team, for instance; or coaches could text their athletes in the off-season recommending workouts, as long as they are not mandatory.

Wendel said he’s heard from kids who feel pressure that if they don’t sign up for a coach’s summer club team at $1,000 a pop, they aren’t sure they’ll have a spot on the varsity team during the school year.

“We want to make sure that kids are feeling free and open to be three-sport athletes, two-sport athletes and not feel the pressure from their first sport, whatever that is,” Thomas said.

Another concern is the attempt by some athletic programs to try and lure athletes away from their primary schools. Again, Thomas said there are gray areas, where, for instance, a mom in the stands at a game touting her kid’s school is fine; it would not be OK if the mom was affiliated with the school, even with an indirect connection, like “a booster mom.”

Thomas said when she was working in Los Angeles, this type of school-level athlete poaching was so rampant she would call homes at night “to make sure our kids were sleeping in the addresses that they had on the registration papers.”

Nichols said the large number of towns with school choice complicates things. He said it would be fine for a school to try

and woo a would-be student and use a strong athletic program as a recruitment factor but can’t make any promises the kid will make the team.

Last year, the principals’ association placed significant emphasis on fan behavior, requiring someone from host schools to read a version of the association’s pregame statement before every contest to all in attendance, encouraging good sportsmanship and discouraging bad behavior. The consequences are stern, with fans facing immediate ejection from games or being locked out of future events, or the forfeiture of the event or future events.

Bad fan behavior may play a part in a shortage of people donning black and white stripes and officiating contests. That and a dearth of younger refs.

“We have an official shortage,” Thomas said. “We have an agingout population that didn’t solve itself last year, unfortunately.”

More than sports

The principals’ association’s Activity Standards Committee has emphasized students’ mental health, following the death by suicide of some college athletes last year.

“Thankfully, that trend hasn’t seemed to continue,” Thomas said.

The association aims to partner with schools to make sure student athletes are “maintaining healthy boundaries” and ensuring they are eating right and manag-

PUBLIC HEARING

VCDP IMPLEMENTATION GRANT 2023

The City of South Burlington is considering making an application to the State of Vermont for a VCDP Implementation Grant 2023 under the Vermont Community Development Program. The City Council will hold a public hearing as a part of its regular meeting that begins at 7:00 P.M. on September 5, 2023 at 180 Market St., South Burlington, Vermont or https://meet.goto.com/SouthBurlingtonVT/citycouncil-09-05-2023 to obtain the views of citizens on community development, to furnish information concerning the amount of funds available and the range of community development activities that may be undertaken under this program, the impact to any historic and archaeological resources that may be affected by the proposed project, and to give affected citizens the opportunity to examine the proposed statement of projected use of these funds. The proposal is to apply for up to $500,000 in VCDP funds which will be used to accomplish the following activities:

The Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity in partnership with the Champlain Housing Trust plan to expand the Feeding Chittenden facility at 228 North Winooski Ave in Burlington through renovations and by constructing a 1,200 sf addition on the front of the building. Feeding Chittenden serves low-income households throughout Chittenden County with meals and groceries.

Copies of the proposed application will be available for public review by August 28, 2023 at the City of South Burlington Offices at 180 Market St. in South Burlington and may be viewed during the hours of 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Should you require any special accommodation, please contact Jessie Baker 802-846-4107 to ensure appropriate accommodations are made. For the hearing impaired please call 1-802-8464107.

ing their workloads and stress “so that they’re able to obtain all the great things that come from extracurricular activities without feeling overwhelmed by them and the pressures that sometimes comes along with it,” Thomas said.

The committee also wants to expand opportunities for students who do not join athletic teams. That includes support for debate events, Scholars’ Bowl, the Scripps Spelling Bee and visual and performing arts events.

The association has partnered with a new vendor, PlayVS, for its esports offerings. Esports, as your kids will tell you, are an array of competitive video game matchups, such as League of Legends, Rocket League and World of Warcraft digital card trading game Hearthstone.

Thomas said the previous vendor “did not live up to their

expectations,” and PlayVS is already working on organizing a state championship in December that could involve spectators. Thomas added the new vendor has a nationwide presence, which greatly expands the competition.

“Should a school have a cancellation in their roster, PlayVS can connect them with a school that has an opening in their schedule nationwide, which is pretty cool,” Thomas said.

VPA executive director Jay Nichols said there is also an effort to get more support for debate teams, including scholarships to go to Washington, D.C. He said Vermont doesn’t support debate at the level of other states.

“We’re very interested in trying to do more non-athletic things for kids. Sometimes in Vermont, we don’t have that, because we’re so small,” Nichols said.

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March 21 - April 20

It is time to recharge your batteries this week, Aries. It may be challenging to slow down, but that is just what you need to do or you are going to run out of steam on your next project.

TAURUS

April 21 - May 21

Early on this week you may start out in a bit of a funk, Taurus. That all will change with some words from a friend that will help your mood bounce in the other direction.

GEMINI

May 22 - June 21

Gemini, the side of your brain responsible for pragmatism has been working overtime. You are ready to solve any problems and nd answers to most questions.

CANCER

June 22 - July 22

Cooperation from others has been hard to come by lately, Cancer. That could lead to some con icts along the way. Collectively you will have to nd some middle ground.

LEO

July 23 - Aug. 23

You could be focused on things in the past this week, Leo. This could start you on a trek to track down mementos in a home or to visit an antiques shop to make some purchases.

VIRGO

Aug. 24 - Sept. 22

Virgo, there is still a lot to learn, but you have the time right now to pay attention to everyone around you to glean what you can. Never stop gathering information.

LIBRA

Sept. 23 - Oct. 23

Even if others make suggestions, use your own judgement regarding how to spend time this week, Libra. You may want to eschew all responsibilities for something fun.

SCORPIO

Oct. 24 - Nov. 22

Seek new places for any sort of inspiration, Scorpio. You never know what you may uncover unless you visit new places instead of your old haunts. Start exploring this week.

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SAGITTARIUS

Nov. 23 - Dec. 21

Some outside energy has muted your normally boisterous personality, Sagittarius. You may want to skip out on social scenes and spend some time at home in the coming days.

CAPRICORN

Dec. 22 - Jan. 20

Strong opinions rule the day, so convincing others could be especially dif cult in the days ahead. Wait some time and they try again, Capricorn.

AQUARIUS

Jan. 21 - Feb. 18

Aquarius, there will be some measure of public speaking or performance in your near future, and it is likely giving you a bit nervous. No one will judge you, so try to lighten up.

PISCES

Feb. 19 - March 20

Pisces, you could encounter more oddballs than normal in your daily routines. From customers making scenes to quirky coworkers, you might need to be patient and openminded.

CLUES ACROSS

1. Russian painter

6. Very fast jet

9. Phillipine municipality

13. Intestinal

14. Small freshwater sh

15. Algerian coastal city

16. Vomit

17. Famed astronomer

18. Ghanaian currency

19. Improved the condition of

21. Int’l association of interpreters

22. Infections

23. Dish made with lentils

24. Thou

25. Former CIA

28. Unit used to compare power levels

29. Members of Pueblo people

31. Myanmar monetary units

33. Polished

36. Signed a contract

38. Nothing

39. Once-ubiquitous department store

41. Neural structures

44. Thick piece of something

45. Slang for trucks with trailers

46. Longing

48. Senior of cer

49. Levels of frequency

51. Bird’s beak

52. Move rapidly downwards

54. Koran chapters

56. Streteches out

60. Top of the human body

61. A Chinese temple and Indian town are two

62. Fertility god

63. Sea eagle

64. Dry

65. Zodiac sign

66. “Horizon Call of the Mountain” character

67. Have the ability to

68. Take somewhere

CLUES DOWN

1. “Iron Man” actress Leslie

2. Wings

3. Adjust the spacing

4. They’re usually locked

5. Atomic #43

6. Wise individuals

7. Horse mackerel

8. Pearl Jam’s debut album

9. Con nes

10. Colorless crystalline compound

11. Unsatisfactorily

12. Plant of the parsley family

14. Determines time

17. Causes the birth of

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20. Small ornament on a watch chain

21. Richly decorated cloth tapestry

23. Vito Corleone was one

25. Igbo musical instrument

26. Put in harmony

27. Japanese alcoholic drinks

29. Tinseltown

30. Closes tightly

32. Songs sung to one’s lover

34. One thousandth of an inch

35. Small drink of whiskey

37. Political divisions in ancient Greece

40. Helps little rms

42. Baby’s eating accessory

43. Very long periods of time 47. Small block of wood 49. Town in Surrey, England

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