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South Burlington School board adopts third budget

second budget of $69.5 million by 150 votes earlier this month.

As the fourth hour of Wednesday night’s school board meeting waned, the South Burlington School Board adopted its third proposed budget of $68,082,002 and warned a vote for May 7.

The district’s new $68 million budget is down from the initial budget of $71 million, shot down by 784 votes on Town Meeting Day. Voters defeated the district’s

The new million spending plan represents a year-on-year spending increase of 8.9 percent and a single-digit homestead property tax rate increase of 9.55 percent, reduced from 14.5 percent in the last budget vote and 23 percent associated with the first budget.

The board, which does not

Orchard elementary gets new principal

After a two-month search, Olivia Kane is Orchard Elementary School’s new principal.

Kane has served for the past two years as the school’s assistant principal. She starts her new job on July 1.

Treasure hunters

South Burlington and its recreation department held a citywide yard sale April 21 at Rick Marcotte Central School featuring an afternoon of sales, food, ice cream and refreshments.

A hiring committee formed in February and three final candidates were interviewed at a community

See PRINCIPAL on page 12

Mark Trifilio, the school’s principal for 15 years, announced his retirement from the South Burlington School District in February, and just weeks later was placed on leave for an unspecified amount of time related to an “ongoing investigation.” Details of the leave have not been released by school district officials.

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Memoirist speaks at library

Marilyn Webb Neagley will speak about her memoir, “Attic of Dreams” on Thursday, May 2, 7 p.m., at the Pierson Library in Shelburne.

Neagley will recall her time at Shelburne Farms when it transitioned from a private estate to a public educational resource. Her work there spanned 20 years, including 1976-1988 when she served as president.

“Marilyn Neagley’s memoir addresses issues so critical now: how to take care of our natural world, of each other, of ourselves — we need magic attics of imagination and stories that inspire our activism. In addition, her book touches on a beloved place in Vermonters’ hearts, and by extension all the beloved places on our planet home we have neglected for far too long,” said Julia Alvarez, Dominican American poet, novelist and essayist.

“Attic of Dreams’ traces a life of healing from family dysfunction to jumping headlong into a life of natural curiosity, activism, restoration and wholeness. Themes include home and community, addiction and secrecy, recovery and restoration, the arts and the natural world, and how the changing times and culture are perceived through older eyes.

She is the author of two previous books and the co-editor of another. Her 2007 book, “Walking through the Seasons,” received an Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) gold medal for best northeastern nonfiction. She has been a Vermont Public Radio commen-

tator and has written essays for her local newspaper. Neagley was raised in Ascutney and has lived her life in Vermont. She and her husband currently live in Shelburne where her father, grandparents and great-grandparents lived.

Green Up Day is a South Burlington legacy

In 1961, Theodore “Ted” Riehle Jr. moved his family to South Burlington, where he served as the commanding officer of the U.S. Naval Reserve Center in Burlington.

In 1965, Riehle successfully ran for the Vermont House of Representatives and was re-elected in 1966 to pursue his passion for environmental legislation. Most notably, he sponsored and championed the controversial, but ultimately successful passage in 1968 of the landmark legislation to ban billboards on Vermont’s roadsides, then known as the

Correction

Visit the South Burlington School District website at www.sbschools.net for the Agenda and Zoom link.

In Rep. Brian Minier’s column on April 11, he wrote that Act 60 “enjoyed great bipartisan support; to my knowledge was not opposed by a single school board or superintendent,” when it was Act 127 that found overwhelming support from school boards and superintendents.

Riehle Bill.

Today, 54 years later, when visitors cross the border, they often remark, “I don’t know what it is, but it feels different when I cross over into Vermont.”

Riehle left the Legislature when he was appointed by Gov. Deane Davis to become Vermont’s first planning director, where he served as a senior advisor and was assigned by the governor to work with Bob Babcock, a Burlington Free Press reporter, who also lived in South Burlington, to establish the first Green Up Day in 1970.

Following his service to the governor, Riehle worked for Congressman Richard Mallary as his Vermont director, and served as an advisor and strategist for several statewide campaigns before retiring from politics. He was very proud of his public service and of the influence his political career had on the various pursuits of his family. He died in 2007.

His son, Ted Riehle III, recently, served as a member of the South Burlington Planning Commission.

His daughter-in-law, Helen Riehle, served as a member of the South Burlington City Council and its chair in recent years. During this time, she was appointed by Gov. Peter Shumlin to serve as successor to Sen. Diane Snelling, sending her back to the Golden Dome, where she had previously served as a senator for two decades. During this more recent term, Riehle served on the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy.

It has been of great benefit to us all that 63 years ago, Ted Riehle Jr. chose South Burlington to call home.

— Betty Milizia

This year’s Green Up Day in South Burlington is Saturday, May 4. Bags are available for pickup at the city clerk’s office at city hall during regular business hours.

Green Up Day drop-off will be at 577 Dorset St. Swing by on May 4 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. and enjoy maple creemees and the South Burlington Lions Club will be grilling free food for those participating from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

The winning poster entry for Green Up Day Vermont

Marilyn Webb Neagley

Intentional planning, investment drive South Burlington’s housing strategy

Guest Perspective

Helen Riehle

The availability, affordability, and yes, safety, of housing will make or break a community, its economic vitality and its social vibrancy. If there is one thing that unites us, it’s that we all recognize the affordable housing crisis in Chittenden County and Vermont.

We all recognize that people need housing that matches their individual and family circumstances, and that quality homes must be accessible and available. It’s a challenge that has been a long-standing issue in Vermont and has only intensified in recent years.

We’ve made great strides in South Burlington. It would be easier if we could change one law or one sector to fix Vermont’s housing crisis, but the reality is that it’s an incredibly complex, multi-faceted issue that takes every level of government and every sector of the economy pulling together to solve.

Addressing our significant growth potential and an evolution of our city identity, South Burlington has been working diligently to pinpoint these matters and put in place a long-term vision and strategic plan for the vibrancy, diversity and accessibility of the city.

Key to this vision is ensuring the availability of a diverse stock of housing options for the range of lifestyles and life stages reflected across the city. This allows residents to remain here as they move through life and provides the ability for the next generation to remain here as well. By safeguarding the community vibrancy of the city, South Burlington reinforces its reputation as a community with a place for everyone, attracting young people, families, multi-generational households, older Vermonters and others.

South Burlington’s housing vision will take significant investment from the state, residents and the private sector, and will take many years to achieve. But the intentional planning the city has undergone for years has laid the

foundation for a successful future.

In 2014, South Burlington established the South Burlington Housing Trust Fund to strategically invest in the development of new affordable housing, preserve existing affordable-housing and support other aspects of affordable housing development. More recently, the city used $1 million of its federal COVID-19 relief funds in support of more affordable housing.

As the city planned for its new city center, among the first buildings to go up between 2018 and 2020 were the 60 permanently affordable units in the Garden Street Apartments, developed in partnership with Champlain Housing Trust, and 39 senior living apartments operated by Cathedral Square.

Working in partnership with these non-profit organizations, as well as private developers, enabled the city to prioritize the goal of forever affordable housing and create the momentum needed for the City Center. It’s a proven way to couple good planning and strong community involvement as we work together to create housing for people of all life stages and all incomes.

and Cathedral Square on the initial City Center development. The shared investment in those apartments will last as we seek to both retain the affordable homes we have and increase their number in the coming years. It took local, state and federal partnership to accomplish this initial goal, but working together we hit our first milestone and will continue to make progress on a shared vision into the future.

Key to our housing vision is ensuring the availability of a diverse stock of housing options for the range of lifestyles and life stages reflected across the city.

As I reflect on my time on the South Burlington City Council and look back on the housing landscape in the city, I am proud of our shared work to integrate affordability and accessibility as key tenets of our housing strategy at a time when South Burlington — and Vermont as a whole — are facing an unprecedented housing shortage with rippling impacts across every sector of the economy and every facet of the community.

While we celebrate this achievement, we continue to look to the future. Our strategic priorities include increasing the number of affordable housing units by 1,000 homes by 2035 and cutting in half the percentage of households who spend more than 50 percent of their income on housing costs. Locking in the affordability of our community for its residents, now and in the future, remains crucial to our shared success in accomplishing these goals in the coming decade.

It’s precisely this cornerstone value that led the city to partner with Champlain Housing Trust

We know the work is not done, but this successful model perhaps can act as a roadmap for other communities at their scale and with their needs in mind. Critical to future success and those of other communities will be ongoing state support and enabling housing development where it’s most suited.

South Burlington’s goals aim high, but I have no doubt we will accomplish them if we continue bridging public and private investment, through a strong plan for a shared future, and with responsive community engagement. We’ve accomplished a lot together, and I leave the city council knowing we’ve laid the groundwork for success and share the vision of a bright future for our city.

Helen Riehle is a former South Burlington City Council member and chair, and current member of the city’s planning commission.

Howard Center is county’s designated agency

Howard Center has been redesignated by the Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living.

The redesignation process included assessments through interviews with various stakeholders and reviews of service delivery, policies, strategic initia-

tives and management practices.

“We feel honored and validated by the redesignation. It serves as a good reminder that our dedication to quality and compassionate care is making a difference,”

Tonya Mason, director of developmental services, said.

The redesignation committee

found its developmental services adhere to the standards set forth in current administrative rules on agency designation, aimed at ensuring the delivery of efficient and high-quality services while fostering continuous improvement in the statewide system of care.

MENU SELECTIONS

Total incidents: 203

Agency / public assists: 11

Directed patrol: 6

Traffic stop: 14

Accident: property damage: 9

Alarm: 11

Foot patrol: 13

Suspicious event: 9

Retail theft: 12

Motor vehicle complaint: 7

Welfare check: 9

Disturbance: 7

Threats: 6

Trespass: 12

Stolen vehicle: 5

Domestic: 2

Field contact: 9

Fraud: 4

Juvenile problem: 4

Youth services: 4

Accident: insurance purposes: 8

Leaving the scene: 4

Larceny from a vehicle: 4

Animal problem: 3

Larceny from a structure: 3

Arrests:

Feb. 28 at 5:55, Travis N. Landry, 35, of Lyndon, was arrested for retail theft on Dorset Street.

April 16 at 7:44 a.m., Tyler S. Laforce, 34, of Milton, was arrested on an in-state warrant on Shelburne Road.

April 19 at 9:11 a.m., Jenel L. Poulin, 37, of Morristown, was arrested for aggravated operation without owner’s consent on Williston Road.

April 19 at 6:51 p.m., Larry M.

Farley, 43, of Colchester was arrested for possession of on Dorset Street.

April 20 at 2:07 a.m., Aaron R. Webster, 26, of Essex Junction, was arrested for driving under the influence, first offense.

April 21 at 3:16 p.m., Mabior A. Jok, 39, of South Burlington, was arrested for aggravated assault on Shelburne Road.

Selected incidents:

April 15 at 11:13 a.m., police are investigating a report of a stolen vehicle on Shelburne Road.

April 16 at 7:44 a.m., an accident on Shelburne Road resulted in injury.

April 17 at 2:06 p.m., police trespassed someone from Community Drive.

April 18 at 11:38 a.m., a fraud was reported on Williston Road. Police are investigating.

April 19 at 1:02 p.m., police are investigating a report of threats being made on Cinda Street.

April 20 at 11:02 a.m., a domestic assault was reported on Garden Street. Investigation is pending. April 21 at 2:43 p.m., a missing person was reported on Hinesburg Road.

Note: Charges filed by police are subject to review by the Chittenden County State’s Attorney Office and can be amended or dropped.

Arrested at protest Family speaks out about teen who killed two in 2020 Charlotte crash

MIKE DONOGHUE CORRESPONDENT

A teenage driver fined $220 for her part in a double-fatal car crash that killed an elderly Addison County couple in September 2020 in Charlotte was among those arrested at an anti-Israel encampment at Columbia University in New York City last week.

Meanwhile, the family of the two dead victims still aren’t happy that Isabel Jennifer Seward of Atlanta, Ga. never went to prison for the crash.

Public records show Seward, then 16, received a Vermont civil traffic ticket for an offense listed as “driving on roadways laned for traffic” during the double fatal crash.

Seward’s mother later paid the $220 fine. Seward pleaded no contest to the violation.

Her father, William J. Seward, was a longtime high-ranking executive at United Parcel Service and the family lived in a $2.2 million home in Georgia.

Police arrest man in attack with knife at Travelodge

A South Burlington man, Mabior Jok, 39, was held without bail after police say he threatened another person’s life with a knife around 3:16 p.m. on April 21.

The victim told police they went to Jok’s room at the Travelodge on Shelburne Road to retrieve property that had been taken from their room.

The person said Jok became enraged, pulled them into his room, threw them onto the bed and began to strangle them. Jok then

held a knife to the person’s neck and threatened to kill them.

Another motel resident interrupted the assault, police said.

South Burlington police officers located Jok at a nearby liquor store, and investigators later recovered the knife from his room at the Travelodge.

Jok was being held without bail before his arraignment on Monday. Police said Jok is currently on probation with the Vermont Department of Corrections.

The family of the couple killed in the crash — Chet Hawkins, a longtime town official in Ferrisburgh, and his wife, Connie — say they are furious that Seward was never seriously held accountable for killing the elderly pair, who were married for almost 55 years, according to news accounts.

“The only reason she wasn’t charged with murder is because she has a rich daddy. She should be behind bars,” the New York Post quoted Eve Taylor, a niece of the victims, in its Sunday edition.

Seward, who was visiting her grandfather, a doctor in Charlotte, was a two-sport varsity athlete at Paideia, an exclusive private school in Atlanta at the time of the crash. She was in her junior year.

Attempts to reach the Hawkins family members through their lawyer before the deadline were unsuccessful.

Connie Hawkins died at the scene of the crash, while Chet Hawkins died five hours later at the hospital. Both died from blunt trauma to the head, body and extremities, a medical examiner said.

Seward provided at least three conflicting stories about her cellSee

OPINION

Lawmakers to regulate ghost guns, protect polling places

From the House

Rep. Martin LaLonde

The House Committee on Judiciary has focused on public safety during the decade I have served as a representative. This year, the committee has passed bills to address retail theft, trespass into motor vehicles, domestic and sexual violence and the backlog of court cases. The committee is currently considering Senate bills that address juvenile justice, drug offenses and bail and violations of conditions of release.

We have also continued our sustained efforts to mitigate firearm violence in a manner that respects the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and Article 16 of the Vermont Constitution.

Last year, the Legislature focused on implementing firearm policies that would reduce suicide. Act 45 required gun owners to securely store their firearms in circumstances where a child or person prohibited from possessing a firearm is likely to gain access to them.

It also improved access to Vermont’s red-flag law, which allows a court to issue an extreme risk protection order that temporarily prohibits certain individuals from purchasing, possessing or receiving dangerous weapons, including firearms, when those individuals pose a danger of injury to themselves or others. It also added a 72-hour waiting period for firearm purchases.

would lead to a criminal penalty. The House Committee on Judiciary changed possession of non-serialized firearms to a civil infraction out of respect for the long-standing gun-smithing tradition in Vermont. We agreed with the Senate in having the transfer and manufacture of non-serialized firearms as criminal offens es.

Under the bill, if hobbyists want to build their own guns, they may still do so. They are then required to bring their guns to a federally licensed firearms dealer to have a serial number added and to undergo a background check.

The bill also includes a provision that would provide a sentencing enhancement if an offender carried a ghost gun when committing a violent crime. The offender would be subject to a penalty of up to five additional years in prison.

The ghost gun provisions do not violate the Second Amendment. They are constitutional under the Supreme Court’s test in NYSRPA v. Bruen.

The ghost gun bill does not not impair anyone’s right to keep or bear arms; it simply requires that such arms have serial numbers on them.

First, this bill does not implicate the plain text of the Second Amendment. It does not impair anyone’s right to keep or bear arms; it simply requires that such arms have serial numbers on them. Second, S.209 is consistent with the historical tradition of firearms regulation. Iden tifying marks on firearms have a long history, dating back to 16th-cen tury England and colo nial America. S.209 is likewise consistent with other longstanding prohi bitions aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of those who are prohibited from possessing them under existing state and federal law.

This year, Senate judiciary turned its attention to privately made firearms. Guns can be assembled from parts, often sold in a kit, or printed using a 3D printer. When such firearms lack a serial number, they are known as ghost guns.

S.209 would prohibit the possession, transfer and manufacturing of firearms without a serial number. Without a serial number, guns are untraceable, which can frustrate an investigation when they are used in the commission of a crime. Also, people can obtain ghost guns without undergoing the required background check, including individuals who are prohibited from possessing a firearm.

The text of the bill as it passed the Senate provided that possession, transfer and manufacture of non-serialized firearms

The House committee added a provi sion to S.209 that bans the carrying of firearms or other dangerous weapons in polling places. This ban is also constitu tional under Supreme Court precedent. In Bruen, the Supreme Court specifically identified polling places among so-called “sensitive places,” which are locations where firearms may be prohibited. The current political climate warrants increased protections for poll workers and voters alike from potential violence and intimidation.

As of this writing, the bill is awaiting a final vote on the House floor.

If you have any input or questions regarding S.209 or other bills before the Legislature, contact me at mlalonde@leg. state.vt.us or at 802-863-3086.

Martin LaLonde, a Democrat, represents South Burlington in the Chit tenden-12 House district.

Rep. Martin LaLonde

Trapping setbacks show no measurable gain

To the Editor:

Senate bill S.258 has passed and is now in the Vermont House of Representatives. This bill was pushed by and written in cooperation with animal rights groups.

One feature of this bill is setbacks. A setback would allow traps no closer than 50 feet to all roads and trails. Although reasonable and logical at first glance, it is not what it seems. It is meant is to create an unjustified burden on trappers, and not supported by sufficient evidence of harm to domestic pets or raise any issues of public safety.

Previous legislation provided for some setbacks. There is no data that suggests even these setbacks were warranted or are solving any known issues.

The setback provisions of S.258 would come close to ending trapping in the state. Often a key place to trap is near streams that parallels or crosses under roads. Requiring setbacks there would clearly exclude some of the most important areas trappers rely on — the key goal of animal rights groups.

Unofficial hiking and bike trails and cross-country ski tails have proliferated and very often zig zag back and forth, at times coming within 30 feet of each other. They can cover a great percent of the acreage involved on any given property. These trails often are not permanent and are often redirected, creating a labyrinth of trails, new and old.

Animal rights groups know that a setback rule will make trap placement extremely difficult to impossible, which is why they have pushed for these unjustified

changes from existing policy.

Hunting and trapping are already highly regulated. No public safety gain will come from this bill. However, it will create great harm to traditional outdoor culture so important to so many of our citizens, urban as well as rural. Please oppose it.

Ray

Gonda

South Burlington

Save SB High School language programs

To the Editor:

Two of the four modern languages currently being taught at South Burlington High School are potential victims of the failed school budget votes. The teachers of German and Japanese have been issued RIF, or reduction-in-force, notifications that their current positions have been eliminated, and since each of these programs employs only one teacher, students could be robbed of their opportunity to learn these languages.

Eliminating half of the modern language offerings at one of the top high schools in Vermont is a heartbreaking response to the district’s mandate to cut costs. Are there no other cost-cutting measures that would have a less damaging impact on students’ academic opportunities?

Both programs attract a good number of enthusiastic learners every year. The German and Japanese programs are long-running traditions at South Burlington High School: Japanese for 20 years and German for 60.

Both participate in The International Experience (TIE), which regularly hosts exchange students

from their sister schools in Germany and Japan and provides opportunities for South Burlington students to travel abroad to their sister schools and experience those cultures firsthand.

As a retired professor of applied linguistics with a 50-year career in language education, I can attest that learning a different language and interacting with members of that culture is a truly transformative, life-altering experience that I believe should be part of every young person’s education. It opens their eyes to alternative ways of seeing the world and combats petty feelings of ethnocentrism and xenophobia. It contributes to world peace.

I urge the South Burlington School District to rethink its curricular decisions that have put these fine language programs in jeopardy.

Daniel

W. Evans, PhD South Burlington

Look beyond southeast quadrant for ARPA funds

To the Editor:

Common Roots is requesting $400,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to acquire land to expand on the organization’s mission. I am writing to ask the city council to deny the request because it will not benefit a large part of our community and will increase the inequity between the southeast quadrant and the rest of the city.

First, the council’s value statement for use of ARPA funds included that any project should be transformational in nature. This request does not meet that criteria. This would be a subsidy to a well-established organization.

Second, the survey of how to use ARPA funds came out with child care as the top need. Imagine what $400,000 could do for a child care center in an underserved part of town? That would be transformative and an important component of our city’s economic development that is not currently being well met. The location in the southeast quadrant is not near public transportation, which automatically excludes households without cars.

As a public-school parent, I very much appreciate Common Roots’ farm-to-table program in our schools, as all kids can benefit from it. The need for child care is indeed well-established, as the Common Roots letter notes. But this is yet again in a location in the southeast quadrant

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The legal voters of the City of South Burlington School District are hereby notified and warned to meet at their respective polling places at the Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School on 500 Dorset Street, the Orchard School on 2 Baldwin Avenue, the Gertrude Chamberlin School on 262 White Street, and South Burlington City Hall Senior Center on 180 Market Street on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at 7:00 o’clock in the morning, at which time the polls will open, until 7:00 o’clock in the evening, at which time the polls will close, to vote by Australian ballot on the following article:

ARTICLE I BUDGET

Shall the voters of the City of South Burlington School District approve the School Board to expend Sixty-Eight Million Eighty-Two Thousand Two and 00/100 Dollars ($68,082,002.00), which is the amount the School Board has determined to be necessary for the ensuing fiscal year?

Polling places are at the Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School on 500 Dorset Street, the Orchard School on 2 Baldwin Avenue, the Gertrude Chamberlin School on 262 White Street, and South Burlington City Hall Senior Center on 180 Market Street. Voters are to go to the polling place in their respective District.

The legal voters of the City of South Burlington School District are further warned and notified that a public information meeting will be held to discuss Article I on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. at 577 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT. Handyperson & senior modifications

Community Notes

Upcoming webinar offers study of Indigenous hunting

Ecological restoration workshops

American Abenaki people in Vermont were and are culturally competent in many types of Indigenous hunting and trapping techniques as well as the use of traditional hunting spirituality. They have used sophisticated Native American technologies such as canoes and snowshoes to get to hunting grounds, stayed in the field in wigwams or tents, fished with spears and handlines, hunted and killed game with lances, bows and guns, and brought it back to camp for processing.

In an upcoming Zoom talk, “Hunting and Fishing: A Case Study in Cultural Continuity,” Dr. Frederick M. Wiseman presents abundant evidence of these activities in the form of objects, tools, historic photographs, family stories and distinctive skills passed down through generations of Abenaki families all with good documented historical Vermont provenance.

Register in advance for this webinar, which will be held Thursday, May 2, 6:30 p.m., at bit.ly/4aKVs8M.

Donations are appreciated at this free event. For information, contact Francine Poitras at communications@abenakiart.org.

Vintage Inspired grows, expands on Dorset Street

Vintage Inspired Marketplace, South Burlington’s only multi-dealer vintage and antique store, is moving and expanding at its current location on Dorset Street.

The shop moved to South Burlington in February 2023 after a 12-year run on Flynn Avenue in Burlington’s South End. After just a year at its current location, Vintage Inspired will be move into the front suite at 10 Dorset St., most recently occupied by Total Fitness Equipment.

The space offers almost 4,500 square feet of retail space.

Owner Rebecca Wallace purchased the business in January 2023. In addition to the 30 vendors currently selling their wares at Vintage Inspired, Wallace has added about 20 more for the new location and hopes to bring the final tally to 60 later this year.

The new location is set to open May 1.

Sign up now for Shelburne 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, May 14.

Meals 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 chicken breast with sweet and sour sauce, brown rice pilaf with veggies and cannellini beans, brussels sprouts, wheat roll, cookie and milk.

To order a meal contact Kathleen at agewellstcath@gmail.com or 802-503-1107. Deadline to order is Wednesday, May 8.

MycoLab, the community branch of MycoEvolve, is holding ecological restoration workshops at Shelburne Farms, 1611 Harbor Road. Volunteers will grow skills in non-chemical removal of nonnative plant species, tool safety and plant identification. Aspects of this work are strenuous, but many hands will lighten the load. No experience is needed. Upon entering the farm at the central entrance and use the designated parking. To register, go to forms.gle/Q7z2Ly6TMpScTu7v9. Questions? Email breezybeegardens@gmail.com.

Beverly J. Herrick

Beverly Jane (Smith) Herrick, 84, a true warrior and beloved by all who knew her, died at the McClure-Miller Respite House on Friday, April 12, 2024, after battling both neuroendocrine and lung cancer for years. She had lived in South Burlington for many years.

Beverly was born on Oct. 7, 1939, in Hanover, N.H., to Wardie and Doris Smith (Horton). Beverly’s early years were spent in Keene, N.H., where she attended a one-room schoolhouse. She had fond memories of walking to a house nearby, pulling a wagon in the spring and fall and a sled in the winter, to retrieve the hot lunches made for the students by the woman who lived there.

Beverly’s family later moved to Taftsville, Vt., where Wardie worked as a mechanic and night watchman. Beverly attended Woodstock High School where she excelled academically, played snare drum in the marching band and was crowned homecoming queen her senior year.

Upon graduation in 1957, Beverly declined an offer to have college paid for by a local family and instead chose to take a job as secretary to the principal of Woodstock High School. It was here that she met the love of her life, John B. Herrick, who had just taken a teaching job at the school. They were married six months later and had two children.

Work brought the young family to Burlington, where John taught at Edmunds Middle School. Beverly worked many years for the Chittenden Bank in downtown Burlington and made many close friends.

Obituary

After retiring from the Chittenden, she worked at City Drug and volunteered for years for both Fletcher Free Library and the Ethan Allen House, both in Burlington. Beverly was a regular supporter of the Vermont Food Shelf and the Vermont Young Writer’s Project.

Except for her bowling league, she wasn’t a joiner but enjoyed hosting get-togethers with family and friends as well as reading, gardening, walking and exploring Vermont.

She was fiercely independent and cared for her husband during his battle with Alzheimer’s disease and cancer right up until he died. Her love for him was unconditional and inspiring.

Beverly was predeceased by beloved husband, John. Many fun times and memo-

ries were made during their long marriage. They had two children who are forever grateful to have had such loving, supportive and accepting parents.

She was also predeceased by her parents and her sister, Margaret Wilson.

She leaves behind her daughter, Laurinda Hulce and her husband, Barry; son, Christian Herrick; grandchildren, Zoe Hulce, Gwynevere Hulce, Ethan Herrick and Zander Herrick; and many other beloved friends and family members both near and far.

The family thanks the staff at the Respite House for their support and the tenderness with which they cared for Beverly in her last days. The family would like to thank Leon Emmons and his wife, Linda, for their support of Beverly over the years but especially since the death of her husband John, who Leon had been friends with since they were both 5 years old.

Special thanks also to Beverly’s niece and lifelong friend, Lois Silva, who spent the last few days of Beverly’s life with the family at the Respite House and provided more support than can be put into words.

Beverly will be forever missed. A small graveside service will be held later to fulfill Beverly and John’s wish that their ashes be combined and then buried at Lakeview Cemetery on North Avenue in Burlington.

The family asks that donations honoring Beverly be made directly to either the Chittenden County Humane Society, Vermont Food Shelf or the McClure-Miller Respite House.

Please visit awrfh.com to share your memories and condolences.

Beverly J. Herrick

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that will not be accessible to the families that need it most.

We are currently building a home in the southeast quadrant, and I’ve met so many wnew neighbors with kids, many of them at the age of needing preschool child care. They are all paying for private child care, preschools, nannies and au pairs and are able to do so easily. A new child care center in this location would, yet again, benefit the most privileged part of our community and leave middleclass and working-class families out in the cold.

Speaking as a part of that privileged demographic, this is not necessary in this location and is not the best use of funds for the community as a whole. It’s time to look beyond the southeast quadrant to build a South Burlington that works for everyone.

Amy Allen South Burlington

Other ways to help fight housing, climate crises

To the Editor:

My recent Clean & Green article described actions that residents might carry out to help defeat our housing and climate change crises. (“Choose own role in tackling housing crisis, climate change,” April 11, 2024)

In case none of the opportunities included was a good fit, below are three

additional options for your consideration:

• Volunteer for and contribute to Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity. The homes Habitat builds are always modestly sized and super energy efficient.

• Donate to or buy from a Habitat ReStore in Williston, Milton or Swanton.

• Volunteer for and contribute to Champlain Housing Trust, Cathedral Square or the Committee on Temporary Shelter, whose work advances the causes of housing affordability and energy efficiency.

Let’s keep up and increase our good work in tackling these challenges.

Sandy Dooley South Burlington

Ram Hinsdale’s defense on ‘conflict’ is flawed

To the Editor:

In the April 18 issue of The Other Paper (“Ethics panel: no violation against Sen. Ram Hinsdale”), Sen. Ram Hinsdale tried to defend herself against the conflict-of-interest complaint filed by 14 Vermonters. Here are examples of the senator’s flawed defense.

She said, “I try to keep (that) separate from my husband’s line of work. But we share a last name. People still have elected me knowing that.”

Does anyone believe that a husband and wife do not talk about their daily

work, especially when the arenas are professionally connected? In most relationships, working couples share and listen to each other so there is no separation.

Further, the senator believes that because voters elected her knowing of the connection between her family’s vast real estate holdings and her work on the housing committee, it’s now OK to chair the committee, propose legislation and then vote on those proposals.

Since when does the voting public dictate personal ethical standards? Ethical politicians govern from their heart, not from the perceived opinions and values of their constituents.

Worse yet, here is another of the senator’s statements excusing her decisions not to recuse herself: “If everyone did (that), there would be no one left to vote.

... If everything was investigated because there was the appearance of a conflict, we wouldn’t be able to function.”

Wrong again, senator.

I’m sure there are plenty of senators

and House members who have a knowledgeable background and contribute to a committee of their interest.

However, I doubt there are other multi-millionaires who have their own personal family interest in mind as they perform their duties as a legislator. If there are, I am certain they have been smart enough to rise to their own ethical standards and recuse themselves from voting on their committees’ proposals so there is no conflict of interest or even an appearance of one.

Ram Hinsdale’s actions and now her words have stained her reputation and may have unfairly undermined the trust Vermonters have for her colleagues in the Legislature.

“Everyone has a conflict, so it’s OK” is an unacceptable standard for any representative to excuse a potential conflict of interest. One has to wonder why the senator has not yet realized that.

John Bossange South Burlington

Wolves look to capitalize on returning players

year; Ella Nielsen, second base, first-year; Callie Beyor, center field, first-year; Ava Lafayette, catcher, first-year.

Baseball

Coach: Luke Goyette

Last season: 13-3, lost in the Division I semifinals

This season: 1-0

Key returnees: Kiefer McGrath, catcher, senior; Andre Bouffard, infielder, senior; Nick Kelly, pitcher, senior; James Chagnon, infielder, senior; Brady Havers, infielder, senior; Sam Mazza-Bergeron, outfielder, senior; Lucas Van Mullen, outfielder, junior.

Key newcomers: Too early to tell.

Outlook: South Burlington returns a team seasoned with a lot of maturity, and it will need much of that experience in a tough Metro Division. The Wolves retained a lot of last year’s 13-3 roster and will rely on those players as the season begins. South Burlington has some early games outside of the Metro division before it faces the meat of its schedule.

“The most exciting part about this season to me is the level of play across the league, we have many players throughout the Metro that are planning to play in college next season,” coach Luke Goyette said. “The overall goal will be to stay healthy, make good decisions, keep moving in the same direction and get better today than we were yesterday.”

Softball

Coach: Hailey Reilly

Last season: 10-5, lost in the D-I quarterfinals

This season: 0-2

Key returnees: Trinity Rye, outfield, senior; Cait Bartlett, first base, senior; Jordan Larose, short stop, senior. Key newcomers: Naysa Bush, pitcher, first-

Outlook: The name of the game of the softball team this season is youth. The Wolves have a very young roster, including a first-year pitcher and catcher. The team’s younger players are versatile but will need some time to find their roles on the field so the group will be relying on the experience of the team’s small group of returning players for leadership.

“Our focus is on having a strong defense behind some of our new pitchers and being scrappy in the batter’s box,” coach Hailey Reilly said. “Successful teams get nowhere based on individual play — it needs to be a team effort.”

Up next: Thursday, April 25, against Colchester, 4:30 p.m.

Boys’ tennis

Coach: Drew Gordon

Last season: 5-10, lost in the D-I playdowns

Key returnees: Yuyang Zhang, junior; Will Bradley, senior; Mateo Duracak, senior; Jay Eagle, senior.

Key newcomers: Omar Daoudi, senior.

Outlook: The boys return almost every player from last year’s team and take a senior-heavy squad into this season’s play. They will rely on that depth, especially in the doubles game, to start the season off on the right foot.

With an older group, coach Drew Gordon expects the team to be competitive in every match and gives them a chance to improve on last year’s record. “We will be competitive and hopefully will set ourselves up for a playoff run,” Gordon said. “I think making it to the semis is a good starting goal for us.”

The big question mark will be in the top singles spots can the Wolves find wins at No.

1 and No. 2?

Opener: Monday, April 29, at Middlebury, 3:30 p.m.

Girls’ tennis

Coach: Jasmina Jusufagic

Last season: 10-5, lost in the D-I playdowns

Key returnees: Wynne Adamson, senior; Ella Maynard, senior; Grace Stein, senior; Bridget Simone, senior; Emma Xia, junior; Evangeline Clifford, junior; Ella Stein, sophomore; Delaney Lamphier, sophomore.

Key newcomers: Beatrice Fogarty, senior; Sophia Gavin, senior; Yordanes Gebreselasie, junior; Sofia Graves, junior; Elizabeth Wright, junior; Madison Dewees, sophomore; Alyona Vulpe, sophomore; Rosa DiGiulian, first-year.

Outlook: The girls tennis team adds a new group of players as the Wolves look to improve on last year’s results. The team is hoping that the seniors can help lead the program in the early part of the season as it figures out where each player fits in the lineup.

“Every girl shows love for the sport and is prepared to play their role for South Burlington,” coach Jasmina Jusafagic said. “We will have a successful season if the girls have a good time and feel all around stronger by June.”

Opener: Wednesday, May 1, at St. Johnsbury, 3:30 p.m.

Boys’ lacrosse

Coach: Garnet Smith

Last season: 13-1, D-I state champions

This season: 1-2

Key returnees: Will Anderson, midfield, senior; Brady Sweet, midfield, senior; Will Goyette attack, junior; Cam Gammon, defense, senior; Finn McCarney, defense,

senior; Jack Kelly, defense, sophomore; Harry Poquette, defense, junior; Hunter Johnson, midfield, junior.

Key newcomers: Liam Ahern, goalie, senior; Sawyer Bond, midfield, senior; Jesse Poor, faceoff/midfield, junior.

Outlook: South Burlington has big plans to defend its state title and has plenty of experience to do it. The Wolves have experienced players at all positions, except goaltender, where a newcomer takes the starting role.

Will Anderson and Brady Sweet will lead the midfield, while Will Goyette returns to pace the attack. South Burlington returns key players for the defense to help set things up in front of its new goalie, Liam Ahern.

“We bring back some great athletes on either side of the ball,” coach Gar Smith said. “Every day we get a little better, with a plan to trust the process and peak as a team towards the end of the season.”

Up next: Saturday, April 27, at Salmon River, 2 p.m.

Girls’ lacrosse

Coach: Anjie Soucy

Last season: 13-3, lost in the D-I semifinals

This season: 4-0

Key returnees: Rachel Kelley, midfield, senior; Sabrina Brunet, midfield, seniors; Elsa Nygaard-Otsby, defense, senior; Oakley Machanic, defense, senior; Victoria Bohlmann, goalkeeper, sophomore; Elise Smith, attack, junior; Elise Knoth, attack, juniors.

Key newcomers: Reese Gordon, midfield, sophomore.

Outlook: South Burlington looks to return to the state championship after exiting in the semifinals the last two years and it has

Nick Kelly throws no-hitter in season opener

Baseball

South Burlington 14, U-32 0 (5): Nick Kelly threw five innings of no-hit baseball to lead South Burlington to a win over U-32 on Saturday, April 20.

Kelly struck out 12 in a perfect game to win on the mound for the Wolves. Andre Bouffard went 2-for-4 with four RBIs, while Lucas Van Mullen and Cedric Lamothe each added a double.

South Burlington moved to 1-0 with the win.

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South Burlington 14, Rice 11: South Burlington beat Rice 14-11 on Saturday to open the season with two wins.

The Wolves moved to 2-0.

Softball

Missisquoi 28, South Burlington 0 (5): South Burlington could not manage a hit and Missisquoi beat the Wolves 28-0 on Saturday in softball.

It was the second loss in as many days for the Wolves, who fell to BFA-St. Albans 30-0 on Friday.

Girls’ lacrosse

South Burlington 13, Burlington 5: Six different players scored for South Burlington as the Wolves beat Burlington in lacrosse Thursday, April 18.

Rachel Kelley led the way with four goals and an assist for the Wolves (4-0), while Elise Smith added a hat trick.

Sabrina Brunet and Eilse Knoth each tallied twice, while Reese

Jackson Admas had four goals and five assists to lead the South Burlington offense. Trent Biaza added three assists, while Rowan Nenninger added two goals and two assists.

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a strong group of returning players to do it. The team brings back 10 players from last year’s squad but will have to replace five key starters.

Rachel Kelley will look to lead the attack — the senior already got her 100th career goal this season — and Sabrina Brunet will also help anchor the midfield.

“Speed and athleticism are strengths of the team,” coach Anjie Soucy said. “The team will definitely keep improving throughout the season and has potential to be one of the top teams in D-I.”

Up next: Monday, April 29, at Essex, 4:30 p.m.

Track and field

Coach: Geoffrey Bennett and Dennis Akey

Last season: The boys were second in the state championship, while the girls placed seventh.

Key returnees: Boys: Austin Simone, senior; Tucker Hall, senior; Jason Lai, junior; Eli Buck, senior; Oden Cloutier, sophomore. Girls: Izzy Laramee, senior; Regina O’Leary, senior; Regina Palmer, senior; Gracey Morris, junior; Kelsey Adams, sophomore.

Key newcomers: Too early to tell.

Outlook: This year’s track and field is one of the largest groups that the Wolves have seen in a long time, with 76 athletes turning out this season, with strong runners on both the boys’ and girls’ teams.

“We have a lot of newcomers, and I am excited to see what they can do,” coach Dennis Akey said.

Gordon and Kayla Kim each chipped in a goal. Victoria Bohlmann stopped eight shots in goal.

Boys’ lacrosse

Burr and Burton 10, South Burlington 9: Burr and Burton edged out South Burlington on Friday, April 19, in a one-goal loss for the Wolves.

Will Anderson had four goals to pace South Burlington offensively, while Brady Sweet tallied twice.

Liam Ahern stopped eight shots in goal and the Wolves dropped to 1-2.

Boys’ tennis

Middlebury 6, South Burlington 1: South Burlington fell to Middlebury on Friday in high school boys’ tennis.

Omar Daoudi got the lone win for the Wolves, beating Elliot Hummingway 6-3, 6-1 in singles. South Burlington fell to 0-1.

“We’ve got a bigger girls’ team than we do a boys’ team. We are pretty well spread out on the girls’ side; we have pretty good coverage in each area. On the boys’ side, we are sprint and hurdle heavy.”

With the spread of talent, South Burlington will look for a top-five state meet finish, while the boys are looking to dominate the running side of the competition.

Up next: Wednesday, April 24, at the Essex Vocational Boy’s Ultimate

Coach: Sebastian Ventrone

Last season: 11-1, lost in the D-I semifinals

This season: 2-0

Key returnees: Gabe Gelfenbein, senior; Isaac Margulius, junior; Harrison Chamberlain, senior; Trent Biaza, senior; Jackson Adams, senior; Rowan Nenninger, senior.

Key newcomers: Hammad Ali, senior; Max Frostman, sophomore; Joe Hollander, sophomore.

Outlook: After watching their undefeated season end in an upset in the semifinals, the boys’ Ultimate team is looking to return to the top this season. They will have do so with some new faces after graduating key players from last year’s squad.

The team will rely on its captains, Gabe Gelfenbein and Isaac Magulius, to pace the Wolves in the early season while the newer players find their rhythm.

“This team lost a lot of key seniors from last year but is still filled with plenty of experience

and the new players are eager to make their name on the frisbee field,” coach Sebastian Ventrone said. “We have a younger roster than previous years and it will be a great year for all of the new players to get a feel for the speed of varsity.”

Up next: Wednesday, May 1, at Middlebury, 4 p.m.

Girls’ Ultimate

Coach: Mariz Mangundayao

Last season: Lost in the D-I state championship

This season: 2-0

Key returnees: Moriya Gelfenbein, senior; Ava Jensen, senior; Lucy Flemer, senior; Sunny Wickenden, senior; Meredith Lambert, junior.

Key newcomers: Josie Maxwell, first-year; Evie Lorentz, first-year.

Outlook: South Burlington is looking to build off last year’s run to the championship, with a strong group of returnees and a crop of new players. The Wolves return four offensive powers this year — Moriya Gelfenbein, Ava Jensen, Lucy Flemer and Sunny Wickenden — and Meredith Lambert will anchor the defense.

“We need to build the knowledge and skills for our underclassmen because half of our team will be graduating at the end of the season,” coach Mariz Mangundayao said. “Our goal this season is to be back in the finals and to bring home the trophy.”

Up next: Tuesday, April 30, against St. Johnsbury, 4 p.m.

PHOTO BY AL FREY South Burlington and Champlain Valley lacrosse players both eye the ball.

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receive a salary, also opted to forego its small stipends and reduce the spending request by an additional $3,750. It also voted to allocate the collective $3 million budget surpluses from fiscal years

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forum in April. Final interviews were held April 5.

After graduating from the University of Vermont, Kane began her teaching career in Brooklyn, N.Y., where she taught third through fifth grades before moving to Boston to continue teaching. After moving back to Vermont, she taught at the elementary level at South Burlington’s Chamberlin School where she also completed a principal internship under Holly Rouelle.

She became assistant principal at Barre City Elementary and Middle School in 2021-2022 before joining the Orchard team as assistant principal.

Kane said her decision to apply for the position, in part, was due to the relationships she has formed with the community in the past two years.

“With the announcement of Mark’s retirement, it was just a really natural segue for me and the more I’d gotten to know people and systems, the more eager I was to be involved and more invested on the principal level,” she said. “As assistant principal, you do some of the work but on different levels and in different capacities. I wanted to get that experience of principal and see how we can continue to grow together.”

Since she began her career in the classroom, she said that she still has a “teacher mindset,” and

2022 and 2023 as revenue to lower the tax rate, and a $1.1 million budget allocation to the capital reserve fund has been eliminated.

In what has been a challenging year for officials crafting

looking for ways to support staff will be a top priority. Having firsthand classroom experience so recently, she said, is a critical piece to being able to understand what actually happens in the classroom.

“Schools have been changing for a while and most recently throughout the pandemic, many barriers to teaching have come up for classroom teachers that inhibit educators to fully lean on their skills and do the great work that they can,” she said. “I was really motivated to be a person to interfere with that appropriately so that (teachers) can give their best to students.”

She said that the biggest hurdle for elementary school-aged children is working to cultivate their social-emotional development.

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school budgets after the Legislature implemented a new education funding formula known as Act 127 — which it then altered just weeks before town meeting — South Burlington school officials are now

Without that piece, she said, academic learning really can’t take place.

“In the aftermath of the pandemic we’ve seen students coming in at very different experience levels with social interactions and social-emotional development,” she said. “We know as educators that academic learning and growth can’t take place until those social-emotional needs are met. So often students are needing more guidance and structure around how to navigate their social and emotional experiences.”

While she hasn’t yet fleshed out her first steps once in the job, she said that relationship-building, streamlining communication and a focus on systems work will continue to be a baseline for her in the months to come.

Superintendent Violet Nichols said that throughout the “rigorous search process” the Orchard School Community showed a massive amount of support for Kane, and her ability to build relationships with students, staff and families played a big role in her getting the job.

“She takes input from staff and works tirelessly to support students and parents and guardians. Her follow-through and communication are excellent,” Nichols said in a statement. “I am excited to continue to work with her in her new capacity.”

having to grapple with even greater budget cuts as the community demands leaner spending.

Board member Tim Warren said the budget decisions made now are “cutting into flesh,” speaking about the 47 teachers who have been notified they may not have a job next year, and the net reduction of almost nine full-time equivalent positions associated with the new budget.

“It’s a really sad impact. Teacher morale is low, and it certainly impacts students,” superintendent Violet Nichols said. “These are exceptional educators who do important work here and we’re writing letters of recommendation left and right. Other school districts that have passed budgets and have openings are certainly going to get applications from our staff.”

Additionally, by April 30, all middle school and high school coaches and club advisors will receive similar notices.

“Since we will not have a firm sense of what our co-curricular and athletic program will look like until we have a firm sense of what the amount of money in the budget is we have to notify folks,” South Burlington High School principal Patrick Burke said.

Nichols said letters have been sent but jobs have not been lost until the district has a passed budget.

Board member Laura Williams, a teacher in the Essex Westford School District whose budget was also defeated this month, added from her personal experience that it’s a frustrating and difficult time to be in schools as rumors of staffing reductions continue to circulate.

“You’re a professional and you’re trying to do your best and you can’t help but take it slightly personally that your community is not supporting you,” she said.

While this current budget originally proposed cutting the district’s two behavior analysts, the board received a lot of community feedback in support of those positions, so rather than cutting the entire program, the school board cut only one of the positions. The board also added back one IT educator.

At the meeting, Kristin Romick, the school district’s executive director of education support systems, explained that behavior analysts work directly with certain students with individualized educational plans while also working to support faculty and the families of those students.

The board unanimously adopted its new budget, but fears about what will come next year are already beginning to percolate, especially since the district opted to use all its surplus money to offset this year’s budget.

“We won’t have those to rely on next year, which will have to mean staff reductions given that 80 percent of our budget is staffing costs,” Nichols said, noting that 8.8 full-time equivalent position reductions for one year is significant. “Should things remain the same, it’ll be a lot more significant next year without those sorts of bailouts.”

Should the budget be shot down for a third time on May 7, Nichols said the district would still have one more attempt to pass a budget by June 30. But by July 1, without a budget in place, the district would only be authorized to borrow up to 87 percent of the current 2024 budget of $62.5 million.

The board will hold a public hearing at its regular meeting on Wednesday, May 1, to hear from the community on the new budget proposal.

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phone use leading up to and after the crash near Church Hill Road about 4:05 p.m. Sept. 8, 2020, according to the Vermont State Police accident report.

A northbound driver trailing Seward captured the crash on his dash-camera video. It showed Seward in a Toyota Tacoma crossing the double yellow line and crashing into the Hawkins’ car as he tried to pull as far right into the breakdown lane to avoid Seward’s vehicle, records show.

Facing two felony criminal charges of careless and negligent driving with death resulting, Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George directed Vermont State Police to issue the teen the civil ticket, records show.

Seward arrested at Columbia University

Over the past weekend, both the New York Post and the Daily Mail reported the Hawkins family was shocked that Seward was back in the news.

Seward was among 114 protestors arrested at an anti-Israel encampment at Columbia University in New York City last week, where New York police arrested

Be on the lookout

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South Burlington police are looking for a person who reportedly stole a wallet from underneath a bathroom stall in the Target restroom at the University Mall on April 7 around 1:30 pm. The suspect was captured on video surveillance leaving the store. Anyone with information is asked to call officer Joanna Morse at 802-846-4843.

Seward, handcuffed her and led her away, the Post reported.

Taylor said she called Vermont State Police Saturday morning to see if they would re-open the investigation into the fatal crash.

“Chet and Connie’s family are all incensed,” Taylor said. “I want her charged with murder. She has no remorse; she received no punishment. ... After basically getting away with murder, she’s now promoting murder, with no understanding of what she’s promoting,” the Post quoted the niece as saying.

Seward may also have faced some kind of juvenile hearing in

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Vermont Family Court for the double fatal, but officials at the time said no serious action could be taken.

“The footage clearly shows Vehicle #1 leaving its lane of travel, continue travelling (sic) north in the southbound lane of US Route 7, before colliding headon with Vehicle #2. There did not appear to be any attempt by Vehicle #1 to correct its course prior to the crash,” trooper Nate Quealy wrote in his preliminary crash report.

He said Seward estimated she was driving 56 mph in the 50-mph zone.

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ANSWERS FROM THIS ISSUE

Bike club’s May rides

All riders must sign an annual waiver. Cyclists should sign up for each individual ride so ride leaders know how many people to expect.

For club rules and to join, visit the gmbc.com. Contact Donna Leban at donna.leban@gmail.com for social ride sign-ups.

Sunday, May 5

Covered Bridges of Chittenden County: 23-, 30- and 36-mile options of rolling hills through Shelburne and Charlotte with the longer ride going through Ferrisburgh.

Meet at 9:15 a.m. at Veterans Memorial Park, South Burlington, Wheeler lot. Social ride option.

The leader is Dorothy Pumo, 802-829-8729, dpumo5@gmail. com.

Sunday, May 12

Vergennes Voyager: 26-mile rolling or 39-mile flat to rolling rural ride running along Otter Creek to Middlebury for a possible bakery stop. The longer ride heads toward Kingsland Bay State Park before heading south to Middlebury.

Meet at 9:15 a.m. at Vergennes Union High School, Monkton Road, east parking lot. Social ride option. The leader is Kevin Batson, 802-825-2618, kevbvt@gmail. com.

Sunday, May 19

Kingsland Bay: 35-mile ride

rolls from Shelburne through Charlotte to Kingsland Bay Park and back. The 51-mile ride heads toward Vergennes and climbs to Monkton Ridge, returning through Hinesburg and a 65-mile option heads into Huntington but will not have a leader.

Meet at 9:15 a.m. at Shelburne Shopping Plaza. Social ride option.

The leader is Josh Simonds, 802-355-4352, jsimonds9@gmail. com.

Saturday, May 25

Gravel Hinesburg: Buck, Gilman and Baldwin. This roughly 20-mile, mostly gravel ride traverses quiet roads of Hinesburg.

Meet at 9:15 a.m. at Hinesburg Park and Ride behind the town offices. The leader is Brian Howard, 802-304-0610, bjhowd@ gmail.com.

Sunday, May 26

St. Albans Explorer: light, rolling hills with beautiful views by the lake. The 35-mile route goes out to Kill Kare State Park and returns while the 50-mile route continues to Swanton and back.

Meet at 9:15 at Georgia Park and Ride. Exit 18 off I-89. Social ride option.

The leader is Josh Simonds, 802-355-4352, jsimonds9@gmail. com.

Epic A.J. by Grayson Dailey

Aurora Chamber Singers present Fauré, Franck

The Aurora Chamber Singers will present its spring concert, “Seeds of Modernism,” at the College Street Congregational Church, 265 College St., in Burlington, on Saturday, May 11, at 7:30 p.m.

The program of late Romantic European music by Gabriel Fauré, Charles Gounod, César Franck and Anton Bruckner features the voices of the Aurora Chamber Singers, soloists and organ, under

the leadership of conductor David Neiweem.

The selections are perfectly suited for the acoustics of the church where it will be performed, built at roughly the same time as the music was conceived.

Aurora is a group of experienced choral artists formed in spring 2018 to continue the mission of the Oriana Singers upon founder William Metcalfe. Aurora’s choral repertoire spans ages and cultures,

including choral masterworks, contemporary music and thematic programs.

Neiweem has been involved in choral music since his earliest years in Chicago. He has been a member of countless ensembles and enjoyed a lengthy career as a baritone soloist. He was professor of music and chair of the music program at the University of Vermont until 2023.

For ticket information, visit aurorachambersingers.org.