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The newest police officer hired by Shelburne Police was quietly demoted as a Burlington police lieutenant last year after an internal investigation showed he filed 25 timesheets that were inaccurate or untimely, according to public records.

March 18 at 2:38 p.m., a one-car crash was reported on Falls Road. The driver was reportedly injured but refused transport to the hospital.

Champlain Valley School District Superintendent Rene Sanchez will resign at the end of the school year after three years as head of the district.

On Wednesday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m., Farmers Night at the Statehouse will honor Pete Sutherland, a leader of traditional and Americana music who touched and inspired many in Vermont and internationally through his compositions, playing, mentoring and teaching.

“Material Matters,” a collection of hand-colored and black-and-white photographic images and mixed media collage by Weybridge artist Victoria Blewer is on display at the Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier from Thursday, April 4 to June 28.

Families come out to Shelburne Farms on Sunday to enjoy all things maple as part of the statewide Vermont Maple Open House Weekend. Tapping trees, collecting fresh sap and tasting sugar-on-snow are always popular activities.

Would you like to receive a poem in your inbox every day in April? Or a weekly sketch or photo? Enliven your April and help new neighbors as they navigate the legal process of seeking asylum by being an Arts for Asylum Seekers sponsor.

March 15 was the last day for the Senate and House to pass bills out of policy committees for consideration in the other chamber. Senate legislative committees now work on bills from their counterparts in the House. In addition, committees may also review the administration’s work implementing legislation passed during previous sessions.

In reference to the Shelburne Post Office “drive-thru” attempt: How about some metal poles at the sidewalk’s edge to prevent another crash?

Kudos to superintendent Rene Sanchez, his team and the Champlain Valley School District School Board for posting options for a revised budget that could reduce our tax increase from 26 percent to between 13 and 14 percent.

Wintry months have me meandering indoors at the University Mall in South Burlington. Morning crew starts at 8:30 a.m. when only the IHop restaurant is open. We are quiet and determined with our walkers, canes and shuffling gaits.

The question on many minds following the Republican response to Joe Biden’s State of the Union address was “Where does the GOP find these people?”

I’m delighted to report that Champlain Valley School District administrators have been working hard to fix our budget affordability problem. Somewhat.

Open government mattered to all of us during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Government played an outsized role in our day-to-day lives then. Schools closed, storefronts shuttered and the officials making decisions about quarantines, mask mandates and vaccines often met in secret or exclusively online.

My body feels as though I’ve volunteered for a scientific study; becoming a proving ground of sorts, evaluating various pieces of adaptive equipment as I put my own durability to the test, slipping, sliding, slogging and crunching over back roads whose fluctuating consistency becomes more unpredictable with each passing winter.

It may be time for the changing views of Vermonters toward wildlife to be addressed, but bill S.258 will not accomplish it. Currently, and historically, the 14 members of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board have been appointed by the governor with input from the Legislature. One seat represents each county.

It is frequently said that when writing regulations, we will know we’ve done it right when everyone is equally unhappy, because there are many competing interests that need to be balanced against one another. I understand that it can feel that way, but I disagree, wholeheartedly. It does not have to be that way.