Monthly Archives: June 2012

The Inn at Shelburne Farms for exceptional (micro-local) dining

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by Margo Callaghan When distance from farm to table is measured in moments, the relationship between the grower and the chef has to be equally close. Thus defines the nature of the relationship between Chef David Hugo at the Inn at Shelburne Farms and Josh Carter the manager of the Market Garden on the same… Read More

Barbara J. Kent – Shelburne

Barbara Jean Kent, longtime Shelburne resident, died June 19, 2012, at her home. She was born April 6, 1923, in Essex, the daughter of the late Harold and Mildred (Bixby) Adams. She grew up on Shelburne Farms where her father was employed and later in the family home in Shelburne Village. She was educated at… Read More

Barbara Ardelle Nichols Reed – Shelburne

Barbara Ardelle Nichols Reed, 85, born March 2, 1927, passed peacefully in The Arbors on June 22, 2012. Barbara enrolled in the Mary Fletcher School of Nursing after high school, graduating as a Registered Nurse. She worked in both Fanny Allen and Mary Fletcher Hospitals during her nursing career, leaving the hospital as head of… Read More

Christine Tissot – Shelburne

Christine Tissot passed away on June 24, 2012, in her home in Shelburne, surrounded by the love and support from her family and friends. Christine was 62 years old and was afflicted by a rare and rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disorder called Multiple System Atrophy (MSA). More can be read about Christine and her disease at… Read More

Embracing local food at our local retirement communities!

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Bunches of red and yellow beets, baby yellow and green squash, garlic scapes, arugula, and red leaf lettuce are only a few of the varieties of produce that are gracing our local farmers markets, roadside stands, and home gardens.  Each week the list grows, as does our enthusiasm for access to eating food grown or… Read More

Town of Shelburne Selectboard Meeting Tuesday June 26, 2012

TOWN of SHELBURNE SELECTBOARD MEETING Tuesday June 26, 2012 7:00 P.M. Shelburne Town Center Agenda     7:00    1.   Call to Order   Consider Approval of Agenda.*   3.   Consider approval of the minutes of May 22 and June 12, 2012.*   4.   Citizen Participation (Opportunity for public comment on any Town Business that is… Read More

Champlain Valley Union High School’s 48th commencement

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by Lin Stone Whether you were excited and confident it would happen, or you bit your nails and held baited breath awaiting final grades or test scores, at 1 pm on Friday, June 15 CVU’s class of 2012 graduated. Three hundred and forty students shuffled in to Patrick Gymnasium and a little over an hour… Read More

Shelburnewood will be Pomerleau’s

Gov. Peter Shumlin, Tony Pomerleau, and Rev. Craig Smith at Tuesday’s meeting.

by Margo Callaghan The residents of Shelburnewood Mobile Home Park have a new landlord. Philanthropist Tony Pomerleau’s plan to purchase the 20-plus acre site that includes the park has become reality. The announcement was made Tuesday evening at Shelburne’s Trinity Episcopal Church to a crowd of park residents and Governor Peter Shumlin. Pomerleau made known… Read More

Selectboard discusses nature trails and CCTA routes

Selectboard meeting June 12, 2012 by Margo Callaghan Memorial overlook and nature trail at LaPlatte After over a year of planning, the Selectboard was charged with granting final approval of plans to construct the LaPlatte Nature Park Trail and Overlook. Besides trail enhancements, the plans call for an overlook area of Shelburne Falls, spearheaded by… Read More

New luxury hotel at Morgan Horse Museum site?

By Carol Casey Elizabeth Hern, a Shelburne resident and hospitality industry consultant, appeared before the Planning Commission at its meeting on June 14 to ask them to consider a zoning change in the museum district which would allow her to transform the old Morgan Horse Museum into a small luxury hotel.  The Waldorf School had… Read More

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