Daily Archives: August 2, 2012
Past CVU cross country running teams announce scholarship – Don Moore of Shelburne honored at reunion
| August 2, 2012 | Filled under Education, Headlines |
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Coach Don Moore at 80 years young was a longtime science teacher, cross country coach, and track & field coach at CVU. By Sheri Duff It may have taken 25 years for the 1984 and 1985 Champlain Valley Union (CVU) boys’ state championship cross country running teams to plan a bona fide reunion but it… Read More
Shelburne native hits the big screen
| August 2, 2012 | Filled under Arts & Entertainment, Headlines, People of Shelburne |
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by Lettie Stratton Shelburne native Parker Croft has come a long way since performing children’s theatre with the Very Merry Theatre and the Vermont Stage Company. The actor and writer will be bringing his original film “Falling Overnight,” which he co-wrote and stars in, to Merrill’s Roxy Cinema in Burlington on Aug. 10. Croft began… Read More
Be a Fool this weekend – Festival of Fools returns to Burlington
| August 2, 2012 | Filled under Arts & Entertainment, Headlines |
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By Sheri Duff The 5th Annual Festival of Fools, co-founded by Charlotte residents Woody Keppel and Doreen Kraft, the current executive director of Burlington City Arts, will be held in downtown Burlington Aug. 3, 4, and 5. Keppel, who performed the Waldo & Woodhead show all over Europe in the 80s and 90s and later… Read More
Veteran’s monument planned for town
| August 2, 2012 | Filled under Headlines, Municipal, Our Town, Parks and Rec |
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by Margo Callaghan According to Viet Nam veteran Mike Lynch of Shelburne, it was an anonymous donation by a townsperson that began the planning process for a Veteran’s monument in town. When Town Clerk Colleen Haag found out about the funding in April of last year, she contacted Lynch as well as veteran Bud Ockert… Read More
Long awaited bakery café opens at center of town
| August 2, 2012 | Filled under Headlines, Restaurant |
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Where to find a place for breakfast, lunch or brunch that can bring a Mimosa or double latte, eggs benedict or housemade peach tarragon cheesecake to the table? The Bearded Frog’s new little sister, “Next Door Bakery,” finally opened in town last week, sharing a bed – or at least a kitchen, well seasoned staff,… Read More
Public hearing on proposed zoning changes held by Planning Commission
| August 2, 2012 | Filled under Municipal, Our Town, Selectboard |
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By Carol Casey The Planning Commission held a public hearing on July 26 on zoning changes they had proposed – but no one attended. After some discussion as to whether the proposed language should be amended, the Commission voted to send them unchanged to the Selectboard for their consideration. One amendment directs the Development Review… Read More
Route 7 future addressed by Selectboard via three separate discussions
| August 2, 2012 | Filled under Our Town, Selectboard |
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Selectboard Meeting July 24 by Margo Callaghan Between review of two rewritten sections of the Town Plan, a decision to vote on funding for study of Form Based Zoning, and a major repaving of Shelburne Road slated for this month, Route 7 figured largely into discussions by the Selectboard at their July 24 meeting. Traditional… Read More
Resident 4-H’er earns award at State 4-H Horse Show
| August 2, 2012 | Filled under Sports |
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The Vermont 4-H Horse Show, held July 12-15 at the Addison County Fair and Field Days site in New Haven, attracted 111 competitors from 19 4-H clubs. The annual event was sponsored by University of Vermont (UVM) Extension 4-H and featured 80 horses – and one mule – entered in more than 100 English and… Read More
Local team competes in Annual Champlain Dragon Boat Festival – Festival to be held Aug. 5 at Burlington’s Waterfront Park
| August 2, 2012 | Filled under Sports |
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Dragons and drums will reverberate throughout Burlington’s Waterfront Park for the seventh annual Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival on Sunday, Aug. 5 to benefit Survivorship NOW, Dragonheart Vermont’s Cancer Wellness Initiative. Nearly 2,000 paddlers representing local businesses, organizations, families, and friends along with breast cancer survivor teams from the US and Canada will join… Read More
Shelburne’s Farrington sets two records at swimming championship – Other locals win last weekend
| August 2, 2012 | Filled under Sports |
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Burlington Country Club swim team member Pierce Farrington of Shelburne set records in the U18 100-yard individual medley and in the 50-yard freestyle at the Champlain Valley Swim League (CVSL) Championship in Vergennes on July 27-28. Nine teams from Chittenden, Franklin, and Addison counties comprise the CVSL, which has hosted a championship meet for more… Read More
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