Daily Archives: August 23, 2012
Shelburne area Lions donate bushes for parade beautification
| August 23, 2012 | Filled under Our Town |
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From L-R: King Lion Jayne Sorensen, Shelburne Town Manager Paul Bohne, and Lion Carl Sorensen stand in front of The Parade following its beautification with help from Horsford’s Nursery personnel. Read More
Vote in the primary Aug. 28
| August 23, 2012 | Filled under Our Town |
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Secretary of State Jim Condos is reminding all Vermonters that Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012, is the date for the statewide primary leading up to the November general election. Primaries play an important role in the lead up to the general election. This is how the major political parties nominate their candidates to run in the… Read More
News from the Pierson Library
| August 23, 2012 | Filled under Library News |
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Check out a Museum pass at your library. Don’t forget that the Pierson Library has many museum passes available to Shelburne card holders. Visit a museum during these last weeks of August or during the sunny beautiful days of September. Our passes are available thanks to the generosity of the Pierson Library Friends Board. If… Read More
Nominations accepted for 2013 Top Ten events
| August 23, 2012 | Filled under Our Town |
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Every year the Vermont Chamber of Commerce presents a list of the state’s best activities for each season. It is now time to nominate your favorite summer and fall activities for the Vermont Top Ten events. The summer and fall Top Ten are published in the Vermont Chamber’s Vermont Vacation Guide, which is the official… Read More
National Housing Conference to be held in Burlington
| August 23, 2012 | Filled under Our Town |
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Champlain Housing Trust to host The National Community Land Trust Network has announced that their 2012 national conference will be hosted by the Champlain Housing Trust (CHT) in Burlington. The conference, to run Sept. 10 through 14, will draw an estimated 350 housing practitioners from across the globe with the first international track of courses.… Read More
Labor Day DUI Campaign for 2012 in affect now
| August 23, 2012 | Filled under Our Town |
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According to the Shelburne Police Department the 2012 Labor Day DUI Campaign started on Wednesday, Aug. 15 and will continue through Monday, Sept. 3. The Chittenden County SHARP unit will be hosting high visibility traffic enforcement throughout Chittenden County. They will be using saturation patrols as well as DUI checkpoints. The purpose of the 2012… Read More
Help protect Vermont’s trees: become a Forest Pest Detector
| August 23, 2012 | Filled under Our Town |
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Volunteers are needed to become Vermont Forest Pest First Detectors. Responsibilities include monitoring trees in their communities on a regular basis for the first signs of three destructive insect pests – the emerald ash borer, Asian longhorned beetle, and hemlock woolly adelgid. First Detectors also will assist state agencies with site visits and sample collection… Read More
Marlboro College offers scholarships for governor’s school grads
| August 23, 2012 | Filled under Education |
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Students who have completed a governor’s school program and are accepted at Marlboro College in Vermont, are eligible for a $5,000 scholarship toward their tuition. In 1982, Marlboro President Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, then director of the Vermont Arts Council, helped start the first of the Governor’s Institutes of Vermont (GIV). This year Marlboro is recognizing the… Read More
College Counseling Corner: Preparing for the college fair
| August 23, 2012 | Filled under Education |
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By Sarah Soule As area high school students prepare to return to school and deal with the excitement of a new academic year, they also are reminded that the college fair is just around the corner. On Wednesday evening, Sept. 12 and Thursday morning, Sept. 13, St. Michael’s College in Colchester will welcome over 200… Read More
VNA offers Hospice Volunteer Training
| August 23, 2012 | Filled under Education |
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Interested in providing respite and support for people with terminal illness and their families? You can receive the training you need this fall through a course offered by the Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties’ Hospice program. This 10-week course, which starts Sept.12, will be held on Wednesdays from 6 to 8:30… Read More
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