Daily Archives: October 24, 2012
Shearer Chevrolet gives back to the community
| October 24, 2012 | Filled under Our Town |
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Shelburne Food Shelf representative Colleen Haag accepts a $3,000 donation check from Shearer Chevrolet General Manager Dan Bokan on Tuesday, Oct. 23. The donation, given quarterly to various organizations, is a percentage of vehicles sold during the quarter. All told, Shearer has given over $50,000 to non-profits in the past five years. Read More
Shelburne’s Halloween Party is a boo-tiful thing
| October 24, 2012 | Filled under Our Town |
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Shelburne’s annual Halloween Parade has been a long-standing tradition in town. Initially, the parade was the town police department’s way to “keep kids busy and out of trouble” on Halloween. For the past three decades, the Charlotte Shelburne Rotary Club and the Town’s Parks and Recreation Dept. have hosted the day’s festivities, which include a… Read More
Shelburne Rescue gets a new member
| October 24, 2012 | Filled under Our Town |
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Shelburne resident Elise Major (right), new junior member of the Shelburne Rescue Squad poses with her Rescue Squad mentor, Erica Lash, also of Shelburne. Elise will complete her CVU Senior Grad Challenge on Shelburne’s Rescue Squad. Read More
Baking for a good cause
| October 24, 2012 | Filled under Our Town |
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Shelburne residents from left: Lucy Woodward, Caroline Jones, and Hannah-Julia Woodward take advantage of the day off of school last Friday to make cupcakes for the families staying at the Ronald McDonald House. Between the baking and the decorating, it took most of the day! Read More
‘Tis the season…to eat and drink!
| October 24, 2012 | Filled under Lifestyle, Restaurant |
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Our favorite local restaurants are serving up special drinks and desserts for the autumn and approaching winter season. Warm up with a hot toddy, indulge your sweet tooth with a pumpkin cannoli, or top things off with homemade bread pudding—the options are endless! Support local restaurants this season. The community and your taste buds will… Read More
And ghoulishly good times for all: Halloween happenings in Chittenden County
| October 24, 2012 | Filled under Our Town |
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Thursday, Oct. 25 The Haunted Forest at the Catamount Family Center in Williston is one of the area’s traditional Halloween events, celebrating its 32nd year and welcoming 6,000 people annually. For $8.50-12.50, you will be led through a wooded trail of 1,000 lit jack-o-lanterns as you listen to scary stories. Open Thursday, Friday, and Saturday… Read More
Volunteers work while the dogs play
| October 24, 2012 | Filled under Our Town |
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A generous group of volunteers worked at Shelburne Village Dog Park on Saturday, Oct. 20. The projects included spreading woodchips in the low spots and along the paths and cutting brush. The dog park, on Harbor Road just west of the Velco Substation, is open to the public and their dogs for off-leash daily fun… Read More
DRB approves plans for Automaster expansion
| October 24, 2012 | Filled under DRB, Municipal, Our Town |
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By Carol Casey At its meeting on Oct.17, the Development Review Board (DRB) approved the site and sketch plans submitted on behalf of the Automaster dealership for expansion of their display space on the site formally occupied by the Harbor Hideaway. The Dubrul Family, LLC acquired the land, razed the existing buildings, and will be… Read More
News from the Pierson Library
| October 24, 2012 | Filled under Library News, Our Town |
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Libraries: Fast and Nutritious Food for the Mind Did you know that there are more public libraries in the United States than there are McDonalds? All told, 69 percent of Americans currently use public libraries and in Shelburne that number is even larger with over 70 percent of all residents holding a library card. The… Read More
Volunteering is its own just reward
| October 24, 2012 | Filled under Our Town |
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Local volunteers of the 52 Kids organization pose with co-founder Frank Woitera, in back row, after a fundraising reception at Main Street Landing in Burlington on Thursday, Oct. 18. For more information about the 52 Kids Foundation visit www.52kids.org. Read More
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