With Shelburne in the thick of regulatory reform, members of Shelburne’s farming community — some of whom have called the town home for more than 100 years — are concerned over what some proposed changes could do to their land and property values.
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“Form follows function.” Those are the words that renowned Vermont architect Marcel Beaudin lived by during his 70-year career. Although he died in his home at the Residence at Shelburne Bay March 29 at the age of 95 and 11 days, Beaudin and his modernist design legacy live on in the more than 1,000 projects he completed in his lifetime.
A teenage driver fined $220 for her part in a double-fatal car crash that killed an elderly Addison County couple in September 2020 in Charlotte was among those arrested at an anti-Israel encampment at Columbia University in New York City last week.
Voters in the Champlain Valley Tuesday approved by 1,400 votes the school district’s second go at a school budget for next year.
On Saturday, March 30, nine students in grades six to eight represented Mater Christi School in Burlington at the 2024 Vermont Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fair at Norwich University.
Last season, the boys' lacrosse team saw their nine-year D-I title run come to an end in the semifinals but the Redhawks return 15 seniors from that squad as they look to return to the top. CVU also welcomes new coach Brian Loughlin to steer the program back to the final.
Champlain Valley took an early lead but could not hold off South Burlington in a loss Saturday, April 13, to open the season.
Shelburne solar eclipse scenes.
MycoLab, the community branch of MycoEvolve, is holding ecological restoration workshops at Shelburne Farms, 1611 Harbor Road. Volunteers will grow skills in non-chemical removal of nonnative plant species, tool safety and plant identification.
The Aurora Chamber Singers will present its spring concert, “Seeds of Modernism,” at the College Street Congregational Church, 265 College St., in Burlington, on Saturday, May 11, at 7:30 p.m.
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Champlain Valley Quilters holds its annual quilt show, “Seams like Spring,” with featured artist Karen Abrahamovich, Friday to Sunday, April 26-28. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and noon-4 p.m. on Sunday.
Howard Center’s Spring Community Education Series presents a free panel discussion, “Substance Use and Our Community,” with moderator Beth Holden, the center’s chief client services officer in the auditorium of dealer.com, 1 Howard St., Burlington, on Monday, May 2, 6:30-8 p.m.
Masonry has always been a presence in the Green Mountain State. From the first settlers to the present, Vermont Masons have made a difference in their communities.
On April 6, Shelburne’s Equity and Diversity Committee held a retreat to create a charter and prioritize work in the coming fiscal year.
Senate bill S.258 has passed and is now in the Vermont House of Representatives. This bill was pushed by and written in cooperation with animal rights groups.
In the April 18 issue of The Other Paper (“Ethics panel: no violation against Sen. Ram Hinsdale”), Sen. Ram Hinsdale tried to defend herself against the conflict-of-interest complaint filed by 14 Vermonters. Here are examples of the senator’s flawed defense.
I must take issue with Marc Schauber’s letter to the editor regarding Act 127. (“Act 127 overdue, and good law,” April 18, 2024)
On April 9, the Champlain Valley School District community voted in favor of the fiscal year 2025 school budget, 4,358-2,947. With the passage of the proposed budget, the school district can return to focusing on preparation for the end of this school year and the beginning of the next one.
Vermont is no longer the Vermont where a handshake and meeting of the eyes seals the deal. Attorneys were not needed back then to settle up. Folks had greater respect for themselves and for their neighbors.
Hoop Phi is the playful name of the fraternity of Ute Otley’s Champlain Valley High School girls’ basketball players. Let me tell you why Hoop Phi will never die.
On Feb. 13, 14 Vermonters filed a conflict-of-interest complaint with the Vermont Senate Ethics Committee accusing Sen. Ram Hinsdale, chair of the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing, and General Affairs, of advancing and promoting the financial interest of her family’s vast real estate holdings by helping craft and approve language in a bill she sponsored that will benefit her family’s fortune.
Recent town meeting votes against school budget proposals were not a just a wakeup call about property taxes. It was a reminder that the school funding system needs major repair.
Vermont stands as a beacon of community values. Yet, beneath this facade, the education system has harbored inequities for decades that undermine these very principles.
Under political pressure from animal rights groups, in coordination with a national organization, Senate bill S.258 was passed and is now in the Vermont House.
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