When Stuart Morrow, of Shelburne, was a child, the historic clock atop Shelburne’s Town Hall still worked. But nothing gold can stay, it seems. In time, the clock stopped, and its bell fell silent.
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Shelburne is an important place to the Nulhegan Abenaki people. The land where Shelburne Farms stands once served as a lookout for the Abenaki, and there are Abenaki burial grounds near the LaPlatte River, Chief Don Stevens said.
On a hot May day, the Vermont Foodbank, the Abbey Group and the National Guard held the first Farmers to Families food box distribution, offering USDA-funded boxes of produce, meat, and dairy products, along with “Meals Ready to Eat” from FEMA.
Becca Lee kept vigil through the silence of the night. She watched as Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her former boss, lay in repose in the U.S. Supreme Court.
As the foliage begins to turn to its autumn colors, in Shelburne we have another sign of the season: The roadsides are lined with dozens of brightly colored figures known as Leaf People, a name coined as an inside joke in a state where we welcome the annual visitors known as Leaf Peepers.
A pop-up event at Palmer’s Sugarhouse in Shelburne on Friday, Sept. 18 proved quite delicious.
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The stage was set for a perfect Halloween this year, with Oct. 31, falling on both a full moon and a Saturday.
For the past few years, there has been a cloud of uncertainty hanging over the Shelburne Village Dog Park as members of the dog park committee and town officials negotiated with the Vermont Department of Conservation for its survival.
After a public hearing earlier this month, the Shelburne selectboard lowered the speed limit on a stretch of Mount Philo Road from 35-30 miles per hour.
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First of all, thank you for keeping the citizens of Shelburne informed about current issues, policies, and events in our town.
This year I was going to work. I had planned it.
I’m reaching out on behalf of United Way of Northwest Vermont to ask for your input on community health and wellbeing.
Have you ever heard of a municipal government creating a newspaper to censor an existing one?
New England is known for its town halls and town meetings. Not often mentioned is the Town Clock, an equally important feature all but forgott…
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