The Pierson Library addition to Shelburne’s Town Hall included extensive structural, mechanical, electrical systems renovations, the cost of which exceeded the original budget for that work.
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A new exhibit of handmade quilts by Shelburne resident Hope Johnson is on display at the Pierson Library. The show features several works featuring honeybees, a theme the artist has focused on since learning how to sew a quilt, and is on view in the south entrance foyer.
Materializing around Labor Day and vanishing just before Halloween, if not for a couple of years’ lull, this would be the 25th year that Shelburne has practiced its own brand of autumnal whimsy — the leaf people.
Jerry Nau has been riding horses since he was 5 years old. He’s 83 now. And, in that almost 80 years, he’s never been thrown off a horse, he said.
First it was a tractor bucket. Then a construction lift. Then, the Charlotte-Shelburne-Hinesburg Rotary Club dropped golf balls from a ladder truck for its annual fundraiser for the three towns’ fire and rescue departments.
A group of former Peace Corps volunteers will be collecting bikes and sewing machines on Saturday, Sept. 25, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Burton parking lot on Queen City Park Road in Burlington.
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Despite less fanfare surrounding release of a coronavirus booster vaccine compared to last spring’s anxious countdown, state medical experts and local doctors are still encouraging eligible folks to sign up for their shot.
Oct. 1 at 1:37 a.m., an officer found an unlocked business on Pine Haven Shores Road. The building was checked and there was no one inside. Police locked the business.
The Vermont high school sports social media landscape went wild on Saturday afternoon with a highlight reel touchdown catch.
Skyler Kingsbury scored a hat trick and the Champlain Valley girls’ soccer team remained unbeaten with a win over Brattleboro Monday afternoon.
Shelburne Recreation soccer coaches Ken Scott and Kelly McCutcheon with one of their teams, the first and second grade boys, Lava Monsters.
George Floyd’s brother Philonese Floyd will speak at the Greater Burlington Multicultural Re…
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The Rotary of Charlotte-Shelburne-Hinesburg once again holds its annual Halloween parade Sun…
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Among the 46 states welcoming refugees, Vermont has received approval to welcome 100 Afghans to our communities through USCRI Vermont Afghan Placement and Assistance program.
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Vermont is experiencing first-hand the far-reaching impacts of climate change and the global nature crisis.
The interconnection between poverty and environmental problems is widely known, but the work connecting poverty relief to environmental justic…
Joy. It’s in short supply. Or is it? These were my thoughts as I awoke last Sunday in a familiar swirl of anxiety that greets me each morning. I can’t help it; chalk it up to an unstable childhood.
As the Vermont Climate Council readies its plans to dramatically reduce Vermont’s greenhouse gas emissions, they have embarked on a series of public engagement events to field questions from curious citizens.
As I walked an abandoned hill farm recently, I paused to take in the old cellar hole and its companion — a gnarly apple tree. The research project I was doing for a local community group included mapping the 19th-century features.
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