Inside this week
- Shelburne loses youth last Friday - Feb. 1st, 2012 5:20 pm
A headline's meaning was never more apt and poignant. With the death of Zeke Kassel last week, a collective pall befell the town. The Champlain Valley Union High School student was killed in a car accident on his way to school Friday morning on the Shelburne Hinesburg Road, barely over the Hinesburg town line. Left behind, in tandem with life's unanswerable questions, is a community's shared sadness and the unfathomable grief of the young man's family and friends. - Please address road conditions - Feb. 1st, 2012 5:10 pm
The loss of 16-year old Zeke Kassel is a terrible tragedy. I continue to be upset and disturbed even though I did not have the privilege of knowing this fine young man. Safe to say that a number of things conspired to create the events surrounding Zeke's loss. - report from montpelier - Feb. 1st, 2012 5:10 pm
The two most excruciating tasks facing the House this week are 1) defining legislative districts resulting from population changes between the 2000 and 2010 census and 2) restructuring mental health services following the closure of the state hospital in Waterbury. If you like everyone to be happy, these decisions are not for you. I anticipate lively and perhaps painful debates as we struggle to reconcile the best options for Vermont in ways that are fair, effective, and oriented toward the future. - College Counseling Corner - Feb. 1st, 2012 5:00 pm
It's hard to believe, but the academic year is now half way through. It is time for area juniors to begin to considering "life after high school" with earnest. Area juniors will graduate from high school in June 2013 which may seem like a long ways off, but in reality is much closer than one might imagine. - kudos - Feb. 1st, 2012 5:00 pm
Connecticut College - New London, Conn. Catherine Smith, a member of the class of 2013 at Connecticut College and a resident of Shelburne, has been named to the Dean's High Honors list for the 2011 fall semester. - SCS students fare well at National Geography Bee competition - Feb. 1st, 2012 5:00 pm
Over 400 Shelburne Community School (SCS) students in grades 4-8 participated in this year's classroom rounds of the National Geography Bee competition. This year, the following five students scored a perfect seven out of seven points in the classroom round and earned a "bye" into the finals: Weller Henderson, Henry Mohn, Lila Ottinger, Andrew Pitcher, and Emily Ray. - Volunteer tour guides key to Shelburne Farms success - Feb. 1st, 2012 5:00 pm
More than 7,000 visitors to Shelburne Farms last year learned about the history, buildings, programs and mission while on a guided property tour, and they heard the whole engaging story from one of the Farms' volunteer tours guides. - Fix road to CVU - Feb. 1st, 2012 5:00 pm
One winter morning last year my high school daughter was traveling to CVU from Shelburne in a snowstorm, and at less than 25 miles an hour, she did a 360 and went off the road at a difficult curve to navigate and hit a road sign. - Planning Commission highlights subdivision regulations and zoning bylaws to be amended or clarified - Feb. 1st, 2012 5:00 pm
At its meeting on Jan. 26, the Planning Commission continued its review of existing subdivision regulations and zoning bylaws that merit reconsideration for further clarification or amendment. Some of these anticipated changes were brought to the commission's attention by John Adams on behalf of the Development Review Board. - The penguins ready themselves for the plunge this Saturday - Feb. 1st, 2012 5:00 pm
Members of Winton House team are jumping into Lake Champlain in the Penguin Plunge on Saturday, Feb. 4 at 11 a.m. in support of Vermont Special Olympics and their team member Jesse Campbell. Winton House teacher Mary Beth Harris and teaching assistant Max Ernst spoke in turn about their pride in the students' inclusive team spirit and caring. - Parks and Paths - Feb. 1st, 2012 5:00 pm
From most points in town, we can see that the higher elevations of the Green Mountains have snow cover, but in our own backyards we have spent most of January looking at the cold, hard, brown yards that an almost snowless winter provides. While I'm sure many of our neighbors are pleased that they don't need to shovel, salt, or snowblow, those of us who look forward to a layer of snow for our winter activities have been frustrated. - Sen. Randy Brock to speak Feb. 9 in Shelburne - Feb. 1st, 2012 5:00 pm
On Thursday, Feb. 9, Sen. Randy Brock will speak at the invitation of the Shelburne Republican Committee. Sen. Brock, former State Auditor, is currently serving in the State Senate representing Franklin County and Alburgh. He has announced that he will run for Governor in 2012. The public is invited to attend the meeting which will be held at 7:30 a.m. at the Dutch Mill Restaurant on Route 7 in Shelburne. - Selectboard discusses streetlights and petition to amend Supreme Court decision - Feb. 1st, 2012 5:00 pm
The Selectboard meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 24 followed the public hearings held for the Town and School Budgets on Jan. 23. Once again, it was the streetlights in Davis Park that garnered much of the space on the agenda. - WinterFest morphs into celebration at town gym - Feb. 1st, 2012 5:00 pm
Word spreadFriday afternoon that for the first time in its 27-year history WinterFest would have to be cancelled. It wasn't so much due to the lack of snow, because there was a plan in place (involving a Hawaiian theme, complete with leis and volleyball) to deal with snowless conditions at Shelburne Farms. The cancellation was more the result of icy conditions at the Farm Barn's courtyard, which would have been the site of many WinterFest activities. - Shelburne lacrosse program opens registration - Feb. 1st, 2012 4:55 pm
Registration is now open for Shelburne Parks and Recreation Youth Lacrosse. This season Shelburne will be offering teams at the following levels: boys and girls in grades 3/4, 5/6, and 7/8, coed grades 1-2, and coed kindergarten. - View All News
