By SCOOTER MACMILLAN The Champlain Valley School District School Board is contemplating a budget for 2020 that bumps up spending more than $2 million for the 2019-20 school year. If given final approval by the school board and the public, the proposed budget would increase spending by 2.7 percent from $76.8 million this year to… Read More »
By MADELINE HUGHES Town Meeting Day is March 5, less than two months away, and as selectboards around Vermont are finalizing budgets, local candidates are circulating their petitions to run for local offices. In Shelburne, town meeting will be held the evening of March 4. Voters on March 5 will elect two selectboard members and… Read More »
By MADELINE HUGHES There have been some unexpected costs related to the Shelburne’s Town Center Library project, but Town Manager Lee Krohn said it’s not as bad as expected. In November, Krohn came to the Selectboard with about $200,000 in estimated project cost overruns. When the Shelburne News sat down with Krohn on Monday for… Read More »
By MADELINE HUGHES A vacant barn tucked into the woods off Harbor Road was destroyed by fire Tuesday despite firefighters from four departments battling the blaze that triggered live ammunition stored inside. No one was injured and the structure was vacant at the time, according to fire officials. Just after 1 p.m. Tuesday, Shelburne dispatch… Read More »
By MADELINE HUGHES Falls Road resident Tom Tompkins grew up finding pieces of history around his house: a 1923 calendar page, a religious book from the 1800s, and an early 1900s school book. Tompkins has lived in the home at 969 Falls Road since his parents bought the place in the 1960s. He even found… Read More »
By LISA SCAGLIOTTI In a single groundbreaking last fall, Shelburne looked both forward and back as plans came into focus to build an entirely new Pierson Library while at the same time renovating the 91-year-old Town Hall building. As we combed through the 2018 archives to share highlights this week, we took note of the… Read More »
By MADELINE HUGHES It was dark when the crew of six arrived at Shelburne Farms just before 7 a.m. last Wednesday morning, one of the shortest days of the year. They were there for a big task: removing the 16 massive Eastern Cottonwood trees that have lined Poplar Drive for over a century. “It’s crazy… Read More »
By MIKE DONOGHUE A Shelburne man, who police say installed two electronic tracking devices in the car of his ex-longtime girlfriend, will be able to get his criminal stalking conviction wiped off his record if he stays out of trouble for the next six months under a plea bargain in Vermont Superior Court. Alan G.… Read More »
By MARY ANN LICKTEIG Need a last-minute Christmas gift? How about a cashmere sweater for $30, Bruno Magli slingbacks for $10 or a $4 tie? At SCHIP’s Treasure in Shelburne, you can even pick up a Hermès silk scarf – a Parisian luxury – for $275. Rather donate to charity in lieu of buying gifts?… Read More »
By MADELINE HUGHES The Shelburne Selectboard made a first pass at the municipal budget at a regular meeting Tuesday night. After listening to department heads and town committees last Thursday, the spending plans were synthesized into one town budget. In the coming 2019-20 fiscal year, the town will start to pay off debt acquired through… Read More »