Shelburne Players and Shelburne Parks and Recreation Department have once again joined forces to put on their annual Summer Musical Theatre Camp for children beginning Monday, Aug. 2 through Friday, Aug. 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Vermont Mozart Festival (VMF) announces the appointment of a new Artistic Director, Gil Shohat, who will succeed VMF founder and Artistic Director Melvin Kaplan in 2011.

In recent weeks, two rather large pieces of real estate in Town have turned into construction zones as an existing business expands and a new business breaks ground.

As the writer of the weekly Person of Shelburne column, I almost always ask my interviewees for suggestions of Shelburne residents for future columns. Recently several interviewees have suggested Randy Sweeney. Sweeney is a vibrant volunteer at Shelburne Community School (SCS) and in the community at large. Here's more about this talented Shelburnite.

The second annual Vermont Cheesemakers Festival held last Sunday at Shelburne Farms brought together over 1,500 cheese aficionados from throughout the Northeast. Hosted by the Vermont Institute for Artisan Cheese, Vermont Butter and Cheese Company, and the Vermont Cheese Council, the festival offered the 1,500 people in attendance an opportunity to sample and purchase over 100 types of cheese from more than 40 different cheesemakers.

The second Grow an Extra Row drop-off and pick-up date is Tuesday, Aug. 3 at Shelburne Community School (SCS).

The Lodge at Shelburne Bay is hosting its annual Country Fair from 3-5 p.m. Prior to the event, the residents will be selling rubber ducks for $5 apiece to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House. Proceeds of the sale will be a 50/50 raffle with the opportunity to win $500 and give back to a great cause.

I love trying new things. It comes with the job title. As a reporter, fear stays at home; it does not come with you to work. Not that my life has been in danger working at Shelburne News for the past two years, but the new experiences and the comings and goings of this 20-something reporter in and around Shelburne have been invaluable: unique and interesting people and stories with a life lesson thrown in here and there.

Allen Mullins, dressed in a Superman costume, has taken the plight of the nation's veterans to state capitols throughout the country.

The Irregulars, a Shelburne based fiddle band of fun-loving young musicians ages 12-15 will perform at the Champlain Valley Folk Festival Saturday, July 31.

Pedal Power Electric Bike Rentals is now open on Battery Street in Burlington. Longtime Shelburne resident Doug Robbie owns the store. Last summer, Robbie retired from a career as a marketer for banks. For the past nine years, he had been commuting to Boston and he decided it was time to semi-retire and wanted to try something new.

The gasoline-free days of Vermont agriculture, when horsepower was really horse power, will live again in the fields of historic Shelburne Farms as draft horse teams and their drivers gather for the annual Green Mountain Draft Horse Field Day on Saturday, July 31.

Under the terms of a 25-year cooperative agreement, Green Mountain Power (GMP) will install a 770 solar panel array at Shelburne Farms. The panels will occupy three quarters of an acre in a field that Shelburne Farms has recently designated as a solar orchard.

Congratulations to Lissy Wolf, of Shelburne, who found Bella the bulldog, Shelburne News' director of hospitality, in Shelburne Supermarket!

Results of the annual wine competition at the Eastern States Exposition, also known as The Big E, were announced this week. Shelburne Vineyard, competing against wineries in the six New England states and New York State, received one of the top awards.

Local farmers and food producers will come together to support the Top Chef of the Champlain Valley, an Iron Chef experience to be held at UVM's Davis Center on Aug. 9 at 6 p.m. The event is a benefit for the Meals on Wheels program of the Champlain Valley Agency on Aging (CVAA).

Allan Miller and his family moved from Alaska to Shelburne earlier this summer and Miller's first day as Shelburne Community School's (SCS) new middle school principal was Monday, July 12. Miller has a broad background that includes an extensive career in education and teaching in Alaska. He also holds a pilot's license (and almost had a career as an astronaut), and was a ski coach for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Japan.

No one could have foreseen the impact that a conversation between a father and his daughter's soccer coach would later have on the localvore movement.

Rayshunn Trevathan, 22, of Bridgeport and Bryan Jarquin, 21, of West Haven pleaded not guilty in Vermont District Court in Burlington Tuesday morning to charges stemming from incidents that occurred in Burlington and Shelburne early Friday morning, July 16.

The Shelburne Food Shelf is currently low on materials for its August drop offs. Coordinator Val Martel said that it has been a rough summer for folks and the demand for donations is on the rise. "The need has been profound," said Martel, who has been coordinating the local food shelf for several years.

The 37th season of the Vermont Mozart Festival opened on a beautiful July evening at Shelburne Farms on Sunday. Nothing epitomizes a picture-perfect Shelburne night as much as this: Lake Champlain in the background, the Inn at Shelburne Farms in the foreground, a picnic dinner at your side, and the Vermont Mozart Festival filling the air with classical music as the sun goes down.

When Shelburne artist Cathy McCarthy returned home from a recent vacation, the news left on her answering machine was cause for tears. The majestic mosaic cow that she had designed and created as part of the area's "The Cows Come Home to Burlington" art initiative had been vandalized.

John Crabbe, Jr. has lived in Vermont for most of his life. He has lived in Shelburne for a totally of 11 years and opened his own business, Vermont Tent Company, in 1976. Below is more information on his life, his business, and more.

It was a "quiet opening": a small sign hung on the front of the Route 7 restaurant to indicate that the Shelburne Steakhouse and Saloon was now open. That was last Tuesday, July 6. The opening followed a three-month renovation of the property that formerly housed the Sirloin Saloon. The restaurant's co-owners Joanne Paquette and Eric Fritzeen began work on the leased

Much of Shelburne artist Kathleen Caraher's work during her 20-year career as the K-3 art teacher at Shelburne Community School has been inspired by her young students' creativity.

The American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) has announced that its national headquarters has signed a 10-year lease with Redstone Real Estate for office facilities in Shelburne Commons on Shelburne Road.

Following his 36-year career in the position of director of building and grounds at Shelburne Museum, longtime Shelburne resident Bob Furrer made a decision a few years ago. He was not ready to "retire." His decision was to join the Peace Corps.

Two Shelburne residents received accolades and awards for quilt designs they entered in the 34th Vermont Quilt Festival held the last weekend in June at the Champlain Valley Exposition.

Shelburne Players and Shelburne Parks and Recreation Department have once again joined together to hold their annual Summer Musical Theatre Camp for children ages 10 to 13.

Muffie Harvey left Bennington on horseback June 21 with a clear goal and path: to ride her Appaloosa horse from Bennington to Burlington to help raise funds to support the fight against breast cancer.

It was always a part of Michelle Holland's long-term plan for her interior design business to someday open a gallery/studio.

The roses shown here are grown by Charlotte resident Yvan Plouffe, who regularly brightens many people's days in Shelburne when he gives bouquets away.

I have found people here to be outgoing, hard working (I do have to say especially the women), and very friendly. I have been welcomed warmly and with an intense curiosity regarding western culture.

When longtime Shelburne resident Doris Wehrle Maeck passed away at the age of 95 last month, she left behind a lifetime legacy of volunteerism and involvement with the Shelburne community.

Ever had one of those experiences that simply takes your breath away? One of those moments where time stands completely still and all you can think is, "wow." I had one such moment Tuesday morning, June 22 at 6 a.m.

Shelburne Parks and Recreation kicks off its 15th Annual Summer Concert Series on Wed. July 7. The Town is invited to the concert at Shelburne Farms for a relaxing and entertaining evening with friends and family in the courtyard of the Farm Barn.

News traveled fast when the Furthur concert slated for July 5 at Shelburne Museum was cancelled last week. The performance was to be part of the annual Ben and Jerry's Concerts on the Green series put on by Higher Ground.

In the past six years, I have read excerpts from the 2006 Shelburne Village Master Plan and would like to commend the Selectboard, the Planning Commission, the Shelburne Historic Preservation Commission, the Design Review Commission, and all consultants involved for the production of a comprehensive document that addresses a multitude of complex design, social, and financial challenges the village faces.

Bella the bulldog is our Director of Hospitality here at Wind Ridge Publishing, parent company of Shelburne News. She is often seen leisurely strolling around Shelburne, making friends wherever she travels. This summer, benevolent Bella would like to give out some extra Mozart Festival tickets that she has acquired.