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.

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.

Kathi Roesler has lived in Shelburne for several years. She is a dedicated nurse at Fletcher Allen, volunteers for the Cancer Patient Support Program, and has done medical work in Haiti. Here are some other details about Kathi's life, family, and more.

Lowell Thompson is a well-known local musician and still calls the Shelburne/Burlington area home. Although he travels frequently for his music, you'll also find him playing at Shelburne Vineyards on Thursday evenings and at other venues around the Burlington area. Here are some other interesting facts about his life in Shelburne and beyond.

Longtime Shelburne resident Joanne Lavallee is one of the sweetest women you will ever meet. She loves her family, friends, and community, and she loves living in Shelburne. Here is some more about her life, family, career and more.

Christy Bahrenburg was born and raised in Shelburne. After spending some time away from Vermont, she and her husband decided they wanted to move back to Shelburne to raise their family. Christy is very active within the community. Here are the details.

Jeffrey (Jeff) Evans was recently appointed the varsity girls' basketball head coach at CVU. Jeff is a Shelburne resident and has a long history of coaching sports and teaching students. Here is some background about his life.

Rosalie Schneider and her husband have lived in Shelburne for 20 years. Rosalie recently became a member of the Charlotte/Shelburne Rotary Club. Here are some interesting additional tidbits about her life.

Richard Fox was born and raised in Charlotte. After he spent some time away from home in a couple of cities, he returned to his roots and to where he felt he belonged. He has lived in Shelburne for the past five years and is very active in his career and in the community. Here are the details.

Sara Blum and her family are long-time Shelburne residents. Sara loves Vermont and Shelburne. Here is some more information on her life, family, and the business she is currently in the process of purchasing.

Dr. James Slauterbeck has lived in Shelburne for four years, but is already contributing to the community and the Shelburne News with his bi-monthly sport's column on sports health and safety. James has lived a rather interesting life, and here are more details about his background.

Kim is an active Shelburne resident whose involvement in Town activities reaches from Shelburne Little League to Shelburne Nursery School. See here for a few more details about her life.

Earl Handy is the friendly face behind the counter at Handy's Diner in Burlington. He is not only behind the counter, he is also waiting tables, in the kitchen, and behind the office desk. Earl runs the diner in every sense of the word. Here is some more about his life, career, and family.

Some might remember Hope Johnson's name from an article in the Shelburne News last year for winning the Governor's Award for her "Honey I'm Home" quilt. There are many other things that Hope does to fill her days that are also interesting.

Many of you probably know Debby Jarecki from her time as the owner of Scribbles in downtown Burlington. The store closed last year and now Debby has moved on to begin a new chapter in her life. Read more below.

Shelburne resident Chris Gibbons has recently taken an interest in the new Google Fiber Optic Internet Connection. For more information on the application Chris is putting together for Shelburne, read the article on the front page. Here is some information on Chris' life and his own Shelburne business.

Longtime Shelburne resident George Schiavone is a busy man. Heavily involved in the political and non-profit sectors, George is a very involved and informed citizen. Here are some details about his many activities and causes.

Catherine Matosky is a born and raised Vermonter who grew up in Rutland, left Vermont for a short time, but soon returned. Matosky is a partner with the training and consulting firm Porter Knight, LLC. Here are some other interesting facts about her life and work in Shelburne.

Long time resident Bob Bick hopes to gather interested fellow residents in order to begin preliminary plans for a community dog park in Shelburne. To learn more about the dog park see the story on page **. Here are some details about Bob's life and love of dogs.

Rick Bessette, often fondly referred to as the poet laureate of Shelburne, is a bright and smiling native Vermonter (Shelburne) and a face well known among many. Rick is off on a new adventure; he is compiling his poems for a book to be published this year by Shelburne's Wind Ridge Publishing Inc. Rick is extremely excited about this new venture and looks forward to holding the final bound and printed pages in his hands sometime in the not too distant future.

This summer Megan Kloeckner will visit Austria, Switzerland, France, and Italy with the People-to-People Student Ambassador Program, along with two other Shelburne girls.

Matt Riley is a family man. This Shelburne resident has three lovely young daughters and a wife of almost 10 years whom he absolutely adores. Learn a little bit more about Matt's life below.