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APRIL 13, 2023
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Egg-citement grips Williston children
CLOCKWISE (l to r): Children run to find hidden eggs Saturday during the Williston-Richmond Rotary Club’s Easter Parade and Egg Hunt on the Williston Central School grounds. Dean Mitchell and the Easter Bunny spend a moment together. A prize-winning egg nestles beneath a rock waiting to be found. The sunny but cool spring weather brought out lots of parents and children to march in the annual Easter parade. OBSERVER PHOTOS BY AL FREY
Town’s anti-racism work takes a leap forward BY JASON STARR Observer staff
Williston has come a long way in committing to addressing systemic racism and inequities since it first raised the Black Lives Matter flag in 2021 in the wake of the
George Floyd killing at the hands of police a year earlier. Local leaders have since formed a Racial Equity Partnership committee; successfully lobbied the selectboard to adopt a values statement on anti-racism, diversity, equity and inclusion; completed a Ver-
mont League of Cities and Towns months-long “Welcoming and Engaging Communities” training; and spurred the town to become the 105th municipality in the state to adopt a “declaration of inclusion.” The selectboard unanimously see ANTI-RACISM page 4
Longtime Williston Selectboard chair Terry Macaig nominated fellow board member Ted Kenney to take over as chair last month when the board held its annual reorganization meeting after Town Meeting Day. The nomination was seconded by newly elected board member Jeanne Jensen, and the board voted unanimously to approve, handing Kenney the gavel and, with it, the responsibility of setting meeting agendas and leading meetings. Greta D’Agostino was voted in as vice chair. Macaig had served as chair for 17 years. He’s been a selectboard member for 21 years and in March was re-elected to a two-year term. Kenney has been on the board for 13 years. — Jason Starr
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