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October 6, 2022
Weekly news coverage for Charlotte and Hinesburg
Residents ask selectboard to crack down on speeders COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
Jim Faulkner, Charlotte’s selectboard chair, got a call recently from a resident that one the town’s radar speed signs on Hinesburg Road wasn’t working. The device, the caller said, “works OK, but if you go over 70 miles per hour it doesn’t register anything.” “He was doing 70 and wanted to tell me that speed cart was no good,” Faulkner said. Charlotte has a speeding problem — on
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Route 7; on Greenbush Road, where drivers frequently fly along the residential road at 40 to 50 mph; and on Hinesburg Road, where the Charlotte Community School operates without a designated school zone. With no police force in Charlotte, drivers generally face little consequence for breaking traffic laws. It’s been an issue in town for years, residents say, but now, a group of 36 residents along Greenbush Road are calling for action. See SPEEDING on page 9
School community deals with homophobic slur Incident occurred at CVU field hockey game COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
A homophobic slur levied at Champlain Valley Union field hockey players during a game in Manchester — an incident that students say is all too common not just at opposing games but within their own community — is adding greater weight to the district’s recent equity audit and its work surrounding diversity and inclusion. The incident occurred during a game at Burr and Burton Academy Sept. 14, where a student watching the game yelled a homophobic slur against one of the CVU players. District officials said the incident was immediately addressed. The Vermont Prin-
cipals Association, following a year that saw numerous acts of ugly fan behavior, recently adopted a zero-tolerance policy against such behavior at sporting events, including ejection, forfeiture and the removal of fans from the stands. After the incident, CVU student and field hockey player Miranda Oppenheimer wrote a letter condemning hate speech and asked her community to address “an environment that condones homophobia, sexism, racism, ableism and many other forms of hate.” “This community loves to preach inclusivity and acceptance of all backgrounds and identities, but this message is often lost in See EQUITY on page 3
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Ollie Cheer makes the grab in a game against Hartford Saturday. CVU won 31-19. See roundup on page 11.
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