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April 11, 2024
Weekly news coverage for Charlotte and Hinesburg
Act 250 denies housing project COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
An Act 250 commission denied a major housing project in Hinesburg over flooding concerns. The project, Hinesburg Center II, has been in the works for nearly a decade, and received approval from the town’s development review board in February 2023. Plans call for creating 21 new lots in the town’s village growth area off Route 116 near Patrick Brook
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and would include 73 new homes — 15 single family homes, two nine-unit buildings, one six-unit building and one 34-unit building. Brett Grabowski, a developer with Milot Real Estate in Williston who co-owns the property with the David Lyman Revocable Trust, had proposed using fill to raise the elevation of the property above the current FEMA-based flood elevaSee HOUSING on page 16
School district sees increase in student behavior problems COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
Schools in the Champlain Valley School District are seeing a rise in K-8 student referral data, which tracks behavioral problems among students and could indicate when a student is struggling and needs additional support. But while the increase does indicate a rise in behavior-related issues among students, it also comes as the five-town school district works to centralize its
overall data collection and refine the process for how and when that data is reported. “We have had a massive increase, for a lot of different reasons,” Evan Sivo, the district’s behavior systems director, said at a recent board meeting. The data tracks both major and minor referrals in the district. When a student misbehaves in class, a teacher can file a referral See STUDENTS on page 10
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From left, Margie McClennan, Suzie McCoy and her twin sister Eileen Curtis of Charlotte enjoy the eclipse from Hinesburg at McCoy’s home in Orchard Commons where several of the residents had viewing parties to celebrate the day. McClennan made the eclipse cookies along with moon pies, eclipse gum, sun chips and Vermont maple kettle corn. See more eclipse photos on page 11.
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