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Group will tear down Vestry Building
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The community group behind the effort to restore the Vestry building has decided to fully reconstruct rather than renovate the historic Hinesburg building. Last week, the Vestry Community Center, a nonprofit dedicated to refurbishing the Vestry, sought and received permission from the town’s Development Review Board to completely demolish the structure. According to Rolf Kielman, chair for the group, it had originally intended to renovate the existing building, a pricey endeavor that would have involved lifting the complete structure off the ground and See VESTRY on page 10
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A CVU tennis players concentrates on her forehand as the Redhawks handily beat South Burlington 5-2 in a recent matchup.
Musical sounds of summer get underway around the area LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
Nothing says summer in Vermont like live music! For Charlotte resident and the unofficial “fun guy” around town, Bill FraserHarris, grabbing your friends and family for a night of music in town is exactly what
summer is all about. That’s also part of the reason that he started music at the beach, which has been happening at the Charlotte town beach for the past 12 years. “The sun setting over the lake, a beverage of your choice in your hand and beautiful music in the background,” he said. “To me, that’s what summer in Vermont, or summer in Charlotte, is all about.”
He said the event has grown in popularity in recent years, with sometimes nearly 200 people showing up to enjoy a peaceful Wednesday night on Lake Champlain. Most important, he said, the event costs nothing — but donations are encouraged. Aside from some of the big-ticket venues like Higher Ground in South Burlington or the Champlain Valley Exposition
in Essex, towns in Chittenden County have set up their own summer music shindigs. There is no shortage of entertainment this summer season. In fact, the real struggle might be finding the time to get to all of them. See MUSIC on page 12
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