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in the state’s education funding formula. “There were a couple of big
Repairs to the portion of Spear Street devastated by the catastrophic rain and flooding earlier this summer are one step closer to being finished. Charlotte saw nearly 5.3 inches of rain overnight on July 10 as remnants of Hurricane Beryl landed in the Green Mountain State. Among other damage, a 10-foot by 60-foot culvert was washed away on Spear Street, leaving the road completely unpassable. The town submitted requests for proposals for a contractor to complete the work by April of next year with the hope of beginning some construction before winter comes. Selectboard chair Jim Faulkner said he hopes to see some dirt moving within the next three weeks. The work will include the installation of twin 10-foot diameter culverts with cast-in-place concrete headwalls and wing walls, a debris deflector and road reconstruction. Five bids were received this week, but the selectboard is still determining the qualifications of each of the bidders. Bids ranged
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PHOTO BY MAURA KELLEY
“It came from outer space, but it is probably not targeting you, Champ, so don’t worry,” quipped Maura Kelley of Hinesburg, who shot this photo Oct. 20 of Comet C/2023 A3, better known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, seen here from Mount Philo’s summit overlooking Charlotte and Lake Champlain. “This is the view over the deepest part of the lake at 400 feet — probably where Champ resides.”
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From heated town-wide votes to one of the worst natural disasters the town has experienced,
Nate Bareham has had an eventful year after taking the helm as town administrator last October. His first months on the job were anything but easy as the town was debating whether to switch to
a town manager form of government and he was thrown into the thick of a difficult budget season as the town — and its neighbors — grappled with increasing costs mostly associated with a change
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