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“We received information from Shelburne that they will no longer be able to enter into a shared services agreement with the town,” Bareham said. “That left us with a fairly short gap to try and fill to have the work continue on the villages’ project as
A husband-and-wife duo is taking over two vacant spots on the Hinesburg Trail Committee, a group dedicated to improving walkability throughout the town’s village and forests. Marcy and Christopher Stabile have been using the Hinesburg Area Recreation Trails, a network of trails maintained by the tail committee, for close to 30 years. They are avid mountain bikers and runners, and their dogs are frequently nearby on their trail adventures. “We love being able to get out into the woods and enjoy these really well-maintained trails,” said Marcy Stabile, who was appointed to the trails committee alongside her husband at a selectboard meeting last week. “But we know it takes a lot of work, so we wanted to help out with that effort.” The Hinesburg Trails Committee has been around for a long time‚ so long, in fact, that chairperson Ray Mainer isn’t even sure when it began. There are eight people on the committee, including the Stabiles, and an army of local volunteers that comes out for dig days. The committee is mainly responsible
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Snow geese take flight over Dead Creek Wildlife Refuge in Addison on Nov. 25.
Charlotte moves forward with regional planner contract LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
After a deal to job out planning services to Shelburne fell through last week, the Charlotte Selectboard will now partner with Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission until a permanent town planner can be hired.
Charlotte town planner Larry Lewack retired Dec. 1, and the selectboard and town administrator Nate Bareham have been working over the past month with Shelburne on a short-term contract that would allow the neighboring town to provide temporary planning services. But according to Charlotte’s Selectboard, Shelburne has pulled out of the deal.
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