Ordained
A cook’s garden
Shelburne man named Catholic deacon
Noted author talks ‘Kitchen Garden Design’
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shelburnenews.com
October 13, 2022
Shelburne police, outreach service calls decrease
Shelburne flips for pancakes
based on bad behavior or criminal records. As part of Vermont’s GenerThe Shelburne police depart- al Assistance Housing Program, ment has seen a significant elderly or disabled residents, decrease in the number of service families with children, individcall responses it takes from busi- uals fleeing immediate domesnesses and motels on Route 7 this tic violence and people who are year compared to 2020 and 2021, homeless can apply for emergenShelburne police Chief Michael cy hotel vouchers. Shelburne has several hotels Thomas said. and motels that Similarly, the participate in the Howard Center — “Our numbers for program, includwhose outreach specialists work 2022 have dropped ing the Countryside Motel, the with police and T-Bird Motor service providdrastically from Inn Motel, the ers to coordinate 2021.” North Star Motel support for indiand the Quality viduals with mental health, substance — Chief Michael Inn. The former Harbor Place, use, housing or meanwhile, is other social service Thomas operated by the needs — have seen a decrease in its number of calls Champlain Housing Trust. “Economic development and to Shelburne over the past year, from 100 in the first fiscal year the monies that we’ve spent on quarter — October, November that issue will be going down and December 2021 — to 33 in the drain if something isn’t done about some of our homeless the fourth quarter. “We had an incredible spike in guests, in practically every hotel 2020 and 2021, and our calls for on Route 7,” said Susan McLellan, service ... jumped dramatically,” a Falls Road resident, at the Sept. Thomas said. “Our numbers for 27 selectboard meeting. “Cham2022 have dropped drastically plain Housing Trust, or (Howard Center), or the state, someone else from 2021.” Petty crime still occurs, he should have to take care of this. said, “but we’re not going to these I don’t think we as taxpayers — locations three, four times a day.” we’re putting up with all of this Shelburne residents in the past … it’s just not right. I hope someseveral weeks have urged the thing can be done about it.” Tim Williams, a Shelburne selectboard to take a more active stance in preventing petty crime resident and the owner of Exterus on Route 7, which they have Business Furniture, Archie’s Grill conflated with the state’s motel and the Scoop, said at the Sept. 13 meeting that the voucher program voucher program. In response, selectboard is “creating an environment that is members have suggested trying to unsustainable for businesses that limit the number of motel vouchSee CALLS on page 11 ers that are given out in Shelburne COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
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Shelburne turns out for the fire department pancake breakfast on Oct. 8.
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