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Volume 51 Number 44
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‘Environmental hero’
Shelburne honors Marshall Webb LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
On Saturday, hundreds of friends, family members and residents of Shelburne packed the breeding barn at Shelburne Farms to capacity to celebrate the life of Marshall Webb, an “environmental hero” and “the best of Shelburne Farms.” Webb died from a heart attack while swimming in Lake Champlain on Aug. 11. He was 74. Among the speakers at the nearly two-hour commemoration of Webb’s life were his immediate family — Kate, Molly, Lila, Sarah, Robert and Alec Webb — along
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with lifelong friends Bob Kinzel and Jacob Scherr, among others. Born and raised at Shelburne Farms, Webb loved the 1,400-acre land both as his home and as his professional career. Although he had been “doing chores” on the farm since he was just 3 years old, his true life’s work began the day in 1972 when he and his siblings founded the education nonprofit that now owns and operates the farm. “The impacts of that single act of generosity would ripple out over the next 50 years and beyond,” according to a statement See WEBB on page 10
After loss of son, Vallee family to fund long Covid research Long Covid is ‘not to be trifled with at any level’ COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
It was only after his son had died that Skip Vallee learned how much he had truly accomplished. Just 27 years old, Charlie Vallee, born in Burlington and raised in South Burlington, was a distinguished member of the U.S. intelligence community, and throughout his young life worked at prestigious institutions like the Institute for the Study of War, the Center for Strategic and
International Studies and, the United States Special Operations Command — earning its civilian of the year award in 2021. Speaking at his memorial in May — attended by dignitaries such as Gov. Phil Scott, U.S. Congressman Peter Welch, and former Gov. Jim Douglas — Vallee revealed he could “now relay who Charlie really worked for,” the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense’s IntelliSee VALLEE on page 12
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Dorilee LeBlanc was “Misdemeanor” at the Rotary Club’s annual Halloween parade Sunday. See more photos at shelburnenews.com.