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Manager search narrows
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Pick could come this week LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
and dedication for the sport gave it strong roots in Vermont nearly six decades ago when he started and coached the first varsity men’s gymnastics team at the University of Vermont in 1966. “I think that he had a passion for getting
Following a nearly four-month-long search and over 30 applications, the Shelburne Selectboard expects to pick a new town manager as early as this week. Mike Ashooh, chair of the selectboard and member of the town manager search committee, said that the town will not hold public forums before making the decision as they’ve promised confidentiality to the candidates, “People want bios, they want names and I explained we have told the candidates we’re not going to broadcast widely their information because they have communities they have to go back to. Our consultant said sometimes people drop out if they know it’s going to be a public thing. So, we just didn’t want that to happen.” In December, nearly six months after Lee Krohn announced he wouldn’t be continuing in the position beyond the end of his contract in November 2023, the selectboard created a town manager screening committee composed of five members — two selectboard members, two members from town committees and one resident — and began advertising for the position officially on Dec. 15. The committee extended the deadline from Jan. 15 through the end of that month as application numbers were lower than
See HALL OF FAME on page 10
See TOWN MANAGER on page 12
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John Blackmer dipped, checked and measured in the Wake Robin sugarhouse March 6, as he and his fellow volunteers enjoy a record year for production so far, given the warm-to-cold temperature shifts. The crew expects to boil through April. Blackmer is no stranger to the art and science of syrup making, producing the sweet stuff for decades in southern Vermont before moving to Shelburne. Volunteers each year take shifts, collecting sap and stoking the fire. As visitors stop by for a taste test, their designated cups live on the sugarhouse windowsills, awaiting their return and another sip. More photos on page 16.
Hall of fame: Shelburne, SB residents inducted LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
Thomas Dunkley of South Burlington is the 2023 David Hakins Inductee for exceptional promotion and development of sports and athletics. Labeled the “Father of Vermont Gymnastics” by the U.S. Gymnastics Association in 1991, Dunkley’s passion
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One Shelburne business owner and two South Burlington residents will be inducted into the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame along with 10 other inductees from around the state in April for their contributions to sports in the Green Mountain State.
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