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Dutch Mill Diner gets new owner
April 13, 2023
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Former motel to become assisted living facility LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
The iconic Dutch Mill Diner on Route 7 in Shelburne will continue on for a third generation after former owner James Bissonette sold the family business to his son, Michael Bissonette and his wife, Jessica, in March. Although the Dutch Mill has a rich history dating back to the 1920s, the property’s current legacy began when it was acquired in 1968 by Charles Bissonette and his wife, Corrine. They built the restaurant in 1995, but operated the adjacent motel for nearly five decades. In 1972 they added a camp-
ground and brought back the original name, The Dutch Mill, along with the original blue color scheme. The couple’s youngest son, James and his late wife, Marilou were the heartbeat of the daily food service that started in the 1990s and Marilou continued to be a focal point of the business until her death on July 18, 2022. “My parents bought this place and put every penny that they had into this and rented rooms (at the motel) for $7 a night way back then,” James said. “But look at the empire that has been made. It’s See DUTCH MILL DINER on page 12
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Matt Lollis dribbles down court with teammate Ezra Wiggins-Millington during the CVU Redhawks’ Unified Basketball win over the South Burlington Wolves Unified team Apriil 4 afternoon in Hinesburg.
Shelburne father, daughter duo craft crossword puzzles LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
Although solving a crossword puzzle can be difficult feat, learning to craft the puzzle is even more challenging and requires dedication, perseverance and an expansive vocabulary. For Champlain Valley Union High School student Grace Warrington of Shelburne, cross-
word puzzles have turned from a COVID-19 pandemic-era passion project to a hobby that transcends just solving, but also crafting the themes, clues and algorithms that go into puzzle-making. “Words are really fun,” Grace said. “I have probably more dictionaries and books than is good for me in my room.” What makes this hobby even more special is that this is a
passion she shares with her father, Greg Warrington, a math professor at the University of Vermont. The father-daughter duo exercises their skills weekly with the New York Times daily puzzle, which gets harder as the week progresses and offers a chance to learn new techniques and phrases that aren’t commonly used every day. “Now Grace always takes the
first crack at it because she’s better usually,” Greg said. “So, Monday is the most accessible. And then, by the time you get to Saturday, they’re pretty hard, really. So, if it’s a Monday or Tuesday, she usually just finishes it off, and then as the week goes on there’s more and more left for how can we do it together?” The 15-year-old said that she has more knowledge of random
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facts than probably most people her age and keeps a list of unique phrases and words she likes with the hopes of using them in a future puzzle. “Once you do them for a while, you get to notice the patterns,” she said “There’ll be words that are only clued in one way because See PUZZLES on page 7
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