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April 27, 2023
It takes a village
Still undefeated
Welcome Corps embraces new Americans Shelburne, Charlotte residents help resettle immigrants LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
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CVU’s Jacob Bose outruns a South Burlington opponent April 23 in a 9-8 win. Bose had two goals and two assists. See more sports on page 10.
A group of Chittenden County neighbors have banded together to bring refugees to Vermont through the U.S. State Department’s new refugee resettlement program, the Welcome Corps, coined as “the boldest innovation in refugee resettlement in four decades.” Launched on Jan. 19, this State Department initiative hinges on residents forming private sponsor groups to directly welcome refugees who have been cleared for resettlement and help them build new lives in the United States. “I have a neighbor, who is a refugee from Somalia who migrated here over a dozen years ago,” Chittenden County Welcome Corps founder Cynthia Cook said. “She’d See WELCOME CORPS on page 12
Shelburne Museum hosts Antiques Roadshow for first time LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
Antiques Roadshow made a stop at the Shelburne Museum in July 2022 — the first time the show has made its way to the Green Mountain State.
Nearly 3,000 people attended the all-day appraisal event where they received valuations of their antiques and collectibles from specialists in the country’s leading auction houses and independent dealers. “That was our first time in Vermont,” said Marsha Bemko, executive produc-
er of PBS’s most-watched ongoing series. “Up until we started producing in historic outdoor locations, which the Shelburne Museum is, we were in convention centers for many, many years — Vermont doesn’t have (a convention center) so, we were not able to do the show until we started going to
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outdoor historic locations.” These hour-long segments, which air April 24, May 1 and May 8 on PBS, are jam-packed with some of New England’s See ANTIQUES on page 11
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