Take a walk in the woods
Seeking state’s unique antiques
Touring the LaPlatte Nature Preserve
American Pickers show looks for the new old
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Homelessness has tripled since before start of pandemic COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
A report released this month found a nearly 20 percent increase in the number of people experiencing homelessness in Vermont compared to last year, and an almost 200 percent increase since a pre-pandemic count in 2020. Across Vermont, 3,295 people said in January that they were experiencing homelessness, an 18.5 percent increase from the 2,780 people counted last year, and a 197 percent increase from the 1,110 people counted in 2020
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before the pandemic hit, according to this year’s Point in Time Count. The count, a federally-mandated census conducted each year by every state in the country, offers a yearly snapshot of the state of homelessness in Vermont — with breakdowns in varying demographics such as household type. The count is conducted by the Chittenden County Homeless Alliance and the Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness. “I’ll confess that I was See HOMELESSNESS on page 2
Plans made for Bay Road improvements Bike, pedestrian committee drafts three-year plan LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
Over the past five years, Shelburne has seen 11 bicycle or pedestrian crashes that have resulted in fatalities, injuries, or property damage, according to a recent draft report from the town’s bike and pedestrian path committee. Among the report’s findings: of the 3,000 working people in Shelburne, only 4 percent used walking or biking as modes of transportation to work, which the committee says could be due to a lack of interconnectedness in town and to neighboring cities. This year, the committee is focusing on expanding Shel-
burne’s integrated network of sidewalks, paths, bike lanes, and trails to accommodate walkers, cyclists, and other active travel modes that link parks and recreation facilities to residential neighborhoods, other gathering points, and adjacent communities. The committee’s threeyear plan, still in draft form, features data compiled by Chittenden County Regional Planning and Local Motion showing where Shelburne’s problematic intersections and roads are located. It covers the span between 2018 and now. To read See BAY ROAD on page 16
PHOTO BY AL FREY
CVU’s Emerson Rice gets by Burr and Burton’s Paige Samuelson during the Redhawks’ D-1 Championship overtime loss to the Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon at UVM’s Virtue Field.