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Sign of the times
Guillemette Farm stops milking operation LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
Jan. 11, 2023, was a bittersweet day for the Guillemette family. It was the last day they would milk a cow on their 75-year-old dairy farm. Bernie Guillemette sat on the back of his old pickup truck wiping the tractor grease off his hands, as he cast a reminiscent gaze over the house his 101-year-old mother still resides in and the farm where he has spent his entire life. “I didn’t think this was going to bother me,” he said as he clasped his calloused hands together, tears welling in his eyes. “One thing you have to realize is, unless you’re in this business, you don’t understand what people are going through. So, even though the farm is still here, it still hurts me to talk about because it’s quite a legacy.” The farm that sits at the corner of Pond PHOTO BY LIBERTY DARR
Bernie Guillemette stands in front of his 75-year-old dairy farm in Shelburne. The family still farms but no longer milks cows.
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Juvenile cited for bringing BB gun to football game COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
A 17-year-old who “threateningly displayed” a BB gun during a varsity football game at Champlain Valley Union High School Saturday was cited for possessing a dangerous weapon on school property and for giving police false information. The juvenile, a male from Hinesburg and a former CVU student, was reportedly showing the weapon to people and pointed it at least one person, according to Hinesburg
police chief Anthony Cambridge. “He was showing it to people, lifting his waistband. You could not tell the difference — unless you really knew guns — if it was a real gun or not,” Cambridge said. Several students in the audience saw the gun and notified an administrator on duty who called the Hinesburg police, according to a letter district superintendent Rene Sanchez sent to parents and other members of the district. “The police responded immediately and ensured the safety of those attending the
event,” Sanchez said. Police arrived on scene and found the juvenile, who told police he didn’t have a weapon. Officers later found the gun in a backpack. Police issued the juvenile a trespass notice to stay off school grounds and was then taken to the Hinesburg Police Department, Cambridge said, and later released to a family member. He was cited with possession of a dangerous weapon on school property and giving false information to police.
The incident remains under investigation, and Cambridge said the juvenile could possibly face a charge of criminal threatening. Sanchez, in the district-wide letter, said mental health staff will be available for students upon their return to school. “We know that a traumatic event such as this can elicit a variety of reactions from our young people,” Sanchez said, adding that “all CVU parents and caregivers will receive a separate message from principal (Adam) Bunting sharing pertinent information as it arises.”