Beach party
Unbeaten
Shelburne celebrates summer on June 22.
Boys’ Ultimate, other CVU teams eye titles
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June 6, 2024
Shelburne State champs candidates to compete for House LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
Two familiar faces in Shelburne have thrown their hats into the ring for a seat in the Statehouse next year. Mike Ashooh and Shawn Sweeney, both Democrats, are vying for the House seat being vacated by Rep. Jessica Brumsted, who announced in an April letter to The Shelburne News that she would not seek reelection after serving eight years representing Chittenden-7, which includes Shelburne and St. George. Sweeney has spent his days recently hyper-focused on the issues facing Shelburne, as he has been a member of the town’s See CANDIDATES on page 3
PHOTO BY AL FREY
At the Division I state track and field championships, CVU went 1-2-3-4 in the 1,500 meters. From left, Estella Laird was third, Alice Kredell came in first, Lydia Donahue was second and Audrey Neilson came in fourth.
Shelburne works toward agreement with developer LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
The Shelburne Selectboard agreed last week to pump the brakes on making a decision about a development regarding a 175-acre property owned by O’Brien Brothers.
Instead, the town and development company will have their attorneys draft an agreement that outlines specific conservation stipulations before the board makes a decision on whether to give the project the green light. O’Brien Brothers has for
decades owned the property that sits immediately outside the town’s water and sewer service area. The development team came to the selectboard late last month with a petition to include part of the property in the town’s designated utility service area to allow it to build
more houses. That could allow the land, which is currently included in the town’s rural zoning district, a higher density as outlined in the recently passed Act 47, or HOME Act. Although the town’s planning commission is currently looking at massive
regulatory reform, the current rural zoning district only allows for one unit per 5 acres. But under the new state law meant to spur housing development across the state, areas See O’BRIEN BROTHERS on page 12
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