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Volume 53 Number 34
While most were out enjoying their Sunday afternoons, some members of the Shelburne community were busy packing into the town office meeting room to discuss a proposal that has spurred extensive debate over development and the future of the roughly 8,000-person town. More than 130 residents
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O’Brien property future center of community forum LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
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online, seated in chairs, lining the room and spilling out into the hallway showed up for a community forum with the Shelburne Selectboard about the O’Brien Brothers development company’s proposals for one of its properties in town. O’Brien Brothers has for decades owned the property that See O’BRIEN PROPERTY on page 7
CVSD contemplates “phone-free” future LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
As students prepare to head back to school, the Champlain Valley School District is questioning whether their cell phones should come with them. The school district is joining others in the state, and many nationwide, who are wondering what a school atmosphere would look like without the pocket devices. A new committee charged by interim Superintendent Adam Bunting has been tasked to find out.
The movement, which has been causing a buzz this summer, is an extension of restrictions that are already at play within the school district, Bunting said. In all the elementary and middle schools, the district has a staunch overarching “away for the day” policy, which states that if students choose to bring cell phones to school, they need to be powered off and in backpacks. For the high school, he said, that policy is slightly trickier. As
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The may be Shelburne’s future firefighters, but kids are still kids, which means face painting and play during Shelburne Day. The annual event was held Saturday on the town Parade Grounds. More photos, page 8.
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