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Town tries to quell concerns over treatment plant costs
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About 15 people attended a public meeting at Shelburne Town Hall last week to discuss the proposed wastewater treatment facility upgrade with local government leaders. The project would consolidate Shelburne’s two treatment facilities into one on Crown Road and a pump station on Turtle Lane, where the second treatment facility is currently located. Voters will decide the project’s fate during the General Election next month by voting on a $38 million bond to fund the project. All voters can weigh in, but only Shelburne sewer customers will pay for the project. Wastewater employees say the facilities desperately need equipment upgrades while the department faces pressure from the state to meet discharge requirements. Sewer customers and others have taken to social media and have See WASTEWATER on page 16
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Three candidates are running unopposed for House seats in southern Chittenden County this year. Shawn Sweeney of Shelburne, a newcomer to politics, is running to replace Jessica Brumsted in the Chittenden-7 seat that serves Shelburne. Phil Pouech will return for his second term as Chittenden-4 representative for Hinesburg, and Chea Waters Evans of Charlotte will also return for her second biennium as Chittenden-5 representative, which includes a portion of the town of Hinesburg. Sweeney, a Democrat who has lived in Shelburne since 1998, clinched the Democratic nomination for Chittenden-7 earlier this year after beating Shelburne Selectboard chair Michael Ashooh. Sweeney has owned Sweeney DesignBuild, a local design and construction company, for over 20 years. Before that, he owned a nightclub in Burlington and worked in the movie industry scouting set locations for compaSee CANDIDATES on page 3
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