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Boys’ and girls’ teams win state titles
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Shelburne goes blue in General, approves wastewater bond
Rescue test
PATRICK BILOW STAFF WRITER
Shelburne voters approved a $38 million bond to consolidate the town’s wastewater treatment facilities. In a decisive win, 3,694 voters favored the project, with 1,416 voting against it. The approval arrives after years of planning and months of debate among voters leading up to Election Day. The project will consolidate
Shelburne’s two wastewater treatment facilities into one location on Crown Road. The other facility on Turtle Lane will be converted into a pump station. Wastewater employees have long argued for the need to update the facilities, citing failing equipment and inefficiencies in operating two treatment facilities. The first phase of the project, which involves laying a pipe See SHELBURNE on page 17
Incumbents win seats in Chittenden Southeast LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
PHOTO BY LEE KROHN
The Shelburne Fire Department recently conducted its annual exertion test to determine firefighters’ strength and ability to perform certain basic, essential firefighting tasks like a simulated firefighter rescue from a building. See more photos, page 24.
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The three Democratic incumbents for Chittenden’s Southeast Senate District are holding onto their Statehouse seats after beating out two Republicans and one independent challenger Tuesday night. Virginia “Ginny” Lyons, D-Williston, garnered 24,922 votes in the towns that make up the Senate district. Kesha Ram Hinsdale, D-Shelburne, received 21,498 votes, while Thomas Chit-
tenden, D-South Burlington, saw the highest number of votes at 28,729. Bruce Roy, R- Williston, trailed with a vote tally of 16,080. Rohan St. Marthe, R-Jericho, got 8,619 votes and Taylor Craven, I-Shelburne, garnered 7,017 votes. Together, the incumbents have served in the Statehouse for roughly 40 years. Lyons, chair of the House Committee on Health See SENATE RACE on page 17
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