Cannon 5K
Fall cleanup
Walk honoring beloved teacher’s memory returns
Put your garden to bed in ecologically sensitive manner
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Suspect held in South Burlington killing MIKE DONOGHUE CORRESPONDENT
A South Burlington man has been charged with killing a friend in Burlington and is also the prime suspect in a second homicide at a South Burlington motel. Denroy Dasent, 52, of Garden Street, pleaded not guilty in Vermont Superior Court Monday to a charge of second-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a friend at a Burlington apartment Sunday night.
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Dasent is also the main suspect in a second Sunday night homicide in South Burlington at the Swiss Host Motel and Village on Williston Road, police chief Shawn Burke said. Dasent, formerly of New York, admitted to both shootings as he was taken into custody shortly before midnight, police said. Police said he has been in Vermont for at least a year. See DASENT on page 9
Amid inflation, hunger helpers feed hundreds TOMMY GARDNER STAFF WRITER
Although the pandemic-era scenes of massive food drives organized by literal armies at high schools and airports around Vermont are a thing of the past, something quieter and bigger has replaced it: the population of people still needing help getting food. It’s unclear sometimes if there are more hungry people or if the stigma of availing oneself to food shelves and other public health organizations is simply eroded amid the pandemic. As the cost of living goes up, so do visits, and so does the economic variety of visitors. South Burlington Food Shelf director
Peter Carmolli said September was the Dorset Street pantry’s busiest month ever. The organization opened three years ago, so most of its existence has been in troublesome times for food insecurity — a global pandemic replaced by worldwide inflation and supply shortages. Instead of succumbing to viruses or economics, the food shelf has instead thrived under the pressure. “We just go with the flow,” Carmolli said. “We’re so new, that, with anything that happens, it doesn’t really throw us off.” In the most recent monthly email newsletter sent out Oct. 1, Carmolli said See FOOD SHELVES on page 15
Victoria Jean PierceMulliss took this photo of a hot-air balloon that floated over her home in South Burlington Sept. 29.
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Recognizing & Recovering from
BURNOUT with Dr. Alice Chen and Ferene Paris Meyer
Oct. 12 6-8pm
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