A turtle’s life
‘Vermont Table’
Inspiring, dangerous life of snappers
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Higher Group to residents: Don’t trespass
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time Scott picked Kranichfeld to bail out the troubled office in St. Albans. A couple of office employees filed complaints about Lavoie for comments and actions taken after he was sworn in Feb. 1. The case mushroomed into a full investigation. One of Kranichfeld’s primary tasks will be restoring peace and civility to the office, which had some employees actively opposing Lavoie’s campaign last year when longtime boss Jim Hughes announced he wouldn’t seek reelection. “I see my job as a mission — as start-
Nearly two dozen residents living in or near Queen City Park who are affiliated with litigation against the relocation of Higher Ground’s music venue were issued no trespass notices by the Burton Corporation this summer. The notices, sent to at least 22 Burlington and South Burlington residents, bar them from entering the premises at 180 and 266 Queen City Park Road — the headquarters of Burton Corporation and the proposed site for Higher Ground’s new facility. “You are receiving this notice because you and/or members of your (Citizens for Responsible Zoning) group have come onto Burton’s property multiple times to spread misinformation about Burton and are otherwise interfering with its business operations,” the company’s general counsel, Sonya Sibold, wrote in the notices that were reviewed by The Other Paper. The letter continues that Burton requested the residents “refrain from such activity” but since they had not responded to their request, “we feel it is necessary to send you this notice.” Sibold told residents that the no-trespass notices were filed with both the Burlington Police Department and Vermont State Police.
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Rice Memorial High School in South Burlington emphasized the importance of summer reading by devoting a full day of school to activities related to the nonfiction book “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand, which students read over the summer. Here they applied messages from the book to a friendly game of tug-of-war between classes. More on page 2.
SB priest named Franklin County prosecutor MIKE DONOGHUE CORRESPONDENT
The Rev. Bram Kranichfeld, the priest in charge for All Saints Episcopal Church at Spear and Swift streets in South Burlington, announced to his congregation this week that he was stepping down to take over as head of the troubled Franklin County State’s Attorney’s Office in St. Albans. Kranichfeld, a former state prosecutor, also resigned as priest in charge for St. Paul’s Church in Vergennes. The Episcopal Diocese with 42 congregations statewide has been forming “constellations” to link two or more nearby churches to allow for a full-time priest to serve.
Kranichfeld, who remains an ordained priest, said he hopes to remain active in the Episcopal Church. About an hour after Gov. Phil Scott formally announced the appointment on Labor Day morning, he moved to promptly swear in Kranichfeld on the Statehouse steps in Montpelier as the interim state’s attorney in Franklin County. Kranichfeld replaces embattled prosecutor John Lavoie, who was facing an impeachment inquiry by a special House committee until he resigned last Friday. Five years ago, Scott passed over Kranichfeld when he was the top recommendation to become Chittenden County State’s Attorney and went with the third-place nominee. This