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The South Burlington planning and zoning department has begun work aligning the city’s zoning laws and subdistricts with the new HOME bill passed by the Legislature this year that reforms local and state land use regulations to spur housing development. The bill, signed into law by Gov. Phil Scott in June, mandates that municipalities allow certain density requirements if the area is served by water and sewer infrastructure. Since the bill took effect on July 1, the city’s development review board and the planning and zoning office has had to “look to two, sometimes conflicting, sets of regulations to review development applications,” Kelsey Peterson, the city planner, said in a memo to planning board commissioners. “It’s a challenging position for our DRB to be interpreting how the new state law should apply, or must apply to our local regulations,” Paul Connor, the city’s direcSee BILL on page 12
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South Burlington police celebrated Justin Maki and officer Lucy Creedon who graduated from the 116th session of the Vermont Police Academy, flanked by other officers in the center. The class also honored Lt. Chris Bataille, second from left, with the Rod Pulisfer Instructor Award.
United Way, other nonprofits look to put volunteers to work OLIVIA WILSON COMMUNITY NEWS SERVICE
With the holiday season underway, many Vermonters are asking themselves what they can do to give back to their communities. Sonja Paulson with United Way Northwest Vermont is herding volunteers in the Chit-
tenden, Grand Isle and Franklin counties. “Vermonters really care about each other — there is such a large sense of community, and everyone just wants to be a team and help each other,” Paulson said. She said she’s received an influx of inquiries asking about opportunities to give back.
“Let’s find something that fits your needs as well as helps out whatever nonprofit you want to work with,” she said. Whether you’d prefer to sell raffle tickets, cook holiday dinners or bring kids some holiday cheer, there are opportunities everywhere, she said. Santa might be a little busy this year —
that’s why they need as many elves possible at the station when the Vermont Children’s Trust Foundation’s Polar Express arrives at the Wing building at the bottom of King Street. Volunteers can dress as elves and See UNITED WAY on page 12
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‘Chicken Coop Chaos’ author hopes to instill love of books JONAH FRANGIOSA COMMUNITY NEWS SERVICE
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Nancy Tavares
In “Chicken Coop Chaos,” a chicken named Pearl Hen has trouble maintaining the order of her henhouse after Wendell, the rambunctious rooster, moves into her space. The children’s story, according to author Nancy Tavares, aims to convey the importance of patience and understanding and acceptance of others. “Being able to live together and celebrating your differences,” Tavares said, summarizing the message. “Chicken Coop Chaos,” released in October, is Tavares’
first published book. For the South Burlington resident and former middle school reading teacher, the story is an ode to the chicken coop her grandparents kept on their dairy farm in Pennsylvania. Amid the anarchy of chickens, rabbits, hens and even a peacock that shared the lively space, Tavares and her sisters would delight in gathering eggs as children, she recalled. “It was such a hectic clutter,” Tavares says with a chuckle. “The chickens would be clustering around your legs, and I loved that experience. My sister, not so much.” Tavares, 63, said she hopes the positive reception she has received for “Chicken Coop Chaos” leads to more publishing opportunities for future children’s books with similar themes. The book, which she self-published with the support of BiblioKid Publishing, is intended for readers from ages 4 to 7 and has hit the shelves of eight Vermont bookstores, as well as Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Brooke Gansemer, CEO and publisher of BiblioKid, said she would call “Chicken Coop Chaos” an overwhelming success. “This is the best-seller for the month,” she said. “We almost can’t keep it on shelves. We’re very proud of Nancy’s success and think it’s well-deserved.” Tavares grew up in Fairport Harbor, Ohio, where both her parents worked in education. Her father was a teacher and the principal of her local high school. She also described him as a talented writer with many published works, including a genealogy of the Tavares family lineage and a detailed history of Fairport Harbor. Tavares’ parents read to her and her two sisters from a young age and emphasized the importance of literature. Every summer in the early
1960s, the family traveled to their house in Montgomery, where they had no television or telephones. She and her sisters would spend their days reading. Tavares remembered their frequent visits to the Montgomery Town Library and said she can still picture their favorite librarian, Mrs. Depew. The library had a policy that each guest could only check out two books at a time, but Depew let the familiar trio of Tavares bookworms take out as many titles they wished. “For us, that wasn’t enough,” Tavares said. “Two books? We’d be done in a day!” Even in elementary school, Tavares said she hoped to someday publish both her writing and artwork. After she went to college at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, her letters home displayed more signs of her inclination toward writing. “There was a lot of voice in my letters, my parents said,” Tavares said. “They would read those letters, and it was as if I was right there talking to them. My kids would say the same thing, because when they went off to college, I would write to them every week.” Tavares left Bowling Green before graduating and moved to South Burlington, where she embraced the memories of her family’s Vermont vacations and the beauty of the natural environment. She worked at the University Mall where a very “outgoing, talkative and confident” customer continuously visited her, asking her for a date. After several of his attempts, she accepted the offer to go with Thomas Tavares to a barn dance in Danville. They married in 1981 and raised a daughter and son. On a neighbor’s recommendaSee TAVARES on page 3
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continued from page 2 tion, Nancy Tavares took a job in literacy support at Rick Marcotte Central School, where she worked one-on-one with middle school students for 30 years. Her goal, she said, was to figure out what interested each student and select the “perfect fit” of a book to pique their curiosity. “It was that light that would turn on in a student that really sparked the enjoyment in teaching,” Tavares said. She said she intends to do the same with her own writing: spark excitement in a young person’s reading experience. Tavares also wanted to incorporate the rural Vermont landscape in her book. For nearly a decade, she mulled over the story that would become “Chicken Coop Chaos,” occasionally jotting down pieces that came to her. At one point, she realized she had an entire story in her head and wanted to put it out into the world. “I got to the point where I thought, ‘I need to do something to move this forward,’” Tavares said. After taking an online course about creating and publishing a children’s book, Tavares began to refine her work. She cut the number of words by half, following advice she got for acceptable children’s book length, while maintaining the story. Through a suggestion during the course, she submitted the finished product to BiblioKid, a so-called “hybrid” publisher that
provides guidance to authors who pay to put together and distribute their book themselves. For her first book, Tavares stuck to the writing and delegated the illustrations to Sian Moore, a freelance illustrator whom BiblioKid recommended. Moore drew cartoonish, anthropomorphic chickens living in their furnished coop. On Oct. 17, more than 60 guests attended the launch party for “Chicken Coop Chaos.” Tavares has yet to do a public reading but plans to visit Rick Marcotte School in South Burlington to read to younger students and describe the creative and publishing process to those in upper grades. Tavares would like to instill a love for literature in the young-
est generations by creating books that she would have read to her own children, who are now out of college. By making her stories available to the public, her reach can stretch far beyond the Tavares family, she said. “With books,” Tavares said, “I feel like part of me is furthering the education and creating a little bit of fun and enjoyment for parents and kids to share together.” Jonah Frangiosa is a reporter with the Community News Service, a program in which University of Vermont students work with professional editors to provide content for local news outlets at no cost.
Corrections
We used the wrong photo of Rachel Malone with our story last week, “Scott appoints five new judges to fill state Superior Court vacancies.” Here is the correct photo. The menorah lighting on the Shelburne town green is at 5:30 p.m., not 5 p.m., on Monday, Dec. 11. The holiday bazaar at Trinity Episcopal Church in Shelburne will be held only on Saturday, Dec. 9, 10 a.m.-3
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South Burlington Police Blotter: Nov. 27 – Dec. 3 Total incidents: 237 Agency / public assists: 27 Directed patrol: 8 Traffic stop: 15 Accident: property damage: 6 Alarm: 8 Foot patrol: 23 Suspicious event: 7 Retail theft: 12 Motor vehicle complaint: 7 Welfare check: 15 911 hangup: 4 Trespass: 6 Domestic: 4 Disturbance: 11 Field contact: 5 DUI: 3 Accident: insurance purposes: 8 Leaving the scene: 6 Larceny, other: 5 Larceny from a vehicle: 5 Accident: injury: 4 Larceny from a structure: 4 Mental health: 4
conditions of release on Patchen Road. Oct. 27 at 1:10 p.m., Andre J. Martel Jr., 39, no address provided, was arrested for felony retail theft on Hannaford Drive. Nov. 27 at 3:50 p.m., Barbara J. Roberts, 68, of Winooski, was arrested for felony retail theft on Dorset Street. Nov. 28 at 5:47 p.m., Sarah J. Ellwood, 29, no address provided, was arrested on an in-state warrant on Dorset Street. Nov. 29 at 11:18 a.m., Jared G. Forsythe, 22, no address provided, was arrested for retail theft and unlawful trespass, both misdemeanors, on Dorset Street. Nov. 30 at 12:23 a.m., Justin M. Anderson, 42, of Richmond, was arrested on an in-state warrant on Williston Road.
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House Judiciary plans to tackle retail theft, treatment courts, case backlogs ditiously appointed. That process takes too long. The courts have been down several positions for a Rep. Martin LaLonde good part of the year. Fortunately, Gov. Phil Scott just appointed As I wrote in my Novemfive individuals to fill seven of ber column, Vermonters are the current vacancies. concerned about public But it took four to safety. The followsix months for him to ing explains what the fill three positions earliHouse Committee on er this year and nearly a Judiciary will be doing year to fill a judge posiin the upcoming session tion in Rutland. It took to address this concern. two-and-a-half months The first thing we’ll to fill four of the most address is to increase recent vacancies, which resources for the crimiis an improvement, but nal justice system. In the judiciary Rep. Martin LaLonde the time it takes is still cause for concern. committee, we have A nonpartisan learned that the two judicial nominating board sends most effective crime deterrents nominations for judicial openings are a high probability of being to the governor. This board is caught and certain and quick made up of legislators, currently consequences for criminal activincluding Democrats and Repubity. licans, members of the Vermont The probability of being Bar Association, and people caught depends on the presence appointed by the governor. The and availability of law enforcegovernor reviews and appoints ment. The certainty and immedijudges from the list of nominees. acy of consequences depend on a The House Committee on well-functioning, well-resourced Judiciary will likely consider a criminal justice system made bill to speed up the process by up of the courts, prosecutors, which nominations are made to defenders, victim advocates and the governor, to attempt to hold community justice centers. the governor to a timeframe for The committee will focus on appointments, and to expand the ways to ensure that cases in the applicant pool so the governor criminal justice system are effiwill have more quality potential ciently processed, leaving issues jurists from which to choose. related to law enforcement to the House Committee on GovernPre-charge diversion ment Operations. One of the biggest challengBuilding on the successful es the court system currently outcomes of pre-charge programs faces is a backlog of cases, in counties across Vermont, the which pre-dates the COVID-19 judiciary committee is exploring pandemic. During the pandemic, the creation and codification of fewer cases were filed, but those a statewide pre-charge diversion that were filed were not being program. processed. Since the courts have Under such a program, law fully reopened, there has been enforcement or prosecutors a surge in filings and the courts can divert certain misdemeanhave been falling further behind. or offenses before they reach The Legislature’s primary the courts, allowing judges the lever to address this issue is the capacity to manage more serious state’s budget. The judiciary offenses. These misdemeanor committee will work with the offenses are referred to restorappropriations committee to ative justice entities, such as ensure that all vital elements of community justice centers, to the justice system have sufficient hold individuals accountable and resources. This work will enable develop agreements to repair cases to be heard in a timely fash- harm and build skills to prevent ion so that individuals are being future crime. If an individual’s held accountable for their actions referral is unsuccessful, they are as soon as possible. then referred to the traditional court system. Filling court vacancies Some Vermont counties When vacancies occur, it is already offer such a program. By critical that new judges are expeexpanding pre-charge diversion
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Retail theft The backlog courts are seeing creates an additional challenge that has received a great deal of press. Individuals committing retail theft are arrested, but are then released and commit the same crimes, often in the exact same stores, the next day. The offenses that are being committed are typically misdemeanors because they involve merchandise valued at less than $900 (the felony threshold). Due to the court backlog, courts are prioritizing felonies and violent crimes instead of misdemeanor offenses such as retail thefts. An individual can often get arrested several times for such misdemeanor charges before they are even due in court for their first appearance. The judiciary committee will take up a bill at the start of the legislative session that will combine multiple misdemeanor retail theft charges that an individual has received over a set period. If the value of the total items taken exceeds a certain See LALONDE on page 7
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Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman reads from “And Tango Makes Three” at Northshire Bookstore in Norwich.
A vocal few responsible for national book bans Guest Perspective David Zuckerman In high school, I recall reading a profoundly moving book about a formerly enslaved family who is haunted by what they believe to be the ghost of their dead child. It was a Pulitzer Prize-winning book that engaged in many difficult topics — slavery and race relations, sexual assault, violence — but for me, it put into perspective the brutal realities of the lives that enslaved and emancipated people lived. This book, “Beloved” by Toni Morrison, has also been the subject of dozens of challenges and bans around the country. Over the past few years in the U.S., we’ve seen a massive proliferation in the number of challenges and bans on books. According to data from the American Library Association, a record 2,571 unique titles were targeted for censorship in 2022, a 38 percent increase from the previous year, and 2023 is already on track to beat that record. These bans and challenges overwhelmingly target books about race and racism, books that have LGBTQ characters, books about difficult topics such as grief and death, books that contain any violent or sexual themes and books by people of color and LGBTQ authors. Last winter, I spoke with a friend about how disturbing it was to watch this rise in censorship and book bans around the country. Controlling what people can and cannot read or learn about by removing their access to certain materials is contrary to these beliefs. What’s even
more disturbing to me is that this national trend seems to be the result of a relatively small group of people, with an agenda, who do not represent the opinion of the majority of Americans or Vermonters. In the 2021-2022 school year, just 11 adults were responsible for approximately 60 percent of all challenges nationwide. Meanwhile, a large majority of voters oppose efforts to have books removed from their public schools and libraries. Because of this, I decided to host the Banned Books are Books Worth Reading tour this summer and fall. Over the past few months, I have been to over a dozen communities and spoken with hundreds of Vermonters about their thoughts on book bans. Many impassioned people came to share their support for free speech and to tell stories about the important things they learned from challenged and banned books. Of course, not everyone who has come to these events has been on the same page. I welcomed people with differing views in civil discussion. Of course, we are not a free society if people are not allowed to have differing opinions. I would like to express appreciation that we were able to have public conversations regarding difficult topics without the yelling and intimidation — from any side — that we have sometimes seen in other settings across the country. However, it was clear that a vast majority of Vermonters agree that we should continue to allow public libraries and schools, with their trained profesSee ZUCKERMAN on page 7
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Letters to the Editor Champlain Water District updates bonding needs To the Editor In September 2022, the Champlain Water District voters passed a bond for $8.7 million for the filtered water tank and raw water parallel transmission main. Both projects had been identified for significant grant funding potentially up to 80 percent. The promise to the water district voters was there would be no increase because of these two projects, with the potential grant funding and older bonds set to expire. Unfortunately, neither project was eligible for the potential funding sources.
There is still the need to move these projects forward. However, the most pressing need for Champlain Water District currently is to construct the new filtered water tank to replace the existing tank, which has significant structural issues. Champlain Water District still believes that this project, with a projected total project cost of $5.5 million, can be funded without increasing rates. In March 2024, Champlain Water District intends to ask the voters to repurpose the $3.2 million dedicated to the transmission main under the 2022 bond for a supervisor control and data acquisition upgrade. This improvement will allow the
district to continually be able to supply safe, affordable drinking water 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, as well as maintaining compliance with all state and federal regulations and requirements. This upgrade project will result in a rate increase. More information will be available in the coming months to explain the need for this project, anticipated costs and user rate impacts. At least two special in person meetings will be held prior to the bond vote to answer any questions voters may have.
court dates with a single felony court date will free up the court’s time to move cases more expeditiously. The House Judiciary Committee will likely seek solutions to other issues impacting public safety. In addition, work in other committees will help address root causes of crime, including substance use, homelessness and
limited access to mental health services. If you have any questions or input on these issues or others before the Legislature, contact me at mlalonde@leg.state.vt.us or 802-863-3086.
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continued from page 5 amount, these combined retail theft charges would become a felony charge, which the courts can process more expeditiously. Combining retail theft charges will serve two purposes. The first will be to hold repeat offenders more accountable and the consequences they face will be more certain and timelier. Additionally, replacing several misdemeanor
Martin LaLonde, a Democrat, represents South Burlington in the Chittenden-12 House district.
continued from page 6 teachers and bookstore workers that there has been increasing pressure from some groups and individuals to restrict access to, or remove, certain books from their shelves. In pockets of Vermont, we’ve also seen some school board candidates run on platforms that include censorship of certain books and materials from classrooms and school libraries. We are not immune from these national trends that are developing due to misinformation that is repeated on some news sources. It’s been extraordinary to
see Vermonters’ passion for free speech, and against the path towards authoritarianism, these past few months. If you agree that access to history and diversity in our libraries and schools is important, I hope that you will go out and support your local bookstores and libraries and consider serving on local boards. If you have any questions or would like any more information on banned books, you can always feel free to contact my office. David Zuckerman is lieutenant governor of Vermont.
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continued from page 4 Nov. 30 at 4:07 p.m., James Gregory Davis, 32, of Winooski, was arrested for driving under the influence, second or subsequent offense, criminal refusal and felony unlawful mischief at Williston Road and Dorset Street. Dec. 1 at 1:59 a.m., David T. Heath, 28, of South Burlington, was arrested for driving under the influence, first offense, at
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sionals, to maintain their collections free from governmental restrictions. It was also clear that parents should, and do, have the right to ask for different books for their children if they wish. Thankfully, while this trend of a few parents censoring what other families have access to in public schools and libraries has taken off around the country, we haven’t yet seen it succeed in Vermont. Although public schools and libraries in our state have not seen well organized efforts to ban books, I have heard from dozens of librarians,
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Dorset and Market streets. Dec. 1 a 10:46 a.m., Jacob Poirier, 28, of South Burlington, was arrested for giving false information to police, disorderly conduct, and false alarms to public safety on Williston Road. Dec. 2 at 2:04 p.m., Matthew M. Larrabee, 23, of Hinesburg, was arrested on Interstate 89 for driving under the influence, first offense.
Dec. 3 at 10:24 a.m., Stephen Miles, 50, of South Burlington, was arrested for domestic assault on Richard Terrace. Dec. 3 at 7:50 p.m., a 13-yearold was arrested for domestic assault on Victory Drive. Note: Charges filed by police are subject to review by the Chittenden County State’s Attorney Office and can be amended or dropped.
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COMMUNITY Menorah lighting
Community Notes Learn about restoration of East Monitor Barn The Chittenden County Historical Society presents “Working & Learning with the Land: Vermont Youth Conservation Corps and the East Monitor Barn on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2 p.m. in the Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, 235 College St., Burlington. Join Breck Knauft, executive director of the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps, and Eliot Lothrop, principal at Building Heritage for a talk on the history of this organization, as well as an in depth look at the restoration of the East Monitor Barn. Since its founding in 1985, Corps has enrolled over 6,500 youth and young adults in paid service experiences that focus on outdoor projects that benefit all Vermonters. They’ll also give us an inside look at the current restoration of the East Monitor Barn in Richmond. Earlier this year, Building Heritage, in partnership with
Vermont Youth Conservation Corps, began restoration of this historic structure that was built in 1901. Lothrop and Knauft will offer a slide show of Corps over the years, as well as restoration progress. The talk is free, and refreshments will be served. More at cchsvt.org.
Solaris Ensemble rejoices with holiday favorites Solaris Vocal Ensemble, under the direction of Dawn Willis, presents “Rejoice!”, a holiday concert featuring choral classics, including Herbert Howells’ Magnificat for mixed voices and organ, Francis Poulenc’s timeless “O Magnum Mysterium,” along with a variety of festive holiday favorites. Evolution Brass Quintet joins the ensemble as guest artists. Concerts will be held Saturday, See COMMUNITY NOTES on page 9
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Dec. 16, 7:30-9:30 p.m., College Street Congregational Church, 265 College St., Burlington; and Sunday, Dec. 17, 3-5 p.m., at Waterbury Congregational Church, 8 North Main St. Tickets are $20. More at solarisensemble.org.
‘A Christmas Chaos’ spoofs Dicken’s classic Essex Community Players presents “A Christmas Chaos” Friday to Sunday, Dec. 8-10, Memorial Hall, Essex. The comedy is a takeoff on “A Christmas Carol,” and the cast of 16 includes local performers from seven Chittenden County towns. A world-renowned traveling theater company hasn’t arrived as promised to perform its stirring rendition of “A Christmas Carol,” so an intrepid band of hapless actors and technicians must put together their own production in only seven hours. The play focuses on these poor but dedicated thespians doing their best while chaos is all around them. This fast-paced, backstage comedy pokes fun at the classic novel and everything that can go wrong with a theatrical production. Local cast members include Ben Certa, Lori Valburn, Valerie Logrippo, all of South Burlington. More at essexplayers.com.
Birds of Vermont Museum holds winter outing Birds of Vermont Museum offers its winter outing on Saturday, Dec. 9, 1:30 p.m., Sherman Hollow Road, Huntington, which
features its collection of wood bird carvings. This gathering will be primarily indoors, with the opportunity to do some birding in the immediate vicinity of the museum. Masks are required and social distancing is encouraged. A suggested $10 donation benefits Feeding Chittenden. Space is very limited. Sign up here: bit.ly/4a4OETx.
Cookie Walk returns to Hinesburg’s United No time to bake? The United Church in Hinesburg is here to help. On Sunday, Dec. 17, 1-3 p.m., in the parish hall, the cookie walk returns. There will be a large display of cookies from which to make your selections. The church provides a box, plastic glove, some mulled cider and you take a walk among the cookies and selected the ones you one. Cookies will be $10 per pound. There will also be a surprise table with some stocking stuffers for sale as well.
Trinity Episcopal Church holiday bazaar returns After a long and arduous four years, Trinity Episcopal Church in Shelburne, 5171 Shelburne Road, will open its doors wide once again for its traditional holiday bazaar. Everyone is invited on Saturday, Dec. 9, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., and enjoy the colors and music of the holidays, food and handmade crafts. (Please note that the sale will NOT be held on Sunday as noted in the Shelburne News.)
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Look up for December’s Geminid meteor shower The Outside Story Meghan McCarthy McPhaul I’ve always loved the idea of watching the sky for shooting stars. But I’m much more likely to be up to watch the sunrise than I am to stay awake past midnight, when most meteor showers happen. Lucky for me, the upcoming Geminid meteor shower will provide an opportunity to wish upon a shooting star before my bedtime. Peaking from Dec. 13 to 14, this year’s Geminids coincide with the dark sky of a new moon, which should make for great viewing — assuming the night is clear, of course. “Many meteor showers are best in the hours after midnight,” meteorologist Mark Breen, director of the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium in St. Johnsbury, said. “This particular meteor shower has the advantage of starting a little earlier, because the constellation Gemini, which is the radiant point of where these meteors come from, is already above the horizon by 9 p.m. in the evening. That means that really any time after 9 o’clock and through the rest of the night is a good time to look.” Although many people refer to these lights that streak across the sky as shooting stars, they’re not stars at all. Meteors are particles that have broken off from comets or asteroids orbiting the sun. While comets comprise mainly ice with bits of embedded rock — sometimes described as dirty snowballs, Breen said — asteroids are mainly rock. In between, there is a wide range of ice-to-rock composition, which is where the parent asteroid of the Geminid shower — 3200 Phaethon — falls. Whether originating as comet or asteroid, these meteors remain in orbit after separating from their parent form. “Planets orbit the sun in close to a circular pattern, but for comets, it’s much more elliptical, zooming in very close to the sun, then zooming back out again,” Breen said. “The particles that break off the comet stay
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on that orbit all the time, and every time the Earth runs into those particles, we get a meteor shower.” Scientists discovered and named 3200 Phaethon in 1983, and Breen describes the Geminids as an increasing meteor shower, meaning each year seems to reveal a greater number of meteors. In the 1980s, he said, there were roughly 60 to 70 meteor sightings per hour during the Geminids’ peak. Now, that range is closer to 100 or more meteors per hour.
“It’s now become the most prolific meteor shower of the year,” Breen said, although he noted that August’s Perseid meteor shower is perhaps more popular, falling as it does during a warm season, with a higher likelihood of clear skies. As with other meteor showers, the Geminids shower extends beyond its peak viewing dates. In this case, observant sky watchers may spot meteors streaking across the night sky from late November through around Christmastime, although they’ll be
much less prevalent than during the sharp peak Dec. 13 and 14. Breen offers a few tips for finding meteors, regardless of the season or specific shower. First, dress for a temperature of 20 degrees cooler than your thermometer indicates, as sitting outside at nighttime in any season doesn’t generate much body heat. Second — and this tip is key to success — See OUTSIDE STORY on page 11
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December is the start to bird-feeding season “Winter bird feeding is a great way to observe and learn about our year-round bird residents such as black capped chickadees, nuthatches and blue jays. It’s also a great time to learn about winter visitors such as evening and pine grosbeaks,” Jillian Kilborn, Vermont Fish and Wildlife’s bird project leader, said. Kilborn offers some basic bird feeding tips: • Make your own feeding mixture to maximize the number of species visiting your yard. Black oil sunflower seed is a favorite of many birds, but when mixed with thistle (nyjer) or cracked corn you will be sure to attract a wide variety of species. Don’t forget the suet to attract woodpeckers and even chickadees. • Mix up the type of feeders you use. Hopper feeders are great for large birds such as blue jays, while tube feeders are best for smaller birds. Elevated tray feeders will attract birds that usually feed on the ground including juncos and larger bodied winter visitors such as evening grosbeaks. • Place your feeders near natural habitat, or even add a habitat for birds to hide. A Christmas tree is a great addition to a snowbank next to your feeder to provide quick cover. • Keep your feeders clean. Only put out enough food for a day, and wash feeders every couple of weeks in a 10 percent bleach solution and let dry to prevent the spread of bacteria and disease. If you decide to feed birds, remember: • Feeding can expose birds to hazards they might otherwise avoid. The risks of predation are higher close to people, especially from domestic cats — the lead-
ing cause of bird deaths in North America. Keep cats inside and take feeders down if predators become frequent visitors. • Don’t feed birds when bears are active. Most bears are in dens from Dec. 1 to April 1, but some will delay hibernation or re-emerge to feed during periods of warmer weather. Remove bird feeders immediately if you see signs of bears or know a bear is active in your community. Bears that learn to associate food with a house will continue to return, potentially leading to property damage and dangerous encounters with people. Further, it is illegal to feed bears in Vermont. • Once you’ve started feeding the birds, keep your feeders stocked. Although wild birds are not entirely dependent on bird feeders, they can become accustomed to this easy food source. If you wish to stop feeding during winter months, gradually taper off the amount of food you provide rather than stopping abruptly, giving the birds a chance to find other food sources. This is especially important when food is scarce in late winter or during periods of extreme weather. • Finally, report your observations. While watching your bird feeders, you can participate in one or more bird monitoring projects by looking up the Audubon Christmas Bird Count, the Great Backyard Bird Count and Project Feeder Watch and eBird. All collect important information for understanding bird populations. As winter sets in, find a comfortable spot inside where you can watch the birds visiting your feeders. Figure out what birds they are, observe how they interact with each other and see what they prefer to eat. It’s a perfect way to get to know the birds around you better.
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continued from page 10 allow time for your eyes to adjust completely to the dark, which may take 15 minutes or more. That means no porchlights or headlamps or looking at phone screens; even dimly lit ones can hinder your ability to see well in the dark. Third, find a spot with as expansive a sky view as possible, then sit back and look up. Although the Geminids meteor shower radiates from the Gemini constellation, Breen said it’s best to simply gaze upwards, rather than searching for a specific point in the sky. As much as I love snow in
December, I’m hoping this year the sky will stay clear during the peak of the Geminids, so I can bundle up and sit outside, looking up, and counting shooting stars. Meghan McCarthy McPhaul is the associate editor of Northern Woodlands. Illustration by Adelaide Murphy Tyrol. The Outside Story is assigned and edited by Northern Woodlands magazine and sponsored by the Wellborn Ecology Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, nhcf.org.
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With recent snowfall, state wildlife officials say it’s time to feed the birds again.
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continued from page 1 tor of planning and zoning, said. “We don’t want to have that time be longer than it needs to be. But at the same time, the commission wants to make sure that they’ve vetted the draft changes, and that the public has had an opportunity to weigh in.” Residential sectors on the city’s zoning map are broken down by density limits and differ in their allowable use. Residential 2 and Residential 4 districts, for example, allow for two units per acre and four units per acre, respectively. But under the provisions of the new law, dubbed the Housing Opportunities for Everyone Act, municipalities will have to allow for at least five units per acre in areas that are served by local sewer and water infrastructure — rendering many of South Burlington districts’ density allowances redundant. “The distinction becomes not so relevant anymore,” Connor said. While many of the city’s subdistricts may need revising, certain districts that include natural resource regulation that don’t allow housing, such as wetlands or floodplains, are excluded from having minimum density.
The state law also has exceptions for properties where transfer development rights are active. South Burlington has two existing programs, set by state law, governing planned unit developments and transfer of development rights, which are designed to redistribute development within a parcel or the community. Transfer development right bylaws allow for property owners in some areas of the city designated for conservation to sell development rights to landowners in other areas that are planned for more development. This exception to Act 47’s density requirements preserves much of the land development regulations that were passed by the city in February 2022, effectively taking hundreds of acres out of consideration for new development in the southeast quadrant. City officials, in recommendations to the Legislature, suggested that exceptions for transfer development rights and planned unit developments to be included in the final law, Connor said. “Both of those tools planned in developments and TDRs, are specifically enabled under state statute, so our feedback was let’s
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make sure that those tools that are enabled can continue to function as they’re intended to,” Connor said. As the planning commission examines the layout of the city’s zoning districts, the city will use that information to inform policy decisions “as they align future water and sewer policy with our zoning,” Connor said. The first step for South Burlington is getting a detailed analysis of where its water and sewer lines extend to. Both water and sewer lines cross through a substantial part of the city, but it is not a complete network, Connor said — with the southeastern corner of the city lacking some infrastructure. The question for the city becomes if it should change or consolidate many of its zoning subdistricts. Many parcels of land have portions that are reached
by water or sewer, but extending said, would be to change the those across the entirety of the boundaries of zoning districts to property may be difficult. align with the sewer and water These similarities, Peter- service area, once the mapping son said, “may is complete, to warrant collapsseparate areas The Housing ing at least some that must allow of these districts.” at least five Opportunities for “These are units per acre both small from those that Everyone Act would districts that are do not. intentionally For now, render many of South it’s a mapping transition areas between the exercise for the Burlington districts’ Shelburne Road city’s planning corridor and the and zoning density allowances residential areas department to uphill to the east. make sure they redundant. There are very have a good lay few differences of the land. between the two, both in dimenThe planning commission sional standards and uses, and expects to have a map ready for some of the differences in uses its meetings in December and don’t appear logical or consis- January and hopes to hold a tent,” she said in a memo. public hearing in March, before The simplest solution, she the changes head to city council.
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“There’s a lot more behind the scenes work that gets done,” said Paulson proudly, regarding nonprofits cultivating a space where community members’ voices mean more. When approaching the topic of volunteering, Paulson said it’s OK to think selfishly sometimes. “Volunteering can help your mental health and well-being,” said Paulson, “and just kind of help in feeling a better sense of community.” Not only can it help reduce stress, but volunteering can also create a sense of meaning that people might need around the holiday season. Paulson, an Iowa native, is new to the Vermont scene but said she can already sense things are done a little differently in the Green Mountains. Olivia Wilson is a reporter with the Community News Service, a program in which University of Vermont students work with professional editors to provide content for local news outlets at no cost.
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News Briefs State fund transforms brownfields, creates jobs Two Chittenden County sites will get a portion of $4 million from the Vermont Brownfields Revitalization Fund to clean up unused brownfields. “Transforming these brownfields into job creators and much needed housing is exactly the kind of work Vermont needs advance,” said Gov. Phil Scott in a press release. The Champlain Housing Trust will receive just over $1 million to redevelop the Post Apartments in Burlington into a mixed-use commercial, community and housing project. The project is anticipated to create 13 full-time jobs, remediate .58 acres of brownfields and create 38 housing units. Golden Junk LLC in Winooski will get $253,712 to redevelop a former automotive repair station, a 0.2-acre site that has been vacant since 2015. Two units of housing and 10 jobs will be created. “These brownfield grants are an invaluable economic development tool,” said Jane Goldstein, commissioner of the Department of Economic Development. “We’re committed to creating more opportunities for business, housing and employment, and our Brownfields Revitalization Fund is helping us get this important work done, rehabilitating these properties so they can contribute to their local economies.” Since the fund opened in October 2021, nearly $15 million in cleanup funding has been awarded to 32 projects in 10 counties.
Howard Center gets grant to enhance services Howard Center has received a $4 million federal grant to help the agency expand services and ensure access to coordinated and comprehensive behavioral health care. The four-year grant will enable Howard Center to meet federal criteria to become a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic. The clinic model requires agencies to provide a comprehensive range of behavioral health services so people who need more than one type of support don’t have to look for help from multiple providers. Such agencies are also required to help people navigate behavioral health care, physical health care, social services and other systems. Grant-funded activities start this winter with an assessment of community needs, including partner engagement, targeted outreach and focus groups. Once fully implemented, the grant will support up to eight staff positions, including two clinicians,
a care coordinator and a cultural liaison.
Community college gets $1.2 million for workforce Rural Vermonters and people in marginalized communities will have greater access to higher education and career advancement in the coming years, thanks to a $1.2 million award from a federal partnership between the Northern Border Regional Commission and the U.S Department of Labor. The award will support workforce education at the Community College of Vermont. Funding will support Career Pathway Entry Program Plus, designed to prepare Vermonters for high-wage, high-growth careers. The program combines college classes with industry-recognized credentials and paid job shadows
and can lead to an apprenticeship or other earn-and-learn opportunity, with a particular focus on serving students with disabilities, students involved in the justice system, new Americans, veterans, high school students, and people in poverty. The college is one of just three grant recipients in Vermont. “We hear from every rural community we visit about how challenging the current workforce environment is in the Northern Border Regional Commission’s territory. We are incredibly excited about the award to CCV and its work to directly improve the economic well-being of Vermonters by helping them develop the knowledge and skills that are needed by local employers,” Northern Border Regional Commission federal co-chair Chris Saunders said.
DISCONTINUANCE OF PICARD CIRCLE AS A PUBLIC ROAD PUBLIC INSPECTION Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. PUBLIC HEARING Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the City of South Burlington will hold a public inspection and a public hearing to consider the discontinuance of Picard Circle as a public road. The public inspection will be held in person at Picard Circle (approximately 370 feet south of the intersection of Airport Parkway and Kirby Road on Airport Parkway) on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. The public hearing will take place at 180 Market Street in South Burlington during the regularly scheduled City council meeting on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. The purpose of the hearing is to consider the following: A. Discontinuance of Picard Circle as a public road in accordance with 19 V.S.A. Chapter 7. The City will retain ownership of the existing Picard Circle right-of-way. Subsequent to this on-site inspection and public hearing, the South Burlington City Council will consider discontinuance of Picard Circle as a public road at their January 16, 2024 meeting. Helen Riehle, South Burlington City Council Chair
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The City of South Burlington is a growing and thriving community and is looking for a dynamic, visionary leader to join our City Legal Department. As the Deputy City Attorney this position will assist the City Attorney in providing general legal services to the City of South Burlington, counsel to the City Manager, City Council, City Departments, and official City boards and commissions in multiple areas of municipal law and will be acting City Attorney when necessary. This position is responsible for drafting and enforcing City ordinances, regulations and bylaws; drafting and negotiating contracts; land use planning and zoning; property acquisition, agreements, regulatory compliance, and related processes incident to City stormwater and highway projects; HR/labor and employment matters, including collective bargaining; representing the City in civil and criminal litigation cases; and all other matters assigned or within the purview of the City Attorney’s Office.
APPLY NOW Review of applications will begin on December 22, 2023, and will remain open until filled. To learn more detail about this job opportunity, see a detailed job description and to apply, please visit our job opportunities website at southburlingtonvt.gov/jobopportunities. The City of South Burlington is an EOE.
The City of South Burlington has the following position openings: • Deputy City Attorney • IT Network & Telecommunication Systems Administrator • Highway Maintenance Worker (2 positions) • Highway Mechanic • Recreation and Parks Maintenance Worker • Horticultural Specialist • Firefighter • Police Officer LEARN MORE To learn more detail about these job opportunities, see detailed descriptions and to apply, please visit our job opportunities website at southburlingtonvt.gov/jobopportunities. The City of South Burlington is an EOE.
This new position is a priority for the Shelburne Selectboard, to enhance all of the Town’s services.
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