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VOLUME 48, NO. 20
As city changes, library’s duties evolve LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
Jennifer Murray knows a thing or two about libraries. After all, she’s been working in them for more than three decades. While it’s no surprise that libraries offer more than just books these days, Murray has seen how these “third places” have evolved over time to offer more than information services. They act as welcoming community centers, “for everyone,” she said. That is, at least, the mindset she has brought to the South Burlington Library for the past 10 years, now as its director. But as patterns in the community shift, new challenges have emerged for the library crew. “Back 30 years ago, I don’t know that we were as aware of people in crisis,” she said. “It doesn’t mean that we didn’t have the conversation with somebody See LIBRARY on page 2
PHOTO BY LIBERTY DARR
Ethan Tapper stands on his property, Bear Island, in Bolton, reminiscing on the years it took to shape the 175 acres into what it is now. The seven-year journey is the basis for his new book set to be released in September.
Chittenden County forester taps into new path LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
Ethan Tapper hopped out of his truck and pointed his binoculars to the sky, scanning the tops of the trees on his 175-acre property in Bolton.
“I’m not a birder, but I love birds,” he said, a smile spreading across his face as he watched a black-throated blue warbler bounce from branch to branch. “This year I really started to focus on them because they tell you a lot about the forest,” he said,
mimicking the chirps of different bird species flying around him. “They all use different types of habitats, different species of trees, different ages of trees, different structures, like dead standing trees, and big trees. It’s not just birdsong. It’s all these different
species that are all really different.” Other than knowing how to identify just about every bird that crosses his property by the See TAPPER on page 10
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