Briana Brady

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Hinesburg Green Up Day

6 days ago | vtcng.com | Briana Brady

Hinesburg held a free tire drop off as part of its Green Up Day efforts Saturday. Rep. Phil Pouech, D-Hinesburg, did much of the organizing. “We hoped allowing a free tire drop-off would reduce the number of tires that ‘appear’ on our roadways just days before Green Up. Picking up all those tires, spread around town roads, is a real challenge for volunteers who must pick them up and transport them to the town garage for disposal,” he said.
Hinesburg planning commission talks housing targets and future land use

6 days ago | vtcng.com | Briana Brady

Over the last year, the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission has been working to put together a new future land use map and communicate with the county’s municipalities about what those maps might mean for their own planning. Two weeks ago, the Hinesburg planning commission reviewed the maps with Sarah Muskin, a senior planner with the regional commission, asking questions about how state statute and regional planning might affect the town’s decisions.
Ash borer’s destruction prompts tree diversity

6 days ago | vtcng.com | Briana Brady

Greg Ranallo, an arborist and the owner of Teachers Tree Service, walked along the sidewalk in front of the Shaw’s on Route 7 in South Burlington last week, stopping to point at a tree where the bark was stripped off, revealing a swirling pattern on the wood beneath. “This is from the larvae feeding on the wood,” he said. The pattern in the wood was one of the signs that tipped him and others off that emerald ash borer had infested the tree.
Parents invited to weigh in on school phone rules

6 days ago | vtcng.com | Briana Brady

A group composed largely of parents sat in the library at Champlain Valley Union High School the week before April break to discuss a topic currently on the table in both the Vermont legislature and the Champlain Valley School District: their children’s phones.
Tiny pantry, big heart: People keep shelves stocked

6 days ago | vtcng.com | Briana Brady

The Tiny Pantry in Shelburne started a few years ago when a local Boy Scout was looking for a project to complete his Eagle badge. Since then, however, the maintenance of the pantry has fallen into the community’s hands. While Shelburne has a higher per capita income than both Chittenden County and Vermont as a whole, according to Susan Grimes, one of the community members who helps manage the pantry, there are still pockets of need. Census data places the poverty rate between 7 and 8 percent.
Shelburne Selectboard considers stormwater budget

6 days ago | vtcng.com | Briana Brady

Shayne Geiger, Shelburne’s stormwater coordinator, presented an initial overview of the stormwater budget to the selectboard Tuesday, April 22. Geiger said the town is looking at a utility budget of about $1.2 million for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, which starts in July. Geiger expects $627,000 of that to come from fee revenue and the rest, about $583,000, to come from grants. Similarly, about $660,000 will go toward capital improvements while $550,000 will be dedicated to operating costs.
Students leave country amid deportation threat

1 week ago | vtcng.com | Briana Brady

After hearing that they may have been granted an extension, the family of a Champlain Valley School District kindergartener has still chosen to leave the country. Last week, the school district sent out an email to the community asking for financial support to help the family relocate to Ecuador, and as of this past Monday, the family has left the United States.
Shelburne Museum mixes present, past

1 week ago | vtcng.com | Briana Brady

Shelburne Museum’s opening day is May 10, but some of the six new exhibits the museum is hosting have been in the works for more than a year. While the museum is known for its dedication to New England history, from quilting to the massive Ticonderoga steamboat, the new exhibitions each year draw in contemporary art that often stands in conversation with its more historical collection, according to Leslie Wright, the museum’s communication director.
Students demand to be heard

1 week ago | vtcng.com | Briana Brady

Twenty-five students from across the state came to testify in person last Friday before a joint session of the Vermont Senate and House education committees. One by one, they sat at a small desk facing a horseshoe of senators and representatives and asked to be heard. “It is just wonderful to have so many students here and to have your voices and your input and your authentic engagement.
Bread and Butter Farm turns barn into listening room

1 week ago | vtcng.com | Briana Brady

Light from the setting sun came in through the slats of the barn at Bread and Butter Farm last Wednesday as Mikahely, a Burlington-based musician who often plays traditional instruments from Madagascar and sings in his native Malagasy, picked up a small instrument made of bundled bamboo reeds from the floor in front of him, a kaiamba. He began to shake it and hit it against his opposite palm, creating a rhythm, its rattle and the beat of his foot the only sounds in the barn.