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Senior guard official faces federal charges By COLIN FLANDERS
A senior official in the Vt. Air National Guard was arrested last week for allegedly possessing and transporting child pornography. Scott Brochu, 47, of Essex, pleaded not guilty in federal court last week to charges of unlawfully transporting child pornography and possession of the illicit images. If convicted on both charges, he faces a minimum of five years and a maximum of 30 years imprisonment. Brochu is being represented by attorney Craig Nolan, who said his client is innocent. “We expect that the evidence will bear this out by the end of the court process,” Nolan wrote in an email to The Reporter. Brochu was arrested last Friday near his Brigham Hill Rd. home following a joint investigation from Vermont’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Homeland Security Investigations. According to an affidavit filed in support of a search warrant for Brochu’s house, investigators received a cybertip pointing to an image of a PHOTO BY COLIN FLANDERS
Selectboard chairwoman Elaine Haney partakes in a visioning exercise at last Saturday’s joint board retreat, during which she and her fellow elected officials heard feedback from town and village department heads on the work toward a merged community.
Department heads weigh in on merger work By COLIN FLANDERS A recent work session focused on a potential 2020 merger vote found local department heads offering a consistent message to their governing boards: Be mindful of identity and stick to your decisions. The input came during the firsthalf of Saturday’s daylong board retreat, with Essex and Essex Jct. department heads sharing challenges they see in their current semi-consolidation environment and obstacles that stand in the way of merger.
The session’s most pointed advice came from town public works director Dennis Lutz. He called on leaders to “make decisions and then move on” instead of wavering. “Staff is experienced. We’re smart. We deal with problems on a daily basis. We’re basically problem solvers,” Lutz said. “We have a mission to perform irrespective of merger. I don’t have the time to go back and forth and back and forth on issues.” And when officials don’t like the options before them, let staff go back and find some alternatives, he said.
Ricky Jones, the village’s public works superintendent, agreed with his counterpart. “We can do whatever,” Jones said. “We can make anything work. We just need to get that direction.” Lutz also called on officials to better understand how town and village differ – from the way the departments operate to the physical landscape – which he said requires more than just attending meetings. “Go drive the gravel roads in town,” he said. “Go drive the ones See MERGER, page 9
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Town seeks feedback on plan to manage Saxon Hill Forest By COLIN FLANDERS Essex’s planning department is seeking input on a management plan for the Saxon Hill Forest to help guide the town’s stewardship of the area’s recreational offerings. The Saxon Hill Forest is comprised of more than 330 acres of publicly owned land, including 245 acres the town recently obtained as part of its sand extraction settlement in 2015. And while both zoning regulations and a court decree require the land be used as “passive recreation,” it doesn’t See SAXON HILL, page 5
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UPBEAT NEWS Essex Fire recognizes graduation of cadet program participants
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The Essex Fire Department operates an active fire cadet program that allows high school students with good grades and parent permission to serve as firefighters. This year, the department recognized five members who graduated from Essex High School earlier this month. L to R: Tim Yandow (who will be attending Paul Smith’s College), Sam Foster (VT Technical College), Clayton Messier (St. Michael’s College), Brandon Walker (Electrical Technician Apprenticeship Program) and Jacob Giroux (United States Marine Corps).
Essex student receives award from Vt. Land Trust Submitted by Vt. Land Trust
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Allen Karnatz of the Vermont Land Trust presents the award at Will’s home in Underhill.
Since 2005, the Vermont Land Trust has been recognizing outstanding high school juniors and seniors who are dedicated to agriculture and forestry. This year, Will Trudeau of Essex Junction received one of seven Land Steward Awards from the land trust, along with a check for $250. Brian Japp, Will’s forestry instructor at the Center for Technology in Essex Junction, nominated Will, citing his commitment to stewardship through work on his family’s sugarbush and his studies. “Will has an observable understanding of how his work can help protect and preserve Vermont’s agricultural landscape and heritage,” Japp said.
“Will is dedicated and hard working in class. He dives right into any material we are exploring and contributes his own personal knowledge.” Will plans to attend the Agricultural Mechanics Program for his senior year and hopes to continue working in an agricultural field. The land trust believes that today’s young people are essential to the future of working farms and forests in Vermont. “The Vermont Land Trust is thrilled to honor these students and to recognize the importance of technical and vocational schools,” said Nick Richardson, president of the Vermont Land Trust. “Talented agricultural and forestry professionals are vital to the careful management of Vermont’s farms and forests.”
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Trustees schedule hearings on comprehensive plan By COLIN FLANDERS The village trustees will host two public hearings in the coming months seeking feedback on changes to the Essex Jct. Comprehensive plan, a wishlist of developmental goals that could influence growth here over the next eight years. The 158-page document, updated every five years, seeks to guide local decisions on physical development or redevelopment of the community, outlining specific goals and their justifications. It also looks to update maps and data with current demographic information and codify planning work completed over the last five years. The trustees’ first public hearing is Tuesday, July 23, starting at 6:30 p.m., with a second hearing August 13. “We really pulled a lot of things together that have happened since the last time we have done the plan,” Essex Jct. community development director Robin Pierce told the trustees last week. Among the changes are the inclusion of finished work on the Design Five Corners study, and drafts or finalized plans covering housing, bicycles and pedestrians, parking and public transportation. The planning commission also decided to include the Essex Community Enhanced Energy Plan, a new joint document between the town and village that details future energy-saving goals and how to get there, within the comprehensive plan. Typically, addendums like these are not included within the plan itself, but Pierce said experience shows that it helps for outside entities to have all the relevant information in the same place. Pierce said he and the planning commission, which voted last month to send the plan to the trustees, have referred to the new document as a “municipal plan lite,” since the bulk of major changes are focused on bringing the village into compliance with new state regulations. “The idea of doing this is so that we have enough time when we overlap with the town’s municipal plan, so if the powers that be decide we want to
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merge them, it can happen,” Pierce said. While the comprehensive plan notes that it’s best viewed as a guide, not a prescription, for growth, the document can ultimately lead to substantial changes in the way development forms in the village. The plan is used in state regulatory proceedings, such as Act 250 applications, and changes to it will be reflected in the next version of the land development code, Pierce said, a document he referred to as the “bible” by which the PC makes decisions on applications. The comprehensive plan seeks to establish a baseline of Essex Jct. in 2019, noting that the village is a “largely developed community” with residential, commercial and industrial zoning. But the plan also says some “underutilized properties” present opportunity for further redevelopment and reinvestment, creating a challenge of managing growth and encouraging reinvestment while protecting neighborhoods and maintaining the village’s character. The tension has played out publicly in recent years, with developers, who say the only way to make their buildings financially possible is to build up, facing notable pushback from some of their neighbors, who argue their once-quaint village center has been overshadowed by an influx of too-tall housing complexes. Referring to this previous discontent, village vice-president George Tyler said the time is now for those interested in weighing in. “If someone has a comment, they might want to come to one of these public hearings,” he said. The PC held a 30-day public comment period prior to approving the draft plan May 23. It received comments from only three individuals not affiliated with the regional planning commission; one was town planner Darren Schibler, another was PC member Diane Clemens. A draft of the plan and related documents can be found at www.essexunction.org/departments/planning/compplan.
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Managing Director Justin Fimlaid said the state funding will help the company further expand its Vermont workforce. “Cybersecurity is a moving target. Our employees need to stay up to date with current threats and data trends,� Fimlaid said in the news release. “Because of this, skills in other IT and tech jobs don’t always line up with the work we do. No matter their previous experience, we provide each new employee with at least three months of intensive training.� Greg Morgan, chairman of the Essex Economic Development Commission, called NuHarbor the “real deal� and said he was saddened to see the company leave town after being unable to find a space that could accommodate its growth. The move was a lesson that Essex needs more office space suitable for software development, Morgan said. “We’re short on that. There’s no question,� he said. But Essex’s loss has been Colchester’s gain, as NuHarbor Security was recently recognized by Entrepreneur magazine as one of America’s best entrepreneurial companies, the only Vermont organization to make the list. In an interview with VtDigger, Fimlaid said NuHarbor expected to double last year’s revenues in 2019 and planned to add up to 40 new security engineer jobs in the next five years. Kathi O’Reilly, Colchester’s director of economic development, said the town had been working with NuHarbor to help facilitate the move and supported its application for the state funding. “Their expansion and investment in our community is key to our economic development efforts,� O’Reilly said. “We are thrilled that they are a member of our business community.�
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security system wasn’t set, the corporal said. Police then executed a search warrant on June 19 and found a majority of the items stolen from the school. That included various electronics, projectors, table supplies, markers and pillows, stuffed animals, a lamp, a coffee machine and a fish tank – with the fish still inside, Karadza said. “We wanted to make sure that we do everything we can to recover the items that belong to the school, the teachers, the kids,� Karadza said. “I’m glad everything worked out in the end.� He added that in 11 years, he had never seen investigated a stolen fish tank. Thankfully, the fish survived the ordeal.
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Mountain bikers ride along the trails at Saxon Hill Forest in 2016. Essex’s community development department now hopes to create a management plan for the area.
SAXON HILL from page 1 specify what that should look like. That’s why the town is now undertaking a public outreach campaign, according to community development director Dana Hanley. “We’re just going to try and find out what the community wants to have happen in there,” she said. The town has retained consultants SE Group to kick off its outreach with a forest walk event on July 8 at 5:30 p.m. It will then host two more public meetings: a July 16 visioning workshop, at which community members can provide initial ideas for the site, and a yet-to-be-scheduled meeting where officials will share findings from a community survey and the first workshop. The community development department will then use the feedback to write a final document spelling out the preferred management tactics for the forest’s resources and recreational activities. The selectboard will need to approve the plan. Whether the management plan will cover the entirety of publicly owned land is yet to be determined; Schibler said officials still need to decide whether the school-owned parcel will be included in the plan. The work comes four years after the town settled a contentious lawsuit focused on land within the Saxon Hill Forest. The legal dispute dated back to an Essex Planning Commission’s denial of a 2011 application to create a sand extraction operation across more than 50 acres within the forest. The landowner, Allen Brook Development, Inc., appealed the decision to environmental court, and the case was set to go to trial in the spring of 2015. But the town reached an agreement with the landowner weeks before the
trial that allowed the sand extraction to impact a 27.5-acre area in exchange for the 245 acres. The management plan will now bring some structure to Saxon Hill’s recreational area, which has a long history of rogue trail-cutting, unmarked property lines, ineffective signage and Saxon Hill ForestWalk Where: Meet at Thompson Drive Lot* (end of Thompson Drive) When: Monday July 8th at 5:30pm *Overflow parking at Blodgett (19 Thompson Drive) Public Visioning Workshop and Open House Where: Fit 2 Excel (14 Corporate Drive) When: Tuesday, July 16th at 5:307:30pm illegal parking. The town has already taken some measures to manage the area. In 2016, it joined forces with the then-Essex Jct. School District and the Fellowship of the Wheel – a Williston-based nonprofit that has become the de-facto stewards of the Saxon Hill land, building a network of mountain biking and hiking over the last two decades – to get a better grasp of the area, earning approval to put up signage and informational kiosks. But Rosy Metcalfe, programs director for the Fellowship of the Wheel, said she believes the organization can be even more of a resource moving forward. Metcalfe, the Fellowship’s representative on the town’s steering committee, and said the organization is excited about the prospect of a formalized plan for the area. “We just think it’s a wonderful thing that the town of Essex is investing in having the work done,” she said.
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Letters to the editor EHS mishandled Pepe incident Before I dive into my thoughts on how the recent Pepe incident, I would first like to ask to remain anonymous. This is not necessarily because I am worried about how those closest to me will react but rather because I believe that what I am about to say represents many of my fellow students’ opinions on how the incident was handled. To be blunt, I think this situation was very poorly handled. In an effort to immediately alert students about what had happened, Ben Johnson wrote his email the day that the incident occurred. However, this only shifted the focus from educating students about hate symbols to the question of “Who drew it?” Later, after the administration talked to the student, they sent a copy of the student’s 8-paged response to the entire school. The tone in the body of the email didn’t seem like the administrators were willing to admit that they had been mistaken in suspending the students. While I understand that teachers and staff members need to maintain order in a school, it felt like a classic incident of the administration pretending that they are “above it all.” This was captured in the Essex Reporter’s article which states, “Nor would he [Reardon] or Johnson say whether they believed the artist had ill-intent.” It was clear in this incident the administration didn’t do enough research into this matter. Had they dug a little deeper, done a little more reading, they would have known that Pepe was not always a racist symbol. I remember when Pepe was a harmless frog three years ago (which was not even that long ago) and I would double tap to like Pepe-related memes on Instagram. I even designed a planet suitable for Pepes to inhabit as part of my Earth and Physical Science (now known as Earth and Space Science) class and people thought it was creative that I had incorporated pop culture into my science project. What is ironic is that in the first email sent by Ben Johnson to all students, there was a link to the AntiDefamation League’s Hate Symbol database, and at the bottom of the page, it states: “All the symbols depicted here must be evaluated in the context in which they appear.” It was clear that in this case, the Pepe itself had not been correctly evaluated in its context. In the same initial email to students there was another prime example of the administration failing to do adequate research as Johnson warned students about the OK gesture being a hate symbol. This is completely false. The OK gesture was created as a hoax hate symbol on 4chan by extremists and the EHS administration had fallen right into the extremists’ intention of getting people to deem an ordinary symbol as one of hate. While talking to students at other EWSD schools, I have heard legitimate issues of racism and homopho-
bia that go unreported because students feel uncomfortable and unsupported. And at EHS, I know that there are teachers who have made sexist, racist, or islamaphobic remarks to a student’s face. However, most, if not all of these incidents have gone unreported. What has Essex and EWSD as a whole done to make students feel comfortable reporting these incidents, to know that their voice won’t be pushed back down? Not much besides the “see something say something” and “be kind be safe be respectful” mantras that gets tossed around at the periodic class meetings. Students at Essex High School know that when put to the test, the administration won’t handle serious cases and talk to teachers who make inappropriate comments. Students have been shown time and time again that calls for change are met with only inaction. To conclude, it is sad that through my EHS education, I know how to properly conduct research on a topic, whether it be for a presentation or essay, while the administrators in the same building seemingly don’t. And I think that the majority of my peers would agree with this sentiment. They were just looking to punish a student to give the appearance that they were combating racism “head-on” when in reality they were taking the easy way out. I’m not here for this tokenism. So residents of Essex Junction, Essex Town, and Westford, don’t be fooled by what a few upperlevel administrators are saying. Continue to hold the district accountable so that serious issues such as racism, sexism, and homophobia are actually addressed. Your voice can make a difference. Anonymous
Take Pepe incident seriously I am grateful that the Essex Reporter has given the community an opportunity to enter the conversation by sharing the news of Pepe the Frog being drawn outside at the high school. While it is reassuring to want to lean on the history of Pepe and restore the benign origin, we would find ourselves on a similar journey with the thousands-years old swastika. Hopefully we can agree that the meaningful symbolism of the swastika is the one that exists with us now, following the Holocaust. Of course context matters but placing Pepe proximate to a Black Lives Matter flag is not a benign act. And though we may want to find a very large “boys will be boys” rug to sweep this under, we shouldn’t. Tolerance of the symbols of white supremacy (Pepe, an out-turned okay hand gesture, an “88”, a swastika, etc.) will harm our community in two very significant ways. First, our tolerance for these transgressions lets our children know that our town is fertile soil for white supremacy. Second, it sends a very strong signal to people of color that Essex is not a safe place for them to make their home, raise
their children, build their lives. Both of these effects will rot our community from the inside out and the outside in. As community members and as parents, we owe it to our community to take this issue very seriously and to not wish it away. Hope is most definitely not a plan. Addendum: Please note that this letter was submitted in response to the news story and is not a direct response to the parent letters from last week’s issue. Kelly Adams
Response to gun safety legislation veto Last week Governor Scott, in a massively disappointing move, vetoed reasonable gun safety legislation that easily passed both the Senate and the House. I issued the following statement in response: “Across this country politicians have been cowardly and failed to take reasonable steps to protect citizens from gun violence despite tragedy after tragedy. Last year Vermont went against the grain by taking action. The 2018 law, backed by an overwhelming majority of Vermonters, required universal background checks, raised the purchase age of all firearms to 21 years of age, and banned the sale of high capacity magazines. I was proud to join the Speaker and the Governor at the bill signing. This year the Vermont Senate and House took another common sense step forward by passing a bill that would create a 24 hour waiting period for the purchase of handguns. In a state with a serious suicide by firearm problem, this modest measure would give individuals going through a very hard time a day to get through whatever it is they’re facing - a 24 hour chance to get to the other side of a dark time. S.169 would also help prevent some instances of impulsive gun violence intended to be inflicted upon others. That’s why the Governor’s veto is so hard to understand and so very disappointing. The Governor’s letter explaining his veto suggested we need to look to long-term strategies to rebuild our mental health system, or to address childhood poverty, or to tackle our addiction crisis. These strategies have scarcely registered in the Governor’s proposed budgets each year, and in any event will do little to nothing to prevent gun deaths in 2019 or 2020. Now was and is the time to act on reasonable gun safety legislation.” According to data assembled by Vermont Public Radio, there were 568 gun deaths in Vermont from 2011-2018. 88.6% of these were suicides by firearm. Senate Pro Tempore Tim Ashe
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Vermont governance structure limits what’s possible By EMERSON LYNN Editor emeritus A year ago, TDI New England lost in its bid to lay a high-voltage cable under Lake Champlain, a $1.2 billion project to bring clean energy from Quebec to Massachusetts utilities. When the bid was turned down Vermont lost $720 million to be paid out over 40 years, money that could have been used for a variety of purposes including the state’s clean water efforts, recreation potentials, and on and on. For a split second we began to dream a little, we began to think on a larger scale, we began to imagine our “if only” potential. It was nice. That opportunity is behind us, but it is worth asking whether the way we govern ourselves is the best way to develop our potentials. It’s worth asking if there aren’t some variances we could explore that would bring additional benefits to the state, and to each of our 14 counties. As a small example consider a hypothetical proposal for a large indoor sports arena, something that included soccer fields, swimming pools, running tracks, exercise facilities, etc., all the sorts of things that would attract traffic from other regions and other states, traffic that would fill our hotels, restaurants, etc. In Vermont, that’s not possible to build because we organize our local governments into the smallest units possible, and limit their authority to that which is explicitly conferred by the State, a legal
principle out of the middle 1800s referred to as the Dillon’s Rule. As individual units our municipalities have very limited authority. That limitation includes being able to explore the advantages of county, or regional government. It mitigates against efforts to collaborate. Back to the sports center hypothetical, which, for illustration purposes, would largely be a Chittenden County project: Not one of the 19 municipalities has a large enough population, or the resources to build and to maintain the project as described. As a result, each town competes against one another for this same target market and each town has a very limited version[s] of the hypothetical project. If, however, these 19 municipalities were able to act as one, they would be able to build and to operate a facility that would be the envy of the region and, arguably, a facility that would generate the sort of broad prosperity to the region that would not exist otherwise. There isn’t anything easy about the suggestion. It represents a massive change in the way we think. It means thinking collectively and not individually. The idea has other applications. For example, are we really operating as efficiently as we might be by having each of our municipalities responsible for their own police and fire departments? Or would it cost taxpayers less, and would they get better coverage if the duplication was eliminated and communities actually had more officers and firefighters?
This collaborative potential could represent the survival/prosperity for Vermont’s most rural environs. Out of the state’s 14 counties, more than half are losing population. How are they to reverse course, how are they to lay the groundwork to step ahead if they are not allowed [or encouraged] to collaborate with their neighboring municipalities in a way that considers, shared resources? This potential is an off-shoot of the same discussions being forced upon us by our demographic challenges. It’s part of the school consolidation effort. It involves college campuses being closed and the decline of our town centers. It involves an aging state with an increasingly expensive overhead; an overhead that requires some creative thinking if it’s to be managed. There is a Brigham-type decision in opposition, which is that regional or county “governance” has winners and losers. Which, back to the sports center hypothetical, means one town gets the center and the others don’t, yet the others pick up a small share of the costs. True, it’s not a “spreading of the wealth equally” proposition. But here’s the takeaway: If that is the way we continue to think, and to govern, then, yes, there will be no “winners.” Instead, we all lose. Equally. Is that the best we can do? It’s time to rekindle the “if only” dreams to include how we can best govern ourselves and what that might produce.
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Making progress on an economy that works for everyone By BEcca BaLiNt aNd JiLL KROwiNSKi There’s an expression we have around the Vermont Statehouse that goes: “That’s too ‘inside-baseball’ for anyone outside Montpelier.” The term “inside-baseball” dates back to the 1890s when it referred to a style of baseball that relied on more nuanced and finessed aspects of the game—bunts, stolen bases, and singles— instead of power hits. It took on its modern meaning in the 1950s when it was used to describe the inner workings, minutiae, and details of politics that would only be interesting to political geeks, wonks, and those directly involved in the system. Since the end of the legislative session, it’s become clear to us that the majority of Vermonters aren’t particularly interested in ‘inside-baseball’. They want to know what we accomplished this session and what we’ll push for in the second year of the biennium. By just about any measurement, this was an incredibly productive legislative session. And while it’s true that the two chambers were not yet able to reach agreement on two issues that are important to so many Vermonters—a minimum wage increase and a paid family medical leave insurance program—House and Senate leadership are committed to pass-
ing these significant pieces of legislation. We’re in full agreement that we want a Vermont that works for all of us and not just the wealthy. We seek a Vermont in which our families and communities can truly thrive and not just survive. A minimum wage increase is a critical part of our vision, as is a medical leave insurance program that enables family members to take leave from work in order to care for each other. When we put more money in people’s pockets and provide a critical benefit that supports families, we signal to Vermonters that we reject the Trumpian view of the world of “every man for himself.” Our constituents are hardworking and resourceful, and they want a more fair economy that benefits everyone. And they’ve told us again and again that they want us to work towards equality. We acted on one critical, fundamental right that leads to equality—preserving reproductive rights for Vermonters. Access to reproductive health care is under attack across the country and there are 15 cases heading to the Supreme Court to chip away at Roe v Wade. The House and Senate passed significant legislation this year to protect everyone’s access to reproductive healthcare, including contraception and abortion. We are proud that Vermont stands in stark contrast to so many states in which women and
families are not trusted to make their own healthcare decisions. We also passed a waiting period for the purchase of handguns in order to reduce gun violence in our state. Governor Scott missed an important opportunity to lead and take a meaningful step on this public health and safety measure when he vetoed the bill. We will continue to work on this issue; we have to. We are extremely concerned the governor didn’t consider the other reasons why we passed a 24 hour waiting period. It’s not only about mental health, it’s about domestic violence; it’s about people trading guns for drugs; and it’s about human trafficking. We need to hear his proposed solutions to those problems. Vermont also has an epidemic of suicide; we are an outlier nationally. And this horrible trend is greatly impacting men in Vermont. According to a Vermont Public Radio report, between 2011-2018, 568 people died from gunshots in Vermont. 88% of these deaths were males, and 88.6% of the deaths were suicides. Some researchers across the nation have called this the “Silent Epidemic.” It’s not acceptable for us to ignore the anguish of our citizens. That’s why we increased funding for community mental health agencies to retain staff and support crucial services. See OP-Ed, page 8
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MERGER from page 1 with crossroads. Look at the roadway, chief. “If that’s the decision, have a look at the divots, look at the culverts.” back up plan to support it.” “If you’ve never been in the buildElaine Haney, selectboard chairing,” he added, “How can you pick up woman, said she appreciated hearing the report and understand what’s in the department heads’ “direct” and the report? You can’t.” “honest criticism.” Saturday’s session underscored the “For them to do their jobs to the wide-ranging impacts a merger could best of their abilities, they need us to have on the two municipalities and do our jobs to the best of our ability,” their staff and demonstrated how each Haney said in a phone interview. “We department arrives to the conversa- need to stop revisiting topics over and tion differently. over again. We have a tendency to For three big-ticket departments – think at the 50,000-foot level and then recreation, libraries and fire – yet to suddenly jump down into the weeds, experience consolidation to the degree and that’s confusing for staff. They of their colleagues, the prospect of don’t deserve that kind of fluctuamerger poses significant questions tion.” over identity. As proof, Haney pointed to testiWith the fire departments, that mony from a handful of department comes down to the insignia on the heads – especially those in the admintrucks and the color of the gear they istrative roles – that detailed the chalwear. “The fire service prides itself on lenges of managing day-to-day operahistory,” said Essex Town Fire Chief tions for two municipalities with such Charlie Cole. “Each department just a complex relationship as the town doesn’t want to lose some of the his- and village. toric identity.” “Right now, they’re keeping two In the same vein, Essex Jct. Fire sets of books, two sets of equipment Department Chief Chris Gaboritault and two sets of bosses. It’s confussaid aligning ing and leads to policies and more issues than practices can it solves,” she be done, but said. “I want to merging the make sure they two departhave all the tools ments without they need to do taking care to their jobs ... they maintain their were very clear identities could that moving formake retainward into a single ElainE HanEy ing volunteers community would SElEctboard cHairwoman even more difhelp them do their ficult that it’s jobs better.” become. Village president Andrew Brown “If they don’t care for the way left the meeting with a similar takethings are changing, they are going to away. He was encouraged to hear that leave,” Gaboriault said. even while some staff emphasized the Other department heads described importance of their individual culidentity as the way in which their tures, none believed that would be departments create a sense of place, impossible under a merger commuwith the main examples being the nity. He said the meeting also left him libraries and the municipal pools. The feeling “incredibly excited and incredenvironment created at these munici- ibly honored” about the work of the pal gathering places differ between the boards moving forward. town and village, several department “I see nothing but excitement out heads said, noting that the Brownell of this. This is the exact kind of thing Library and Maple Street Pool offer I’ve been campaigning on term after more hustle and bustle compared to term,” Brown said. “I see light at the their counterparts in the town, influ- end of the tunnel, which is fantastic.” encing where people prefer to congreFor the latter half of Saturday’s gate. work session, officials discussed But not everyone agreed that his- their rationales for merger – better torical differences should influence customer service, more consistency how the town and village work out across departments and more stability a merger. Trustee Dan Kerin asked – while also determining responsibilithe boards to “find commonality” and ties between staff and the boards. plan for the next 50 years. He feared They planned to continue their that if boards could get caught up work at a joint meeting Tuesday that in trying to appease every individual kicked off after The Reporter’s deadgroup, they could unnecessarily com- line. The meeting’s agenda showed plicate a new charter and put future planned discussions on a “why merge” leaders in a bind. elevator speech, approval of a web “We get so caught up in the here and address for a merger website and a now, we’ve got to look further down the follow-up discussion from Saturday’s road,” Kerin said. “It will work.” retreat. The boards then plan to meet “If that’s the decision, we need a regularly over the coming months to plan in place,” responded Cole, the fire tackle a long list of outstanding issues.
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EssEx sport shorts By JOE GONILLO Let’s get summer started. Wet and strange weather last week. Hopefully this week is more summer-like. Pools are warmer. Swimming lessons rolling. Not sure about the lake. Last HS TF meet of the season. More all-star teams and all-star game results below as well as the most enjoyable VPA sponsored golf tournament. Enjoy the last week of June! Huge All-Class EHS Reunion at Catamount GC in Williston Friday night. Hope to see you there! Will lead off with the Kevin Riell Memorial VPA golf tourney played at Basin Harbor. Named in honor of the former CVU athletic director. His list of accomplishments is long and impressive (navigated a long-time mascot name change from Crusaders to Red Hawks) but pale in comparison to the distinguished gentleman, colleague, friend, and leader he was. Three great causes benefited from play with golfers from VT high school traveling the state: the Kevin Riell Scholarship fund; AD’s Youth Leadership Conference, and the VPA HOF Dinner. Though the weather did not cooperate as play was called after 15 holes, over 60 golfers of varying abilities teed off. Essex HS had 2 teams participating. Justin Norris, Jake Orr, Mike Baker, and Steve Roberts comprised Team 1 while Mike Gilbert, Mark Reeves, Ira Isham, and yours truly made up Team 2. As reigning champs Team 1 and a squad from Woodstock somehow tied for first. The crowd was shocked when it was revealed that by an intricate tie-breaker the Hornets were upset, finished 2nd, and relinquished the trophy. AD’s Bob Hinkston and Dan Shepardson did a fine job running the show. The raffle had some really great prizes. Have to practice more for next year. Decathlon/Heptathlon Championships Hornet teams competed in last week’s grueling 44th Jerry Jasinski Vt. Decathlon/Heptathlon Championships at UVM. This twoday event has been a fitting end to the outdoor track and field season for decades, and the Hornets excelled once again. Sophomore Wyatt Lamell won the boys’ event, and the Hornet boys were team champions. The Essex girls finished a tick (pt) behind the CVU Red Hawks. Lamell’s 5639 were 228 pts ahead of CHS star George Cummings. He won the 400m is a smooth 51.38 to end Day 1; tied for 1st in HJ @ 6’ 0.75”; was 2nd in DISC 117’ 1”; 2nd 100m 1165; 2nd JAV 141’ 9”; went 10’ 6” in PV; and 18’ 11.25” in LJ. A great performance for this EHS champion! Sr Jackson Baker finished 3rd with 5252 pts. He won the LJ flying 20’1”; was 4th 100m 11.79; 4th 300m 52.67; and 5th in HJ 5’ 8.75”. Henry Farrington placed 10th - 4851 based on the strength of his win in the 1500m 4:13.09; a swift
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52.36 400m (3rd); and a 9’ 6.25” PV. Sr Michael Baker came in 15th. His 13’ 5.25 PV was 1st and the class of the event and 54.43 run in the 400m helped as well. Soph Patrick Herron was 24th 3970 running 10th in the 1500m - 4:45.56 and vaulting 9’ 0” in PV. Jr Aidan Mejia was 51st - 3318. He went 9’ 6.25” in PV; 88’ 2” in JAV. 72 boys finished. On the girls’ side Nejla Had placed 9th scoring 4248 pts. She ran outstanding times of 13.35 100m, 65.30 400m, and a 16.71 (2nd) HH. Lizzie Martell finished 12th totaling 3958 pts highlighted by a sparkling win in the 400m run at the end of Day 1 in 59.93. Erin Noel, a budding star was 13th - 3775. She PR’d in PV skying 8’10.25”. Fellow soph Ella Larson placed 21st - 3290 and ran a 64.46 in the 400m. 55 females competed. Congrats to all! Twin State Baseball saw VT and NH split their DH in White River at the Maxfield Complex. The Granite State won the 1st game 4-1. Then our Green Mt boys stormed back to win the nightcap 11-3. Tyler Millette had an RBI single in game 2. Twin State Field Hockey game Congrats to the following players who were named to play in last week’s Twin State Field Hockey game: Essex: Hannah Neddo; Champlain Valley: Nora Weisman-Rowell; Mount Mansfield: Catherine Ordway, Amelia Sanborn; Rice: Lisa McNamara; South Burlington: Caroline Desautels, Kate Hall, Hanako Memon. In the 36th annual ASG at St. Anselm College in Manchester, VT shutout NH 3-0 and now trails in the series 22-11-3. McNamara scored. Sanborn played a half in goal. The Vermont Lacrosse Coaches Association’s all-state high school boys’ teams include: US Lacrosse AllAmericans: Grady Corkum, Essex. FIRST TEAM: Attack: Grady Corkum, Essex. Faceoff: Wilhem Barwin, Essex SECOND TEAM Attack: Chris Davis, Essex; Defense: Evan Dyke, Essex. Girls’ All-Stars include: FIRST TEAM Essex: Sarah Coulter, midfield; Frankie Martin, defense; Abby Robbins, midfield. SECOND TEAM Tess Hastings, defense; Olivia MillerJohnson, midfield. HONORABLE MENTION Essex: Abbey Gleason, midfield; Emma Whitney, midfield Congrats to all! Results of the all-star game played at Lebanon HS saw the girls fall 23-8, while the boys won 21-5. Little League News: The EJLL 10-12 Little League All-Stars won their first game of pool play over Essex Town by a score of 5-2. Eli Gilbert was the winning pitcher and Christopher Morgan, Sean Hammond, and Landon Hollis each collected two hits. The 8-10 group lost their first game of
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TOP: Essex’s Robbie Meslin rounds third to score a run during the Twin State Baseball Classic. Vermont and New Hampshire split the pair of games. ABOVE: Essex’s Tyler Millette swings for a hit. pool play in extra innings to Fairfax, 15-14. Women’s Summer Soccer League standings: W-L-T Pts Two Sisters 4–0-0 12 Bag Balm 3–0-0 9 Shenanigans 2–1-0 6 802 Cross-Fit 2–3–0 6 Energy Legs 1–2-0 3 Coral 0–3–0 0 NEK Warriors 0 – 3 – 0 0 Commissioner Bill Duval continues to do a fine job running the league. Glad to hear dear friend and veteran soccer ref Art Thompson is back home resting comfortably after heart surgery. Cards and/or visitors welcome. 806 Texas Hill Rd., Hinesburg, VT 05461. Sad to pass along news that John McNulty passed away last weekend. Prayers and condolences to the family
during this tough time. Happy Birthday Jake Orr, Nancy Johnson, Nicole Nason, Jaime Young, McInroe Mutia, Danielle Tessa, and Linda McNulty.
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CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH - 61 Main St., Essex Jct., 878-8341. James Gangwer, pastor. Sunday School: 10 a.m., Worship Service: 11 a.m., Sunday evening worship: 6 p.m., Wednesday evening youth groups, Adult Bible study and prayer: 7 p.m.; Fundamental-Independent. CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH - Route 2A, Williston, just north of Industrial Ave. 878-7107. Wes Pastor, Senior Pastor. Summer Worship Service Times (June-September): Sundays at 9:30 a.m. Nursery is provided for infant-K. Also check out our other summer offerings: Wednesday Gatherings, Ultimate Frisbee, Play Dates in the Park, Summer Bible Camp, and more! www.cmcvermont.org; also on Facebook & Instagram. COVENANT COMMUNITY CHURCH - 1 Whitcomb Meadows Lane, Essex Jct. 879-4313. Rev. Jeannette Conver, pastor. Adult bible class: 9 a.m., Sunday service: 10 a.m. with fellowship following. Infant through pre-K childcare provided, cccpastorjeannette@gmail.com; Facebook page: bit.ly/2rDz4NE DAYBREAK COMMUNITY CHURCH - 67 Creek Farm Plaza, Colchester. 338-9118. Jesse Mark, lead pastor. Sunday service: 10:30 a.m., www.daybreakvermont.org; brentdaybreak@gmail.com ESSEX ALLIANCE CHURCH - 37 Old Stage Road, Essex Jct. 878-8213. Sunday services: 8:00am, 9:30am & 11:00am, www.essexalliance.org. ESSEX CENTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 119 Center Rd (Route 15), Essex. 878-8304. Rev. Mitchell Hay, pastor. Service 10:00 am with Sunday School and childcare provided. We offer a variety of small groups for prayer, Bible study, hands-on ministry, and studying contemporary faith issues. Please join us for worship that combines the best of traditional and contemporary music and spirituality. We are a safe and welcoming space for all people to celebrate, worship, ask questions and plant spiritual roots. FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF ESSEX JUNCTION - UCC, an Open and Affirming Congregation, embracing diversity and affirming the dignity and worth of every person, because we are all created by a loving God. 1 Church Street, Essex Junction, VT 05452. Telephone (802) 878-5745; Website: www.fccej.org Email: welcome@fccej.org Senior Pastor, Rev. Mark Mendes, Assoc. Pastor, Rev. Josh Simon. Sunday Worship Services: 8:30 and 10:15 am. Communion: first Sunday of every month. Faith Formation meets weekly at 10:15 am. Jr. & High School Youth Groups on Sundays. Heavenly Food Pantry – second Monday, 5:30-7:30pm; fourth Thursday, 2-6pm, except for Nov & Dec when it is the third Thursday. Essex Eats Out Community Dinner – 1st Friday of the month, 5:30 – 7pm. Music includes Sanctuary Choir, Finally @ First Band, Joyful Noise, Cherub Music, Handbell Choir, Men’s Acapella and Ladies’ Acapella groups. GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 130 Maple Street, Essex Jct., 1 mile south of the Five Corners on Maple Street / Route 117. 8788071. Worship Sundays: 9:30 a.m., with concurrent church school pre-K to grade 6. Handicapped-accessible facility. Adult choir, praise band, women’s fellowship, missionally active. Korean U.M.C. worship Sundays: 12 p.m., come explore what God might be offering you! HOLY FAMILY - ST. LAWRENCE PARISH - St. Lawrence: 158 West St., Essex Jct. 878.5331. Saturday Vigil: 4:00 p.m.; Sunday Morning: 8:00 a.m. Holy Family: 36 Lincoln St., Essex Jct., Sundays: 11 a.m. & 7:30 p.m. For more information visit www.hfslvt.org. MT. MANSFIELD UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP - 195 Vermont Route 15, Jericho, the red barn across from Packard Road. 899-2558. Services are held 9:30 a.m. on the second and fourth Sunday of each month from September through June. Visit www.mmuuf.org. ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH - 4 St. James Place, Essex Jct., off Rt. 2A at the Fairgrounds Gate F. 878-4014. Rev. Kim Hardy. Holy Eucharist, Sundays: 10 a.m. Visit www.stjamesvt.org; office@stjamesvt. com. ST. PIUS X CHURCH - 20 Jericho Road, Essex. 878-5997. Rev. Charles Ranges, pastor. Masses: Saturday, 4:30 p.m. & Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Confessions: Saturday, 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. or please call 878-5331 for an appointment.
Food shelF 9 - 11 a.m. Thursdays and Saturdays, 6 - 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Aunt Dot’s Place, 51 Center Rd. Essex Jct. Serving the communities of Essex, Westford, Jericho and Underhill. Visit auntdotsplace.com for more information. VT. QuIlT FesTIVal 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., Champlain Valley Expo. Visit cvexpo. org for details and tickets. drop-In KnITTIng Club 1 - 2 p.m., Essex Free Library. heaVenly panTry 2 - 6 p.m., First Congregational Church, 39 Main St., Essex Jct. The Food Pantry is open to residents of Essex Junction, Essex Town and Westford. Clients will need an ID for each member of the household and a utility bill. Clients may only visit the Pantry once in each calendar month. lego Club 3 - 4 p.m., Essex Free Library. FarM To balleT lIbrary Tour 3 - 3:45 p.m., Brownell Library. Come meet ballerinas from the Farm to Ballet Project! We will read a story, take a mini ballet class, and do a fun craft. brownell lIbrary ClosIng early The library will close at 4 p.m. for a Village staff event. eVenIng booK Club 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Essex Free Library. This session discuss “Mrs. Sherlock Holmes” by Brad Ricca.
28 FrIday yoga Flow 8:30 -9:45 a.m. Aspire Community Studio, 75 Maple Street, Essex Jct. VT. QuIlT FesTIVal 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., Champlain Valley Expo. Visit cvexpo. org for details and tickets. MusIC wITh raph 9:30 - 10:15 a.m., Brownell Library. Come sing & play with Raph. No registration required. Mah Jongg 10 a.m. - noon, Essex Area Senior Ctr. Members play for free. Non-members pay $1/visit. MusICal sTory TIMe 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Free Library. new CanasTa 12:30 p.m., Essex Area Senior Ctr. KnITTIng and CroCheTIng 1 - 2 p.m., Essex Area Senior Ctr.
galaCTIC sTorIes and Food 2:30 - 3:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Explore the universe with stories and snacks. For children ages 6-12. dungeons & dragons 5:30 - 8:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Embark upon imaginary adventures. A Dungeon Master serves as this role playing game’s referee and storyteller. Game starts at 6:30, come early for help with character design essex eaTs ouT 5:30 - 7 p.m., United Methodist Church, Essex Jct. Free community dinners for all! If you need a ride, please email essexeatsout@gmail.com
29 saTurday VT. QuIlT FesTIVal 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., Champlain Valley Expo. Visit cvexpo. org for details and tickets. weeKend sTory TIMe 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Free Library. Start off your weekend with books, rhymes and songs! spanIsh/englIsh InTerCaMbIo Noon - 2 p.m., Essex Free Library. For the first hour of every session we will speak exclusively in Spanish and for the second hour we will speak exclusively in English. Come join the conversation!
30 sunday harrIeT FarnsworTh powell hIsTorICal MuseuM 1 - 4 p.m., Corner of Route 128 and Route 15, Essex Jct. Seasonal exhibits this year focus on individuals that helped to shape Essex.
1 Monday sTory TIMe wITh eMIly 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Free Library. Drop in for stories, songs and a craft. TeCh help wITh ClIF Noon - 1 p.m., Brownell Library. Offering oneon-one technology help. Reservation required. Please call 878-6955 at least 24 hours in advance. lego Challenge 3 - 4:30 p.m., Brownell Library. This week’s challenge: build upside down!
2 Tuesday sTory TIMe 10 - 10:30 a.m., Brownell Library. Listen to picture book stories, songs, puppets & rhymes. bIngo 12:30 - 3:30 p.m., Essex
Area Senior Ctr. Every card costs a penny, so if you play 10 cards, each game costs a dime.
MaKer Tuesdays: edIble roCK CyCle 3 - 4:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Explore different kinds of rocks and create an edible rock cycle. ronald MCdonald bIngo 4 p.m., doors, 6:30 p.m., start, CV Expo. Benefits the Ronald McDonald House. yoga wITh Jonah 5:30 - 6:30 p.m., First Congregational Church,1 Church St., Essex Jct. Donations welcome, but not required. drop-In KnITTIng 6:30 - 8 p.m., Essex Free Library. wrITer’s group 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Essex Free Library. All levels and genres welcome as we come together to share our work and offer support to one another.
3 wednesday TeCh TIMe 10 - 11 a.m., Essex Free Library. Drop in with your device and questions! TeCh help wITh ClIF Noon - 1 p.m., Brownell Library. (See Monday, July 1) roTary Club oF essex Noon - 1:15 p.m., The Essex, 70 Essex Way, Essex Jct. blood drIVe 1 p.m., Essex Shoppes KIds’ arT Club 3 p.m., Essex Free Library. KITe MaKIng 3 - 4 p.m., Brownell Library. Make your own kite from dowels and bags, then come fly them with us after the program. KITe FesTIVal 4 - 5 p.m., Brownell Library. Whether you joined for kite making, or just want to fly your kite with friends, meet at Brownell and walk over to the Summit Street Fields.
4 Thursday Town and VIllage oFFICes, essex area senIor CenTer, essex Free lIbrary and brownell lIbrary are Closed In obserVanCe oF IndependenCe day
LOCAL MEETINGS Thu., June 27 6:30 p.m., Town planning Commission, Town offices, 81 Main St.
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EASY LIVING From this spacious, sunny End Unit offering 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths plus finished basement with egress window. Updated kitchen, cherry floors, built-in speaker system, 2nd floor laundry and 1-car garage are just a few convenient features. Enjoy the deck & screened porch this summer! Colchester! Offered at $299,900.
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ST. ALBANS 10 Berkley Terrace OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY 6/29 10:00AM - 3:00PM
LOWERED TO $219,500
LAST WEEK FOR SALE BY OWNER. WE WILL LIST WITH AN AGENT ON JULY 1 IF WE DO NOT SELL BEFORE THAT DATE. LAST CHANCE TO GET THIS WONDERFUL PROPERTY AT THIS NEWLY REDUCED PRICE. Charming, fully renovated home in a very quiet, highly desirable neighborhood offering a great location in the Upper Hill section. Enjoy a park-like area across the street, a 15 min. walk to downtown restaurants or BFA St. Albans and only a 5 minute commute to I-89! This 2 bedroom, 2.5 bath house is a wonderful home for retirees, a small family or professionals. Desirable open floor plan with an eat-in kitchen, screened-in porch, wood fireplace in spacious Master bedroom, back deck off kitchen, convenient storage and walk-in closet. Full basement currently has approximately a 10 x 12 finished room with 1/2 bath, which could be used as a den/ office/ mancave. Remainder of basement is an unfinished with workbench. Picket Fence Preview #10595
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LAKE CARMI, FRANKLIN, VT ONLY $209,900 Updated cottage with 180 feet of lakefront on Westcott Shore Road. Enjoy your morning coffee on the large screened in porch with mountain views on a lovely lake. Lease land and community spring water system. Includes linen, kitchenware, dishes, gas grill, air conditiners and more. 5 bedrooms, 2 baths, fully furnished, 180 feet of lakefront, & dock.
Call Hilda at 802-285-6855 or email: hilhendy2@gmail.com Bob Lumnah at 603-231-0716
2008 HOLIDAY RAMBLER LOWERED TO $13,000 32 feet long, double side our with new seals, rear kitchen dining, 3 burning gas stove, electric and/or propane refrigerator.
Call 802-370-4230 or 253-396-3883
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At Mansfield Place, the transition to assisted living is a positive and happy experience for residents and their loved ones.
Why Choose Mansfield Place? To join in the fun! Here are just some of the many benefits available at Mansfield Place: • Engaging activities and events, as well as health and fitness programs. • Delicious chef-prepared meals and snacks. • A variety of studio, one and two-bedroom apartments. • Common areas including living and dining room, private dining room, country kitchens, cocktail lounge, exercise room, salon/barber shop, patios, walking paths and gardens.
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• Assistance with personal care, grooming, bathing, dressing, medication management and physical therapy. • Pendant call system to alert for assistance. • Housekeeping, laundry and maintenance services. • Scheduled transportation for medical appointments, errands and events.
Call Laurie today to schedule your visit. (802) 871-5808 PET PET FRIENDLY FRIENDLY
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