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When Sean Wilson was hired to work for the Essex Police Department last November, he was under investigation by the Brattleboro Police Department, over allegations that he had become a “fixer” for a drug dealer, a Reporter investigation has found.

Left in the dark

Chief says no one told EPD about allegations surrounding former officer

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By COLIN FLANDERS

n the days leading up to his hiring at the Essex Police Department last November, Sean Wilson found his brief law enforcement career in jeopardy. Concerns over his job performance in 2017, his first year in Brattleboro, had already led Windham County’s lead prosecutor to threaten to stop accepting any of his cases.

But it wasn’t until last fall, when the Brattleboro Police Department received allegations connecting him to an alleged drug dealer, that Wilson saw himself on the verge of losing the

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one thing that makes officers like him so valuable to the judicial system: his credibility.

Yet somehow, amid a system designed to ensure the integrity of some of society’s most powerful public agents, Essex apparently remained unaware of the accusations right up through the day it offered him the job.

It eventually caught up to him: Wilson resigned from Essex in March after only three months on the force, unable to shake the Brattleboro allegations even as he remains free of any wrongdoing in the eyes of the law.

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character festered behind the scenes, Brattleboro officials offered no reason why Essex shouldn’t hire him, according to Chief Rick Garey, who said neither the county’s state’s attorney nor the Brattleboro police chief shared any concerns about Wilson when asked.

In fact, Garey recently told The Reporter, Brattleboro Chief Michael Fitzgerald didn’t disclose any questions about Wilson’s credibility, nor did he tell Garey that Brattleboro was investigating the officer that very moment. Instead, Fitzgerald told Garey he’d hire Wilson back in a second.

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face questions about Wilson and how Essex could have missed such glaring concerns — ones that could have torpedoed any case Wilson touched, and which ultimately led to the officer’s departure.

The way the chief tells it, Essex did everything it could.

“When you’re not getting all the information, and you’re not getting the truth, it makes it hard to make good decisions,” Garey said. “We can only work with the facts we get.”

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from page 1 ALLEGATIONS Nearly two months before Essex hired Wilson, the Brattleboro Police Department knew its officer had been accused of criminal behavior, emails obtained in a public records request show.

The allegations, detailed in a September 2018 letter from Windham County State’s Attorney Tracy Shriver to the department, were uncovered by the Brattleboro Reformer earlier this year.

The letter focused on Wilson’s former landlord, Lorenzo Deconnick, who is currently facing federal drug charges in Massachusetts. According to the letter, Deconnick told authorities that Wilson knew he was using drugs and had divulged information about ongoing police cases. He said Wilson had once written “for cocaine” in his rent check memo line.

Even worse, a source whose name was redacted from the letter told authorities that Wilson had become Deconnick’s “fixer” by helping his associates who found themselves in “legal difficulties.”

Wilson, through his attorney, Craig Nolan, declined to be interviewed for this story. Speaking to The Reporter in April, Nolan called the allegations“ false and defamatory.”

To Shriver, who later shared a condensed version of her letter with defense attorneys in the county, the claims were yet another red mark against the Brattleboro cop.

In December 2017, Shriver reported Wilson to his superiors after he asked a judge for a search warrant without first answering her questions about promises made to an informant.

Shriver learned through a department press release that police carried out the warrant before she signed off.

Brattleboro Cpt. Mark Carignan, Wilson’s supervisor, accepted responsibility and blamed the incident on a miscommunication, emails show. But Shriver was adamant that Wilson willfully circumvented her authority.

As a result, Shriver implemented two new rules. First, unless Wilson produced written agreements with criminal informants, she would not accept such cases from him. Second, from there on out, Shriver would only discuss Wilson with the department in writing.

“If I have been unclear or veiled in my concerns about Officer Wilson, please allow me to be very explicit now,” Shriver wrote in a Dec. 4, 2017 email. “I am on the verge of refusing to accept any cases from him until further notice.”

Carnignan’s emailed response shows he recognized the seriousness of Shriver’s decrees. He urged her to specify her concerns, noting that prosecutors generally only refuse cases when an officer’s “truthfulness or integrity has been called into question.”

It’s unknown what, if any, measures BPD took to address Shriver’s concerns from 2017. Shriver didn’t urge the department to investigate, and emails indicate Wilson seemingly fell off her radar until she learned of the Deconnick allegations a year later.

But her forceful September 2018 letter spurred Brattleboro PD into action.

On Oct. 27, 2018, Carignan emailed Shriver to say he was leading an internal investigation and asked for more information about Wilson’s alleged wrongdoing. When Shriver didn’t respond for two weeks, Carignan emailed her again.

“Respectfully, your thorough responses to the questions in my original message would significantly increase the timeliness and efficacy of the investigation,” Carignan wrote on Nov. 8, 2018.

Five days later, Essex Chief Garey spoke to his counterpart in Brattleboro about Wilson’s job application. Garey said Fitzgerald never mentioned the internal probe.

The next day, Wilson had a new job.

“If I have been unclear or veiled in my concerns about Officer Wilson, please allow me to be very explicit now:

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I am on the verge of refusing to accept any cases from him until further notice.”

Windham County State’s Attorney Tracy Shriver in a December 2017 email to the Brattleboro Police Department

CREDIBILITY Essex was not completely unaware of Wilson’s storied past; the officer had disclosed parts of what was detailed in Shriver’s letter during his job interview, according to Garey. It was only when the chief read the letter the day after hiring Wilson that he realized the extent of the allegations.

So Garey set out to see if he’d made a mistake. He called Shriver, who said her previous conflicts with Wilson had been resolved and, more importantly, confirmed that she’d still prosecute Wilson’s cases to this day, Garey said.

With similar assurances from the Brattleboro chief, Garey didn’t rescind the offer.

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WILSON from page 3 But Wilson’s problems were far from over. A week after he was sworn in at EPD, Wilson’s new state’s attorney, Sarah George, learned of the allegations from Brattleboro.

In a Dec. 17, 2018 email, the Chittenden County prosecutor told Garey, “As you can imagine, it is very concerning to me.”

“Happy to chat,” Garey responded. “But just so you know, we talked in-depth to both [Shriver] and [the Brattleboro] chief, who both told us they had no reason to believe he is ‘not credible,’ and it was based on their feedback that we agreed to hire him.”

Unable to investigate claims down in Brattleboro, Essex remained on standby for the next few months, Garey said, though the department still needed to decide what to do with its new officer.

Garey said he took “appropriate action,” weighing Wilson’s rights against the safety of citizens, and wouldn’t confirm if he put Wilson on leave. However, a partially redacted letter from Garey to Wilson, dated Jan. 10, 2019, clearly references a section of the police contract that deals with paid leave, suggesting Wilson’s status on the job eventually changed.

Meanwhile, George had her own dilemma: Refuse to bring Wilson’s cases to court and effectively deal a death blow to his tenure at EPD, or risk watching defense attorneys use the allegations to sow doubt in the minds of jurors.

It would be three months until she decided. In a letter to Garey on March 1, 2019, George said she was unsure if the allegations were corroborated but

refused to accept Wilson’s cases nonetheless.

It’s unclear what informed George’s decision. She told The Reporter in an email that she felt there were enough questions about Wilson’s credibility to justify it but did not elaborate. And the letter itself provides little help: Half of the two-sentence dispatch was redacted.

Whatever finally forced George’s hand, her decision meant Wilson could no longer fulfill the duties of a police officer. A week later, he resigned.

ACT 56 Given their history of concerns, it’s unknown why Brattleboro officials didn’t mention Shriver’s letter to Garey. Shriver declined to comment on this story, and Chief Fitzgerald did not respond to repeated interview requests.

While Garey didn’t want to speculate, he did acknowledge the dangers of bad-mouthing someone to a prospective employer.

“You can’t talk honestly about it because you may get sued,” Garey said. “To me, that’s a problem. If it’s not a good employee, then you ought to be able to be open about those issues.

“There’s so much damn civil litigation nowadays, it makes people gunshy,” he added.

Situations like this were envisioned by a recent Vermont law, Act 56, that aims to increase accountability for police officers.

The law, which went into effect last July, requires municipal agencies to have an internal affairs program and conduct investigations into any complaints regardless of their source.

“We knew from experience that marginal and outright bad officers were hopping from agency to agency, See WILSON, page 5

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Essex Police Chief Rick Garey speaks to the selectboard at a meeting last month. Garey says he was not informed of the allegations against Wilson prior to offering him a job last November.

WILSON from page 4 and we were seeing some of the same conduct occurring,” said Richard Gauthier, executive director of the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council. “We’re not talking big numbers, but this is a small state; it doesn’t take big numbers to have a negative impact.”

Act 56 makes it difficult for officers to spend a career ducking judgment, with municipal agencies now required to continue investigations even if the officer resigns. Agencies must report their results to the council, which keeps a public register, giving police chiefs insight into officers’ previous complaints without relying on an employer to share those details, Gauthier said.

As long as chiefs check in with the council, that is. Garey never did.

Explaining the oversight, Garey said the register was not well advertised by the time it went into effect (The academy offered a training on the topic last month, and EPD’s background process now includes the check, Garey said.)

The council has done its best to explain the “intricacies” of Act 56, Gauthier said. But he has still heard from numerous police chiefs unaware of the new reporting requirements.

With Brattleboro police unwilling to discuss Wilson, it’s difficult to know when their investigation wrapped up.

Carnigan, the BPD captain, declined to tell the Brattleboro Reformer the outcome of the investigation when asked in April. Nor did he respond to a request for comment this week.

But even if Garey did check the register last fall, it wouldn’t have made a difference.

According to the chief, the council has no reports on Wilson to date. And Gauthier was unaware of any reports from Brattleboro within the last year.

‘A FAIR SHAKE’ Wilson managed to stay employed in law enforcement.

He now works as a traffic control officer under Franklin County Sheriff Roger Langevin, who told The Reporter

The fuller picture helped Hughes understand why there may have been a more substantial investigation, because according to the prosecutor, the Federal Bureau of Investigations had looked into Wilson.

But neither the FBI nor the U.S. Attorney’s office indicated they still had a pending case against him, Hughes said, adding it’s not unusual for federal agencies to never announce

“More and more, this meant to me that this guy was either not getting a fair shake, or someone was out to get him.”

Franklin County Sheriff Roger Langevin last week he was well aware of the officer’s backstory: Wilson was upfront about the allegations and arrived with a “great” recommendation from Brattleboro, the sheriff said.

The job marks the third time in a year that a Vermont state’s attorney has had to confront the Deconnick allegations. In Franklin County, that duty rests in the hands of state’s attorney James Hughes, who first heard Wilson’s name when the sheriff called him several months ago.

Hughes said Langevin described the allegations as a silly mistake that “didn’t hurt anybody.” The state’s attorney only knew of the rent check anecdote; it wasn’t until speaking with The Reporter on Monday that he learned the breadth of the allegations.

that a case is closed.

“Because maybe, in somebody’s mind, it never is,” he said.

Given what Hughes learned through his digging, he saw no problem with Wilson fulfilling non-court-related duties – shifts along roadside construction and the occasional escort – or, as the state’s attorney put it, “pothole guarding.”

This was welcome news to Langevin, who said he did his homework, too, and like the prosecutor, came up empty.

Some of the sheriff ’s federal contacts hadn’t even heard of Wilson, he said.

A spokesman for the federal prosecutor told The Reporter its office does not publicly confirm or deny the existence of investigations, but Langevin said federal authorities have always

disclosed they’re investigating someone when he’s asked.

“More and more, this meant to me that this guy was either not getting a fair shake, or someone was out to get him,” Langevin said.

Indeed, the way Langevin sees it, Wilson hasn’t been treated fairly in his brief career. The sheriff noted Wilson is not the first officer he’s seen face unsubstantiated allegations, and said he believes Essex took the “easy way out.”

“It’s part of our job to have that thicker skin,” Langevin said.

Why should Wilson, a military veteran, have his law enforcement career stalled out due to allegations that no one can prove and, as far as anyone can tell, are not even being investigated?

Faced with that question, Langevin felt he had no choice.

“I couldn’t find a reason to say no,” he said.

In traffic control, Wilson will likely have no involvement in criminal cases, especially drug-related ones, Lavengin said. He expects to keep Wilson on that duty for the foreseeable future, partly because his patrol division is full. But he didn’t rule out moving Wilson into the law enforcement side down the road.

“I think he has the ability,” Langevin said.

Hughes, the Franklin County state’s attorney, had a more measured take.

Until he receives information that exonerates – or condemns – the officer, he can’t say for sure when he’ll be comfortable bringing Wilson’s cases to court.

For now, Hughes said, he’s still “looking for answers.”

“I haven’t gotten a full story yet,” he said.

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Working towards a greater Essex

SELECTBOARD

How we got here: a brief history President Andrew Brown

Chair Elaine Haney

By ElainE HanEy & andrEw Brown

Vice president George Tyler

Dan Kerin

Raj Chawla

Amber Thibeault

Way back in 1763, a six square mile parcel of land known as the Essex Grant was chartered by England’s King George III to Governor Benning Wentworth of New Hampshire. This parcel however wasn’t permanently occupied until 1783, when farmers settled in the area. The settlers held their first town meeting in 1786, where they elected three selectmen. There were 72 residents of the Town at that time.

You can actually see a copy of the grant from King George III hanging by the fireplace in the Brownell Library.

In the 1850s, railroads arrived in the area, and a small settlement named Painesville (named after Charles Paine, president of Central Vermont Railroad) grew alongside the Winooski River. With six rail lines eventually making connections in this area, Painesville changed its name to Essex Junction and became an incorporated village with its own board of trustees in 1893.

What exactly is an incorporated village? An incorporated, or chartered, village is a “sub-town district” that allows its residents to accomplish basic municipal services. There were as many as 76 incorporated villages in Vermont at one time, but many have been unified with their surrounding towns by various means. You can find a list of the remaining 36 incorporated villages in Vermont on the Secretary of State’s website.

By 1893, the Town of Essex was still primarily farmland, while Essex Junction had grown into a bustling little community.

At that time, farmers in the rural Town did not need sanitation services, fire protection, or significant road repairs, and rural Essex was not home to the wide variety of businesses that had located themselves in close proximity to the Winooski River and the rail lines. Essex Junction was created in 1893 as an incorporated village so the residents of that district could tax themselves in order to pay for the municipal services they needed.

Fast forward half a century. Prior to the opening of the IBM plant, the 1950 Census shows the population of the Town of Essex was 3,931 including the Village, with 2,741 of that total living in the Village.

By 1960, the Town of Essex population had increased over 80%, to 7,090, including a Village population that had grown over 90% to 5,340. Another half-century later,

the 2017 American Community Survey showed the population of the Town was 21,012, including 10,132 Village residents – or 48% of the total Town of Essex population.

Some things have changed over the last century. The populations of our communities have become almost equal. Parts of Essex outside the Village now feature a mixture of suburban and rural areas.

Even although the rural areas of the Town of Essex are still very rural, the entire Town now requires the same municipal services--paving and grading, assessment, planning, fire protection, recreation, etc-as the Village of Essex Junction. But some things haven’t changed: the beautiful rural areas of Essex and the bustling commercial center of Essex Junction still exist and are thriving. And both the Town and the Village still have their own governing boards: the Selectboard and the Trustees.

Over the next many months, our communities will explore together the potential of unifying into a single community.

Stay tuned for next week’s column, and as always, send your questions, thoughts, and concerns to us at ehaney@essex.org and abrown@essexjunction.org. You can also reach out to our municipal manager, Evan Teich, at eteich@essex.org.

If you haven’t already, please don’t forget to fill out the community-wide survey.

Two references used for the historical facts in this article are “Essex and Essex Junction” by Richard and Lucille Allen (Arcadia Publishing, 2004) and “The History of Essex, Vermont” edited by Frank R. Bent (Essex Publishing Company, 1963). Both of these books are available at the Brownell Library and the Essex Free Library. Census figures come from www. census.gov. For a history of incorporated villages, see the Secretary of State’s website: https://www.sec.state.vt.us/archivesrecords/state-archives/government-history/continuing-issues/villages-and-cities/ history-of-incorporated-villages.aspx Special thanks to Essex Historical Society member Tim Jerman for providing fact checking and additional historic information.

Editor’s note: The Reporter is providing the trustees and selectboard a regular space to discuss consolidation-related issues. Want to respond to something in the column? Send a letter to news@essexreporter.com.

Vice chair Max Levy

Andy Watts

Patrick Murray

Annie Cooper

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Letters to the editor Shame on Reporter graduation photo

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It has been 6 years since I lived in Essex Junction and whenever I am in the Village I pick up the The Essex Reporter to see what is happening in the community where I raised my family for 26 years. I feel that I need to write to let you know how disappointed I am to see the picture of the 2 graduating students standing in cap and gown back to back with their hands folded mimicking guns.

I know that this is the iconic “Charlie’s Angels” pose, but really, in today’s world where gun violence is a possibility at any school in our country that is the photo you would should to include in your Congrats, Grad! photo spread. Seriously, this is the photo that you feels depicts the joyful celebration these students, families, teachers and the community want to remember? Shame on you for contributing to the attitude that continues to ignore the danger our children potentially face everyday when they walk the halls of their school.

Please make better choices for next year’s issue.

Meg Provost Barre, VT

Remain focused on clean water funding Clean water funding is a win for Vermont. And like so much of the Legislature’s work, it addresses climate change.

Clean water funding restores our natural environment. When the environment is clean, wildlife and plants thrive and Vermonters are healthier. Vermont’s valuable brand is protected and businesses that rely on our brand prosper, whether by drawing tourists to our state or opening markets and garnering a premium for anything labelled ‘Made in Vermont.’

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Vermont will continue on its path to cleaner water, so long as each one of us remains focused on that goal.

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time to be complacent or to countenance middling results. UVM needs to be better than it’s ever been.

Mr. Garimella will discover Vermont as a curiosity. He will find a state that preaches a commitment to its schools, but not to its colleges and university. It’s a befuddling disconnect he must work to correct. There are a number of reasons that disconnect exists, few of them defensible, but only one that would work to correct it, which is showcasing the oneto-one relationship between investments and success. UVM would also need to tell its story, something it does not now do Vermont is struggling demographically.

It has to figure out how to grow and how to attract the sorts of businesses that provide tomorrow’s jobs. That path forward will rely almost exclusively on being able to reorient our educational system in ways that are forward looking.

UVM is that engine. It’s the only institution in Vermont with the size and the reputation to move things forward. And, finally, it’s now healthy enough to make the transition Vermont needs it to make.

It’s time for a little impatience.

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By JOE GONILLO Great weather for the 4th and nice fireworks as well. VT boys’ and girls’ Lion’s Cup teams take on NH’s best next week at Castleton. HUGE thank you to plumber and friend Todd Chagnon for his phenomenal, precise work last week! USA Women are World Cup champions again! VT Amateur down in Rutland this week.

The Essex 9/10 Softball All-Stars won the double-elimination District 3 Tournament held in Swanton last week. The girls were undefeated in 3 games (2 games against Northwest and a game against St. Albans). Missisquoi was the 4th team in the tournament.

They won the Championship game on the 4th of July in the 5th inning, winning by the 10 run rule (15-5). Abby Desilets added a HR in the championship game. Anna Baker pitches for Essex. Calleigh Bryuns catches.

The girls will play in the State Tournament that begins this weekend at Airport Park in Colchester.

If they win states, they’ll travel to Pennsylvania for a tournament at the end of the month. Essex is a combined team of girls from the Town and Junction. Players on the team are: Calleigh Bruyns, Abby Desilets, Olivia Carter, Skylar Rup, Molly Gilbert, Zoe Papaseraphim, Gretchen Diem, Sophia Murray, Anna Baker, Julia Smith, Margaret Koval and Aliyah Rassel.

Their manager is Chris Baker (EMS softball Coach) with Brian Bruyns and Matt Gilbert. Coach Thorne (ADL Softball Coach), Mary Rup, Geoff Murray, Jon Carter and Derek Martisus also help at practices.

Little League baseball and info coming soon...............

Congrats to the USA Women’s Soccer team who repeated World Cup champions Sunday as they defeated the Netherlands 2-0 in the finals. A PK

by Megan Rapinoe and a laser from Rose Lavelle accounted for the scoring.

They scored 26 goals in the tourney and have a 14-game unbeaten streak

going.

The USA Women’s Softball team defeated Japan in the finals to win this summer’s International Cup. MLB All-Star Game was Tuesday.

Liked the new voting format. Loved the HR Derby and $250,000 contest. The prize $$ could cover some greens fees!

The Links, by the way, in in beautiful shape. Good Luck Essex golfers in this weekend’s VT AM. Sign up your swimmers for Session III of SHP swimming lessons this week. Monday’s lessons run from 7/15 – 7/26. Lessons are M-F 9:15 – 12 noon.

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Community Calendar 11 Thursday 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. fun helps us understand what dogs say with their bodies. (This is for humans only...dogs must be left at home!)

Music wiTh ukulele Joe 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Free Library. Rock out with local musician, Ukulele Joe. All ages.

NooN Book Group Noon, Essex Free Library.

This session discuss “Daisy Miller” by Henry James. drop-iN kNiTTiNG cluB 1 - 2 p.m., Essex Free Library. Bring in your current knitting project or start a new one in the company of fellow knitters. wooF: whaT’s The doG sayiNG? 6 - 7 p.m., Essex Free Library. This multi-media extravaganza of fun helps us understand what dogs say with their bodies.

We’ll demystify dog communication, reveal some common dog-human misunderstandings, and learn how we can all live safely and happily together. After the presentation, the audience gets to engage in exercises to practice reading dog body language. (This is for humans only...dogs must be left at home!)

12 Friday Music wiTh raph 9:30 - 10:15 a.m., Brownell Library. Come sing & play with Raph. No registration required.

Musical sTory TiMe 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Free Library.

GalacTic sTories aNd Food 2:30 - 3:30 p.m., Brownell

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C’mon, just look at those ears! From the one floppy ear to the tip of his tail, Timber has a lot going for him! He’s friendly, confident, and seems to take everything in stride. Don’t let his age fool you, this handsome senior has been known to run around the play yard with even our most energetic wild child.

Let the good times roll! Timber and...

Dogs: No known experience living with dogs but he has done well with other dogs at HSCC Cats: His history with cats is unknown Children: His history with children is unknown Special Considerations: Timber is available foster-to-adopt, in-state only

Humane Society of Chittenden County 802-862-0135 chittendenhumane.org

Library. Explore the universe with stories and snacks. For children ages 6-12.

duNGeoNs aNd 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., Holy Family Church, Essex Jct. Free community dinners for all! If you need a ride, please email essexeatsout@gmail.com

13 saTurday 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!

MeeT a Nasa aMBassador 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Free Library. Learn more about space from Scott Turnbull, a real NASA ambassador. Ages 5+.

14 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.

15 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. wildliFe Tales wiTh real live aNiMals 3 p.m. – 4 p.m., Essex Free Library. The Southern Vt. Natural History Museum visits the library with some animal friends. All ages. alieN earTh wiTh svNhM 5 - 6 p.m., Brownell Library. Learn about the prehistory of our planet and meet the survivors of bygone eras with Southern Vermont Natural History Museum educators. There will be live animals and fossils.

Recommended for ages 3 and up.

16 Tuesday sTory TiMe 10 - 10:30 a.m., Brownell Library.

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: sTop MoTioN aNiMaTioN 3 - 4:30 p.m., Brownell Library. This week we will work in teams to plan and create our own stop motion animations. 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.

17 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 8) roTary cluB oF essex Noon - 1:15 p.m., The Essex, 70 Essex Way, Essex Jct.

Blood drive 1 p.m., Essex Shoppes asTroNauT TraiNiNG caMp: space roBoTs Essex Free Library.

Come build & decorate motorized robots to take home. Ages 5+.

Tedx: space is The FiNal FroNTier 7 - 8:30 p.m., Brownell Library. TED Talk videos around the theme of the Universe will be viewed and reflected on, this is a great opportunity to connect with others.

LOCAL MEETINGS Thu., July 11

6:30 p.m., Town planning commission, Town offices, 81 Main St.

MoN., July 15

7 p.m., Town selectboard, Town offices, 81 Main St.

Thu., July 18

6 p.m., village planning commission, Lincoln Hall, 2 Lincoln St. 7 p.m., subcommittee on Governance, Lincoln Hall, 2 Lincoln St.

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14 • THE ESSEX REPORTER DAYBED, GIRLS, Lawn/Garden MISS Kitty, pink & ANTIQUE DRESSER green with mattress, TRIMMER MOWER, WITH mirror and 3 good condition. Asking SWISHER, high wheel, drawers, excellent con- $70. Call 802-527-7891 good condition. Asking dition. Asking $75. Call VANITY TABLE WITH $150. Call 802-527352-396-3883 mirror, 4 drawers and 7891 BEDROOM SET, stool. Asking $45. Call W E E D W A C K E R , DRESSER chest of 352-396-3883 WORKS GREAT, good Furniture

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