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LaRose to retire in January

By COLIN FLANDERS Chief Brad LaRose, a 37-year veteran of the Essex Police Department, has confirmed he will retire in January.

LaRose, 60, will formally retire from the force January 12.

“I certainly am very fond of the community and all the members at the department,” he said in a phone interview last Thursday morning. “But I’m looking to do something else, and it’s a very good timing.”

Joint municipal manager Pat Scheidel informed the selectboard and trustees last Thursday morning of LaRose’s retirement plans.

Scheidel said he’ll consider an internal appointment to serve in an interim “or permanent basis.” He plans to announce his final decision “in the very near future,” he said.

Scheidel, who has worked with LaRose since he became Essex’s manager, called the chief a “pillar of integrity” whose love of the job is unquestioned.

“He will be definitely missed,” Scheidel said.

LaRose began with EPD in 1981 following two years with the Burlington Police Department and was named chief in 2012 after a yearlong stint as interim chief.

Since 2015, LaRose has led the department with the help of two captains, whom he promoted to shore up EPD’s succession planning.

One of those officers, George Murtie, retired earlier this month, while Cpt. Rick Garey remains with the department.

LaRose made his announcement three months after The Reporter confirmed he had applied to become the district of Vermont’s U.S. Marshal, a presidentially-appointed position that carries a four-year term.

LaRose said that application is “still pending,” noting his decision to retire is independent from his pursuit of the federal position.

David Carle, a spokesman for Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said the senior legislator and Gov.

Salt of the Earth Chittenden County's first salt cave debuts in Essex Outlets.

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Chittenden County's premier salt cave opened in Essex's Purple Sage salon earlier this month, filled with 20,000 pounds of Himalayan salt. The pink-hued dome offers therapy for everything from respiratory to skin conditions, according to owner Kim Scofield, in a relaxing environment.

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Fatal DUI suspect pleads not guilty

By MICHAELA HALNON The entrance into Chittenden County’s inaugural salt cave is not exactly modest.

A small waiting room sitting behind the first set of glass double doors in the Purple Sage salon suggests an intense experience awaits, water station and basket of clean white socks at the ready off to the side.

Ahead is a second set of double doors — these made of dark, hand-carved wood. Salon employees open them with a mischievous smirk, eyes glued to the faces of the customer seeing the impressive installation for the first time.

Inside, a dimly lit, pinkhued dome awaits, filled with 20,000 pounds of Himalayan

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Towns report storm damage

By COLIN FLANDERS A 25-year-old man pleaded not guilty to a pair of felonies stemming from a drunken driving crash that killed his girlfriend last week.

Riley H. Watkins was arraigned via video at the Chittenden Superior Court on Monday afternoon. He didn’t speak during the brief hearing, and his public defender entered his plea to charges of grossly negligent driving with death resulting and DUI with death resulting.

If convicted, Watkins could face a minimum penalty of two years and a maximum of 30 years in prison.

The hearing came four days after Emma Press, a 24-year-old South Burlington woman who recently moved to Essex with Watkins, died from injuries sustained in last Thursday night’s crash on Susie Wilson Road.

salt. The mineral is carved into bricks lining a “fireplace,” ground up into beads on the floor and puffed into the chamber as a vapor. Lounge chairs are situated in a semicircle, mimicking a day at the world’s strangest beach.

“Our tagline is 45 minutes in the cave is equivalent to two days at the ocean,” salon owner Kim Scofield said, rattling off the list of benefits people usually notice after a coastal vacation. “It is the healing power of salt.”

Termed “halotherapy,” salt-based treatments can treat everything from respiratory to skin problems in a relaxing atmosphere, Scofield said. The way she tells it, the negative ions in the salt cave counter-

Essex officials identify over $60k

By NEEL TANDAN

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Essex was hit hardest in the northern part of town, according to town engineer Aaron Martin. Above, a worker in Essex cleans up downed trees and debris on Sleepy Hollow Rd. on Monday.

Towns have been reporting incurred costs to the Chittenden Regional Planning Commission following the windstorm late last month, and state and federal teams have been moving from county to county to assess damage.

This joint preliminary damage assessment conducted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and state partners will help determine if Vermont qualifies for federal disaster aid.

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After failure to launch, admin. suggests bringing transportation in-house

By COLIN FLANDERS Essex Westford School District may dip its toes into the transportation business after administrators recommended creating a hybrid model that couples contracted services with a new in-house operation.

In doing so, the district could capitalize on its scale while shrinking its route tree to combat the extreme driver shortage that forced the district to can its 2017 busing expansion in Essex Jct., chief operating officer Brian Donahue said in a presentation to the school board last week.

New model could bring notable changes as district plans to study school day times and alternative pick up methods Donahue said more operational control can increase the effectiveness of the district’s transportation model and allow for the village expansion to occur by next school year.

Getting there may be a challenge, though two tweaks are key to the admin’s recommendations: shifting schools’ start

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and end times so they’re aligned for more efficiency and finding an alternative to the door-to-door pick up method.

In the village, Hiawatha, Summit Street and Thomas Fleming all start within five minutes of one another and end at 3 p.m.

This makes it impossible to efficiently transport children on the same bus, Dona-

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hue said, because the drivers must be at the same place at the same time.

Aligned start and end times could allow the same bus to transport students to different schools, simplifying the route tree and cutting back on drivers.

The administration also recommended exploring a designated ridership where families can opt in if their students plan to ride the bus. That would paint a clearer picture of the total ridership instead of estimates that sometimes force Essex Town See BUS, page 13

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SALT from page 1 act the positive ions transmitted by electronics, essentially amplifying the results promised by the popular salt lamps.

Because the cave is kept at a surprisingly chilly 70 degrees, visitors are offered blankets to cover up. Phones and shoes are banished from the cave, but visitors can wear any clothing that’s comfortable.

Patrons will need to drink a lot of water after their treatment and can expect some, ahem, “elimination” in the following days, Scofield said. A standard 45-minute session in the Purple Sage space will run customers $35.

“The comment to me as soon as they walk in the door is, ‘Wow, I can feel it. This feels good,’” Scofield said. “They walk out, and everybody is smiling, even if they’ve only stood in their for five or 10 minutes.”

Scofield is marketing the experience as an unorthodox site for bridal parties, or business meetings and even plans to host a dedicated day for kids and their parents to check out the cavern.

She hatched the whole idea after visiting a salt cave in Montgomery, in search of relief for her own bodily aches and pains. A longtime hairdresser and astute businesswoman, she was concurrently on the hunt for a larger space to house her growing Essex salon.

A consultant specializing in constructing salt caves said a ground-level space built on a slab was the ideal host. Scofield didn’t have to look far to find those specs, eventually signing up to take over the former Ralph Lauren 7,300-square foot building in the Essex Outlets.

Outlet owner Peter Edelmann, weighing a major overhaul of the struggling shopping center himself, presented an interesting question before Scofield made the

final decision: “Why would you want to come to a complex that was dying?”

“I have a feeling that you’re not going to let it die,” Scofield recalled telling him. “I’d like to be a part of this revitalization.”

Scofield has since become a vocal advocate for the complex, often talking with area business owners about the new “lifestyle” vision for the hub. If the shopping center does well, Scofield opined, Purple Sage does well.

She’s taken many of Edelmann’s strategies for the complex as a whole and applied them to her boutique on a smaller scale. The shop now sells Vermont-made skin and body care, for example, offering a compelling experience for tourists and locals alike.

Old school Vermonters are skeptics, Scofield said with a laugh, but there’s also a contingency of holistic minded residents eager to embrace non-traditional therapies.

Several new spa services are also in the works to fill the massive space, including rooms for Reiki healing, massage, facials and natural manicures and pedicures. Scofield also plans to open an old school barbershop to serve male clientele, complete with hot shaves and sleek leather styling chairs.

“The need is there, and people were asking for it,” Scofield said. “Everything that everybody has been asking me for, I have put into this space.”

Even with the rapid expansion – Purple Sage went from four employees to 15 and counting – Scofield said the shop hasn’t abandoned its original hair salon service. In fact, she believes the slate of offerings work seamlessly together.

“When you feel beautiful on the inside, the outside feels beautiful,” Scofield said. “They go hand in hand.”

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Purple Sage salon owner Kim Scofield moved her business to an expanded space in the Essex Outlets, making room for a host of holistic services, including a salt cave, natural manicures and Reiki healing therapy.

CRASH from page 1 Watkins and Press had a loud argument in front of her aunt’s residence on the night of the crash, her aunt’s boyfriend told police, an affidavit says. They then got into the car and sped off from the residence, which is less than a mile from the scene.

Witnesses told police Watkins’ vehicle ran through a red light at the intersection in front of Lowe’s, jumped the curb and hit a traffic light pole just before 10 p.m. The vehicle suffered severe damage to its passenger side.

Police say a responding officer cut away an airbag to find an unconscious Press bleeding heavily. Watkins helped the officer hold her head steady until emergency personnel arrived.

Watkins was combative

toward EMTs working to extricate Press from the vehicle, the affidavit says. “[If] she dies, I’m going to make sure you’re all dead,” Watkins told police, court documents say.

The affidavit quotes a witness who saw empty beer cans in the backseat and driver’s side door. Police said Watkins emitted an odor of intoxicants, and his eyes were “extremely bloodshot and watery.”

Watkins refused a field sobriety test and was taken to the Essex Police Department, where he later blew a .196 percent blood-alcohol content, more than twice the legal limit. He also had a small amount of marijuana in his pocket, court records show.

The crash was Watkins’ second run-in with law enforcement in recent months.

He was arrested in September for assaulting Press’ father while the couple lived at her father’s house, court

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Riley Watkins, 25, is arraigned via video conference at the Chittenden Superior Court on Monday afternoon. Watkins is accused of driving drunk in a crash that killed his girlfriend last week. records show. Press moved to her aunt’s house soon after.

Larry Press, the victim’s father, had filed for a restraining order against Watkins and asked Burlington-based attorney Benjamin Luna to attend Monday’s arraignment and speak on his behalf.

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distraught” over the loss of his daughter in what he called a “horrible tragedy.”

“He wanted me to convey the message of: This does happen to people, and it shouldn’t happen to people,” Luna said. “That it’s preventable. Don’t drink and drive — it’s that simple.

And here you have yet another example … of a life being lost senselessly, prematurely, for no good reason at all.”

Luna said Larry Press planned to meet with the state’s attorney later that day to offer his input. His client is pleased with the state’s charges and believes the more appropriate charge is the DUI. “This is not a case that should be pled as a gross negligent operation,” Luna said. “The defendant, by what we know of the case, was heavily under the influence of alcohol, and but for that, Larry’s daughter wouldn’t have perished.”

Luna expected Watkins’ assault case would become relevant during sentencing if he is convicted of the latest charges.

On Monday, state prosecutors requested Watkins’ bail be set at $20,000, claiming Press was his only tie to Vermont. He’s originally from Indiana, court records show.

Judge Dennis Pearson instead set bail at $10,000.

Watkins’ conditions of release say he must be released to the custody of a responsible adult and can’t possess any regulated drug without a prescription. Watkins’ next court date is yet to be set.

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Residents to hold Cinemas fundraiser

By KAYLEE SULLIVAN Hop on board this weekend as the Polar Express rides into Essex Cinemas.

Essex residents Erika and Cole Downing are hosting a fundraiser on Saturday, Nov. 18 for 16-year-old Lani Baker, who has spinal muscular atrophy. Restricted to a wheelchair, one of Lani’s favorite activities is going to the movies — partly because it’s easily accessible, her mom says.

But the problem, Melanney Baker said, is the family’s van is currently broken and unfixable. If Lani wishes to go somewhere other than school, Baker calls a transportation service, which can cost around $100 for one ride.

Cole Downing, also Lani’s cousin, wanted to do something to help. So he and his wife scheduled the fundraiser, which will kick off at 7 p.m. All proceeds will go toward buying a new special needs van for the Baker family.

“Originally, the idea was to make a GoFundMe, but I thought if people could come together — the community, her friends and family — it would be a better way to help Lani out,” Erika Downing said.

The funds won’t be enough to cover a

FEMA from page 1 Taylor Yeates, the public safety director with the town of Milton, reported a figure of $41,145 with the RPC. “It includes staff time, equipment and any damages to buildings and to the town,” Yeates said of the report.

At one point during the storm, Milton was completely cut off by downed trees, according to Yeates.

He reported no washouts or destruction to town buildings.

“We opened our emergency operations center,” he said. “We had 25 firefighters working an 18 ½ hour day, Sunday to the end of Monday to clear the roads.”

LAROSE from page 1 Phil Scott are continuing to work together and hope to make their recommendation “in the near term.”

LaRose said he will now help guide EPD through the budgeting process, and he remains “full throttle” in his duties as chief.

LaRose’s retirement comes amid a period of transition as town and village officials work to hire a replacement for the soon departing Scheidel and highlights a year of retirement-inspired turnover at the town offices. Between July 2016 and July 2017, the town welcomed a dozen new employees, including three new police officers.

Yet LaRose assured the public he has “tremendous confidence” in the current force.

“It’s been a great run,” he said. “The community has always been outstanding, a lot of support. I really have valued that partnership for decades.

“I’ll still be around,” he added. “I’m not going to disappear.”

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A fundraiser at Essex Cinemas on November 18 will raise funds for a 16-year-old girl with spinal muscular atrophy. $40,000 to $50,000 van, Erika Downing admitted, but it’s a start. Baker said the money will help with a down payment. As a single mother working a full-time job, she said the help is always welcome.

Lani is diagnosed with SMA type three, which causes loss of the spinal cord’s lower motor neurons and brain stem nuclei, resulting in muscle weakness.

The Williston resident says she hopes this event will raise awareness of SMA and

The town of Essex reported $65,000 in costs, a number that is not set in stone.

“The number is only going to get bigger,” Essex town engineer Aaron Martin said Monday.

“There’s a crew out there today that wasn’t accounted for.”

Martin said a lot of the initial debris and downed trees were chopped up and thrown aside to get the roads back open, but he estimates two weeks of additional cleanup by town forces and contracted workers.

“We’re doing our best,” Martin said. “People out there are working hard. They’ve earned their keep here this past storm event.”

Colchester town manager Dawn Francis said her town isn’t reporting damage to the RPC.

the expenses it demands. Lacking a van, she’s had to cancel a few of Lani’s doctor’s appointments, she added.

Plus, Lani wants to go shopping, her mom said. She wants to go out to dinner.

She wants to hang out with her friends from Champlain Valley Union High School. Simply put, she wants to be just another 16-yearold girl. “[Lani’s] pretty excited about the whole thing,” her mom said. “She just wishes she

“The costs were minimal,” she said. “The costs incurred were to power and utility companies.”

Privately owned power and utility companies like Green Mountain Power are not included in the assessment.

Vermont Electric Cooperative, which is publicly owned, has already estimated its damages at $2.1 million, a large portion of the $4.5 million officials have identified in public infrastructure damage statewide.

Towns are not required to file a damage assessment, though they are encouraged to by Vermont Emergency Management to help determine if a request for federal aid is necessary, and where FEMA and state partners should focus their efforts should an assessment be made.

could do more, but because she’s stuck at home; she can’t participate in stuff.”

With room for 200 guests to watch “The Polar Express” — Lani’s personal pick — Erika Downing said her main goal is to bring the community together and show Lani she’s not alone.

Also on the night’s agenda is a raffle, including many prized items: two $250 gift cards to The Optical Center, a spa package for The Inn at Essex, a three-course dinner for two at Leunig’s Bistro, a one-month family membership to The Edge, a Boyden Valley Winery tasting and cheese board, Essex Cinema tickets and Mimmo’s Pizzeria and Restaurant gift card, a Gift Barn gift basket, jewelry from Tradewinds, ski goggles and Vera Bradley backpacks.

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“Even if [towns] haven’t reported to the planning commission they can come forward at any time and apply for assistance,” said Mark Bosma, spokesman for VEM. FEMA and town officials were in Essex and Colchester on Monday morning assessing damage.

They are expected to be done the ground-work portion of the assessment this week.

To qualify for federal assistance, FEMA must verify at least $1 million in damage to public infrastructure and publicly owned utilities. In addition, each county must show $3.68 in damage per capita to qualify.

Once the assessment teams reach this threshold in a given county, they move on.

“They don’t need to see all of

the damage,” Bosma said. “Even if towns aren’t visited, they will still qualify if the county qualifies.”

The request for aid has to be made within 30 days of the disaster. Once the assessment is complete, Gov. Phil Scott will officially make a disaster declaration request to the president through the FEMA. “FEMA reviews the request, and they will send it back saying not worthy or they will send it to the president with a recommendation that he sign,” Bosma said.

Bosma, who has been with VEM for 12 years, said he can’t remember seeing a storm quite like this one.

“I can’t remember when we’ve had more power outages,” he said.

“It was a serious storm.”

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Manager search nears conclusion After panel interviews, selectboard and trustees hope to choose final candidate by December 2

By COLIN FLANDERS

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Trust the process.

That was the takeaway from the Nov. 8 joint meeting when officials discussed whether to sit in on interviews led by a panel of municipal professionals early next month. The panel is one of three that will interview six candidates before the selectboard and trustees interview a final trio.

Sitting in would go against their recruiter’s recommendations but would allow the selectboard and trustees to see all six candidates instead of the filtered pool.

Yet since two selectboard members — Andy Watts and Sue Cook — are unable to attend, the boards agreed to forgo the session so no one comes into the final interviews with preconceived notions. Plus, they’re paying the recruiter, a few officials said, so they might as well let him do his job.

Recruiter Don Jutton’s team will cut the pool of six down to the final three by judging candidates’ responses to a list of five essay questions.

In efforts to avoid an unfair advantage, the boards initially withheld those questions until all candidates received the prompts. This week, village president George Tyler sent The Reporter the list of 10 options, of which the boards chose five.

One question asks for candidates’ philosophy, approach and background related to job functions they will encounter as manager, like collective bargaining, strategic planning and economic development.

Others ask how candidates would help the communities weigh questions about growth versus community character; how they might approach decisions where one side might benefit more than another; and how they might exhibit “natural synergies” with the community.

A final question seeks a candidates’ experience with “emotionally charged community issues,” which the town and village have recent experience with in the recreation debate.

“Over the years, our community has been known to engage in some pretty ‘hot and heavy’ discussions, where politically sensitive or controversial issues are concerned,” the question reads.

“At times, the rhetoric and/or level of personal attacks seem to go well beyond civil and reasonable.”

The prompt also asks candidates how they have handled controversial issues and what role

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they believe the manager should play in “lowering the volume” and increasing civility in public discourse.

Along with the panel of municipal professionals joining Jutton for interviews on December 1, the six candidates will also meet with employee and citizen panels. Officials have been reaching out to individual community members in a recruitment effort for the latter. The boards will then interview the final three in executive session on December 2 and deliberate. Their choice could be announced that day if a majority of each board agrees.

“The ideal situation is it's completely obvious to the 10 of us,” village president George Tyler said.

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Indian Brook land donation on track after Act 250 approval

By COLIN FLANDERS It’s official: After nearly three years, the Unsworth family has received an Act 250 permit for its planned 10-lot subdivision, meaning the town of Essex will soon be the new steward of 160 acres near Indian Brook Park.

“It was a very long and arduous process, but we are happy to have made it to the finish line,” said James Unsworth, acting as an agent for his family.

He’s now working with the town to finalize details of the land conveyance, which his family offered after its initial Act 250 denial in 2016. They hoped it would allay the commission’s concerns over the subdivision’s impact to prime ag soils.

Under Act 250, developers must avoid impacting prime ag soils as much as possible. Instead of conserving the land, however, developers can pay a mitigation fee, which the Vt. Agency of Agriculture can use to purchase other land off-site.

The commission initially asserted the subdivision will reduce the “agricul-

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middle of the environmental process.

In August, town officials wrote a letter aimed addressing their stance on whether the Saxon Hill Industrial Park met statutory standards. Failure to maintain the recognition could have stymied growth in the area, they said, because mitigation fees would be doubled. In September, the commission ruled the industrial park indeed met the standards.

In its decision, the Act 250 commission approved six of the Unsworths’ 10 lots for construction of single-family residences. Unsworth said they aimed to put the lots on the market by this winter with the hope of starting construction in the spring.

Unsworth added he’s happy to see the state plans to revisit Act 250, referring to a bill signed into law this May that charges a study group to review the act’s development rules.

The bill asks that group to gauge Act 250’s success and whether its criteria reflects current science while adequately addressing climate change and other environmental issues that have emerged since 1970.

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tural potential” of about seven acres that should instead be conserved, while the Unsworths argued they should be allowed to pay the mitigation fee because the impacted soils were small and fragmented by surrounding wetlands.

Unsworth said after some back and forth with the state, Act 250 eventually agreed a mitigation fee was warranted. In its final decision, the commission said the Unsworths must pay about $34,000 in mitigation fees.

Deputy town manager Greg Duggan noted it’s too early to tell when the land transfer will be finalized but said the town currently plans to use the land as an expansion of Indian Brook Park, with the potential for some trails in the area.

“We think it’s going to be tremendous value to the community,” Unsworth said of the donation.

Act 250’s decision comes eight months after Unsworth asked for the town’s support after the commission first denied the family’s revised application and marks the second time this year the town found itself in the

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Community supports food shelf Last week Mary Pollard sent out a letter to 180 of her neighbors telling them she was having a food drive for Aunt Dot’s Place, a local food shelf.

Last Saturday, Nov. 11, Mary and her sister, Patricia Redalieu, met us at Aunt Dot’s to deliver the food. We were amazed and grateful at Mary’s results. Her neighbors on Logwood Circle, Greenbriar Drive, Alderbrook Drive and Greenfield Road donated 569 pounds of food!

We are so very grateful for these donations. We received so many of the foods that we were in need of. We want to thank Mary, Patricia, and all the wonderful people in Mary’s neighborhood! Thanks for everything.

Kathy Kenney Aunt Dot’s Place Voices for Education shares vision for Essex I moved to Chittenden County, back in 1996, in particular, to raise my children. Now that they are grown, I've become thoughtful about if Essex Junction is truly my own home. Just for me.

While in the midst of those thoughts, back in September, I attended a local coffee with our state repre-

sentatives. At that meeting, Liz Subin began speaking about Voices for Education.

I'd seen the Facebook posts for Voices for Education, but hadn't been that enthusiastic about it. Mostly because it seemed to me that my days of being involved in education in Essex Junction were behind me.

Liz's passion for the project made me sit up and take notice. I immediately signed up for the four meetings.

The idea of this newly formed school district had not really resonated with me, quite yet, so I was intrigued to go find out more.

At the launch for Voices for Education, I met Beth Cobb. Our new superintendent.

She surprised me with her candor and passion for education and community.

Voices for Education spoke strongly about how the vision that would be discussed within the four meetings would truly set the tone for the most important aspect within all of our schools.

Recognizing the complexities of all that would entail, to make such a thing actually happen, I raised my hand. Beth Cobb looked me in the eye and answered "yes" and "absolutely" to every hard and challenging question I asked about how seriously this would be heard.

At the first of the four meetings, I saw high school students take equal role in facilitating the discussions as the adults. I also saw that our groups were nicely balanced with students and adults.

My takeaway, after those four evenings, is profoundly deep.

Up until those four evenings, I always thought I was listening to students. I really felt I was hearing them.

But, I have to tell you, it was only during this equal interaction, this 100 percent on par conversation style of meeting, that I could really hear our students.

I am satisfied, to my soul, that our community is prepared to move forward with the kind of understanding it takes to truly hear our students, and I seek more and more and more time listening and collaborating with them in order to better recognize our schools from within. I am, quite frankly, hungry for it.

I am wildly grateful to Liz Subin, Beth Cobb and all of our moderators and attendees for these extraordinary experiences.

I am grateful for the articulate, courageous, kind and generous students who spoke their minds and shared their vision.

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150 years of service

Community pitched in for church renovations

By ANN GRAY

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he church building, completed in 1869 at a cost of $7,826.06, bore little resemblance to the current church. There was a long flight of outside stairs for entry into the sanctuary. These stairs ended where the fanlight window is now located, and entrance to the downstairs was from Church Street.

In December 1913, there was a Congregational vote to repair and rebuild the original church. The outside stairs were removed, a small hill in what is now the lawn was removed, the wood frame was bricked over, and the present entrance vestibule was built.

At the same time a parish house was added to form the “L” in the rear of the church. The cost of remodeling the entrance and building the parish house was $18,000.

The church kitchen was completely rebuilt in the 1ate 1940s. The ladies of the church were mainly responsible for the kitchen design. However, the Rev. Earl Vincent drafted the plans and supervised the work – not normally part of a pastor’s job description.

In 1959, it was determined that additional space was needed and a single story addition on Church Street was designed. The cost for the addition and a complete renovation of the Parish House was approximately $90,000.

This project was completed in 1961.

In addition to the church itself, First Church owns other property. In 1887, Bryon Steven’s house in the back of the Church was purchased for a parsonage; and in 1961, the Hildreth property (currently the thrift shop) was purchased in order to gain additional parking.

Upon completion of the one-story addition and purchase of the Hildreth property, First Church and the surroundings resemble the current church property. None of this growth

This column is provided by members of Essex's First Congregational Church to celebrate the parish's 150 years of service. would have been possible without the help of church members volunteering their time.

In the very beginning, a volunteer building committee oversaw the construction of the original church, and in the 1870s, the ladies of First Church managed the victualing (serving of food) at the Chittenden County Fair – no easy task as this fair was located in Burlington near the corner of North Street and North Avenue, requiring travel by horse or train and probably transporting of some of the food in the same manner. In 1873, they raised $366.23 toward a parsonage.

The men of First Church also did their fair share. In 1960, they held an

every member canvass to raise funds for the one-story addition, accumulating $59,000 in pledges and cash before authorizing the architect to proceed with plans.

Volunteerism at First Church continues today. Approximately 200 members serve on the governing board of the church, on committees and for outreach projects such as the Food Pantry and Essex Eats Out, and will continue volunteering as First Church embarks on a capital campaign to raise funds for necessary infrastructure repairs and improvements. These will help ensure that First Church buildings and members can continue to serve the community for the next 150 years!

All voices shape EWSD's direction

By SUSAN MCCORMACK Voices for Education volunteer

D

uring the month of October, Voices for Education (a coalition of students, community members, educators and school board members) hosted a series of community conversations about the future of education in our district.Fifty Essex and Westford residents came together in small groups for an in depth conversation about the future of the Essex Westford School District.

These conversations built on the results of the #4Words4EWSD campaign which engaged hundreds of residents and educators to begin to identify what matters most when it comes to education. Participants in the conversations included students, parents, educators and school administrators. The conversations were led by trained adult/student facilitator teams, and each conversation group met four times, devoting eight hours to the process. This was a significant commitment and an important one, too.

The EWSD is poised to create a vision and a set of goals to guide the work of the new district.

These documents will influence important decisions about staffing, budgets, facilities, curriculum and programs. The school and the superintendent have worked closely with Voices for Education to ensure that these guiding documents are informed by the voices of community members.

It has been a privilege to provide assistance to Voices For Education and the EWSD board as they embarked on this ambitious undertaking to ensure that students, educators and community members have a meaningful voice in decisions that impact one of our community’s most consequential investments. During a time when there is much talk about the lack of civility that pervades our current public discourse, it is heartening to know that in our community, it is possible for people to come together for thoughtful, civil and productive conversations about one of our community’s most valued public institutions.

I hope you will join us on Tuesday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. at Essex Jct. Recreation and Parks on Maple Street for a celebration of this effort. Voices for Education will be sharing key themes and ideas from the community conversations and will invite all participants on the 28th to help establish top priorities based on these themes.

The results of this work will be presented to the school board on December 5 and shared with school leaders in January. The EWSD will be working with this information over the winter with plans to share their new vision with the community next spring.

During a time when there is much talk about the lack of civility that pervades our current public discourse, it is heartening to know ... it is possible for people to come together.

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EssEx ArEA

Religious Directory

calendar nov.

25 & 26

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.; FundamentalIndependent.

CITYREACH CHURCH - 159 Pearl St., Essex Jct. Behind Subway, on the back side of the building.

Pastor Brent Collins. Sunday worship service: 5 p.m.

A casual, family-focused and friendly Christian Church with practical teaching, great music, a safe kids program (Nursery-5th grade) and an exciting and empowering church experience, www.essexjunction.cityreachnetwork. org; bcollins@cityreachnetwork.org; facebook: CityReach Church - Essex Junction.

CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH - Route 2A, Williston, just north of Industrial Ave. 878-7107. Wes Pastor, lead pastor, proclaiming Christ and Him crucified, Sundays: 8:15 a.m. and 10:15 a.m., www.cmcvermont.org.

DAYBREAk COMMUnITY CHURCH - 67 Creek Farm Plaza, Colchester. 338-9118. Brent Devenney, lead pastor. Sunday service: 10:30 a.m., AWANA: Thursdays twice a month, www.daybreakvermont.org; brentdaybreak@gmail.com ESSEX ALLIAnCE CHURCH - 37 Old Stage Road, Essex Jct. 878-8213. Sunday services: 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m. & 11:30 a.m., www.essexalliance.org.

ESSEX CEnTER UnITED METHODIST CHURCH - 119 Center Rd (Route 15), Essex. 878-8304. Rev. Mitchell Hay, pastor. Service 10:00 a.m. 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 - 1 Church Street, Essex Jct. 878-5745.

Rev. Mark Mendes, senior pastor. Sunday Worship Services: 8:30 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Communion: first Sunday of every month. Sunday School: weekly at 10:15 a.m. 5th/6th Grade youth group: first Sunday of month.

Jr. & Sr. high youth groups: every Sunday. Heavenly Food Pantry: second Monday of the month, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. and fourth Thursday, 2 – 6 p.m., except for Nov. & Dec. when it is the third Thursday. Essex Eats Out community dinner: 1st Friday of the month, 5:30 – 7 p.m.

Music includes Sanctuary Choir, Praise Band, Junior Choir, Cherub Choir, Handbell Choir, Men’s Acapella & Ladies’ Acapella groups. 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. www.fccej.org; welcome@fccej. org gRACE UnITED METHODIST CHURCH - 130 Maple Street, Essex Jct., 1 mile south of the Five Corners on Maple Street / Route 117. 878-8071. 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. 8784014. Rev. Kim Hardy. Holy Eucharist, Sundays: 8:15 a.m. and 10:30 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.

courTeSY phoTo

Essex students Alexandra Fox, Maecy Odit, Ava Lovely and Isabella Delphia will dance alongside the Albany Berkshire Ballet company’s professional dancers and bring the holiday classic "The Nutcracker" to audiences on Saturday, Nov. 25 and Sunday, Nov. 26. See listing for more information.

16 ThurSDAY

muSicAl STorYTime

reAD To Archie

3:15 - 4:15 p.m., Brownell Library. Archie loves to listen to kids read and is certified by Therapy Dogs of Vermont. Archie’s owner is Christine Packard, chair of Brownell Library Trustees. For all ages.

communiTY eDucATion SerieS: hAbiTS

6 - 7:30 p.m., 1 Howard St., Burlington. The Howard Center presents “Habits: Understanding habits to Change Ourselves and Change the World.” Presented by Sandra Steingard, M.D. Followed by a Q&A session.

woof! Dog communicATion in The humAn worlD

6:30 - 7:30 p.m., community room, Milton municipal building. Is a yawn always just a yawn? Why does a dog shake off even if it's not wet? Can a growl actually be a good thing?

Is a tail wag always a friendly invitation? This fun, interactive multimedia presentation will demystify dog communications, reveal some common dog-human misunderstandings and explore how we can all live safely and happily together. Instructor: Deb Helfrich of Gold Star Dog Training. $5/ person; humans only, please. For ages 14+.

17 friDAY muSic wiTh rAf

10 - 10:30 a.m., Brownell Library. Come sing and play with Raf. All ages.

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

Rock and read together with books, songs and instruments. All ages.

eDucATion AnD enrichmenT for everYone

to give to local food shelves. A pet-related movie will be shown at 5:30 p.m. with a $5 admission charge. Snacks sold by donation. All proceeds benefit Lucy’s House for the Prevention of Homeless Pets.

fAmilY movie

2 p.m., Faith United Methodist Church, 899 Dorset St., South Burlington. Stephanie Seguino, professor of economics at the University of Vermont, presents “Not So Different After All: Racial Disparities in Policing in Vermont.” Participants can join EEE for the fall semester for $40 or pay $5 per lecture at the door. For more information, contact Adam at 864-3516.

6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Free popcorn and drinks.

lego fun

chriSTmAS cupboArD communiTY crAfT fAir

3 - 4:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Come build creatively with Legos and see what other build. Children under 8 years old must bring a responsible caregiver.

Anime club

4:30 p.m., Burnham Memorial Library.

Kon’nichiwa anime and manga fans! We’re watching shows, eating delicious Japanese inspired creations and making kawaii crafts.

For grades 6 - 12.

Sign up at http:// colchestervt.gov/158/ Burnham-MemorialLibrary.

lucY’S houSe goeS To The movieS

5 – 8 p.m., Essex Cinemas, 21 Essex Way, Essex Jct. A silent auction and pet food drive to help us fill the need for pet food during the holidays. Children can also make a dog toy

SiT AnD KniT

6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Adult knitters and crocheters are invited to settle in front of the fireplace in the Main Reading Room to knit, share projects and patterns and engage in conversation.

18 SATurDAY

9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Underhill ID School, 10 River Rd., Jericho.

holiDAY bAzAAr, fooD SAle & fleA mArKeT

9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Winooski United Methodist Church, 24 West Allen St., Winooski. Tables full of gently used items, local craft makers and lots of homemade food to take out or eat in, including: tomato macaroni and beef soup, chili, cornbread, baked beans, maple pies, carrot cake, cookies and other goodies.

Free parking in city hall parking lot. Proceeds donated back to the community. For more information, call 6557371 or 355-3139.

weeKenD STorYTime

10:30 - 11:30 a.m.,

Essex Free Library.

Start off your weekend with books, rhymes and songs every Saturday morning.

Turner ToYS pAinT AnD Sip

10:30 – 11:30 a.m., Turner Toys and Hobbies, 21 Essex Way, Essex Jct. $15 for child/ adult pair, $5 for each additional sibling. In this one hour workshop, adults and children will work together to create a one-of-a-kind masterpiece to bring home. Cider and light refreshments from Sweet Clover Market will be provided. Each child will also receive a goodie bag of art supplies to take home. For more information, Call 2336102 or email peter@ turnertoys.com.

SATurDAY STorYTime

10:30 - 11 a.m., Brownell Library. Come listen to picture book stories and have fun with puppets, songs and rhymes. All ages.

vT geneAlogY librArY: leS filleS Du roi

10:30 - noon, 377 Hegeman Ave., Colchester. Sheila Morris will explain who Filles du Roi women were and what their lives were like.

Morris will also describe the requirements to earn a pin demonstrating your descent from a Filles du Roi. $10. Visit www.vtgenlib.org for more information.

SATurDAY STorYTime AT phoenix booKS

11 a.m., 2 Carmichael St., Essex Jct. Enjoy timeless tales and new adventures with your little ones. Each week,

Calendar deadline every Friday at 5 p.m.

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calendar local meetings monday, nov. 20

5:45 p.m., village bike/walk advisory committee, Lincoln Hall, 2 Lincoln St., Essex Jct. 7 p.m., village trustees, Lincoln Hall, 2 Lincoln St., Essex Jct.

tuesday, nov. 21 5:30 p.m., village tree advisory committee, Lincoln Hall, 2 Lincoln St., Essex Jct.

we’ll choose a new picture book, a classic or staff favorite to read aloud together. Visit www.phoenixbooks.biz for more information.

Hunter's WidoW Wine social

2 - 5 p.m., VFW Post 6689, Essex Jct. Join us in support of veterans for a fun afternoon including a wine tasting, appetizers, raffle prizes, a DJ and special vendors selling various products and crafts.

Admission by donation; $5 for wine tasting.

Burlington cHoral society: Handel's "alexander's Feast"

7:30 p.m., College Street Congregational Church, Burlington. A hit in 1736 London, the piece traces the Greek emperor's moods from triumphant to amorous to melancholy. Visit www.flynntix.org for tickets. More information available at www. bcsvermont.org.

Harry Potter cluB

3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Discussion and trivia with occasional crafts and games. All ages.

19 sunday grieF sHare suPPort grouP

10 - 11 a.m., Room 102, Essex Alliance Church, 37 Old Stage Rd., Essex Jct. A faith-based, weekly support group through December 10 for anyone who's lost a spouse, child, family member or friend. For more information and to register for the class, contact Ron Caldwell at ron_caldwell@comcast. net.

rememBering tHe Battle oF Fort anne

2 p.m., 1 Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington.

Archaeologist and author Michael Jacobson will summarize recent historical and archaeological research that has shed new light on the Revolutionary War Battle of Fort Anne and its role in the Burgoyne Campaign of 1777. Free with donations appreciated.

BeneFit Holiday concert

3 p.m., Jericho Community Center, 329 Browns

6:30 p.m., eWsd school board, Essex High School Library, 2 Educational Dr., Essex Jct.

Celia. Best for grades 1 and up.

21 tuesday PrescHool yoga

7 p.m., Brownell library trustees, Brownell Library, 6 Lincoln St., Essex Jct.

10 – 10:45 a.m., Brownell Library.

Danielle Brown will lead yoga for children ages 3-5.

tHursday, nov. 23 & Friday, nov. 24

droP-in Knitting cluB

town and village offices closed for thanksgiving.

Trace Rd., Jericho. Featuring the women’s vocal ensemble “Anima” and the instrumental group “Full Circle.” The groups will perform individually and combine for the first time in a special presentation. Enjoy traditional holiday music and songs that have been used for centuries to celebrate winter and the upcoming holidays. Suggested donation $10; $20 for a family.

divorce care suPPort grouP

5:30 - 7:30 p.m., Bluewater Center, 145 Pine Haven Shores Rd., Shelburne. Divorce is a tough road. Feelings of separation, betrayal, confusion, anger and self doubt are common.

But there is life after divorce. Led by people who have already walked down that road, this 13-week group for men and women offers a safe place and process to help make the journey easier. For more information and to register, contact Sandy at 425-7053 or sandybrisson@gmail.com.

20 monday storytime

10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Free Library. Enjoy reading, rhyming and crafts each week. For all ages.

tecH HelP WitH cliF

Noon & 1 p.m., Brownell Library. Offering one on one technology help. Bring in your new gadget or gizmo and Clif will sit with you to help you learn its ways.

Reservation required.

Please call 878-6955 at least 24 hours in advance.

lego cluB

3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Essex Free Library. Build awesome creations using our collection of Legos!

cHess cluB

3:30 – 4:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Come play chess for an hour!

We provide the chess sets and you provide the strategy. All ages and skill levels welcome.

Chess sets provided by the Brownell Library Foundation.

go cluB

5:30 - 6:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Come learn to play this 4,000-year-old strategy game with Max and

6:30 p.m., Essex Free Library. Bring in your current knitting project or start a new one in the company of fellow knitters.

22 Wednesday tecH HelP WitH traci

10 - 11 a.m., Essex Free Library. Need some tech help? Drop in with your device and your questions.

tecH HelP WitH cliF

Noon & 1 p.m., Brownell Library. Offering one on one technology help. Bring in your new gadget or gizmo and Clif will sit with you to help you learn its ways.

Reservation required.

Please call 878-6955 at least 24 hours in advance.

23 tHursday BroWnell & essex Free liBraries closed For tHanKsgiving.

24 Friday BroWnell & essex Free liBraries closed For tHanKsgiving.

25 saturday cHristmas craFt Fair 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Grace United Methodist Church, 130 Maple St., Essex Jct. For more information, call 8797943.

vendor Fundraiser event

9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Holy Family Community Center, 4 Prospect St., Essex Jct. A fundraising event to benefit Stephanie Lowe-Roberge’s double lung transplant.

Your support is greatly appreciated.

Women’s Festival oF craFts

10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Burlington City Hall, 149 Church St., Burlington.

Over 50 craftswomen’s booths with handmade jewelry, artwork, pottery, food products, greeting cards, clothing, recycled art, housewares, aromatherapy, herbal products and more. Free. For more information, visit www. womensfestivalofcrafts. com.

WeeKend storytime

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ALBANY BERkSHiRE BALLET PRESENTS:

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3 & 7 p.m., Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. A holiday favorite, "The Nutcracker" tells the story of Clara and the magical dream she has one Christmas Eve. Essex Jct. dancers include Alexandra Fox, Maecy Odit, Ava Lovely and isabella Delphia.

These student dancers will dance alongside the company’s professional dancers and bring this holiday classic to the audience. Adult tickets $26-40, children’s tickets $15-25. Call 863-5966 or visit www. flynntix.org for tickets.

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Pets of the Week MARI 10 Year Old Spayed Female

26 sunday grieF sHare suPPort grouP

10 - 11 a.m., Room 102, Essex Alliance Church, 37 Old Stage Rd., Essex Jct. (See Sunday. Nov. 19.)

ALBANY BERkSHiRE BALLET PRESENTS:

tHe nutcracKer

1 p.m., Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. A holiday favorite, "The Nutcracker" tells the story of Clara and the magical dream she has one Christmas Eve. Essex Jct. dancers include Alexandra Fox, Maecy Odit, Ava Lovely and isabella Delphia. These student dancers will dance alongside the company’s professional dancers and bring this holiday classic to the audience. Adult tickets $26-40, children’s tickets $15-25. Call 863-5966 or visit www. flynntix.org for tickets.

Arrival Date: 09/21/2017 Breed: Domestic Short Hair Special Considerations: Mari is a diabetic cat and will need insulin shots at home.

She takes them with ease here at HSCC!

Reason here: My owner could no longer care for me SUMMARY: Miss Mari is a roly-poly, little lovebug- which is all too purrfect considering her full name, Mariposa, which means butterfly. Mari has been getting a lot of extra attention around here due to her welcoming nature and desire to be greeted by everyone who passes her.

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ongoing events aunt dot's Place Food sHelF Hours 6 - 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, 9 - 11 a.m. Thursdays and Saturdays, 51 Center Rd., Essex Jct. Door and parking spaces are located in the back of the building.

Heavenly cents tHriFt sHoP sale

10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Tuesday & Wednesday, 4 - 8 p.m. Thursday, 37 Main St., Essex Jct. Featuring a newly renovated shop.

Affiliated with the First Congregational Church of Essex.

essex art league exHiBition

Nov. 2 - Dec. 7, Burnham Memorial Library.

10:30 - 11:30 a.m.,

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At these prices they will go quickly!

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3:15 p.m. MV Complaint on 289 6:14 p.m. Accident on Center Rd 7:34 p.m. Suspicious on Park St 7:41 p.m. Accident on River St 10:45 p.m. False alarm on Park St

Thursday

12:02 p.m. Animal Problem on Tyler Dr 1:06 p.m. Welfare Check on Dalton Dr 4:47 p.m. Suspicious on Park St 5:53 p.m. Communications Offense on Sand Hill Rd 7:16 p.m. Traffic Hazard on River Rd 9:27 p.m. Noise Disturbance on River Rd 9:51 p.m. Accident- Fatal on Susie Wilson Rd

Friday

2:06 a.m. Burglary on David Dr 4:00 a.m. Vandalism on Pearl St 8:14 a.m. Suspicious on Pearl St 1:31 p.m. Suspicious on Towers Rd 3:11 p.m. Accident on Susie Wilson Rd

3:29 p.m. Medical Assist on Cascade St 5:31 p.m. Accident on West St 6:13 p.m. Parking Problem on 289 7:18 p.m. Family Disturbance on Grove St 7:39 p.m. Suspicious on River Rd 8:22 p.m. Animal Problem on Old Stage Rd 9:17 p.m. Citizen Dispute on Foster Rd 9:28 p.m. Suspicious on Hayden St 10:46 p.m. Vandalism on Frederick Rd

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12:27 a.m. Suspicious on Pearl St 4:39 a.m. Noise Disturbance on Main St 9:19 a.m. Suspicious on Pearl St 10:46 a.m. Vandalism on Beech St 12:44 p.m. Accident on Susie Wilson Rd 4:24 p.m. Communications Offense on River Rd 11:14 p.m. Noise Disturbance on Prescott St 11:35 p.m. Accident on Greenfield Rd

sunday

1:42 a.m. Citizen Dispute on Park St

2:21 a.m. Citizen Dispute on Susie Wilson Rd 11:24 a.m. Citizen Dispute on West St 12:29 p.m. Parking Problem on Saybrook Rd 12:30 p.m. Suspicious on Maple St 12:38 p.m. Citizen Dispute on West St 1:09 p.m. Alarm on Essex Way 1:25 p.m. Assault/Intimidation on Railroad St 2:16 p.m. Citizen Assist on Dalton Dr 3:08 p.m. MV Complaint on Upper Main St 3:36 p.m. Animal Problem on Indigo Ln 4:54 p.m. Animal Problem on Lincoln St 6:23 p.m. Alarm on Susie Wilson Rd 6:31 p.m. Alarm on Susie Wilson Rd 7:47 p.m. MV Complaint on Center Rd

TickeTs issued: 12 Warnings issued: 19 Fire/eMs calls dispaTched: 54

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Stir until all the crumbs are moistened. Press the butter-crumb mixture into an even layer over the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie plate.

3) Bake the shell for 15 minutes until it is a deep golden brown. remove and let cool completely.

4) In a large bowl, combine the milk and pudding mixes. Stir for 2 minutes. Pour about half of the pudding into the cooled graham shell. Drizzle the caramel evenly over the pudding layer. refrigerate for 15 minutes.

5) Place the bowl and whisk attachment of a stand mixer into the freezer for 15 minutes. When these are chilled, assemble them on the stand mixer and pour the whipping cream into the bowl. Whisk the cream on high. Slowly add in the confectioner's sugar as the mixer is running.

Whisk the cream for about 10 minutes until it holds stiff peaks.

6) Mix 3/4 c. of the whipped cream into the remaining pudding. Spoon evenly to cover the caramel layer. refrigerate for two hours until set.

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TOP LEFT: Senior Emily Stringer pushes the ball upfield. TOP RIGHT: Rachel Botala shields the ball from a defender. ABOVE: Essex players swarm a ball carrier. RIGHT: Patrick Herrin collides with a defender.

LocaL BUS from page 1 buses to run unnecessary routes, Donahue said.

“That is a phenomenon of school busing: If you don’t have a designated ridership, you’re sort of running routes just in case,” he said, adding the district could also devise one or two stops for a neighborhood instead of stopping at each house.

These changes could significantly reduce the number of routes, Donahue said, by up to 40 percent overall.

An in-house operation can also save money on overhead costs because instead of paying a contractor for costs associated with accounting and human resources, the district can use its own departments to take on those tasks, Donahue said.

Those savings could then be leveraged for higher wages. EWSD’s contractor was offering between $14 and $18 per hour. Meanwhile, Champlain Valley Union, which performs transportation in-house, pays drivers between $22 and $28 hourly, Donahue said.

Donahue said the district wouldn’t necessarily have to mimic CVU’s wages since routes in the village will likely be shorter, but noted higher compensation will help in the recruitment efforts.

Otherwise, “we’re not even asking them to make a decision,” he said of the wage difference.

Next steps include creating bid materials for vehicle procurement, maintenance contracts and driver training and licensing services. The district will also study the internal demands on administration, bus storage, human resources and recruitment support, Donahue said, while asking if any current staff members are interested in

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bus-driving.

The district would also like to renew the Westford K-8 transportation contract, which expires next year, to align with the 9-12 busing contract that went into effect this year.

Donahue said the district is also looking to introduce bus aides on a rotating basis to help manage student behavioral issues.

Notwithstanding any facility infrastructure improvements that may be necessary, these efficiencies will allow the district to freeze its fiscal year 2018 transportation spending of $2.86 million through FY21, since the Westford and Essex Town bus contracts expire in the prior fiscal year, Donahue said.

The changes could also help the Essex Town bus system, where Donahue said there are three permanent vacancies.

Brian Hemenway, general manager of Student Transportation of America — parent company of Mountain Transit, which

serves Essex Town and had won the original bid for the Essex Jct. expansion — said he’s seen hybrid models like the district’s proposal. He said his company would bid for a contract when the time comes.

Gary Marckres, a transportation consultant who worked with the district over the last few months, said this year’s failure to launch may have been a “blessing,” because busing based solely on community lines is a system creates a system “wrought with inefficiency,” where an Essex Jct. student could be waiting for an Essex Jct. bus just 100 yards from a town bus.

“If we had succeeded, we would have wasted a lot of money,” Marckres said.

Still, the district will need to quantify the new model’s savings at some point, board chairwoman Martha Heath said.

“People don’t know if that’s $10 a year or $200,000 a year, and it makes a big difference,” she said.

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Essex High School theater students staged their first dress rehearsal of the epic French musical "Les Miserables" on Monday afternoon. The two-and-a-half hour show is entirely sung through and boasts a demanding vocal score.

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By MICHAELA HALNON Dozens of students bustled through the Essex High School auditorium with purpose on Monday, strapping on costumes and breaking into vocal warmup drills as they straightened hairpieces and located new props before beginning their first dress rehearsal.

Including cast, crew and orchestra pit members, the production has a whopping 76 participants — more than any sport in the district, director Aly Perry noted.

The voice acrobatics, including buzzed lips, tongue twisters and soaring scales, were an especially vital part of the day’s preparation. By week’s end, the students will take on the epic French musical “Les Misérables.” The emotionally charged show is completely sung-through — providing no pauses for spoken dialogue — and clocks in at an impressive two and half hours.

Student Tommy Bergeron sang in many musicals before, but decided to enroll in voice lessons after he landed the leading role of Jean Valjean, a Frenchman who breaks parole in search of a new life after serving nearly two decades in jail for stealing a loaf of bread.

“The show is very classically sung and it is demanding,” Bergeron said, listing the characters he’s required to physically lift during the show. “On top of that, I’m also belting high A’s and singing non-stop …

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Setting fears about the vocal demands aside, Bergeron said he was immediately excited to see how Perry would put her spin on the well-known show. The resulting rendition is somewhat modernized, bucking the traditional 19th century costumes and set pieces while keeping the core messages intact.

“The question we started with was why do people come to theater and what makes a classic like Les Mis timely?” Perry said. “Its timelessness is in the fact that it’s still socially relevant.”

Sosenna Palmer plays Cosette, the daughter of an impoverished woman who is sent to live with a pair of innkeepers with questionable morals and is later adopted by Valjean. In most productions, Palmer said Cosette is portrayed as relatively weak and dependent on men.

“We wanted her to have a story and have thoughts and have intentions and motivations,” Palmer said. “We worked on making her a little more grounded and a little more real so people could see themselves in her.”

Jaylin Rae applied the same approach to her char-

“Its timelessness is in the fact that it’s still socially relevant ... poverty is still among us and injustice is still Aly Perry among us.”

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Perry, who became the EHS director just two years ago, said the perspective proves the themes in the show are still universal and makes it easier for actors and audience members alike to apply the show’s message to their own lives.

“What we want is for people to come in and see themselves and their world on stage,” Perry said. “It’s really easy to look at poverty in the 1800s and think of it as something from a bygone era, but poverty is still among us and injustice is still among us.”

acter Fantine, Cosette’s mother, who turns to prostitution to provide for her daughter. Doubly challenging was navigating the adult themes — sexual assault, bloody warfare and an abusive prison system to name a few.

“A lot of students struggle with the characters being so far removed from their experience,” Perry said. “More years pass in this play than the students have lived.”

With that in mind, Perry asked the cast members to read the novel by Victor

Hugo over the summer, encouraging them to suss out the meaning of the words they would later sing up on stage.

Perry elected to move forward with the show largely uncensored. Several students said addressing those thorny topics headon felt timely and cathartic. One major modification removed all guns from the show, props usually integral to the rebellion woven through the story.

“It’s highly theatricalized, intentionally theatricalized,” Perry explained. “I think having guns on stage in a school production is problematic, and yet, how can you do Les Mis without having a war happen in

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