The Rotary Club of Shelburne-Charlotte-Hinesburg The Rotary association is an altruistic global organization, touching people and events around the world. A lot of information can be found on the internet describing this large and impressive organization, including the local website, what it does and why, so I’ll take some time to provide you with…
Hinesburgers Explore a Local Treasure On the Saturday before Father’s Day my long-promised excursion to Williams Woods in Charlotte came to be. My two daughters, my wife and I got in the car and set off around 10 a.m. But first we had to go back to the house to connect to Google maps…
The Town of Hinesburg maintains nine cemeteries with approximately 4,000 graves dating back to 1795. The Village Cemetery land was donated to the town by Jedidiah Boynton in 1825. Graves were moved to the Village Cemetery from a previous cemetery that was in front of where the Sarah Carpenter Memorial Library was on Route 116….
Like-minded artisans create home and kitchen accessories Recently, a new kind of store opened on Kailey’s Way (behind Kinney Drugs) in Hinesburg. It’s a store and studio, featuring items for your home, created with skill and love by artisans from across the country. This store is part of DandyLion, the brainchild of Ashley Farland….
Four photographers who make time stand still Pulitzer Prize-winning author and noted photographer Eudora Welty once wrote, “A good snapshot keeps a moment that’s gone, from running away.” Photographs document our history, and serve as a record of our personal journey. These photos become among our most cherished possessions and we place them in positions…
At Carse Wetlands in Hinesburg, UVM students are working to restore the landscape by testing methods of invasive species removal. These students are a part of the second cohort of the Fellowship in Restoration Ecologies and Cultures (FREC). With the first semester completed, the students are finalizing their projects that will attempt to restore…
Each year thousands of bats die in and around the rotating blades of wind-turbines, mostly at night and mostly when flying insects, a primary bat food, are present. At NRG, Brogan saw a need within the wind-turbine industry for a way to monitor bats that interact with wind-turbines. While NRG had partnered with…
Hinesburg Community Resource Center Reveals New Handicap Access Submitted by Shannon Wheeler The Hinesburg Community Resource Center revealed its new handicap ramp on Oct. 13 at 51 Ballard’s Corner Road, which houses HCRC headquarters and the Hinesburg Food Shelf. A group including HCRC board members and executive director, volunteers and those who worked on the…
and Dotty Schnure Hiking 410 miles of rocky creek beds, sheer rock faces and wooden ladders … ascending 70,000 feet of elevation … dedicating more than 415 hours. That’s what it takes to hike the 46 High Peaks of the Adirondack Mountains, and that’s what Hinesburg sixth grader Elijah Aguier and his grandmother Mary…