The Citizen - VT

09/10/2026

In anticipation of November’s vote whether to adopt a local option tax, Hinesburg is working on a policy to detail to the public how the funds generated by the tax — estimated at $300,000 — will be spent.

In anticipation of November’s vote whether to adopt a local option tax, Hinesburg is working on a policy to detail to the public how the funds generated by the tax

09/09/2026

Over the more than two decades nurse practitioner Holly Whitcomb has been providing primary care, things have changed — and it’s not just the switch to electronic records.

“We used to just sit with patients and learn who they are and what they needed and what their goals were, and it was really personal,” Whitcomb said.

Over the more than two decades nurse practitioner Holly Whitcomb has been providing primary care, things have changed — and it’s not just the switch to electronic records.

09/08/2026

“It’s 62 years of them being a part of the community and also sharing their culture with the community,” Kay Johnson, treasurer of the farm’s board of directors, said of Jackson and Lydia. “That’s the legacy we’re trying to maintain.”

Charlotte is home to one of the 18 Vermont farms owned by a Black family. The approximately 140-acre farm is home to six buildings where Jackson and Lydia Clemmons lived,

09/06/2026

Photos: Students across Champlain Valley School District were welcomed back on the first day over the past two weeks.

Students across Champlain Valley School District are welcomed back on the first day of school last week.

09/04/2026

“(The Hinesburg Town Forest) is really meeting the standards of the program — focusing on wood, water, wildlife and recreation, and sharing it with others,” Beland said. “Those are the big things when we’re looking at people who are tree farmers.”

Every year, the Vermont Woodlands Association highlights one landowner in the state for forest management and presents its Tree Farmer of the Year award. This year, the group is honoring

09/02/2026

Over the last couple of years, Hinesburg’s town water, which has relied on a single well, has faced some difficulties. A large leak at the Sunset Lake Cooperative trailer park last year saw the system almost maxing out its capacity and a drought last summer brought worries about the water table. A year ago, the selectboard put a halt to any new water allocations.

As Hinesburg prepares to connect another well to the town’s water system this fall, concerns about the system’s sustainability are easing. While new water allocations are still on hold, that

08/31/2026

The legislation — Act 170 — has paired Champlain Valley with the Mount Mansfield Union Unified School District to study a merger between the two. The two districts have been named to the broader “Champlain Valley South,” service area, which also includes the majority of Addison County’s school districts, including the Hannaford Technical Center in Middlebury.

The Champlain Valley School District is beginning to tackle tasks set out by last year’s statewide education reforms.

08/27/2026

Beginning Wednesday, Aug. 26 the first day of school, the police department began conducting intensified traffic enforcement around the town’s schools — Hinesburg Community School and Champlain Valley Union High School.

With the start of the new school year, the Hinesburg Police Department is reminding drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists, students and families to make safety a priority around Hinesburg’s schools.

08/26/2026

The Shelburne Museum has acquired a Revolutionary War-era portrait that will further the museum’s conversations about the country’s founding period.

The portrait of William Seton, a Scottish businessman and Loyalist during the Revolution, was painted by Gilbert Stuart, an iconic American portrait artist with over 1,000 pieces, including that familiar one on the face of the U.S. one-dollar bill.

The Shelburne Museum has acquired a Revolutionary War-era portrait that will further the museum’s conversations about the country’s founding period.

08/25/2026

Historian Martin Podskoch’s new book, “Vermont Civilian Conservation Corps Camps: History, Memories & Legacy of the CCC,” will be released in August. The book chronicles the history of the 36 CCC camps and supply depots in Vermont, where young men ages 18-25 and World War I veterans built dams, trails, roads, campsites, state parks and forests from 1933-42.