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DRB Administrator Mitch Cypes retires; Legion baseball season wraps up; and more
Champlain Valley Legion baseball team finishes season
The Champlain Valley American Legion baseball team finished its season with a 7-11 record, just missing the state playoffs. “We probably deserved a few more wins than we ended up with, but sometimes the game doesn’t bounce your way,” said Coach Casey Martinez. “That’s baseball.” Hinesburg had three players on the team: D’Marcus Riggs, Nate Stewart and Theo St. Peter.
Riley McDade (CVU ‘26) of Shelburne was named “Player of the Year” for the northern division of seven teams. He hit .585, with two home runs, and 20 RBIs in 60 at-bats. McDade is headed to Husson University in Maine. Harrison Whitman, (CVU ‘27), also of Shelburne, was named the top first basemen in the division.
The team scored the fourth most runs (128) of all 14 teams in Vermont. Champlain Valley finished the season in fifth place in the north division.
Mitchel Cypes Retires
Having worked for the town for 11 years, Mitchel Cypes, most recently the administrator for the Development Review Board, has decided to retire. His last day was Wednesday, July 22.
Cypes, 63, said that the work has been intense and, often, draining – but satisfying – and he thought it was time to do something different. He started as a zoning administrator and shifted to DRB dealing with all the paperwrok and requirements for all development applications to the board.
One thing Cypes will be doing is running for the Vermont State House. He is unopposed in the Aug. 11 Republican primary for Chittenden House of Representatives District 8.
Cypes worked with the DRB and developers on most of the recent major developments in Hinesburg, including Kelley Field (which he says was the most gratifying project), Haystack, Hinesburg Center I & II, Tractor Road, Windy Ridge and the small Habitat for Humanity project on Mechanicsville road.
Town Manager Todd Odit said he was not yet certain how the town will fill the position, which provides support to the Development Review Board and helps deal with paperwork and requirements of all applications to the board.
The Record’s Journalism Fellowship Recipient Named
Claire MacDonald is the recipient of this year’s Hinesburg Record Summer Journalism Fellowship and begins June 2. She will be with us as a reporter until late December.
Claire is a recent graduate from the University of Vermont, where she majored in political science and global studies. She also ran the 5k for UVM’s track team. She worked with UVM’s Community News Service for the past year, producing both print and audio stories focused primarily on arts and culture.
Originally from Columbus, Ohio, Claire will be a general assignment reporter while she’s with us. You can email her here.
Public Notice Regarding Special Education Records
CVSD Press Release
Notice is hereby given that the Champlain Valley School District (formerly Chittenden South Supervisory Union) including the towns of Charlotte, Hinesburg, St. George, Shelburne, and Williston intends to destroy the special education records of all students who exited from any special education program during the 2020-2021 school year.
A permanent record of the student’s name, address, phone number, grades, attendance record, and year completed is maintained without time limitation.
Any former student, who has reached 18 years of age, may review and/or receive these records upon request. Also, any parent of a student who is 18 years of age or older, who has retained parental rights, may obtain these records.
Please contact the Champlain Valley Union High School Special Services Office at 802-482-7115 by July 31, 2026. If no student, parent, or guardian responds to this public notice prior to or by July 31, 2026, the school district will assume consent to destroy the entire record specific to the student.