UPDATED: This Week in Hinesburg: May 19-25
The Latest News from The Hinesburg Record, a community nonprofit news organization.
Editor’s note: We apologize for sending this newsletter out again, but we have not only created a new site for the paper, but we are using a new method for sending out this newsletter. In Monday’s email, there was an issue with the link to email your answer to this week’s What the Heck? The link is corrected below — with an advisory — or you can send your guess to email@hinesburgrecord.org and include your name and your guess. THANKS!
The Latest News
Carpenter-Carse names new director
Jill Andersen, twice the Interim Director, chosen to lead the library
By Geoffrey Gevalt
The Record Managing Editor
Jill Andersen looks every bit like a librarian. She is soft-spoken, doesn’t like a lot of attention, loves books and loves that Carpenter-Carse is a center for community activity. And she’s no fan of having her picture taken.
A former Massachusetts sixth-grade teacher — with family roots in Bristol — she has been with the library for eight years and its interim director twice.
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Highlights from the May 7 Selectboard Meeting
By Lynn Monty
The Record Staff Reporter
Swift approval was given to appoint Selectboard member Paul Lamberson as Hinesburg’s new Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) representative just moments after he volunteered to fill the vacancy. Appointments are renewed every two years. He is replacing Michael Bissonette. The two will meet to discuss the transition. “I can't say that I fully understand yet what my CCRPC responsibilities will be,” Lamberson said in an interview with The Record. “But I do know that I have the utmost respect for the folks who have held the position in the past.”
As for his enthusiastic willingness to volunteer, he said that Hinesburg's participation in the CCRPC is essential. “Our Town Manager and Assistant Town Manager have countless other priorities in front of them right now instead of spending any excess time on getting a new representative to the commission,” Lamberson said. “… anything I can do to lighten the load for our busy Town staff.”
Bone Builders
By Chelsea Burton
The Record Intern
For two mornings a week, St. Jude Catholic Church fills with chatting neighbors. They’re not there for mass – the group is headed to the local chapter of RSVP Bone Builders, a nationwide exercise program designed for people 55 years and up to help with osteoporosis and balance problems.
Bone Builders courses are spearheaded by AmeriCorps and exist across the country. Vermont has more than 60.
Eight years ago, Susan Rusten and Julie Soquet were commuting to Richmond’s RSVP Bone Builders program when they decided to begin their own chapter in Hinesburg, where they live. The classes help people in Vermont fill a need for regular physical exercise as well as social interaction – for many, two large components of healthy aging.
UPCOMING
Hearing: The Vermont Land Use Review Board (LURB) is hosting a public engagement session to gather input on planned expansions of the Act 250 permit program aimed at ensuring better protection of critical natural resource areas. The meeting is on May 22, from 6pm-8pm, and welcomes both in-person and remote participation. Details, click here
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What the Heck?
What the heck is this? Guess correctly and enter drawing for a prize or gift certificate from a Hinesburg business! Click this link to EMAIL your entry or send your answer AND your name to email@hinesburg.org by end-of-day May 23, 2025. (NOTE: When you click the link above you’ll get an error message ‘This website has been blocked from automatically composing an email’, but click ‘ALLOW’ and it will open your email form to fill out and send.) If nobody guesses right, ALL submissions, even wrong ones, will be entered into the drawing.
Last week’s winner of a $25 gift card at Lantman’s Market was:
Susan Johnson for “license plate.”
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