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The Addison County state’s attorney told a judge on Monday that she does not object to defense attorneys’ request to move a 14-year-old murder suspect’s case to juvenile court, where it would be closed to the public.

The Charlotte village master plan project, a two-year comprehensive deep dive into the future of the town’s East and West villages, has been in full swing since January, and the team spearheading the efforts is holding the first official design workshop on Saturday, March 16.

Hinesburg is moving ahead with an expanded testing program for homes surrounding its closed landfill, going beyond what the state and three environmental groups have recommended.

Champlain Valley School District Superintendent Rene Sanchez will resign at the end of the school year after three years as head of the district.

On Wednesday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m., Farmers Night at the Statehouse will honor Pete Sutherland, a leader of traditional and Americana music who touched and inspired many in Vermont and internationally through his compositions, playing, mentoring and teaching.

“Material Matters,” a collection of hand-colored and black-and-white photographic images and mixed media collage by Weybridge artist Victoria Blewer is on display at the Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier from Thursday, April 4 to June 28.

The Charlotte-Shelburne-Hinesburg Rotary club hosted Pie for Breakfast March 16 at Shelburne Community School.

March 15 was the last day for the Senate and House to pass bills out of policy committees for consideration in the other chamber. Senate legislative committees now work on bills from their counterparts in the House. In addition, committees may also review the administration’s work implementing legislation passed during previous sessions.

Kudos to superintendent Rene Sanchez, his team and the Champlain Valley School District School Board for posting options for a revised budget that could reduce our tax increase from 26 percent to between 13 and 14 percent.

The question on many minds following the Republican response to Joe Biden’s State of the Union address was “Where does the GOP find these people?”

I’m delighted to report that Champlain Valley School District administrators have been working hard to fix our budget affordability problem. Somewhat.

With crossover behind us, the calendar is stacked on the House floor with all the bills we voted out of committee last week. Now they need to make it out of the House and into the Senate.

Not unexpectedly, Vermont has once again hit a brick wall in public education funding. It’s nothing new. In fact, the wall was built and reinforced over decades by legislators, governors and school boards who jointly avoided addressing the root causes of the dilemma.

Open government mattered to all of us during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Government played an outsized role in our day-to-day lives then. Schools closed, storefronts shuttered and the officials making decisions about quarantines, mask mandates and vaccines often met in secret or exclusively online.