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Delayed for Decades, the Champlain Parkway Takes Shape in Burlington’s South End
Published September 6, 2023 at 10:00 a.m
Anyone who has been down Burlington’s Pine Street lately has seen the construction. Pedestrians are using a rocky path instead of the sidewalk that ran between Curtis Lumber and the Maltex Building. Drivers heading for Lakeside Avenue have been rerouted down Sears Lane. City Market shoppers have navigated a blasting zone to get their groceries.
The sights herald the arrival of the Champlain Parkway, a long-planned road that will connect the unfinished Interstate 189 interchange on Shelburne Road with downtown Burlington.
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A Shark Show Brings Bite to the Champlain Valley Fair
Draft horses. Dairy cows. Racing pigs. They’re all animals you’d expect to find at the Champlain Valley Fair. But this year, a surprising aquatic addition has joined the barnyard menagerie: a trio of nurse sharks.
At 12:30 p.m. on Monday, spectators lined metal bleachers in a shady corner of the Essex Junction fairgrounds in advance of the first of three “Live Shark Encounter” shows of the day. The sharks, sporting whisker-like appendages that resembled fangs, floated languidly on the bottom of a long, rectangular tank, as Muzak versions of Bob Marley tunes played from speakers.
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Vermont to Hold a 'Green Up Day' for Flood Debris
Vermont will hold a statewide cleanup day next week to encourage volunteers to pick up the trash and debris that was left behind by last month’s flood.
Modeled after the state’s annual Green Up Day, the new effort, dubbed Flood Recovery Clean Up Day, will take place on Saturday, August 26.
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Additional $3M in emergency assistance funding approved for Northern New York flood victims
Northern New Yorkers whose homes were damaged in last month’s flooding will soon be able to apply for more financial assistance from the state.
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced an additional $3 million in emergency assistance for homeowners in eight counties, including Clinton, Essex and Hamilton counties in the North Country.
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A Colony of Endangered Indiana Bats Is Thriving in a Chittenden County Forest
It was still light out when the first bats began leaving their roost.
One by one, or sometimes in pairs, they swooped from the weather-beaten pine box, just over the heads of several people who had converged in Hinesburg last Thursday to observe the flying mammals. “Oh, my gosh, they’re out! They’re out!” exclaimed Susi von Oettingen, pulling a tally counter from her jacket pocket and clicking it furiously. “Three, four, five!”
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