Police update, employee evaluations, and the dog debate continues

Police update, employee evaluations, and the dog debate continues

Chea Waters Evans, News Editor

This week’s Selectboard meeting included updates from the Vermont State Police, the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, and Gallagher Flynn consulting. And though it was discussed again, there was still no resolution to the ongoing debate and discussion of what exactly dogs should be allowed to do on Thompson’s Point and Whiskey Beach.

Selectboard discusses capital planning, wastewater and visit to Town Pound

Selectboard discusses capital planning, wastewater and visit to Town Pound

Juliann Phelps

The Monday, July 22 Selectboard meeting began a bit later due to a site visit to the Town Pound, described by the Chair as “a little known town-owned property,” in between Route 7 and Church Hill Road. The agenda started off with a discussion of capital budget planning and moved on to water-related infrastructure topics: the Thompson’s Point Association’s water system and the village wastewater system. 

Last days of summer

Last days of summer

Sandi Detwiler

Early September dawn pinkens the sky at a respectable 6 a.m. I hope to be awake at dawn. I want to watch the day brighten and hear the crows call. I want to be present for every second of the late summer day because I know that too soon the windows will close. Sounds will be dulled and the dawn will emerge in tones of gray.

Steamboats on Lake Champlain, a brief history

Steamboats on Lake Champlain, a brief history

Dan Cole, Contributor

When Thompson’s Point became a magnet for the summer cottages of the leading businessmen of the area, thanks in no small part to a major dock facility, they would commute to work and return to their camps aboard the Chateaugay and then the Ticonderoga, which were among the first steel-hulled steamboats on the lake, or in other small steamers and naphtha-powered steam launches that brought campers back and forth to Vergennes, Burlington or Westport, N.Y. By 1895, one of the occupants was Justice D. J. Brewer of the U.S. Supreme Court. President Theodore Roosevelt visited Thompson’s Point in 1902 as a guest aboard Dr. William Seward Webb’s steam yacht, the Elfrida.

Flat Rock Road neighbors question Arthaud settlement

Flat Rock Road neighbors question Arthaud settlement

Keith Morrill, Staff writer

Questions about lot 128 on Flat Rock Road linger even after the town settled a legal dispute involving the camp last month just prior to a court-ordered mediation. The settlement compensated leaseholder Paul Arthaud to the tune of $30,000, which allowed him to walk away from his lease, restored control of the lease and ownership of the camp to the town, and saved both parties any further legal fees. It seemed the ideal end to the yearlong dispute.