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🌱 Affordable housing request raises taxpayer concerns in Hinesburg budget talks

Hinesburg, Vermont Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Hinesburg! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Affordable housing request raises taxpayer concerns in Hinesburg budget talks
  • Hinesburg's Diego Robinson earns fourth all-conference soccer honor
  • Volunteer paddlers keep invasive frogbit in check in nearby waters

Also on today's calendar: Town Forest Committee meeting and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly cloudy with a shower, with a high of 49 and low of 38 degrees.
  • Thursday: Rain, temps: high: 41, low: 35.
  • Friday: Occasional rain, with a high of 40 and low of 34 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Town Budget Process In Early Stages (hinesburgrecord.org) — A request to help keep 10 Habitat for Humanity homes affordable is drawing questions about taxpayer costs as Hinesburg begins its fiscal 2028 budget process. The Affordable Housing Committee seeks $41,000 in new funding, supplemented by $9,000 in reserves, while selectboard member Dennis Place questioned the burden on existing residents.
   

2. Bachmann, Brkic Headline GNAC Postseason Awards for Monks (gomonks.com) — Hinesburg's Diego Robinson earned his fourth career all-conference honor after helping Saint Joseph's College win its seventh GNAC men's soccer championship. The senior defender, named to the conference's Third Team, led the Monks in minutes played and contributed two goals and an assist.
   

3. Working in the Watershed: Wrapping up the water quality stewardship field season (hinesburgrecord.org) — Volunteers removed more than 3,300 pounds of invasive frogbit from Charlotte and Shelburne waters this summer through a watershed program supported by Hinesburg and neighboring towns. Long-running efforts have sharply reduced the plant's coverage in Town Farm Bay, though increased growth in the Lower LaPlatte River will require continued monitoring.
   

4. Shelburne explores increase in local option tax (vermontbiz.com) — Shelburne is considering doubling its local option tax to 2%, even as Hinesburg voters rejected establishing one on Nov. 3. Town officials say the increase could ease pressure on property taxes and help repair municipal buildings, while some business owners worry about customer costs. Any increase would require voter and legislative approval.
   

5. Obituary: Jason Hugo April — Waterbury Roundabout (waterburyroundabout.org) — Jason Hugo April, a Champlain Valley Union High School graduate who grew up in Charlotte, died Oct. 28 after recently returning to Vermont. A lifelong hiker and former Scout, he earned a civil engineering degree at RIT and served in Army combat engineering, including a short tour in Afghanistan.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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