Vermont
In Montpelier, Enna to Serve Gelato; Dairy Creme for Sale
A Montpelier cone has been passed. Shannon Bates, chef-owner of the globally inspired deli Enna at 14 State Street, will add gelato during new daily afternoon and early evening hours starting on May 6. Bates bought some of the equipment from Chill Vermont Gelato, which operated a few storefronts away at 32 State Street from 2012 until last summer.
Both businesses were severely damaged by July’s flooding. While Enna reopened on November 6, Chill Vermont Gelato owner Alec Long decided against reopening the spot, which he bought in 2022 from its original owners.
“Chill sustained serious damage and after considering options I decided that it made sense to pass the torch,” Long wrote in an email. As he and Bates worked together on a fall fundraiser for the Capital City’s restaurant sector, they discussed her purchase of the gelato equipment that was untouched by the flood.
“I knew that Enna would make a great new home for gelato in Montpelier,” Long said.
Bates, a Woodbury native and Culinary Institute of America graduate, opened Enna in July 2021. The deli serves a weekday, counter-service lunch menu of sandwiches, salads and curry. “I had the space and the perfect venue to add gelato,” Bates said.
The chef said she is looking forward to experimenting with “fun, exciting flavors” while keeping some Chill favorites, such as pistachio, rosewater and mango. She dreams of combining locally grown basil with lemon and deploying curry spices such as cardamom and cinnamon.
In other Montpelier ice cream news, the Dairy Creme at 320 State Street is for sale for $650,000, packaged with its off-season counterpart, a wood pellet business. The landmark creemee stand traces its roots back to the 1940s, when the structure was an A&W in Middlesex. That building was moved in the late 1950s to make way for Interstate 89. The equipment came from a Dairy Queen on Montpelier’s River Street.
Cliff and Laurie Dodge, who are 66 and 62, respectively, have owned the Dairy Creme since 1997 and plan to retire. They said they will run the stand until they find a buyer and will open this Saturday, May 4.
SHELDON — Vermont State Police are looking into a theft from a motor vehicle that occurred on May 20 at about 8:03 p.m. at the Rail Trail parking lot near Kane Road and Vt Route 105.
According to authorities, the involved suspect vehicle is a grey 2018 Subaru Crosstrek with the Vermont registration HYT863.
Law enforcement officials have not yet identified any suspects in the case.
The public is urged to come forward with any relevant information about the incident or the whereabouts of the vehicle in question.
Those who can assist are asked to contact the St. Albans Barracks at 802-524-5993.
Trooper Jared Blair is actively investigating the case.
The Vermont State Police are committed to ensuring the safety and security of the community and appreciate any assistance the public can provide.
For further inquiries or to provide tips, please reach out to Trooper Blair at the St. Albans Barracks.
Page to Stage
Friday 24-Sunday 26
The Parish Players present Deaf Republic, a one-weekend-only staged reading of Ilya Kaminsky’s acclaimed poem cycle of the same name, at Thetford’s Eclipse Grange Theatre. Featuring puppetry and set work by Ria Blaas and a cast packed with local talent, the production tells the allegorical story of a town under a brutal occupation, where all the villagers lose their hearing after soldiers kill a deaf boy.
The Umpire Strikes Back
Saturday 25-Monday 27
The Vermont Lake Monsters are back for another season of balls, bats and boogying with Champ. Spectators at Burlington’s Centennial Field buy some peanuts and Cracker Jack to watch the Green Mountain State’s own Futures Collegiate Baseball League team face off against the Brockton Rox in three Memorial Day weekend games.
New Kid on the Flock
Saturday 25 & Sunday 26
People and sheep alike shed their winter coats at Family Sheep and Wool Weekend, a lamb-themed jamboree at Woodstock’s Billings Farm & Museum. The springtime fun includes weaving and spinning demonstrations, woolly fiber crafts, and an up-close look at the workaday lives of the herding border collies.
Don’t Rain on My Parade
Monday 27
Party people of all ages take a break from flipping burgers and eating hot dogs to line the streets for the annual Vergennes Memorial Day Parade. Kicking off the festivities at Vergennes Union Middle & High School, American Legion Post 14 hosts a patriotic march through downtown to honor Vermonters who have served in the armed forces, followed by a chicken barbecue.
American Ukrainian
Tuesday 28
Larissa Babij discusses her new, straight-from-the-headlines memoir, A Kind of Refugee: The Story of an American Who Refused to Leave Ukraine, with University of Vermont professor Adrian Ivakhiv at Richmond Free Library. Collected partially from Babij’s ongoing Substack dispatches, the book tells the story of the terrifying first days of war from the perspective of the Ukrainian American writer and translator.
Earth Day
Wednesday 29
Both cinephiles and environmentalists find something to love at SunCommon’s Climate Action Film Festival at the Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center Film House in Burlington. The annual screening soirée features stories of activism and resilience from around the world, and proceeds benefit 350Vermont.
Seasons of Love
Ongoing
Russian-born, Vermont-based artist Anna Yakubovskaya‘s newest solo show at Burlington’s Frog Hollow Vermont Craft Gallery, “Embracing the Ephemeral,” celebrates the Vermont seasons in all their beauty and brevity. Painted on paper and silk, her watercolors capture sunrises over the mountains, mist over lakes and the moment the leaves begin to change.
The U.S. Postal Service has suspended its plan to relocate Vermont’s mail sorting to Connecticut — a move that many fear would only worsen delays in a troubled system.
“I am encouraged USPS listened to the concerns we raised from our constituents, and finally paused these misguided facility reviews,” Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) said in a prepared statement after the suspension was announced last week.
“I will keep fighting to improve mail delivery in Vermont, which has been terribly deteriorated,” Welch added.
Postal Service Plans to Route Vermont Mail Through Connecticut
Postal Service Plans to Route Vermont Mail Through Connecticut
By Anne Wallace Allen
Business
The Postal Service has been looking to cut costs. It hasn’t been able to cover its expenses for more than 15 years, mostly because of declining demand for first-class mail, its most profitable product.
Long before the consolidation plan was announced, members of Congress were vowing to take action to improve service, particularly in rural areas, where complaints about missing and late mail are legion. Many rural post offices are open only a few hours a day, and they face severe staff shortages that cause unplanned closures.
“It made absolutely no sense to me on many levels, climate change being one of them,” said Joseph Gainza, a Marshfield activist who hosts “Gathering Peace,”
a social justice program on WGDR radio. “If you’re going to be delivering mail down to Hartford and bringing it all the way back up to Vermont by truck, your carbon footprint gets larger.”
Rural Mail Carriers Face Pay Cuts That Could Worsen Service Woes for Vermonters
Rural Mail Carriers Face Pay Cuts That Could Worsen Service Woes for Vermonters
By Rachel Hellman
Economy
The Postal Service has been hearing a chorus of complaints. Many concern late and missing mail, problems with package delivery, and rising costs. In April, the Postal Service announced a proposal to raise the price of a first-class Forever stamp from 68 cents to 73 cents, a change that would take effect July 14 if approved by the Postal Regulatory Commission.
The target of complaints is often Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who was appointed in June 2020 by the Postal Service’s 11-member Board of Governors, a panel selected by then-president Donald Trump.
In April, Welch and 25 other members of Congress from both sides of the aisle urged DeJoy to reconsider the consolidation plan. Welch also asked President Biden to nominate people to the USPS Board of Governors who would hold DeJoy accountable for the rural delivery problems.
Steve Hutkins, a retired professor who monitors the Postal Service from his home in Rhinebeck, N.Y. and runs a website called Save the Post Office, said he thinks the 26 lawmakers’ letter influenced DeJoy’s decision to halt the consolidation.
“You could sense momentum building when 26 senators all signed off on a letter asking for a pause,” Hutkins said Monday.
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