williston

On this week’s show:

•  Happy National Star Trek Day 
• Zero VT businesses have received disaster unemployment assistance
• Fugitive caught!
• No sleeping, standing, sitting on public land
• Global Foundries pitches a solar array in Williston
• State argues for change in fentanyl laws
• Huge surge in migrant crossings at northern border
•  VT Diaper Bank running low
• UVM named among nations most LGBTQ-friendly college/university
• Bram Kranichfeld appointed interim Franklin County state’s attorney 
• Estimated Cost for New Burlington High School Rises $19 Million 
• Increase vehicle theft at Burlington airport mostly due to unlocked doors

(1:03:09) Break music: Fredde Losambe “Slip n Slide”

• Shots fired by USA Today - Ben & Jerrys ranked among worst tourist traps
• Glo - do you have garden envy?
• Vermont golf professional raises $15,000 after playing 100 holes in a day 
• Family can’t find a home; buys Ripton Inn
• Lawsuit challenges short-term rental ordinance in Burlington
• The Essex Reporter returns - any advice, Glo?
• Essex contest to find the city’s greatest tree
• Shooting range noise complaints in Charlotte
•  New trend - birth photography

(1:50:49) Break music:  King Loosestrife “Eat the Stars”

• Scumbag Map
•  Man said his actions were ‘calculated’ in killing mother and her son, 
•  Whatchu know bout Whitingham, VT?
•  18-year-old faces four life sentences for sexual assaults 
• Rutland Shooting
• Plea deal calls for Vt. murder suspect to testify against mom 
• Setting off explosives to harass a neighbor + the mugshot
•  Cemetery vandalism
•  Man crashes car to avoid prosecution in hay, syrup scams
• Man hit while cleaning up roadkill

Thanks for listening!

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Intro/Outro Music by B-Complex

At the height of America’s civil rights movement, a school board vote closed the only all-Black high school in Wilmington, North Carolina. Generations of families had graduated from Williston Senior High School since its’ inception in 1866. But, in June 1968, facing the possibility of losing federal funding over the school system’s delayed desegregation plan, the New Hanover County Board of Education abruptly closed Williston Senior High, forcing around 900 students to attend mostly-White high schools to complete their education. Now, 55 years later, the community is working to heal the wound caused by that decision.

We took a road trip today to Cedar Lakes Woods and Gardens in Williston, Florida, and then drove to the town of Suwannee, Florida where the Suwannee River empties into the Gulf Of Mexico. It was a beautiful day and, hopefully, this podcast captures much of the joy we experienced. Hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed making this.