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ENOSBURG FALLS: At their regular meeting Tuesday night, May 13, Enosburg Falls Village Trustees approved a policy allowing downtown businesses to display free-standing, folding signs in front of their stores through summer months.
The policy was originally proposed to allow such signs only for a 45-day period during the same timeframe, but after some debate, the board agreed to allow the practice from May 1-Oct. 31.
A flat fee of $50 will be charged for businesses displaying the movable, free-standing signs, also known as sandwich-board signs. Permits will need to be sought through the Village Zoning Administrator – Darlene Marrier – and signs will also need her approval.
The signs will be allowed only in front of a business on the same street where they  ...CONTINUED HERE.

A Vermont State Police Fire Investigator examines the site of an early Wednesday, May 14, barn fire at the Sunset Lake Farm on Janes Road in Swanton. The fire reportedly claimed the lives of some 100 cattle, and firefighters from a number of departments, including some from Canada, assisted the Swanton Fire Department in fighting the blaze. The fire is still under investigation, and follows four other unsuspicious fires in the region over the last month. Photograph by Gregory Lamoureux

GEORGIA: Can you put a value on how important youth are to a community?
Probably not. It’s not something that’s easily quantifiable, nor is the value of youth something that money can buy. But if you absolutely have to put a price tag on the value of a town’s young residents, folks in Georgia can give you a decent figure to work with: $150,000.
That’s the price on a youth center project undertaken by the Georgia Plain Baptist Church.
Known as The Jimmy Messier Memorial Youth Center, the planned facility was inspired by one exuberant, energetic, 11-year-old boy, Jimmy Messier. Messier suffered from severe heart problems and lost his battle with these health issues in 2006. The youth center is in memory of Jimmy, a place that where children and teens can express themselves in a safe and comfortable environment, according to Charlie Kuthe, pastor of the Georgia Plain Baptist Church.
“We felt that kids in our community didn’t have a place to hang out that was safe,” says Kuthe.
The center will also be utilized by senior citizens in the community when not in use as a youth center. 
In 2007, six church members, along with one member of the Georgia Methodist Church, gathered and brainstormed ideas for providing youth with a place dedicated to their needs. Throughout the many meetings that followed, the committee agreed that a youth center was where God was leading them. They began the lon  ...CONTINUED HERE.