Selectboard OKs Moonlight Magic street closure

Select Board · Meeting of October 19, 2026

Shelburne Selectboard approved a parade and street-use permit for the Moonlight Magic holiday event. Organizer Kate Chadwick said the November 27 event will close Main Street at 2 p.m., with new parking plans after last year's roughly 5,000 attendees overwhelmed downtown. The board also reported a five-property tax-title auction brought $233,000 back onto the books, with Fisk Mill Road alone fetching $125,000.

Member Richard LaPierre disclosed a three-year lapse in reconciling shared police costs with the town of Buckland, finding Shelburne owes Buckland "$2,980.40" from fiscal years 2024 through 2026. The board also adopted a new cell phone and public-records policy, with Chair Andrew Baker noting the town now fields "at least one" AI-generated public records request "a week," and granted a short-term road-restriction waiver to Hillman Brothers Trucking.

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Source: the Select Board meeting of October 19, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

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