Shelburne alone in rejecting regional dispatch center

The State Police barracks in Westminster includes an expanded emergency dispatch area that handles 5,000 to 6,000 southern Vermont 911 calls monthly. File photo by Randolph T. Holhut/The Commons
SHELBURNE — While all six of its fellow Chittenden County communities voted Tuesday to enter into a regional emergency services dispatch center, Shelburne residents decided to retain their own 911 service.
By more than 200 votes, townspeople rejected a proposal to join the Chittenden County Public