Burlington Vermont Links and Resources

Vermont Varsity Insider Athletes of the Week: Ballots for Jan. 13-19  Burlington Free Press […]

NY Burlington VT Zone Forecast  SFGat […]

Vermont's former education secretary kicks off campaign for governor  WCAX […]

Watch or Listen: 2020 Candidate Forum with Bernie Sanders  Vermont Public Radio […]

Hope is rail line ready in 2021 for new Vermont Amtrak route  WCAX […]

Then Again: Care, sometimes abuse, on Vermont’s poor farms  vtdigger.org […]

YCQM January 18, 2020  WCAX […]

Sunday's Look Aheads  WCAX […]

Martin Luther King Junior Day events  WCAX […]

You're going where? Burlington, Vermont  Greensboro News & Record […]

Vermont sports scores for Saturday, January 18: See how your favorite team fared  BurlingtonFreePress.com […]

UVM men's basketball: Deep Catamounts too much for Hartford in America East clash  Burlington Free Press […]

Saturday's Trending 3  WCAX […]

First day for trout, salmon and bass ice fishing in Vermont  WCAX […]

Vermont leaders weigh second affordable housing bond  mynbc5.com […]

First-Place Men's Basketball Heads to Vermont on Saturday  Hartfordhawks.com […]

Vermont Supreme Court unanimously affirms the sale of Burlington Telecom  Vermont Biz […]

2 Brewster Students named to Dean's List at University of Vermont  HamletHub […]

Vermont sports scores for Friday, January 17: See how your favorite team fared  BurlingtonFreePress.com […]

Vermont man takes plea deal in fatal bridge brawl  WCAX […]

Burlington mayor consents to more refugee resettlement in city  vtdigger.org […]

Flynn Center executive director steps down  WCAX […]

Burlington dry cleaner fined for leaking hazardous air contaminant  Vermont Biz […]

Vermont Varsity Insider Athletes of the Week: Winners for Jan. 6-12  Burlington Free Press […]

Level of flu activity now widespread in Vermont  WCAX […]

People who love Vermont high school sports may vote through midnight Thursday for a girls and a boys Athlete of the Week.       &nbs […]

Still searching for their first Hockey East victory of the season, the Catamounts fall to 3-15-3 overall and 0-11-1 in league play.       &nbs […]

Vermont sports scores for Saturday, January 18 and schedule for Sunday, January 19.       &nbs […]

Balance and depth power the UVM men's basketball team to a 74-57 victory over Hartford in America East action Saturday afternoon.       &nbs […]

Catamounts erase double-digit deficit in the second half to beat Hartford 63-53.       &nbs […]

CVU hangs on at No. 1 thanks to thrilling win over St. Johnsbury while Rice slides up to second in this week's Top 10.       &nbs […]

UVM men's hockey blanked by UMass 4-0; Catamount women fall in wild 7-5 affair at Boston College.       &nbs […]

Images from the first day of the Michael J. Baker Wrestling Classic on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020 at Essex High school.       &nbs […]

Vermont sports scores for Friday, January 17 and schedule for Saturday, January 18.       &nbs […]

UVM men's basketball (12-6, 2-1) plays host to Hartford (10-8, 3-0) on Saturday afternoon. Tip-off is 2 p.m.       &nbs […]

Essex overtakes Rice for the top spot in the season's second Vermont high school boys hockey power rankings from the Varsity Insider.       &nbs […]

Vermont sports scores for Thursday, January 16 and schedule for Friday, January 17.       &nbs […]

Williston residents took to Front Porch Forum with strong opinions about a development proposal from 1983, thinking it was current.       &nbs […]

BFA-St. Albans' Caitlyn Dasaro and South Burlington's Hunter Fay chosen as this week's Vermont Varsity Insider Athletes of the Week.       &nbs […]

Fire safety violations rank among the top issues for rental units in Vermont.      &nbs […]

See how crucial health services, such as alcohol and drug abuse counseling, are distributed throughout Vermont.       &nbs […]

Mother Nature will delivery a cold snap and snow a week after record high temperatures made for a rough patch for Vermont ski resorts.       &nbs […]

The majority of cases in Vermont and nationally are among people with a history of drug use and those experiencing unstable housing or homelessness.      &nbs […]

Vermonters are shivering with excitement over the snow storm. Here's what they're posting on Instagram and Twitter.       &nbs […]

Some Vermont ski areas got a lot more snow than predicted from a winter storm that rolled through Wednesday and Thursday ahead of MLK Day weekend.       &nbs […]

The snowy weather might make you want to curl up inside. Based on these pictures, that might not be the case for your canine friends.       &nbs […]

A recent proposal by the Trump administration could cut basic food assistance for more than 200 Vermont households.      &nbs […]

Isham Family Farm, in Williston, says it plans to sell its own products and invite other craft and food vendors for 10 Tuesdays in the summer.      &nbs […]

A winter storm dumped fresh snow in Jay Peak Resort in Vermont       &nbs […]

As the snow continued to fall in Vermont, residents were beginning to report their observations to the National Weather Service.       &nbs […]

A Burlington Remembrance event Sunday at the First Unitarian Universalist Society kicked off area Martin Luther King Jr. Day observances. […]

Rebecca Holcombe, Vermont’s former education secretary, has officially kicked off her campaign for governor. […]

Police say last Thursday morning, a bus was going up a steep curved hill when it lost traction and slid backwards off the road. But parents and school officials say they weren't told the extent of the accident. […]

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says a 55-year-old man is dead after a snowmobile crash in the North Country town of Stratford. […]

More people visited Mt. Philo State Park in the past two years, leaving the mountain a little too well-loved. Now, the park is getting some upgrades. […]

Five cases of sexual misconduct were reported by the Vermont National Guard last year, according to a report issued to the Vermont Legislature. […]

Snowmobilers celebrated as snow blanketed much of the region Saturday night into Sunday. The Missisquoi Valley Rail Trail had thick snowmobile tracks running all along the 9-mile stretch. […]

President Donald Trump’s legal team is asserting that he did “absolutely nothing wrong" and is calling the impeachment case “flimsy” and a “dangerous perversion of the Constitution." […]

The nation’s eyes are on Richmond as a gun-rights rally draws thousands to the Virginia state Capitol. […]

Events are being held in honor of Martin Luther King Junior all around the region on Monday. […]

One of the towns has a "secret coast," according to the magazine. […]

Progressive legislators say the bill could improve safety for sex workers in the state. […]

Karen and Mick Rookwood bought an 1806 farmhouse in Vermont's Mad River Valley. […]

"I wouldn’t probably vote for it myself." […]

Jason Vitale, 58, collided with a tree at high speed on Saturday, Vermont State Police said. […]

Vermont residents are eligible to use help end their lives if they have a terminal, incurable illness. […]

The speed shows up as green numbers for nice drivers, and red numbers for naughty drivers. […]

Who needs 'Miracle on 34th Street'? We've got your local Christmas classics right here. […]

Antwaun Twitty, 30, of Burlington, was wanted in the Sept. 17 homicide case of a 19-year-old woman, police said. […]

Deputy Chief Jan Wright told Burlington's mayor Monday that she used a fake Facebook account to engage citizens in police policy talk. […]

Vermont PBS staffer loved Mister Rogers, community, connection and canines Scott Anthony Campitelli, age 60, died on January 13, 2020, of lung cancer. He was born and raised in a close-knit neighborhood in the New North […]

On Friday, Anna Marie Gewirtz announced her resignation as executive director of the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts. In a press statement from the Flynn's board of directors, she cited "family reasons" to explain her departure from the […]

Updated at 4:26 p.m. In an opinion issued Friday, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled against a group of citizens who challenged the sale of Burlington Telecom. The decision effectively ends the years-long litigation in the case. The state's highest […]

On January 14, 2020, at Porter Medical Center, Haley Thomsen and Austin Haynes welcomed a girl, Hazel Evans Thomsen. […]

Political activist and recent gubernatorial candidate Brenda Siegel has declared her candidacy for lieutenant governor. Siegel, the founder and director of the Southern Vermont Dance Festival and a self-described "proud single mom," had expressed […]

One of Vermont's first hospice nurses spent a lifetime serving others Beloved wife, mother and grandmother Gladys Dinnany Zelman, 76, of Jericho, Vt., passed peacefully on Monday, January 13, at Vermont Respite House […]

Vermont's two U.S. senators on Thursday landed on opposite sides of a vote to approve an updated North American Free Trade Agreement. By an 89-10 vote, the Senate passed the trade pact, which President Donald Trump has dubbed the United […]

Former governor Madeleine Kunin still recoils at a male opponent's claim that, as she recalls it, he'd be "more pro-female than me." When Kunin, Vermont's first — and, to this day, only — female governor, ran for reelection in 1986, […]

Anako Lumumba tried to protect herself from an abusive ex, her brother told Vermont lawmakers on Wednesday. "But the system wasn't enough to take the guns away from the guy," Adolphe Lumumba said. In May 2018, police have alleged, Leroy Headley […]

Vermont lawmakers struck a tentative deal Wednesday on a compromise bill for a paid family and medical leave program, a goal that eluded them during last session’s impasse. A negotiating team made up of three senators and three […]

Three Loveworks childcare centers that serve 90 infants, toddlers and preschoolers will close March 13 due to budget woes.  The company sent parents an email Tuesday announcing that Loveworks sites in Milton and Montpelier as well as one on […]

Some Vermont lawmakers want to raise the minimum wage. And some want to raise their own pay. House members recently introduced two bills to boost salaries for the part-time legislature. Rep. Jim McCullough (D-Williston) last week floated […]

Updated at 3:59 p.m. The Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles committed to policy changes and antidiscrimination training to settle legal claims that its employees aided immigration authorities' crackdown on undocumented activists. Migrant Justice, […]

(Marlvina Records, digital) Chuck Brewer is far too humble. The singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer unassumingly submitted the audaciously titled Hyena Dream Machine, his debut album as the Röse Parade, in the email equivalent […]

Sitting beside me in my taxi, my customer, Linda Avena, appeared serene as she gazed out at the passing landscape of snow-covered homes, barns and fields. It was a crisp and sunny afternoon in the newly minted year and decade. Optimism is a hard […]

Last year the Vermont Arts Council fostered a statewide project called #VTArts251. The name recalls the 251 Club of Vermont, whose members aim to visit all 251 towns in the state. The arts council's goal was to receive photos from artists of every […]

Pink Elephants During a recent phone call with Jack Parker of local bands Pons and boys cruise, neither of us could remember if we'd ever been to a real circus. I've seen artsy-fartsy, new-age circuses such as Cirque Éloize and Cirque du […]

Eleven days after Jennifer Caplin walked out of the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility, she was transported by ambulance to the University of Vermont Medical Center with a life-threatening blood infection. The 40-year-old Montpelier native […]

Cow Cruelty I was disappointed that the "Emoji That" [January 8] about the "spilled" cows didn't state the number that were fine, injured, euthanized or anything about their condition. They are a major contributor to Vermont's economy. Unfeeling! […]

In The Just and the Blind, musician Daniel Bernard Roumain, spoken-word artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph and dancer Drew Dollaz pose profound and nuanced questions about race, freedom and justice in America. Rather than offer explicit solutions, the […]

Patricia Trafton graduated from Burlington High School in 2010 and headed to New York University, intending to study journalism or English. A first-semester art history course upended her plan. The class combined all her interests, Trafton said, and […]

For the past several years, nostalgia has driven the entertainment industry. Reboots, spin-offs, reimaginings, remakes, sequels and prequels have dominated movie theater marquees and streaming services alike. While products have ranged from […]

It's two weeks into 2020, so we've gotta ask: How are those New Year's resolutions to get in shape shaping up? Are you hitting the gym daily, cutting carbs, and enjoying the mental and physical clarity of Dry January? Or did you go to the gym once, […]

Fans of Seven Days' Fun Stuff pages — aka the cartoons — probably noticed the return of Rachel Lindsay last week. The Burlington cartoonist, who won acclaim for her 2019 book Rx: A Graphic Memoir, temporarily ceased publication of her […]

By some measures, the major problem Vermont faces today is one of population. The numbers are flat or slightly shrinking, particularly in rural areas, and Vermonters have the third-oldest median age in the country, according to the U.S. Census […]

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Hey all, I was staying at a friend's house in town and found out the hard way about the snow ban. Ran outside before they towed my car and found a nice 125$ surprise in the form of the ticket. The towing guy was Jack shit helpful when I pressed him […]

I am interested in doing some volunteer work cooking food for the homeless, kids in need and/or the elderly but I am unable to cook food at my home and drop it off and I am unable to afford to buy the food. Is there a shelter or soup kitchen in the […]

Feeling out humans in the area, would be up for checking out other legacy/campaign games or even an RP group but have definitely been itching to check out Gloomhaven and thought i'd check to see if anyone in the area might be into it. submitted […]

I found a pair of AirPods in Essex. They were outside a restaurant and I got the name from them so feel free to pm me the name hooked to them and what food you had. submitted by /u/bearfootpilot [link] [comments […]

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Here's the blurb for a job posted at UVM Posting Summary Coordinate the Start Treatment and Recovery (“STAR”) program, a federally funded research study in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Vermont, with direction from […]

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My fiancé just moved to north Burlington for a fantastic career opportunity. I'll be joining him in May/June after my graduation, and I'd like to have a job lined up by then. Can anyone suggest employers who may be looking for a PhD-level […]

The Howard Center is one of he largest employers in the area. I’m considering applying to a few of their current open positions. What’s the process like becoming an employee of the Howard center? What are interviews like? What kind of […]

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I have a friend who's having trouble finding her dream dog (she finds them on petfinder, etc and then turns out they've already been adopted). Has anyone heard of a dog like this in VT? submitted by /u/milukra [link] [comments […]

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I’m considering going to an AlAnon (not Alcoholics Anonymous) meeting soon to begin coping with my mother’s alcoholism. I know there are a few in South Burlington. Has anyone here been to one and is willing to share their experience? Was […]

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by Representative Pattie McCoy, R-Poultney, House Minority Leader As readers may know, legislators recently finalized a mandatory Paid Family and Medical Leave bill (financed by a new payroll tax) that has been a year in the making. This effort has […]

Below is an Op Ed endorsed by the US Attorneys in each New England district. by US Attorney Christina E Nolan, et al In 2017, almost 50,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses.  It’s a sad reality that New England as a whole […]

At the Annual Meeting of the Addison County Economic Development Corporation on November 8, 2019, the membership elected Christopher Wilson, Senior Director at Collins Aerospace to serve on the Board of Trustees. Wilson replaces Mark Bellinger, who […]

Community National Bank CEO Kathy Austin is pleased to welcome Emma Marvin to serve as a Director of the Community National Bank and Community Bancorp Boards. Marvin’s appointment to the Boards is effective as of January 1, 2020. She will […]

Suzanne Lynn, the Secretary of Vermont Federal Credit Union’s Board of Directors, was recently presented with the Rotary Club’s Citizen of the Year award. Suzanne Lynn, along with her husband, Emerson, were both recently presented with […]

Mercy Connections announces Leslie McCrorey Wells, co-owner of Pizzeria Verità, Trattoria Delia and Sotto Enoteca, as the 2020 recipient of the Catherine McAuley Award. Each year, Mercy Connections’ Board of Directors selects a person […]

Climate Crisis Motivates Vermont’s Largest Environmental and Consumer Advocacy Organization to Launch Political Campaign Arm Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Public Interest Research Group (VPIRG) today announced the formation of VPIRG […]

Julia Phillips, a highly accomplished and renowned physicist who has held top leadership positions at national laboratories and scientific organizations, will serve as the University of Vermont’s first President’s Distinguished Scholar. […]

  THE PLEDGE Leonine Public Affairs The campaign announcements kept on rolling in week two of the 2020 legislative session. Senator Debbie Ingram, D-Chittenden, formally announced her campaign for lieutenant governor, joining Senate […]

Vermont Business Magazine Attorney General TJ Donovan on Friday joined a coalition of 14 attorneys general to halt federal immigration arrests of noncitizens without a judicial warrant or court order in and around state courthouses. In an amicus […]

The Burlington performing arts center is set to begin a national search for a new executive director. Read the story on VTDigger here: Flynn Center Executive Director Anna Marie Gewirtz steps down. […]

Elizabeth MacDonough, a 1998 graduate of Vermont Law School, brings two decades of experience and broad bipartisan respect into an exceptional chapter in Senate history. Read the story on VTDigger here: As Senate parliamentarian, VLS alum will help […]

Advocates believe for people to see the true diversity of Vermont — and why that matters in a time of socioeconomic stagnation in the state — they must seek out a true diversity of voices. Read the story on VTDigger here: In second […]

For more than 100 years, most towns, which were responsible for the care of their impoverished residents, had farms whose legacies are still evident in the many 'Poor Farm Roads' that dot the state. Read the story on VTDigger here: Then Again: […]

Why not put our energy to changing the dynamics on this difficult issue and setting a positive example for the rest of the nation? Read the story on VTDigger here: John Freitag: Local climate actions have practical impact. […]

I urge everyone to watch the documentary film, 'Suppressed: The Fight to Vote,' being shown in several locations in the state. Read the story on VTDigger here: Bob Hawk: Voter suppression harms Vermonters. […]

As the Bennington Area Chamber of Commerce looks to draw new residents, Matt Harrington is targeting people in their late 20s and 30s. Read the story on VTDigger here: Allen: No nightlife? No problem for the still-pretty-young. […]

After soil contamination was found around the site, the projected opening of a new drawbridge connecting North Hero and Grand Isle is being delayed by one year. Read the story on VTDigger here: Champlain Islands drawbridge replacement delayed by […]

UVM researchers have teamed up with a coastal Maine lab to test which types of seaweed could have the greatest effect on reducing cows’ production of a potent greenhouse gas. Read the story on VTDigger here: To reduce cows’ methane […]

The new head of the Morrisville hospital is trying to steady finances the shadow of one bankrupt hospital in Springfield, and uncertainty at the Brattleboro Retreat. Read the story on VTDigger here: Copley Hospital’s ailing finances in […]

The Waterbury company specializes in packing stiffness into thin blades, for large manufacturers who want as much of their wood as possible to end up as product. Read the story on VTDigger here: Making it in Vermont: Super Thin Saws perfects […]

VSEA puts blame on DOC for prison scandal, a new bill could make composting dead bodies a reality in Vermont and a proposed Green New Deal for the state is gaining support Read the story on VTDigger here: Final Reading: VSEA says workers not to […]

Former Govs. Madeleine Kunin and Peter Shumlin, both Democrats, chime in after reports that Sanders told Warren a woman could not win the White House in 2020. Read the story on VTDigger here: Two former Vermont governors attack Sanders over […]

Child care advocates say the closures are symptoms of broader systemic issues in the field. Read the story on VTDigger here: Closure of 3 Loveworks child care centers leaves dozens of families in the lurch. […]

The plan was to be pitched as a way to attract young workers to the state. But a $14 million price tag was more than expected. Read the story on VTDigger here: Scott drops plan to exempt young adults from income tax. […]

Having won independence from a monarchy, the framers feared an unchecked executive with the power to use public dollars as a slush fund for his personal interests. Read the story on VTDigger here: Patrick Leahy: Congress must defend the separation […]

Agriculture has been part and parcel of the destruction of the natural world -- but it doesn't have to be so. Read the story on VTDigger here: Stephen Leslie: Just transition in the agricultural sector. […]

Japanese hops can form dense, almost solid, stands that outcompete native vegetation and have the potential to displace native riverbank and floodplain vegetation. Read the story on VTDigger here: Ron Krupp: Identifying and controling invasive […]

In a unanimous decision, the state’s highest court said unwinding the sales agreement would undermine the public good achieved in the transaction.  Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont Supreme Court upholds Burlington Telecom sale. […]

‘The goal of the day is to highlight the region as a place where there’s really exciting innovation happening for rural communities,’ said one organizer.  Read the story on VTDigger here: NEK Day to hit the Statehouse this […]

Sen. John Rodgers introduced a bill that would ban cellphone use by teens, but his claim on phones' dangers is wrong. Read the story on VTDigger here: Fact-check: Senator says cellphones are the #1 killer of teens. That’s false.. […]

The Vermont climate change author is back home after a Washington, D.C., arrest in preparation for an April mass action targeting financial institutions that support fossil fuel interests. Read the story on VTDigger here: Bill McKibben jailed […]

VTDigger presents “How to Fix a Jail” with Janos Marton who has worked to shutter the infamous New York jail complex. Read the story on VTDigger here: Leader who fought to close Rikers Island to speak Feb. 4, RSVP today. […]

A father tried to raise issues after the disposition phase of his child's case was finalized. Read the story on VTDigger here: SCOV Law Blog: Following procedure in a termination of parental rights case. […]

Weinberger announced the city’s position Wednesday, the same day a federal judge issued an order temporarily blocking the Trump order. Read the story on VTDigger here: Burlington mayor consents to more refugee resettlement in city. […]