Burlington Vermont Links and Resources

Vermont will require all college students returning to campuses this fall to comply with a strict regimen of testing, quarantining and social distancing to try to prevent the kind of COVID-19 outbreaks sweeping the nation. The announcement of the […]

A 32-year-old Vermont farmworker and Migrant Justice activist died of COVID-19 in Mexico last week after being deported in March, the group said Tuesday.  Durvi Martinez, a trans woman who used they/them pronouns, "was a brave and outspoken […]

Consider it a preview of sandwiches to come: Poppy Café & Market will start offering weekly takeout this Thursday, though not yet from its eventual home at 88 Oak Street. Sisters Abby and Emily Portman's breakfast and lunch café […]

Vegan creemees and frozen bananas and sheep's milk gelato — oh, my! When the mercury rises, there's nothing better than digging into an ice-cold treat. And while the state is full of roadside creemee stands and windows for scoops, the […]

The Vermont Progressive Party is recruiting volunteers to write in the names of its top officeholders on its primary election ballot to ensure that a pair of perennial candidates don't claim the party's nomination. The elaborate exercise is an […]

The Vermont Arts Council and the Agency of Commerce and Community Development will distribute $5 million to arts and culture nonprofits, as part of legislation signed by Gov. Phil Scott last week to provide $96 million in emergency economic recovery […]

Where do we find entertainment these days? On our laptops and in our living rooms. The streaming options are overwhelming — and not always easy to sort through. So, in this weekly feature, I review a movie or series that might otherwise be […]

A wig-wearing, whitewater-rafting, Sufi-dancing, peace-loving mother continues to her next adventure On July 4, 2020, our beautiful mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, cousin and friend Mary Magdalene took […]

Updated at 2:21 p.m. on July 7, 2020 Some of Vermont's best known companies have received millions in emergency federal coronavirus relief loans: Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Logic Supply in South Burlington, and S.D. Ireland in Williston, to name a […]

A candidate for state auditor has accused her opponent, four-term incumbent Auditor Doug Hoffer, of playing politics with his office by timing a recent report to hit just as voting for the August primary got under way. Rep. Linda Joy Sullivan […]

The Vermont State Colleges System took a step toward stability on Monday and appointed  interim chancellor Sophie Zdatny as its new permanent leader. Zdatny has led the chancellor's office since late April, taking over for Jeb Spaulding after […]

One of Vermont’s first female real estate appraisers also won prizes for her “penny rugs” at the Champlain Valley Fair Ann Bradbury Wetzel of Colchester and Grand Isle, Vt., passed away peacefully on […]

More than 1,000 people marched through downtown Burlington on the Fourth of July to draw attention to the country's legacies of racism and oppression. The Black-led event began at 4 p.m., just as many others in the city were sipping beers or […]

On a Monday night in early June, Alex Escaja was waiting his turn to speak in support of defunding the police during a Burlington City Council Zoom meeting when he got an email from GLAAD, a national organization that advocates for LGBTQ equality […]

Some 25,000 Vermont voters have already requested absentee ballots for the August 11 primary election, according to the Secretary of State's Office — a nearly tenfold increase in such requests since the last state primary. "We expect that […]

Ten Vermont arts and culture organizations received more than $600,000 in direct grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities, as part of the federal coronavirus relief package. The NEA awarded $50,000 […]

When the weather gets steamy and local produce is abundantly in season, the blender is your friend. A bit of chopping, a few buzzes in the blender and you can have two cold soups made within 10 minutes each: cool as a cucumber-yogurt with your […]

The Flynn has canceled its teaching artists program for the fall semester, putting a halt to a program that employs about 10 artists to work in Burlington schools. “At the heart of the matter, it’s a public health consideration,” […]

A federal immigration agency will furlough more than 1,100 Vermonters next month in response to a looming budget deficit, according to Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), who implored his colleagues Wednesday afternoon to pass a new relief bill that could […]

Composer Ludwig van Beethoven was known for long, solitary walks through the woods surrounding his home city of Vienna, Austria. In a year when musicians and fans planned to celebrate his 250th birthday, the pandemic means they have to do it in a […]

Lifelong Northfield resident raised eight children and filled their home with love The family of Patricia Rogers Seaver announces the passing of their beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother on June 28, 2020. […]

Updated at 3:35 p.m. Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman raised more money in the last two and a half months than any of his rivals for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, according to reports filed Wednesday with the Secretary of State's Office. […]

A Vermont Police Academy employee who initially reviewed the evidence in a case involving a St. Albans cop says he never concluded that Joel Daugreilh was justified in using pepper spray on a shackled teenager in 2017. "My opinion at the […]

Verizon Communications, Coca-Cola, the North Face, Levi Strauss & Co., Honda, the Hershey Company: Starting July 1, all of these global brands are pulling their ads from Facebook and Instagram.  More than 300 companies have signed on to […]

A white man faces criminal charges for unleashing what was described as a racist tirade against a white Winooski woman and her biracial daughter as they left the city's post office last week. The Chittenden County State's Attorney's Office accused […]