Burlington Vermont Links and Resources

In a move to appease protesters camped out at Battery Park, the Burlington City Council agreed on Monday to offer a $300,000 buyout to Sgt. Jason Bellavance, one of three cops accused of using excessive force in recent high-profile cases. Later […]

A man convicted last year of using opioids to coerce women into prostitution was sentenced on Monday to more than two decades in federal prison. A jury previously found Brian Folks, 45, guilty of 13 felonies related to sex and drug rings that […]

In a surprising rebuke of her own party's nominee, state Sen. Debbie Ingram (D-Chittenden) has endorsed Republican Scott Milne to be Vermont's next lieutenant governor. Ingram, who ran unsuccessfully in the August primary for the Democratic […]

Vermont began mailing ballots to every registered voter Monday in the hopes that people will return them by mail instead of crowding polling places November 3 during a global pandemic. The polls will still be open for residents who want to vote in […]

If you haven’t been to Vermont’s historic state capital since your fourth-grade field trip, this fall is the time to return. The pandemic may have shut down the Statehouse, but it’s opened up outdoor dining options — and […]

Middlebury native loved photography, nature and working for a good cause Zachary Harder passed away unexpectedly on September 18, 2020, while biking on an autumn day in Maine. He lived every day to its fullest, doing […]

When the spread of COVID-19 shut down all performing arts venues in March, JAG Productions had to halt its off-Broadway staging of Esai's Table. The play by Nathan Yungerberg previously had a month-long run in White River Junction, where JAG […]

Vermont's two U.S. senators and its Republican governor came to similar conclusions Friday night following the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Senate must not vote to confirm a successor until the next president is […]

Vermonters will be able to sidle up to the bar for a drink, but chit-chat at the counter may be a little awkward. Bars may resume counter service, Gov. Phil Scott announced on Friday, as long as patrons sit six feet apart and businesses install a […]

Sex educator Jenna Emerson envisions a whole new world free of sexual stigmas and taboos in her new musical comedy video, "I Want to Be a Sex Educator." Released Thursday, the clip parodies the classic Disney animated feature The Little Mermaid, […]

Stone’s Throw Pizza will open its third pizzeria  — this one at 86 Ferry Road in Charlotte — in late fall or early winter,  according to co-owner Silas Pollitt. The Charlotte branch of Stone’s Throw will be takeout […]

Burlington’s new $5.75 million Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center was almost fully constructed when the nonprofit ran into a financing problem: It was $1.7 million short. Executive director Owen Milne approached two banks and a credit […]

A lifelong educator is fondly remembered for his "sardonic, Oscar Wilde-grade humor" Neil H. Shannon Jr., 72, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 15, 2020, from complications of Parkinson’s disease and […]

The 30-member Vermont Senate unanimously approved a $7.2 billion state budget Thursday that reflects only modest cutbacks to state government due to strong pre-coronavirus revenues and a massive federal bailout. Sen. Jane Kitchel (D-Caledonia) […]

After hearing impassioned testimony from its members, the Vermont House voted Thursday to override Gov. Phil Scott's veto of the Global Warming Solutions Act. The final tally was 103-47, surpassing the 100 votes needed for a veto override in the […]

Member of Professional Ski Instructors of America recently celebrated his 25th wedding anniversary Earl Whitmore Jr., age 53, of St. Johnsbury, Vt., passed away at the Jack Byrne Center for Palliative & Hospice Care […]

1. Behind the Music "Coast members explore the full spectrum of jazz and creative music, from early pioneers to today's brightest voices," reads the web page for Dartmouth College's Coast Jazz Orchestra. The student ensemble highlights its eclectic […]

Burlington High School and the Burlington Technical Center will remain closed for the remainder of the semester as the district investigates the presence of carcinogenic chemicals in the air. Superintendent Tom Flanagan's announcement on Wednesday […]

Members of the Winooski School Board approved a motion on Tuesday that will allow the campus police officer to come to work carrying a gun, effectively reversing an earlier decision that called for him to be unarmed and out of uniform. The 4-1 vote […]

A significant number of Vermont adults under the age of 40 lack even a rudimentary knowledge of the Holocaust, according to the results of a newly released survey of members of the millennial and Gen Z generations in Vermont. “The U.S. […]

The Vermont Senate gave preliminary approval to a bill on Wednesday that increases protections for forestland and wildlife corridors as part of an effort that began three years ago to update Act 250. The bill, which also called for clarification of […]

A federal judge has struck down a Republican attempt to block Secretary of State Jim Condos from sending a ballot to every registered Vermont voter later this month, ruling that the plaintiffs did not have the necessary legal standing. In an 11-page […]

Lawmakers have struck a deal on the bill that would legalize cannabis sales in Vermont, ending weeks of negotiations and bringing the state closer than ever to setting up a regulated retail market. House and Senate members of the S.54 conference […]

Reflections of a Flatlander Moving to Vermont can certainly present challenges around acceptance. I know. I grew up in White Plains, N.Y., and moved here in 1974. I was actually one of those "back-to-the-land" people mentioned in ["The New […]

In 2017, Elizabeth Shackelford did what everyone has dreamed of doing at one time or another: She told her boss to take this job and shove it. As it happened, she worked for one of the most powerful men in America: then-U.S. secretary of state Rex […]