A teenage driver fined $220 for her part in a double-fatal car crash that killed an elderly Addison County couple in September 2020 in Charlotte was among those arrested at an anti-Israel encampment at Columbia University in New York City last week.
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Sarah Frechette, artist and founder of the touring puppet company Puppetkabob, conducted a residency for students in kindergarten to fifth grade at South Burlington’s Orchard School.
A South Burlington man, Mabior Jok, 39, was held without bail after police say he threatened another person’s life with a knife around 3:16 p.m. on April 21.
April 15 at 11:13 a.m., police are investigating a report of a stolen vehicle on Shelburne Road.
Common Roots, the South Burlington-based nonprofit farmstead, is asking the city for an allocation of American Rescue Plan Act funds to help the organization purchase land for a new facility.
An ethics complaint filed in February against Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale citing her husband’s work in real estate was dismissed by a five-member committee last week.
As the fourth hour of Wednesday night’s school board meeting waned, the South Burlington School Board adopted its third proposed budget of $68,082,002 and warned a vote for May 7.
After a two-month search, Olivia Kane is Orchard Elementary School’s new principal.
Rachel Kelley scored the 100th goal of her career as South Burlington girls’ lacrosse beat Champlain Valley on Saturday, April 13.
Barry Stone of South Burlington is the 2024 David Hakins inductee to the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame, given to an individual or group for exceptional promotion of sports, athletics and recreation in the Green Mountain State.
South Burlington solar eclipse scenes.
MycoLab, the community branch of MycoEvolve, is holding ecological restoration workshops at Shelburne Farms, 1611 Harbor Road. Volunteers will grow skills in non-chemical removal of nonnative plant species, tool safety and plant identification.
Howard Center has been redesignated by the Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living.
The Aurora Chamber Singers will present its spring concert, “Seeds of Modernism,” at the College Street Congregational Church, 265 College St., in Burlington, on Saturday, May 11, at 7:30 p.m.
As warmer weather approaches, it is a great time to consider how you use the outdoor spaces in your life. Whether you rent or own, use public land or private, there are things that you can think about to help make these outdoor spaces work better for you.
The House Committee on Judiciary has focused on public safety during the decade I have served as a representative. This year, the committee has passed bills to address retail theft, trespass into motor vehicles, domestic and sexual violence and the backlog of court cases.
Common Roots is requesting $400,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to acquire land to expand on the organization’s mission. I am writing to ask the city council to deny the request because it will not benefit a large part of our community and will increase the inequity between the southeast quadrant and the rest of the city.
Senate bill S.258 has passed and is now in the Vermont House of Representatives. This bill was pushed by and written in cooperation with animal rights groups.
Two of the four modern languages currently being taught at South Burlington High School are potential victims of the failed school budget votes. The teachers of German and Japanese have been issued RIF, or reduction-in-force, notifications that their current positions have been eliminated, and since each of these programs employs only one teacher, students could be robbed of their opportunity to learn these languages.
My recent Clean & Green article described actions that residents might carry out to help defeat our housing and climate change crises.
In the April 18 issue of The Other Paper (“Ethics panel: no violation against Sen. Ram Hinsdale”), Sen. Ram Hinsdale tried to defend herself against the conflict-of-interest complaint filed by 14 Vermonters. Here are examples of the senator’s flawed defense.
The availability, affordability, and yes, safety, of housing will make or break a community, its economic vitality and its social vibrancy. If there is one thing that unites us, it’s that we all recognize the affordable housing crisis in Chittenden County and Vermont.
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