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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has endorsed Becca Balint, Vermont's Senate president, in her run for the state's lone U.S. House seat. In a written statement, Sanders lauded Balint, who has served in the state Senate since 2015, as someone who "does the work" as a "voice for rural Vermonters" and as a "champion for the working class."

A new report commissioned by the Vermont legislature calls for the creation a new unit of state government focused entirely on early childhood education. Released last Friday, the 51-page "Vermont Child Care and Early Childhood Education Systems Analysis" characterizes the state's existing early childhood governance model as "fundamentally broken." The...

CANCER (Jun. 21-Jul. 22): As a child, Cancerian author June Jordan said, "I used to laugh all the time. I used to laugh so much and so hard in church, in school, at the kitchen table, on the subway! I used to laugh so much my nose would run and my eyes would tear and I just couldn't stop." That's an ideal I invite you to aspire to in the coming days. You probably can't match Jordan's plenitude, but do your best. Why? The astrological omens suggest three reasons: 1. The world will seem funnier to you than it has in a long time. 2. Laughing freely and easily is the most healing action you can take right now. 3. It's in the interests of everyone you know to have routines interrupted and disrupted by amusement, delight and hilarity.

STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT PROBATE DIVISION Chittenden Unit Docket No.: 22-PR-02191. I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period.

The Chittenden Solid Waste District (CSWD), acting by and through its Board of Commissioners pursuant to the District's Charter, 10 VSA Chapter 159 and 24 VSA Chapter 59, enacted amendments to the Solid Waste Management Ordinance (SWMO) on June 22, 2022. Purpose of Solid Waste Management Ordinance. The SWMO is...

Burlington Comprehensive Development Ordinance Amendment. Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. §4441 and §4444, notice is hereby given of a public hearing by the Burlington Planning Commission to hear comments on the following proposed amendments to the City of Burlington's Comprehensive Development Ordinance (CDO). The public hearing will take place during the Planning Commission meeting on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, with the hearing starting at Time Certain 6:45pm. You may access the hearing/meeting as follows:

THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER: Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok) returns as director of this Marvel sequel in which Thor's attempt at retirement after the events of Avengers: Endgame is interrupted by a new threat known as Gorr the God Butcher. Chris Hemsworth, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson and Natalie Portman star. (Big Picture, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Paramount, Roxy, Star, Stowe, Sunset, Welden)

(Self-released, CD, digital) From the start of her sophomore album, Return to Sincere, Andriana Chobot makes her intended tone clear. The intro track features the echo of approaching footsteps, rhythmic as a drumbeat. Over the buzz of a fluorescent light, a female voice gently sings a few unintelligible notes, like a distant siren's warning song.

VIRTUAL VIA ZOOM OR MUNICIPAL CONFERENCE ROOM, 81 MAIN ST., ESSEX JCT., VT. Anyone may attend this meeting in person at the above address or remotely through the following options:. Zoom link: https://www.essexvt.org/1043/Join-Zoom-Meeting-Essex-PC Call (audio only): 1-888-788-0099 | Meeting ID: 923 7777 6158 # | Passcode: 426269. Public wifi: https://publicservice.vermont.gov/content/public-wifi-hotspots-vermont.

State Of Vermont Superior Court Environmental Division Docket No. 22-Env-00061. IN RE: SUBMISSION ID HPF-B96Q-Y8QMH; O'BRIEN FARM ROAD, LLC, GREEN MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC. NOTICE OF APPEAL. Appellants O'Brien Farm Road, LLC and Green Mountain Development Group, inc. ("O'Brien"), by their attorneys, Gravel & Shea PC, hereby appeals to the...

State of Vermont Superior Court Probate Division Chittenden Unit Docket No.: 22-PR-03098. To the creditors of: Mark W. Champagne, late of Essex Junction, VT. I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the date of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the Court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period.

Playful pit bulls, White House holiday traditions and summer reading reviews: That's the skimpy fare provided these days by the once-proud Burlington Free Press. It's a jarring step down from the news and analysis that once made the state's flagship newspaper a must-read. Aki Soga, the newly appointed top editor,...

Due: July 22, 2022 at 2:00 PM. The Town of Milton is requesting Statements of Qualifications (SOQs) from professional Construction Management Firms for planning and construction of a new Milton Department of Public Works Highway Facility. Additional information can be obtained on the Town of Milton's website at: https://www.miltonvt.gov/bids.aspx.

Call-in: +19292056099 US (New York) Application materials may be viewed at http://www.richmondvt.gov/boards minutes/development-review-board/ one week before the meeting. Please call Tyler Machia, Zoning Administrator, at 802-434-2420 or email tmachia@richmondvt.gov with any questions. Public Hearing. Appeal# 2022-001 of Permit CO2022-11 Cochran & Ewald Parcel ID #MK0809. Applicants are appealing Zoning Administrator's...

Ben Patton is romantic to a fault. So admits the Burlington singer-songwriter on his new album, Hyde's Hill Henhouse. You could also say Patton is classical to a fault. Reaching deep into yesteryear, the multi-instrumentalist often composes songs so steeped in tradition that you might think he cribbed them from Cole Porter or Django Reinhardt. Listen to his 2019 album with Michelle Sudarsono, Our Follies, for an extended stay in Patton's reimagined golden age of pop-jazz.

Dan Pomerantz seemed tense. He was eager to show a reporter around his 200-acre farm in Craftsbury and explain his plans for creating a world-class cannabis breeding and cultivating facility in the Northeast Kingdom. But Pomerantz was also awaiting an important phone call and needed good cellphone service, which is...

A basket of lollipops sat on a table in a large room at Middlebury's emergency services building last week, awaiting young patients. Masked workers lingered while cartoons played on a pull-down projector screen. The June 28 clinic was one of the first in Vermont at which children between the ages...

The placid scene at the Plainfield Co-op on June 29 betrayed not a hint of crisis: A customer compared organic cheese prices in the back of the store, Paul McCartney and Wings' "Band on the Run" played over a speaker, and in the back, a heap of locally grown arugula awaited bagging.

There was a time when people my age were somewhat embarrassingly labeled the MTV Generation. I'm relatively sure it was meant as a slight, but as a card-carrying Gen Xer — well, I don't really care, man. (I just shrugged perfectly, if you were wondering.) Joking aside, one reason...

Frederick Buford stepped into the ring at the Circus Smirkus Circus Barn in Greensboro last week dressed in a checkered vest, knee-high red socks and a matching red nose. The 16-year-old juggler began his routine by animatedly tossing and catching several orange balls at once. Then, with the ringmaster, he performed a whimsical act about cleaning a car involving lots of sponge throwing and water squirting.