As part of its ‘deep organizational work to address racism as a public health crisis,’ the City of Burlington won’t allow people who refuse to sign a diversity pledge to grow food in a taxpayer-funded community garden.
The mayor of Burlington wants to make homelessness rare and brief. It’s neither now.
Two active duty Air Force airmen are charged with assaulting a man in Burlington September 17, and a woman who was sleeping in a bank vestibule is being sought for allegedly attacking a 69-year-old man in a wheelchair and stealing his cash.
A silent protest was held at an Outright Vermont event Saturday on Church Street in Burlington over the assault of a gay man by trans activists September 18.
Burlington “East District” voters will gather Dec. 6 at Mater Christi school to pick a replacement for a councilor who resigned to apply for a newly created city job.
Burlington City Councilor Jack Hanson, chair of the council committee overseeing the Burlington Electric Department, voted to create the Net Zero Project & Equity Analyst position paying up to $100,000.
The Burlington police union last night agreed to more government shekels AND government shackles.
The Burlington City Council last night approved a 2022-23 budget that expands the police department by offering incentives and continues spending and programs on climate and racial diversity.
Assaults of Burlington’s already understaffed, overworked nurses are up, the union claims – a complaint echoed by Burlington first responders.
Someone threw a box at a Burlington fire truck windshield as it hurried to an emergency scene last week, the local firefighters’ union reports.
