Vermont’s Department of Children and Families (DCF) purportedly exists to protect the children in its care; however, youth lodged at Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center in Colchester had the opposite experience.
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As part of the university’s response to a series of sexual assault allegations including multiple allegations involving players on the UVM Basketball team, the school has deleted comments from its pages and disabled all comments and replies.
On the night of December 11, 2020 spray-painted tombstones with the words “here lies progress” appeared outside the homes of two Burlington city councilors, Chip
In light of a civil lawsuit filed last month on behalf of seven youth formerly lodged at Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center in Essex, The Rake
Expensive private elite training academies may block poorer residents from competing at the Olympic level, and increased conglomeration of ski areas by large corporations has priced out many Vermont residents, preventing a majority from even enjoying snowsports recreationally.
Before Interim Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad began his career as a police officer in the NYPD (a career that deserves more scrutiny), he tried
On January 5, Governor Phil Scott stood at a wooden lectern in front of the Vermont state flag and issued his annual State of the
As it becomes increasingly likely that Burlington Interim Police Chief Jonathan Murad will be Burlington’s next permanent police chief, residents should know what to expect.
Senator Patrick Leahy’s announcement that he would not seek re-election in 2022 has unsurprisingly led to plenty of media attention on his career, which spanned six decades. Litigating a politician’s legacy is always en vogue, and recently both the Burlington Free Press and The Intercept took to praising Leahy’s human rights record. Despite some meaningful stances regarding global human rights, both pieces omit the senator’s actions in expanding the national security state and U.S. global military hegemony.
In this installment we’re going to explore The Skinny Pancake group, one of the early harbingers of fast-casual localvore aspirational-concept chain-reterritorialization of Vermont’s fine dining scene.