Bikers to City: Make Streets Safer

by Molly Walsh Posted on July 10, 2015 at 3:01PM

The brainstorming session took place in a vacant restaurant space at 144 Church Street across from Burlington City Hall. It was part of planBTV Walk Bike, a city-led effort to get people out of cars.

Bernie Bits: Media Declares Open Season on Sanders' Love Life

by Paul Heintz Posted on July 10, 2015 at 9:02AM

VTDigger's Jess Wisloski, whose story was published first Thursday morning, wrote that neither the senator's first wife nor Levi Sanders' mother "has been previously identified in news reports." Hours later, the Daily Mail's Martin Gould breathlessly exclaimed that he'd gotten the "EXCLUSIVE."

Burlington Police Chief Appointee Faces Questions

by Terri Hallenbeck Posted on July 9, 2015 at 8:35PM

Weinberger said Thursday that he wishes he’d known about del Pozo’s racial profiling paper, but that he’s unshaken in his support for the 40-year-old Brooklyn native. “It does not change my sense that Brandon del Pozo would be a good chief,” Weinberger said.

Farrington Residents Reach Deal to Buy Mobile Home Park as Co-op

by Alicia Freese Posted on July 9, 2015 at 6:37PM

Theresa Lefebvre, who's lived in Farrington's for three decades, is president of the new North Avenue Co-Op. She announced today that the group signed a purchase agreement with the Farringtons on Tuesday. It had help along the way from the city, nonprofits with experience financing cooperative purchases, and strong state laws protecting mobile park tenants. 

Weinberger Taps NYC Cop as Burlington Police Chief

by Terri Hallenbeck Posted on July 7, 2015 at 2:30PM

The 40-year-old del Pozo spent the entirety of his 18-year police career there, starting as a patrol officer in his native Brooklyn and working his way up to deputy inspector. “It is a huge plunge to go from a life that you've lived and a profession you've been in for 18 years in a big agency and come to what feels like — to my father, who's from Cuba, this feels like a very, very far away place,” del Pozo said at an afternoon news conference.

Bernie Bits: Sanders Fills Maine Arena, Clinton Camp 'Worried'

by Paul Heintz Posted on July 7, 2015 at 11:34AM

On Independence Day, Sanders Parades Through Iowa

by Paul Heintz Posted on July 5, 2015 at 12:58AM

After Saturday morning's parade in Creston, the Sanders campaign came out in full force in Waukee, 20 miles west of Des Moines. Roughly 130 boisterous supporters showed up to follow Sanders down an endless parade route, from the city's modest center, down long suburban streets, to Waukee High School, a mile and a half away.

Sanders Barnstorms Increasingly Competitive Iowa

by Paul Heintz Posted on July 3, 2015 at 11:15AM

they hear the word 'socialist,' how do we tell them that ... it does not mean what they think it means?" "Based on the size of the crowds that we've been drawing and our increasing poll numbers, I think many people are catching on," Sanders said. 

Will Lower Property Values Be the Trend Along Lake Champlain?

by Terri Hallenbeck Posted on July 3, 2015 at 10:00AM

McCarthy hopes the decision will draw greater attention to just how bad the lake is getting. Legislation passed this year creates a dedicated lake-cleanup fund and enacts new rules for farms and storm-water runoff.

Sunshine Daydream: What Would Bernie Sanders Say to Deadheads?

by Ken Picard Posted on July 3, 2015 at 9:21AM

As the Grateful Dead wraps up its final set of shows this weekend as part of its "Fare Thee Well" tour, I got to wondering: What would it be like if Bernie Sanders, Vermont's independent senator and 2016 presidential contender who's also in the Midwest this week, were allowed to address the tens of thousands of Deadheads at Chicago's Soldier Field on the Fourth of July? With just the right speechwriters — and a little help from Vermont's senior senator (and veteran deadhead), Patrick Leahy — it might go a little something like this: