Winooski Man Charged After Alleged Racist Tirade at Post Office

by Derek Brouwer Posted on July 1, 2020 at 5:56PM

 Gregory told Seven Days that on the afternoon of June 25, she mailed a few packages to a family member, then scooped her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Mira, into her arms and walked to the exit. A man wearing khakis and loafers stepped into the open doorway and chided her, she said.

Fire Causes $1 Million in Damage at Burlington's Pearl Street Beverage

by Sasha Goldstein Posted on July 1, 2020 at 4:33PM

The blaze also damaged the independently owned and operated Lakeside Pharmacy, located directly next-door to the liquor outlet. Locke said those in need of prescriptions should contact their doctor to have them filled elsewhere.

Hours Before Deadline, Burlington City Council Approves New Budget

by Courtney Lamdin Posted on June 30, 2020 at 11:40PM

All city employees will receive a cost-of-living increase except for those who make more than $100,000; those workers' pay will be frozen. Weinberger, who made about $112,000 last fiscal year, said he will take a 10 percent pay cut.

Leahy Absent From Vermont, Sanders From the Senate

by Paul Heintz Posted on June 30, 2020 at 8:42PM

offices. My offices are closed.

Vermont Vet Excoriates Trump as a 'Coward' in Viral Lincoln Project Ad

by Colin Flanders Posted on June 30, 2020 at 7:32PM

Affidavit: Cop Used Pepper Spray at Close Range on Handcuffed Teen

by Derek Brouwer Posted on June 30, 2020 at 6:46PM

Burlington City Council Votes to Cut Police Force Through Attrition

by Courtney Lamdin Posted on June 30, 2020 at 3:10AM

Grant applied to the police commission because "I felt that the work of that committee was not allowed to be completed," she wrote in her application. As commissioner, Grant wants to increase communication between Burlington police and the public.

Former St. Albans Cop Charged With Assaulting Prisoner in 2017

by Derek Brouwer Posted on June 29, 2020 at 6:19PM

Pigeon was fired last Friday following an internal investigation, according to city manager Dominic Cloud. Pigeon was "terminated for violation of departmental rules, in particular honesty," after the city found discrepancies between what Pigeon told city investigators and Vermont State Police, Cloud said.

Vermont Law School to Hold Classes Online This Fall

by Colin Flanders Posted on June 29, 2020 at 3:17PM

Most Vermont schools — including the University of Vermont, the Vermont State Colleges System and Middlebury College — have already announced plans to return to in-person learning in the fall, though with wide-ranging safety requirements in place that will impact virtually every aspect of college life. Vermont Law School does not offer on-campus housing and therefore does not rely on room and board revenues, as do many other colleges.

Legislature Doles Out $577 Million in Aid, Adjourns Until August

by Paul Heintz Posted on June 27, 2020 at 12:40AM

appropriations," she said. "We have additional money, knowing that, after July 1, needs will emerge that we right now don't have the ability to quantify or to know."