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South Burlington firefighters quickly brought a fire under control on Oakwood Drive Saturday, March 9, around 6 p.m., limiting damage to two rooms.

A Chittenden County resident was cheated out of a large sum of money through a jury duty scam, according to the Chittenden County Sheriff’s Department.

Following a failed Town Meeting Day vote of the school district’s proposed $71 million budget, the board voted on a leaner spending plan last Wednesday with a re-vote set for Thursday, April 4.

The South Burlington alpine ski team competed in the Vermont alpine state championships on last week at Burke Mountain.

The Evans/Asbell Duo will present a free program of jazz from the 1940s and 1950s on Saturday, March 23, noon-1 p.m., in the auditorium. Doors open at 11:45 a.m.

The 2024 Vermont Francophonie Celebration will be held Thursday, March 28, in the performing arts center of the Winooski School District, 60 Normand St. The official ceremony will be held from 1-2 pm.

Join Faith United Methodist Church for a drive-thru homemade lasagna dinner fundraiser with salad, bread and dessert (maple and chocolate fudge), at 899 Dorset St., South Burlington, on Saturday, March 23, to support of Machia Wilderness Camp.

Open government mattered to all of us during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Government played an outsized role in our day-to-day lives then. Schools closed, storefronts shuttered and the officials making decisions about quarantines, mask mandates and vaccines often met in secret or exclusively online.

The current debate surrounding Act 127, which changes the funding formula for education, has made the significant kinks in the current system visible. If we want to continue to provide a quality education to students, we must act now and re-examine how we fund one of, if not the most important responsibilities the state takes on: educating the next generation.

My body feels as though I’ve volunteered for a scientific study; becoming a proving ground of sorts, evaluating various pieces of adaptive equipment as I put my own durability to the test, slipping, sliding, slogging and crunching over back roads whose fluctuating consistency becomes more unpredictable with each passing winter.

I write for an explanation why you decided not to follow the standard journalism ethics when you published a rushed, one-sided article based on one email from disgruntled board member Alex McHenry without any attempt to reach out to me or any board member for response.

I am grateful for your trust and thank you for your support. l will work to represent everyone and will listen to every community and voice.

Our beautiful library on the Market Street offers not only books and other media, but places for the community to meet. One such community meeting is a series co-sponsored by the city’s energy committee on an issue pivotal to our future.

It may be time for the changing views of Vermonters toward wildlife to be addressed, but bill S.258 will not accomplish it. Currently, and historically, the 14 members of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board have been appointed by the governor with input from the Legislature. One seat represents each county.