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Search process will begin with robust public engagement effort and community survey by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Today, Mayor Miro Weinberger announced that the city will resume its search for Burlington’s next permanent Police Chief. One year ago, Mayor Weinberger suspended the Police Chief search due to the uncertain circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the goal of re-starting the search after the mayoral election. “We need structural and cultural transformation...

Community Content Note: In response to concerns about the coronavirus, area events may be subject to cancellation, postponement or attendance limits. Please contact organizers to confirm event details. Founders Day: 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. April 19, Sanctuary, 82 Main St., Maynard. For information: http://maynard150.org. Residents are invited to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the creation of Maynard with this outdoor, socially distanced event featuring a speaking program, music, the opening o...

Kieran Fowler, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Greens INNOVATING Glasgow city centre students have been recognised for their entrepreneurial ideas. Seven start-up business ideas from both Strathclyde University and Glasgow School of Art students and graduates have reached the finals of the Fresh Ideas. More than 240 students applied for long-running national student enterprise competition - with 14 finalists set to pitch their ideas on March 12. Among the Glasgow finalists are ideas ...

Environment Commissioner Simon Uptons bold new vision for sustainable tourism 19 Feb, 2021 05:00 PM 4 minutes to read Air traffic in our wilderness areas has eroded "natural quiet" in tourist pressure points such as Milford Sound. Photo / Getty Images Air traffic in our wilderness areas has eroded "natural quiet" in tourist pressure points such as Milford Sound. Photo / Getty Images By: Joanna Wane Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton talks to Joanna Wane about his vision ...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Three new targets for the country were set: an average reduction of 2 percent each year between 2022 and 2025, 17 percent each year between 2025 and 2030 and 36 percent each year between 2030 and 2035. Commission chair Dr Rod Carr said investing in electric vehicles, renewable energy generation, climate-friendly farming practices and planting more native forests would be critical to meeting the targets. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern s...

01/02/2021 Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The Prime Minister says it is incredibly encouraging that the Climate Change Commissions first official report shows that reaching our emissions reduction goals are both achievable and affordable. The commissions first report, published on Monday, laid out a path to drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Paris Agreement targets. Three new targets for the country were set: an average reduction of 2 percent ...

Rhoda Meek set up Isle20 at the beginning of the pandemic to support producers in Scottish islands sell their wares online AMIDST the gloom of a lockdown January it’s hard to see a bright side but a silver lining to the coronavirus cloud could be the number of businesses across Scotland that have embraced ecommerce for the first time. For artists, craft workers and microbusinesses particularly, a move online has staved off penury and for some has been so successful that they expect to con...

started typically enough for Seven Days writers. One reporter gave advice to a Wyoming woman who suspected a cop there had created a fake social media account, because weve apparently become reputed experts on that. Another learned about an Auschwitz survivor and member of the Polish resistance who shared his family name — and a strong resemblance to his father. You know, the usual stuff. But then, 2020 brought us COVID-19, and things got, well, very weird. Our writers, tr...

Jan Wright This "backstory" is a part of a collection of articles that describes some of the obstacles that Seven Days reporters faced while pursuing Vermont news, events and people in 2020. I wrote a couple of stories last year about police using fake social media accounts to engage citizens — anonymously. After the practice brought down two top law enforcement officials in Burlington, I got an email from Kati Hime of Laramie, Wyo. "I have a ...

5:30 An issue that shadowed Burlington, Vermont officials throughout 2020 began at the end of 2019.  As Progressives took control of the City Council, policing issues were targeted. Now the department faces cuts moving into 2021. On December 16, 2019 Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger accepted the resignation of then-Police Chief Brandon del Pozo after he admitted using an anonymous Twitter account to criticize a local activist and department critic.  The mayor then appointed Deputy Chief Jan W...