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Front Porch Forum chief of staff Jason Van Driesche is running for Burlington City Council, on the ideas that everyone deserves to be heard and being committed to listening to the whole community. Im concerned that South District voters wont know how or why Mr. Van Driesches words dont match the actions of the executives like CEO Michael Wood-Lewis and Van Driesche who are running the donor-supported for-profit corporation known as FPF. Im also concerned about how FPF might be managed when citiz...

Monday, November 21, 2022 For Immediate Release Contact: Kristian Connolly, FrontPorchFlimflam.com founder, FrontPorchFlimflam@gmail.com New website FrontPorchFlimflam.com tells a local story MONTPELIER, Vt. – A newly launched website, FrontPorchFlimflam.com, went live earlier this month in order to share the story of two Vermont residents, Kristian and Deborah Connolly, who were recently banished from lauded and praised Vermont social media network and online community Front Porch Forum. Led ...

Jason Van Driesche will seek the Democratic nomination for the South District seat held by Joan Shannon during the party’s caucus in December. Shannon said she intends to seek reelection.

Residents question whether the rezoning plans would help deal with Burlington’s housing shortage.

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 For Immediate Release Contact: Jason Van Driesche, Candidate, jvandriesche@gmail.com, 802-735-7271 Joanna Grossman, Campaign Manager, jg.digitalunderground@gmail.com, 802-324-4210 Jason Van Driesche to Run for Burlington South District City Council Seat Burlington, VT – November 13th, 2021 – South End resident Jason Van Driesche has declared his candidacy for the Burlington South District City Council seat. He is, to date, the only candidate to have officially info...

The Addicted Gardener: All knotted up about Japanese knotweed Donna Lane, Columnist In the past couple of weeks, my travels have taken me up and down routes I-95, 1, 1A, 109 and many back roads, especially in Norwood, Westwood, Walpole, Medfield and Needham.  The red Japanese maples and the flowering trees – especially the native dogwoods that haven’t been affected by anthracnose – are spectacular this year. But not all is well this spring. I couldn’t help but notice the growing prolif...