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3:40 Many Vermont communities will decide issues through Australian ballot rather than floor discussion and voice votes on Town Meeting Day Tuesday due to the pandemic.  This year questions range from land purchase approvals to cannabis sales. Most communities in Vermont will accept or reject their school budgets on Town Meeting Day.  In Burlington voters are being asked to approve a $95.1 million school budget.  Burlington School District Senior Finance Director Nathan Lavery outlines the proposed fiscal plan.  “One of the things that the budget incorporates is a significant number of ...

Sean Metcalf When Burlington voters cast their Town Meeting Day ballots on or before March 2, they'll have the opportunity to resurrect a voting system that some residents had hoped was long dead. Question 4 asks whether the city should change its charter to bring back ranked-choice voting, a system that allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference. If no candidate receives a majority of votes, lesser-ranked choices come into play to determine a winner. The measure would only apply to c...

3:40 The Burlington City Council has approved a revised settlement agreement with developers that will allow a long idle multi-million dollar downtown project to move forward. At the February 16th meeting of the Burlington City Council, Mayor Miro Weinberger presented for approval a settlement agreement between the city and BTC Mall Associates, the current developer of CityPlace.  At the time, concerns were raised about the agreement’s impact on unions and workers. Councilors delayed action and met in special session February 23rd. In the intervening time, further negotiations were held an...

Duane Goldman, a 1981 Cheyenne Mountain High School graduate, recently launched Goldman’s Wrestling Academy of the Rockies (W.A.R.). It is located at 65 Commerce Street, Suite 100, near North Nevada Avenue and East Fillmore Street. The aim of W.A.R., Goldman explains on his website, is to prepare wrestlers of all levels for competition. Training includes technique, drilling, sparring and hard wrestling. Goldman has an impressive resume that includes success as a competitor and coach. He was a two-time state champion (1979 and 1981) as a prep to go along with a record of 86-2. Goldman then w...

Duane Goldman, a 1981 Cheyenne Mountain High School graduate, recently launched Goldman’s Wrestling Academy of the Rockies (W.A.R.). It is located at 65 Commerce Street, Suite 100, near North Nevada