Vermont's most metropolitan area is not exactly what you'd think it would be. Overlooking the waters of Lake Champlain toward upstate New York and the peaks of the Adirondacks, Burlington has rightly gained a reputation as a great outdoor getaway. There are swimming, water skiing, sailing, kayaking, fishing and water sports on Lake Champlain; a seven-mile bike and hiking path on the shoreline and dozens of prospects for hiking,snow skiing, snowboarding and snow shoeing in the nearby Green Mountains.
Like most of Vermont, Burlington has quaint New England scenery, featuring rolling, wooded hills (breathtaking in the fall) dotted with white clapboard homes and tall-steepled churches.
No less than five colleges, including the University of Vermont, are located here, and with them (and the weekenders and transplants from large East Coast cities) comes a steady diet of very sophisticated visual, performing and fine arts: there is the Fleming Museum for fine arts, the Flynn Theatre which offers everything from contemporary dance and jazz to Broadway favorites, dozens of galleries and various festivals, such as the Mozart Festival and the Discover Jazz Festival.
History buffs can spend hours investigating the Native American, French and British heritage of the area and viewing such sites as Battery Park, which played a crucial part in the War of 1812. Other sites of historical interest include the Battery Street National Historic District, the Ethan Allen Homestead, the Green Mountain Cemetery and various monuments around town.
Lake Champlain Ferries offers three ferry crossings between Vermont and New York, along with a variety of excursion cruises. Crossings are between Grand Isle, VT and Plattsburgh, NY; Burlington VT and Port Kent, NY and Charlotte VT and Essex, NY.
As President Barack Obama unveiled details Monday of his $3.8 trillion budget proposal that would include jobs programs, leaders of Vermont nonprofits said the president's economic stimulus package in 2009 bolstered their services and added jobs.
The new goggle streamlines size, weight and design for superior comfort and equipment compatibility and provides an uncompromised field-of-view, best-in-class ballistic protection and dual-material frame technology for comfortable, extended wearability, the company said.
The Burlington Business and Professional Women's organization recently presented its 2009 Woman of the Year, Employer of the Year and Woman of Achievement Awards at the Best Western Windjammer Conference Center in South Burlington.
The cold, huddled masses on Burlington's waterfront Saturday showed Mother Nature that 33-degree water and a wind chill of zero are not obstacles to a good time or a good cause.
On 'House,' a popular TV medical drama, the title character is a brilliant but sarcastic physician who diagnoses a mysterious deadly ailment before each one-hour show ends.
http://bit.ly/d2CFnt Michel Guite, President of Vermont Telephone Co. in Springfield, suggests in the following email sent to the Blue Ribbon Committee that VTel may be interested in working with Burlington Telecom. Guite sent a copy to the Free Press. ---Original Message-- From: Michel Guite Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 1:51 PM To: Provost, David; Subject: Note from VTel Mr. Provost, John Briggs in the Burlington Free Press reports the Committee you chair, reviewing BT, is doing a very careful job. I would like to see BT survive, and thrive, and in that context I hope the following comments might be helpful. These comments are my personal opinions only....
A Vermont business is getting more than its 15 minutes of fame. The Vermont Brownie Company was featured in Tuesday night's episode of Throwdown with Bobby Flay on the Food Network.
Buffeted by priest sex abuse lawsuits, Vermont's Catholic church says it will sell its headquarters building and a children's camp to raise money for settlements to alleged abuse victims.
The Peace & Justice Center, a 31-year-old nonprofit advocacy organization, is facing a serious financial shortfall and has put out an 'urgent appeal' to members 'to help us make it through this winter.' The appeal headlines the organization's February newsletter, which is moving entirely online to save printing costs.
A Burlington man who was shot in the back by police is facing more charges. Prosecutors have brought eight counts of aggravated assault, simple assault, and DUI charges against Kelley O'Brien. O'Brien was shot by a Shelburne police officer nearly a year ago for allegedly trying to hit the officer with his car.
