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Funeral Services Tuesday For Burlington Firefighter

Funeral Services Tuesday For Burlington Firefighter

BURLINGTON, Vt. – August 3, 2010 – Funeral services for  Burlington Fire Department 23-year veteran Lieutenant Steven N. “Vinny” Costello will be held Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at the Ira Allen Chapel, University of Vermont Campus in Burlington.
Costello, 46, passed away on Friday, July 30, 2010, after suffering cardiac arrest a week earlier [...]

Annual Champlain Valley Mineral Show Features Gems of New England

Annual Champlain Valley Mineral Show Features Gems of New England

SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT -  The Burlington Gem and Mineral Club’s 31st Annual Champlain Valley Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show gets under way this coming weekend, July 24-25, 2010, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, at the Tuttle Middle School in South Burlington, Vt.
The venue will have quality dealers offering minerals, fossils, gems, jewelry, lapidary [...]

Burlington Wine & Food Festival, June 26, 11am & 4pm

Burlington Wine & Food Festival, June 26, 11am & 4pm

BURLINGTON, Vt.  – This weekend, June 26, 2010, taste fine wines from Italy, Spain, Germany, Australia, Argentina, California, Vermont, and more, poured by importers, winemakers and representatives from the world’s finest vineyards during two four-hour wine tasting sessions on the shores of Lake Champlain at Burlington’s Waterfront Park. 
Learn secrets to enhance the enjoyment of the pairing of fine wines [...]

Special Olympics Vermont 2010 Summer Games This Weekend

Special Olympics Vermont 2010 Summer Games This Weekend

BURLINGTON, Vt. – June 2, 2010 – The Special Olympics Vermont 2010 Summer Games will get underway this weekend, June 4 – 6, 2010,  at the University of Vermont in Burlington.
The games will include four sporting venues in one location. Athletes will compete in Aquatics, Athletics, Bocce and Softball over the three-day competition. In a 34% [...]

Langrock Sponsors 50 Campers This Summer at the Boys & Girls Club

Langrock Sponsors 50 Campers This Summer at the Boys & Girls Club

MIDDLEBURY, VT – June 1, 2010 – Fifty kids will be attending the Burlington Boys & Girls Club summer camp program thanks to Langrock, Sperry & Wool, LLP and its “50 for the 50th” celebration marking the legal team’s 50 years in business. The gift is part of Langrock’s ongoing celebration of 50 years of service in [...]

16th Annual Bloomtime Festival & Burlington Garden Club 76th Anniversary Plant Sale!

16th Annual Bloomtime Festival & Burlington Garden Club 76th Anniversary Plant Sale!

Burlington, Vt. – The 76th Anniversary Plant Sale, Saturday, May 22, 2010 , from 10am – 3pm, is open to the public. Awaken your senses to the scents of lilacs, flowering crabapples, magnolias and more.  Perennials, lilacs and gardening books will be on sale where the UVM Greenhouse is on hand selling indoor plants.
Also, don’t miss the [...]

Way to Go! Announces Prizes to Promote Transportation Alternatives

Way to Go! Announces Prizes to Promote Transportation Alternatives

BURLINGTON, Vt. – May 12, 2010
- Registration is now open for the seventh annual Way to Go! Commuter Challenge, which will take place May 17-21, 2010, say organizers.  The event is aimed at encouraging the use of healthier, more earth-friendly transportation, and less expensive alternatives to driving alone. 
Everyone who commits to walk, bike, telecommute, carpool, take [...]

Record High April Temperatures Hit Vermont

Record High April Temperatures Hit Vermont

 

Burlington, Vt., April 4, 2010 – The National Weather Service reported record high temperatures set yesterday, April 3, 2010 for Burlington, St. Johnsbury, Montpelier and Massena, N.Y.  
 Burlington hit a high of 82 degrees Fahrenheit smashing yesterday’s old record  of 73 degrees recorded in 1981.  Montpelier hit a high of 84 degrees besting the old record of 1981 [...]

March 2 – Symposium Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Kunin’s First Gubernatorial Inauguration

March 2 – Symposium Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Kunin’s First Gubernatorial Inauguration

Burlington, Vt. – March 2, 2010 - The University of Vermont hosts a symposium today at UVM’s Dudley H. Davis Center celebrating the 25th anniversary of former Vermont Governor Madeleine Kunin’s first inauguration. Such former Kunin cabinet members as Jonathon Lash, president of the Washington,D.C.-based World Resources Institute, and Richard Mills, commissioner of education for New York [...]

Magic Hat Mardi Gras Parade in Burlington, Sat.,Feb.27

Magic Hat Mardi Gras Parade in Burlington, Sat.,Feb.27

Burlington, Vt. -  On February 27, 2010, at 3pm, the Mardi Gras celebration in Burlington, Vermont, will keep rolling with the Grand Parade winding its way through downtown Burlington!  Line up early to get your prime viewing spot so you can see the regalia and catch the beads, moonpies and Lake Champlain chocolates as they [...]

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