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Plated Community

If you build a development with its own farm, will they come?

The warm tones of a Wagner overture can be heard in the living room of one of the South Village model homes where developer David Scheuer is sitting. Like the house around him, he has a polished yet casual air, with a crisp white shirt and ironed khakis; trendy rimless glasses perch on his nose. He sits comfortably in a wingback chair beside a fireplace, with a rose-colored ottoman resting on a sisal rug beneath his feet.... Read more

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Burlington School Board Gets Another Earful About Edmunds Access

Local Matters

Edmunds Middle School can’t accept students with limited mobility because the 111-year-old building doesn’t have an elevator. By sending handicapped children to Hunt, the district’s other middle school, the Burlington School District maintains that it’s in compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act.... Read more

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Old School

One Burlington school still isn't handicapped-accessible, and parents are tired of it

Middle schoolers whiz through the halls, laughing and talking, books in their swinging hands. It’s a change of period at Edmunds Middle School, and the students are pounding up and down stairs to make it to their classes on time.... Read more

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Endurance Fest

Vermont's terrain draws tons of triathletes

Adam Osekoski was living in a Boston suburb when he and his wife, Stephanie, decided to take a weekend trip to Vermont for a triathlon pilgrimage. He’d been reading about a Waitsfield bicycle-fitting shop called Fit Werx that caters to cyclists and people such as Osekoski himself, an amateur triathlete who has competed in four Ironman competitions.... Read more

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Plans for a Shelburne Road Roundabout Divide Transportation Types

Local Matters

Think navigating the Shelburne Road rotary is hairy during rush hour? It’s nothing compared to the difficulties surrounding the potential redesign of the five-way intersection that ranks as one of Vermont’s 50 most dangerous intersections.... Read more

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