History

What You Can Do About Climate Change 12/12/2017

Ohavi Zedek Synagogue hosts a special event about Climate Change.

A Special Video Memorial for Vermont's Own John Ewing 11/27/2017

Channel 17 reaches into the archives to remember bank president and environmental activist John Ewing's remarks on sprawl in Vermont, preceded by an excerpt from the November 2017 Burlington City Council meeting where he is fondly remebered.

Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: Remembering the Battle of Fort Anne - Reevaluating the Battle's Role in the Revolutionary War 11/19/2017

Archaeologist and author Michael Jacobson summarizes recent historical and archaeological research that has shed new light on the Revolutionary War Battle of Fort Anne and its role in the Burgoyne Campaign of 1777.

The Northgate Story Remembered - Policy Makers 11/17/2017

Join Mike MacNamara, Peter Clavelle, Brenda Torpy and Gus Seelig as they recall their involvement in saving the State of Vermont's largest affordable housing complex and its transformation from private corporate ownership to resident owned and controlled management.

Stump the Chumps: Halloween Pranks of Yore 10/31/2017

Bill Keough reminisces with Joey Donovan and Ken Spagnuolo about Halloween pranks of yesteryear in the Burlington, Vermont area.

Preservation Burlington: Preserving Lakeview Cemetery 10/26/2017

Liisa and Ron assess the damage and restoration plans for the gate around Burlington, Vermont's Lakeview Cemetery.

More information on Preservation Burlington.

Liisa Reimann Rivera - Originally from England, Liisa has lived in Burlington since 2006. She earned her Master's in Historic Preservation from the University of Vermont and is a principal with Blue Brick Preservation. Liisa lives in a 1954 ranch house, whose historic wooden windows she thinks are of a genius design seldom seen since, in Burlington's New North End. Liisa's passions include historic industrial buildings, firehouses and little-known builder-architects of the vernacular landscape.

Ron Wanamaker - Ron has been a member of the Board since 2007 and has served as Vice President and President. A passionate preservationist, he continues to serve on the Education Committee for Preservation Burlington and is also a member of Burlington’s Design Advisory Board. A contractor since 1988, he has lived and worked in Burlington since 1998 and managed Wanamaker Restoration as well as Champlain Valley Millworks.

Positively Vermont: "Mill Girls" at Saint Michael's College 10/23/2017

Host Dennis McMahon brings in Professor Peter Harrigan of Saint Michael's College to explore his exciting work of historical drama focusing on women who worked in Winooski's mills in the 19th and 20th centuries, Mill Girls.

Ohavi Zedek Lunch & Learn: Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger 10/19/2017

Miro Weinberger speaks about his policies and work as Burlington's mayor at the Ohavi Zedek lunchtime program.

Off The Wall Coalition 10/17/2017

Margaret Harrington is joined by Albert Petrarca to discuss his part in the graffiti that was recently painted on the plaque associated with the large mural just off Burlington's Church Street. Albert is a member of the Off The Wall Coalition and he explains the political and social issues behind the mural.

What's Going On?: Burlington Telecom Sale Finalists and Catalonian Secession 10/16/2017

Sandy Baird, Mark Estrin, and Kurt Mehta discuss the sale of Burlington, Vermont's Burlington Telecom (provider of telephone, television, and internet services) and the movement in Catalonia, located along Spain's Mediterranean coast, to secede from that nation.

Featured Story

CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!