Burlington

The Burlington City Council meets on Mondays, three times each month at 7pm. Their meetings air live on Channel 317 (Burlington Telecom) and on Channel 17 at the air times listed below. Meeting schedules, agendas and minutes can be found here.

 Marcy Krumbine, Assistant Director for Community Development is joined by Becky Holt, COTS Director of Development and Communication, and Jennie Davis, WHBW Director of Program Services to discuss Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Community Development Week.

Burlington CEDO Office's monthly show. 

"Wolf Peaches, Poisoned Peas, and Madame Pompadour's Underwear: The Surprising Histories of Common Garden Vegetables".  Spring will come, and with it planting season! Many of us look at vegetables as side dishes and simple food items, but vegetables have a hidden history that reveals a major role in human events. Local scientist and author Rebecca Rupp shares some of the lesser known origins, historical legends and stories behind common garden vegetables.

For more information, contact the Ethan Homestead Museum at www.ethanallenhomestead.org or call 802.865-4556

Seventh-grader Zach Guiles of Williamstown, VT, was suspended in 2003 from his local middle school for wearing a T-shirt that called President George W. Bush a “Chicken-Hawk-in-Chief” who was engaged in a “World Domination Tour.” The school principal said the shirt wasn’t allowed because it had pictures of a martini glass, a marijuana cigarette, and cocaine, and such images promoted drug and alcohol use. Zach said the images were protected political speech – he had a right to make a statement about the president’s alleged former substance abuse problems as well as the president’s foreign policies. He went to the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont for help. Zach looks back on what it’s like for a 13-year-old to fight for his rights.