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Weather ☀️
It's Clear and 29.86 degrees in Burlington, VT. Today's forecast: Light rain starting tonight. Today's high will be 55.74 °F and tonight's low will be 40.25 °F. Sunset will be at 07:17 PM.
March 28 in Vermont History 📅
1772 Windsor takes out second town charter to become part of the Royal Colony of New York
News 📰
- Shooting death of Burlington man by police was preventable, report finds via VTDigger
Photo courtesy Niki Carpenter A state report has determined that the death of Phil Grenon, the 76-year-old man shot and killed by a Burlington police officer in 2016, was preventable. The Vermont Mental Health Crisis Response Commission concluded after a two-year investigation that Grenon’s death “was the result of a breakdown in services ...
Friday, March 27, 2020 07:00 PM
- Family asks: Could Burlington Health & Rehab have done more? via VTDigger
Following LaBombard’s death, Burlington Health & Rehab quarantined 14 staff members. On Tuesday, they moved 10 short-term residents to a hotel. That plan was derailed after staff realized the residents had been exposed to someone who had tested positive for the coronavirus, and they were quickly moved to the University of Vermont Medical Center.
Friday, March 27, 2020 04:07 PM
- Daughter of Burlington Rehab patient says facility wasn't honest via WCAX3
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) The daughter of a patient who tested positive for coronavirus at Burlington Health and Rehab says the facility didn't tell her the truth. Burlington Health and Rehab is considered a hot spot in Vermont as the number of cases continues to rise in Vermont. A majority of the deaths have been connected to the rehab center.
Friday, March 27, 2020 12:44 PM
- Burlington Police asking public to follow intent of stay at home order via WCAX3
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) Police in Vermont's biggest city are prepared to enforce Vermont's stay at home order. But Acting Burlington Police Chief Jennifer Morrison is asking people to comply so they aren't put in that position. "We hope that we do not end up in a position of having to enforce the law or create new ordinances to address people's ...
Friday, March 27, 2020 10:09 PM
- Why Staying Home Saves Lives via Seven Days
“That means we are much more likely to save their lives,” said Tim Lahey, MD, an infectious disease expert at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. If you’ve seen #FlattenTheCurve on social media posts, that’s what it means: Stretching out the rate of infection over time so that hospitals will be able to provide enough ...
Friday, March 27, 2020 08:50 PM
- Esteemed Coach Helps Green Mountain Gymnasts Stick Their Landings via Seven Days
Since Hruska's move to Vermont, athletes have sought him out ... had an opportunity to work in the U.S., so he accepted a coaching position at Champlain Valley Gymnastics in South Burlington. Because the educational opportunities in this country were better for his two children, the Hruska family decided to settle in the U.S. permanently.
Saturday, March 28, 2020 10:04 AM
Events 🎭
We are suspending the Events section of BTV Daily for the duration of the coronavirus crisis, so as not to encourage people to congregate. Please stay home as much as you can. For more guidance around coronavirus visit https://coronavirus.gov. We hope the crisis will pass and we will bring the Events section back to you as soon as we can.
Most Liked #BurlingtonVT or #BTV Tweets 🐦
- @ShayTotten
Likewise, I started my career at @BartonChronicle and watching community weeklies & dailies wither right now is gut-wrenching. #SupportLocalNews #btv #vt #vtpoli https://t.co/xZGtIlAx8x
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03/27/2020 12:19:37
- @farmerdarrell
@Nunyuns is doing call in and pick up orders yall!! @BrightMoments @ScullyBully @lovecrossbones @SnarkyElf #btv #nne #StayHome https://t.co/AUvjFNCDbY
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03/27/2020 13:30:37
- @ShayTotten
I knew I shoulda stayed in the #NEK #btv
But seriously, #VT must be #1 among states consistently ranked #1 on per capita lists, per capita https://t.co/MyeJbqnLjx
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03/27/2020 23:45:32
- @generatorvt
@MyNBC5 came by last night to interview (at a distance) Jake Blend and board president Dan Harvey about our effort to fight #PPEshortage in #Vermont and help workers at @UVMMedCenter on the frontlines of #COVID19, check out the piece: https://t.co/XXZSNGJFP9 #BTV
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03/27/2020 12:53:32
- @edcolemangolf
The fellas and I shut down the Chicken Bone Cafe' at least three nights a week (88-91) for four straight years while at UVM. If that didn’t kill us this virus certainly won’t. #btv #uvm #COVID19 #CollegeStudent https://t.co/RkT59x81IY
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03/27/2020 22:02:21
Dave's Corner 💭
Like it seems just about everyone else, we've become users of Instacart during the crisis. I don't actually know if this is safer than going to the supermarket. Sure, at the supermarket you're around other people. But with Instacart, some random person is touching all of your stuff and putting it in their car before bringing it to your house. Pick your poison.
Dave (@davekopec)
Latest Issues from SeeClickFix 👁
- Sweeping Needed
It looks like the Street sweeper recently swept Winooski Avenue northbound between Howard and Main. For significant portions of that stretch, it dumped a ridge of dirt at the outer edge of the brush, right in the bike lane. Another pass is needed to pick up the dirt that was transferred from the curb out into the street. Thanks.
353 S Winooski Ave Burlington 05401, United States
Friday, March 27, 2020 07:55 PM
- Sidewalk
Severely cracked sidewalk, tripping hazard. Difficult for wheel chair crossing
57 S Williams St Burlington 05401, United States
Friday, March 27, 2020 06:21 PM
- Sidewalk
Dangerous tripping hazard, uneven sidewalk. Erosion concern
265 College St Burlington 05401, United States
Friday, March 27, 2020 06:18 PM
- Dead Animal
Dead animal on green belt on southwest corner of pine and Lyman. Thanks you
72 Lyman Ave Burlington VT 05401, United States
Friday, March 27, 2020 06:16 PM
- Other
Unpermitted handicap access ramp recently constructed on the front of the house. Looks to be improper footers used (cinderblocks, no lags), maybe other code nonconformities.
42 Matthew Ave Burlington VT 05408, United States
Friday, March 27, 2020 04:31 PM
- Water Cap/Valve
There is a loose water cap at the intersection of Pine Street and Lyman Ave that is making a very loud clanking sound when someone drives over it. It has been very difficult to get a good night's sleep.
Thank You
Lyman Ave & Pine St Burlington, VT, 05401, USA
Friday, March 27, 2020 04:06 PM
- Other
Construction occurring at a residence during the stay at home order.
83 Faith St Burlington VT 05408, United States
Friday, March 27, 2020 03:36 PM
- Volunteer: I want to volunteer! Our community needs your help. Tell us how you can help and we will connect you with a person or organization that needs your support.
COVID 19 Response
240 Loomis St Burlington, VT, 05401, USA
Friday, March 27, 2020 03:01 PM
- Graffiti
Huge increase in graffiti on several sides of Memorial Auditorium, on Mr. Mike's Pizza (the highly visible gateway to the City), and really all over downtown. Please confirm that the City is using, and will mandate for the future, on public and private buildings anti-graffiti paint such as: CSL Silicones Anti-Graffiti Protection, Sherwin-Williams Anti-Graffiti Coatings, Artisan Sacrificial Anti-Graffiti Coating. Also please state what measures the city is taking to provide surveillance on highly targeted graffiti sites and what those caught doing graffiti are required to do.
182 Main St Burlington, VT, 05401, USA
Friday, March 27, 2020 09:35 AM
- Volunteer: I want to volunteer! Our community needs your help. Tell us how you can help and we will connect you with a person or organization that needs your support.
115 Intervale Ave Burlington, VT, 05401, USA
Friday, March 27, 2020 07:59 AM
Random Burlingtonian Quote of the Day 📝
It may be remarked incidentally that the recognition of the relational character of scientific objects completely eliminates an old metaphysical issue. One of the outstanding problems created by the rise of modern science was due to the fact that scientific definitions and descriptions are framed in terms of which qualities play no part. Qualities were wholly superfluous. As long as the idea persisted (an inheritance from Greek metaphysical science) that the business of knowledge is to penetrate into the inner being of objects, the existence of qualities like colors, sounds, etc., was embarrassing. The usual way of dealing with them is to declare that they are merely subjective, existing only in the consciousness of individual knowers. Given the old idea that the purpose of knowledge (represented at its best in science) is to penetrate into the heart of reality and reveal its "true" nature, the conclusion was a logical one. ...The discovery of the nonscientific because of the empirically unverifiable and unnecessary character of absolute space, absolute motion, and absolute time gave the final coup de grâce to the traditional idea that solidity, mass, size, etc., are inherent possessions of ultimate individuals.
—John Dewey
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