Burlington

Ahead of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, Burlington kids learned how to blow a shofar.

A long-standing legal challenge brought against the developers of the CityPlace Burlington project is ending, removing a hurdle that could allow construction of the beleaguered project to finally begin.

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights is investigating allegations of antisemitism at the University of Vermont.

Two recent police shootings in Vermont appear to involve individuals who were struggling with mental health issues. For mental health advocates, the way these incidents have played out is nothing new.

T-Rugg’s Tavern in Burlington has been a fixture in the city’s Old North End for over four decades. It’s the kind of place where you’re likely to run into your neighbors — and that’s exactly what the bar’s owner wants.

Three local developers have assumed full ownership of the City Place Burlington project after buying out Don Sinex, one of their partners on the project.

On a recent April evening, half a dozen farmers gathered inside a Burlington greenhouse. There they attended a gardening class put on by the Association of Africans Living in Vermont. The class is meant to help farmers adapt crops from warmer parts of the world – to Vermont’s rather short growing season.VPR’s Elodie Reed brought back this postcard.

Kat McVeigh and partner Dale Donaldson find vintage textiles and give them renewed life with their clothing design business, Kitty Badhands.

In two Vermont cities, there’s prime downtown real estate that could become much-needed housing. But these vacant lots in Burlington and Newport have languished for years, and it’s unclear if anything will change in the near future.

Vermont’s largest city might not be a place you’d expect to find historic barns. But they’re everywhere – some are hidden in backyards, others are hiding in plain sight. And in a changing city in the midst of a housing crisis, the role these barns play may be shifting.