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Burlington voters approved four ballot initiatives on Town Meeting Day, including a 5-cent police and fire tax increase intended to help close a multimillion dollar gap in the city budget.

Along with the tax increase, voters approved a $140.8 million Burlington School District budget; a charter change that permanently enshrines the Office of Racial Equity, Inclusi...


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The makeup of the Burlington City Council will remain the same, with Democrats holding seven of 12 seats, after both incumbents won the two contested races on Town Meeting Day.

Democrat Evan Litwin cruised with 75 percent of the vote in Ward 7 over Progressive challenger Bill Standen, while Progressive Marek Broderick fended...


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Spencer Wood started skiing at age 2 and racing at 5. By the time he was 8, he’d added club soccer, baseball and swim team to his schedule. It wasn’t until the Pittsfield native was 10 that his parents told him that he had a physical disability.

After a...


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As someone who grew up Catholic, my primary touchstones for abbey life were the unfun nuns of The Sound of Music. An abstemious bunch, they objected, in song, to the fact that novice Maria — who would eventually leave the order to marry Baron von Trapp — was late for chapel but never for meals.

And so, last spring, it came as a surprise when I toured my fi...


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A new pizza place and deli opened on February 20 at 1 Market Place, Unit 13, in the red-painted plaza off Susie Wilson Road in Essex. At Pizzeria Corinna, owner Shane Corbett and his team serve whole pies, slices, subs and salads for takeout or on-site din...


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