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Sandy's Wake-up Call: The Future Is Here Early

Lou Leonard | Posted 01.02.2013 | Green
Read More: Climate Change, World Wildlife Fund, Hurricane Sandy, New York City, Sandy, Hurricane Sandy 2012, Hurricane Irene, Burlington, Museum of Modern Art, Green News
Lou Leonard

For the 50 million of us who stood in the path of Sandy and the rest who watched its devastation, isn't it time to ask our leaders how we can avoid a future where Frankenstorms like Sandy become the new normal?

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5 Fall Foliage & Festival Destinations (PHOTOS)

Shermans Travel | Posted 11.25.2012 | Travel
Read More: Texas, Olympic Peninsula, Leaf Peeping, Quebec, Foliage, Livebetteramerica-Well-Being, Vermont, Adirondacks, Eastern Townships, Autumn, Burlington, Texas Hill Country, Fall, Seattle, Slideexpand, Lake George, Fall Foliage, Canada, Travel News
Shermans Travel

Whether you call it leaf peeping, foliage following or just "spending a day outside," enjoying fall's colors is one of the simplest joys of this wonderful time of year. Whether you're practically a professional leaf-peeper or just a casual enthusiast, you'll need to know where to take in the season's splendor. Of course, there's much more to autumn than looking at leaves.

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Meatless Monday: True Stories

Ellen Kanner | Posted 10.13.2012 | Green
Read More: Oakland, Tito Nunez Gudas, Doug Boucher, Hoop Dreams, Vermont, Generation Food, Lotus Blossom Ceviche, Acta Non Verba, Union of Concerned Scientists, Kelly D. Carlisle, Ratatouille, El Romero, Cuba, Burlington, Steve James, Stuffed and Starved, Farm to Cafeteria Conference, Raj Patel, Meatless Monday, Video, Green News
Ellen Kanner

It is time to speak out. It is time to listen. It is time to act. Access to fresh, healthy food is a basic human right. It's going to take basic human action to make it happen, with all of us working, caring, growing food, sharing our stories and sharing the food at our tables.

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PHOTOS: New England's 7 Weirdest Roadside Landmarks

Peter Mandel | Posted 08.05.2012 | Travel
Read More: Pentagon, VW Beetle, Weird Travel, Miniature Golf, U.S. Route 7, Vermont, Blues Brothers, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Roadside Landmarks, Scarborough, Redstone Rocket, Nasa, Road Trips, La-Z-Boy, Moose, Maine, New Hampshire, Nestle's Crunch Bar, Paul Bunyan, Superman, Burlington, U.S. Naval Construction Battalion, Rhode Island, Bangor, New England, Travel Blogs, Slideexpand, Travel News
Peter Mandel

I've focused my picks on man-made monoliths that are enormous enough to make you grab for your camera and text message friends.

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Vermont's First Social Media Election

Rich Nadworny | Posted 05.25.2012 | Media
Read More: Elections 2012, Politics, Social Media, Twitter, Facebook, Miro Weinberger, Vermont, Burlington, Media News
Rich Nadworny

The act of using social media caused conflict within the city council itself. Some councilors didn't like the fact that their peers were sending social updates on their phones or computers. They felt that the social councilors were not showing proper respect to people who had actually shown up for the meetings.

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Readers Choice: 7 Retro Drive-In Theaters

Huffington Post | Rebecca Dolan | Posted 02.12.2013 | Travel
Read More: Riverside, Drive-in-Theaters, US Destinations, Dayton, California Travel, Ohio Travel, Burlington, United States, Coldwater, Vintage Travel, Michigan Travel, Vermont Travel, Destinations, Travel News

You spoke, we listened. AOL Travel's post on the nation's coolest retro drive-in theaters got so many comments from readers that we're doing it once m...

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Men Charged With Transporting Prostitutes To Vermont Farms

Posted 08.30.2011 | Business
Read More: Prostitution, Heather Ross, Illegal Immigration, Farmers, Vermont, Sex Trade, Mexico, Burlington, Sex Trafficking, Tricks, New York, U.S. Attorney, Video, Business News

BRATTLEBORO, Vt - Federal prosecutors have charged two men with transporting several Hispanic women from New York to Vermont to have sex with farm...

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Drunken Driving Suspect Arrested -- Twice Within Six Hours

Posted 11.15.2011 | Weird News
Read More: Drunken Driving, Eleanor Thompson, Legal Limit, Dumb Crime, Weird North Carolina, Driving While Impaired, Burlington, Dui, Driving Under the Influence, North Carolina, Weird News News

Make that a double. Police in North Carolina arrested Eleanor Anderson Thompson for drunken driving on June 10 twice within a six hour period. A...

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Are Cities the Climate Champions We're Looking for?

Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Mexico City, Green News, Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Climate Change, Vermont, Environment, Sustainability, Eugene Oregon, Burlington, York Region of Greater Toronto, Global Warming, Green News
Kevin Grandia

Over the years while world leaders and bureaucrats have fiddled, cities around the world have been the champions when it comes to adopting tough measures to reduce their carbon footprints.

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Front Porch Forum: Connecting Strangers in the Neighborhood

Michael Wood-Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Vermont, Knight News Challenge, Community, Burlington, Neighbor, Neighborhood, Front Porch Forum, Technology News
Michael Wood-Lewis

In dozens of Vermont towns, residents are using the web to connect with their back-fence neighbors.

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Sex, Drugs And Secrets Fill Burlington Website

Vermont Cynic | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Buffsecret.com, University of Vermont, The Northeast, Btownsecrets.com, UVM, Vermont Cynic, Postsecret, Secret Website, Burlington, Post Secret, Secret Site, College News

Suicide, sex and drugs are the types of personal issues that students don't always share with the world. However, BTownSecrets.com is a new website...

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In Focus: Michael Moore Honored With New Ben Jerry's Flavor

The Onion | The Onion | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Capitalism Movie, Burlington, Home News

BURLINGTON, VT--The Waffle Truth will honor the dynamic visionary by combining premium vanilla ice cream with strawberries and waffle-cone bits....

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Top Ten Undiscovered Cities For Local Food (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Top Ten List, Locavore Restaurants, Undiscovered Local Food, Slidepoll, Ithaca, Green, Best-Green-Restaurants, Green Beer Month, Ashevile, Local Food Movement, Salt Lake City, Honolulu, Green Beer, Green Eats, Local Food Cities You Haven't Heard About, Madison, Top Ten, San Antonio, Green Living, Bellingham, Green Food, Undiscovered Local Food Cities, Local Food, Restaurants, Cleveland, Food, Slideshow, Burlington, Local Food Restaurants, Beer Month, Healdsburg, Green News

We here at HuffPost Green were so inspired by our readers' response to our 10 Best US Cities for Local Food piece that we decided to host another roun...

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Good Things Come to Those Who Rank: Campaign Finance, Political Dialogue and Instant Runoff Voting

Rob Richie | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Runoffs, American Idol, Instant Runoff, Burlington, Aspen, Student Elections, Politics News
Rob Richie

With instant runoff voting, voters have one vote, but are allowed to indicate their backup choices in the event that their favorite candidate lacks enough support to win.

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Video: A can-do hairdo: Free salon services make the cut

MSNBC | MSNBC | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Burlington, Home News

March 26: Hoping to help her clients stave off a recession-induced self-esteem slump, a stylist in Burlington, Ma. has been offering free haircuts on ...

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