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VOLUME 46, NO. 52
Run for a good Claus
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The Sixth annual South Burlington Rotary Ugly Sweater Fun Run not only brought loads of smiles to its many participants but it raised $11,000 to benefit the organization’s causes within the community and beyond, including a $3,000 donation to the South Burlington Academic Boosters. The run this year attracted 150 participants, including families, couples, friends and individuals. The event was featured in The Other Paper, on TV and radio, on many South Burlington school media platforms, on multiple city platforms as well as on social media. See more photos on page 7.
YIR: Burlington airport drama opens wounds COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
Tensions between South Burlington and Burlington this year opened old wounds, as the two cities grappled over a rezoning request from the Burlington International
Airport, which is on South Burlington soil but owned and managed by Burlington. The 942-acre international hub serves more than a million passengers a year and houses the Vermont Air National Guard and other businesses crucial to the state economy.
But its strain on residents in Winooski and in South Burlington — specifically in South Burlington’s Chamberlin neighborhood — set the stage for months of conflict. After months of meetings and discussion by the city airport rezoning task force, formed in December 2021, the body in
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April unanimously decided against the Burlington International Airport’s request to rezone 11 acres of airport-owned land from residential to aviation use. The task force argued that the neighborSee AIRPORT on page 10
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