DiGenova arrest
Nordic champs
Former state cop charged with stealing $40K from evidence lockers
Vermont team takes top spot in ski competition
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Burlington Airport to get $34 million for renovations
Swearing in
2023 poised for high passenger volumes COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
Burlington International Airport, with more than $30 million in federal funds now available, is queuing up major renovations to its terminal, as the airport continues to see increasing passenger volumes post-COVID.
The $34 million in congressionally directed spending was secured by former Sen. Patrick Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, as part of his final vote in the senate in December. With part of those funds, See BTV on page 16
New principal puts the emphasis on ‘pal’ McDonald moves from high school to Marcotte LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
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The South Burlington Police Department welcomes and swears in two new officers, Emily Patterson and Justin Maki, last Friday. Both officers began their training on March 13.
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Lissa McDonald, South Burlington High School’s former assistant principal of 17 years, has accepted the permanent principal position at Rick Marcotte Central School’s after a yearlong stint as interim principal. The school board finalized her appointment at its March 8 school
board meeting following a threemonth search. McDonald moved to Vermont from Maine in 1990 when her husband was hired to teach physical education and coach football at South Burlington High School, where she would later become the assistant principal in 2006. See MCDONALD on page 12
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