Growing pains
Winter sports
Good Times Cafe, bakery expand into S. Burlington
High school teams get seasons underway
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VOLUME 48, NO. 51
Pedestrians suffer critical injuries
Holiday dinner party
LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
Two pedestrians were critically injured after a pickup truck hit them on Shelburne Road in South Burlington last Wednesday late afternoon. April McMahon, 54, of St. Albans and Todd Brissette, 61, of Burlington, were walking across the crosswalk on the on ramp to Interstate 189 when they were struck by the pickup driven by Jeffrey Fay, 61, of Richmond, who
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South Burlingtonians enjoyed a holiday meal with their neighbors Dec. 13 at the senior center, followed by a concert from Maiden Vermont.
was heading east onto the highway from Route 7. Both McMahon and Brissette were transported to the University of Vermont Medical Center with serious injuries, and a press release from the Vermont State Police described McMahon’s injuries as life-threatening. The crash investigation by the Vermont State Police is ongoing. The crosswalk, painted across See CRASH on page 12
Planners ponder different vision for City Center LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
After almost a decade since South Burlington adopted the zoning that would govern development in City Center, the planning commission is beginning the long process of retooling that code. While South Burlington was
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one of the largest suppliers of housing in the entire county last year — plenty of which occurred in the 300-acre City Center boundaries — there is often a perception that the city lacks aesthetic appeal or a real defining character See CODE REVISION on page 12
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