BURLINGTON

The city council in Vermont’s largest city has approved a resolution backing the reduction of the police force by 30% through attrition amid calls in Burlington and nationwide for racial justice and to defund police. The Burlington City Council approved the Racial Justice Resolution early Tuesday by a vote of 9 to 3. The resolution declares that racism is a…

There was a massive turnout Tuesday in Burlington, Vermont, at a food giveaway – this as advocates call for the need for food support amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Front-line workers at Lahey Hospital in Burlington were honored with a parade and a performance by Boston Bruins national anthem singer Todd Angilly.

A 12-year-old girl who’d gone missing in Burlington, Massachusetts, has been found safe. The girl, Sam Russo, had gone missing on Sunday afternoon.

In Vermont’s largest city, certain streets will now look different as a new plan to promote exercise while keeping social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A college student from Burlington, Connecticut, wanted to say thank you to all the health care workers who are working day and night to save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic and he did so by creating a beautiful tribute for the entire town to see. Kevin Kryzwick, a 21-year-old Fairfield University student, painted an American flag, a health care worker…

A new effort has formed to connect senior citizens in and around Vermont’s largest city with friends in the community to help them through the COVID-19 crisis. “I just think it’s miraculous,” said Sandy Short, 80, of Burlington. “It’s a wonderful service.” Short, who said she is at home fighting off pneumonia, takes part in a program called Support...

A new effort has formed to connect senior citizens in and around Vermont’s largest city with friends in the community to help them through the COVID-19 crisis.

Technology companies say they have a role to play in the world’s response to the growing threat from coronavirus. “There’s an opportunity here to really help,” said Ethan Bechtel, the CEO of OhMD. OhMD, which operates out of the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies in Burlington, provides a secure and private way for patients to text their doctor’s office...

A second Boston man who was said to be a member of the Latin Kings street gang was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison Tuesday for his role in a Vermont-to-Boston drugs-for-guns plan. The U.S. Attorney’s office says that Darwin Medina, 35, was sentenced in federal court in Burlington to serve 135 months in prison. Medina’s sentencing…

The last thing athlete Muji Karim expected to have stolen was his custom prosthetic running blade. But it happened over the weekend.

Muji Karim knows about overcoming obstacles. But even so, this one hurts. The resident of Medford, Massachusetts, is trying to figure out who would steal his custom prosthetic running blade from his SUV over the weekend. “It is very disappointing, you go through a lot of emotions,” Karim said. “I was upset, wondering who would have taken it. It is…

A chain of casual upscale restaurants known for their extensive beer options has opened their fourth Boston-area location....

As reported earlier, Yard House is now open in Burlington, taking over the space where Chili’s had once been. The new outlet joins other Yard House locations in Boston’s Fenway area, at Legacy Place in Dedham, and at MarketStreet Lynnfield, along with one...

This week’s Restaurant Recap has some bad news for Cambridge and a bakery-cafe trying to make a comeback.

Michael Bloomberg was in Vermont Tuesday as he continued his presidential campaign.

Michael Bloomberg, the multi-billionaire former New York City mayor, campaigned Monday in Vermont — in the city where rival candidate Bernie Sanders served as mayor in the 1980s. The businessman argued he’s well-suited to go head-to-head with President Donald Trump, because he’s familiar with the president’s style from past policy debates in the city — and he claims to...

A man is seriously injured after his car rolled over on I-93 Northbound near Exit 41 in Wilmington, Massachusetts on Sunday morning. State troopers arrived at the scene at approximately 2:30 a.m. A 34-year-old man from Waltham was found to have been ejected from a 2003 Toyota Camry Solara, after the vehicle rolled over. The man was transported to Lahey…

The body of a retired New York State Police investigator has returned home to Massachusetts. Ryan Fortini, a native of Burlington, died on New Year’s Day from 9/11-related cancer. “It was his life,” Fortini’s sister, Joy Wilson, said about his career in law enforcement. “My mother said inside, in one of the stories, it was police, then family.” “He...

Ryan Fortini, a retired New York State Police trooper from Burlington, Massachusetts, died from cancer that he contracted while responding to the 9/11 attacks.

Four people, including two children, were injured when ice dislodged from a commercial truck and smashed through the windshield of a pickup truck in Burlington, Massachusetts, on Thursday morning. The incident happened on Route 3 north, south of Exit 26, around 11:30 a.m. “Unfortunately, when snow and ice is not removed, it can lead to serious incidents,” said Burlington Fire…