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802 News with Mark Johnson sits down with Nat Winthrop, who published the Vanguard Press and the Vermont Times, the two alt weeklies that came before Seven Days, and who has a new book called On the Record collecting 17 of his old cover stories with a fresh postscript on each. The best stretch is the stories themselves. In 1979 he found about 50 Iranian cadets enrolled at Norwich by the Shah just as the revolution hit, learned most of them supported it, and reported that the Shah's liaison officer had offered money to have an anti Shah cadet killed. The cadets were deported a couple of months before graduation. He revisits Billy Greer, the South Burlington dry cleaner's kid who ran the hashish smuggling plot that ended with barrels floating in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and a sentence longer than most murders get, and a restorative justice piece from when it cost $25,000 a year to jail someone in Vermont. He says that number is now around $92,000 and that there were more community programs 30 years ago than there are today. The Vanguard was the only outlet in the state to endorse Bernie Sanders for mayor in 1981, and Winthrop still remembers Bernie treating him like a nuisance when he shadowed him in Washington. He is 74, does not miss making payroll, and the book is in bookstores across the northern half of the state.

The Morning Drive on WVMT had interim Burlington police chief Shawn Burke in the studio for 22 minutes, and it is the clearest accounting of where the department stands that I have heard. Burke put numbers on everything. The department has 55 sworn officers, 44 of them available for assignment, and he called that pace unsustainable. Since 2020 the city has lost 73 officers to retirement, resignation or termination and hired about 32. Nobody is eligible to retire in the next 18 months, which he sees as a rare window to hire and train, since a new officer takes about 34 weeks to get on the street. He has three recruits in the current academy class and wants five in the February one. On why hiring is so hard, he said candidates are in a buyer's market and that the Northeast, unlike Florida or Texas, has a political problem attracting them. He also said plainly that the defund debate of 2020 hurt the department even though no money was actually cut.

The callers pushed on the recent violence and he did not dodge. He said the young adults involved in the mid August homicide knew each other, called the separate knife assault on St. Paul Street more random, said the detective bureau cleared those cases within days, and connected the bike path assault to a bigger pattern of adolescents on e-motos where a fist fight now escalates to a knife or a gun. He said the department does not have the officers to proactively figure out who those kids are. The New North End is seeing more activity around Leddy Park, and every neighborhood association tells him the same thing, they want neighborhood policing back, which requires bodies. State police have done two rounds of high visibility downtown patrols since he returned, and he welcomed them while noting the limits of what non Burlington officers can enforce. The permanent chief search has finalists coming to town in the next ten days, Burke will meet them, and the decision is the mayor's. He leaves in March and called for a Red Sox sweep of the Yankees on his way out.

This week in Vermont podcasts, The Frequency ran its daily briefings on spare bedrooms as a housing fix, the roughly 1,000 people mistakenly added to voter rolls who never voted, whether Vermont's sports betting gamble is paying off, the new phone free classroom rule, and Bernie Sanders on the November elections. Vermont Edition visited Chittenden for its Town by Town series, explained why shrinking household sizes are squeezing the housing market, made the case for native "trash fish," previewed the Norman Rockwell exhibit at the Shelburne Museum, and spent an hour with a firefighter who was at Ground Zero 25 years ago. Vermont This Week gave its Friday roundtable to corrections policy, the women's prison in limbo, and frustrations in Burlington. Over on The Morning Drive, besides the chief, Kurt and Anthony talked with South Burlington's public works team about the I-89 pedestrian bridge, Habitat for Humanity about the Williston ReStore reopening after its fire, the state's new tourism commissioner about Vermont's first official brand, and a long line of Senate and State's Attorney candidates. Brave Little State dropped its ninth annual history of Vermont road names, opening on Green Dolphin Drive in South Burlington. Net Zero Energy, Burlington Electric's own show, rode along with VGS's Ben Rich on his electric motorcycle road trips. The Vermont Conversation also had Nat Winthrop, a week before 802 News did, and followed it with historian Jill Lepore on authoritarianism. Abstract VT hit episode 71 with Vermont author Trish Alley on her memoir Defining Grace. And Rumble Strip added a third chapter to its Life of Kaye series, called Summertime and Dead Batteries.

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Burlington's Pride parade is Sunday and almost nobody has signed up to work it.

The Pride Vermont Parade & Festival is Sunday, September 13th. The parade steps off at noon on South Winooski Avenue, heads up Church and Pearl, and ends at Battery Park, where the festival runs 1 to 4 PM. This is the first year a new community coalition of Burly Bear, Out in the 802, Queer VT and the City of Burlington is running it after the Pride Center handed the September event off, and when I checked their volunteer shift board on Wednesday it listed 146 volunteer spots with tons of openings. Shifts run from 6 AM to 5 PM on Sunday, plus a Saturday afternoon layout crew flagging tent spots at Battery Park. They need help with:

Their page promises free snacks, drinks, stickers and festival swag. Sign up at pridevt.org/vap or email [email protected].

Art Hop needs info table help this weekend.

SEABA still has open Art Hop shifts of two to five hours, and the biggest holes are the info tables, Saturday 6 to 10 PM and all day Sunday 11 to 4, where you greet visitors and point them at the right studios. There are also slots on the STRUT fashion show crew Saturday night and a Sunday closing crew that collects the signs. They track your hours for City Market, school or work, and questions go to [email protected].

Local Motion's bike valet is short handed at Art Hop and Oktoberfest.

The free valet bike corral needs people to check bikes in and out, and the signup sheet still has openings for Art Hop this Friday evening and Saturday, plus both Saturday shifts at Oktoberfest on the 19th, where the 8 to 10 PM slot is completely empty. You need to be able to lift a bike and work outside. Hours count toward the City Market member worker discount if you are a member who has done their orientation.

Check out this volunteer page for links to find volunteer opportunities all around Burlington.

Someone asked r/burlington for "the best burgers in VT" and got 49 comments. Rankings are based on the net upvotes of recommending comments. Here's what I tallied:

Top Recommendations:

The Rest Stop and Blackback Pub tied at 7, Poco landed at 6, and Buddy's Famous took 5. The asker said Vermont rather than Burlington, so four of the top five are a drive, which annoyed at least one commenter. The other argument running through the thread was smash versus thick, and the second biggest comment was a follow up asking for the best non smash burger, where Pioneer Cafe and Tastee Grill got their votes. One commenter noted Poco is shifting from dinner to lunch and doubts the burger survives the move. Guess we’ll see. Check out the post here for every answer: Link

A visitor bringing chocolate home for his girlfriend asked for "the best candy shops in the area" and 37 comments turned it into a two horse race, tallied the same way:

Top Recommendations:

Three points separated the top two, and the thread was mostly people explaining the difference. Lake Champlain is the giftable Vermont default that survives shipping, while Nu on Battery Street is the connoisseur pick. Plenty of people recommended both in the same breath. Check out the post here for every answer: Link

Check out the previous polls I tallied: ”Best of” Btown Eats Polls Archive

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This Week’s Food & Drink Picks

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Five for the first real week of fall, when the mornings finally need a layer. Start at Shelburne Orchards, which opens for the season this Friday with pick your own apples, weekend wagon rides and cider donuts, all with the Adirondacks across the lake. Make the short climb up Mt. Philo, 968 feet to a panorama of the whole Champlain Valley that only gets better as the color creeps down the hills. Closer to home, hike up to the 1905 stone tower in Ethan Allen Park, the best view of the New North End and the lake that most people in town have never bothered to climb. Ride the Island Line causeway 3.5 miles out into the lake while the seasonal bike ferry is still running. And catch a double feature at the Sunset Drive-In in Colchester, which keeps showing movies on weekends into the fall for anyone willing to bring a blanket.

Full list’s always waiting here when you need a plan: 202+ Things to Do

The August leaderboards are final. Carb led 11 boards in the middle of the month and finished on top of nine of them, including FILED!, the News Quiz, Real or Fake, Battle on the Lake and Maple Mancala. Two of them got stolen at the wire, since TB took Maple Scramble by 607 points, 35,351 to carb's 34,744, and Lilly grabbed Four in a Rowboat. The biggest number anywhere in the arcade belonged to Emily, who scored 158,200 in Snowball Slinger. juice flew Champlain Glider to 82,610, Gobo took three boards including Street Yeet and Church Street Skate, Bob repeated in Church Street Runners, Stove owned Btown Hangman and Church Street Checkers, and KATE!!!! won Where in BTown? by a single point. September already has a different lead character. juice sits on top of four of the eight boards claimed so far, and most boards are still wide open. The full recap lives on the monthly champions card.

Check out my newest FPS, skater, yeet, subway surfer mash up. It replicates Church St almost perfectly! I call it Last Light.

Does this cutie belong to anyone? A chatty, slightly grubby cat turned up downtown, a redditor walked her over to Queen City Cat Lounge, the lounge found a microchip, and the edits end with "FOUND! Her dad was able to contact us." Her name is Honey Bunny.

Radio Bean shutting down next week The sub's story of the week, in two threads. The first asked what the realistic future of the place is after the closure news landed, a GoFundMe went up mid thread, and five days later someone was asking who was going to the final show. Seven Days has the full farewell, which lays out the roughly $29,000 liquor liability insurance bill behind the closure, owner Lee Anderson's 26 years on North Winooski, and the hope that the room reopens under new ownership.

Champlain Valley Fair 2026 A ten year fairgoer itemized the food prices this year, a $10 lemonade that used to be $7, a $6 slice from Rocky's that used to be $3.50, and argued the quality slid too.

Events Coming Up Soon:

Sunset Watchers Club at the Pinnacle Thursday, September 10th
The Sunset Watchers Club, a loose crew that picks a new spot around town each week and watches the sun go down together, posted its next location on Instagram. This one is the Pinnacle in Ethan Allen Park, 6:30 PM Thursday, with sunset at 7:14 that night. Budget about 15 minutes for the hike up from the main lot on North Avenue. I think I’m planning to be there.

Shelburne Orchards opens for the season Friday, September 11th
The apple year starts Friday. The orchard is open Tuesday through Sunday, 9 to 5, with pick your own apples, wagon rides on weekends, live music, kids' events, cider donuts and the house apple brandy by the bottle.

South End Art Hop Friday, September 11th – Sunday, September 13th
The 34th annual takes over the South End Arts District, Friday 5 to 10, Saturday 10 to 10, Sunday 11 to 4, and wandering it is free. We are going as a group on Friday at 6, meeting outside the Soda Plant at 266 Pine, details in the IRL section below.

Color Fun Run Saturday, September 12th
South Burlington Rec's mile of color stations at Veterans Memorial Park, check in at 1 with the color toss at 1:30, then ice cream, inflatables and lawn games until 3. $10 for residents and $15 for everyone else, shirt included, and there is a half mile option for small legs.

Rainbow Kitten Surprise Saturday, September 12th
Higher Ground brings them to the Midway Lawn at the Champlain Valley Expo, doors 6:30 and show at 8, with Cigarettes @ Sunset opening. Tickets are $58.50 to $62.50 and kids 12 and under get in free.

Vermont Pride Parade + Festival Sunday, September 13th
The parade steps off at noon from South Winooski Avenue, climbs Church Street, turns onto Pearl and ends at Battery Park, where the festival runs 1 to 4 PM. Free and family friendly. The $30 Solidarity Band gets you a wristband, a festival drink and discounts around town all week.

Marcus King Band Tuesday, September 15th
King reunites his original band for the first time since 2018, two weeks before the new record lands, on the Flynn Main Stage at 8 PM. Tickets run $63 to $109.25 and the Flynn already has it marked limited availability.

Park Hop Brews at the Overlook at Underwood Thursday, September 17th
South Burlington's traveling beer garden lands at the Overlook at Underwood Park from 5:30 to 7:30 with Red Hot Juba playing, Primal Provisions and The Beverage Shack on food and drink, and a free paint and sip. The following Thursday it moves to Goose Pond with free yoga at 5.

Old Crow Medicine Show Friday, September 18th
This is the biggest name nobody sent me this week. The Union Made Tour hits the Shelburne Museum concert field with Palmyra opening, gates at 6 and show at 7, with tickets through Higher Ground at $47 to $100 and kids 12 and under free.

VSO season opener: Charity, Sylvia & Cleopatra Friday, September 18th
The Vermont Symphony opens its season at the Flynn at 7:30 with the world premiere of Summerland, a VSO commission by Clarice Assad about Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake, the two women who shared a life in Weybridge in the 1800s, followed by Berlioz's Cleopatra and Scheherazade. Tickets through the Flynn.

Queen City Ghostwalk: Darkness Falls Friday, September 18th – Saturday, October 31st
Spooky season starts the same weekend as Oktoberfest. Thea Lewis's flagship haunted walk through downtown runs Fridays and Saturdays at 7 PM through Halloween, $25, and the walks sell out, so book ahead and arrive 15 minutes early.

Oktoberfest Vermont Friday, September 18th + Saturday, September 19th
The Coal Collective lot at 377 Pine Street goes Bavarian for two days. $45 gets you the glass and 12 drink tickets, VIP is $75, designated drivers are $20, and it is strictly 21 and up.

Grand Point North Friday, September 18th – Sunday, September 20th
Grace Potter plays both Friday and Saturday at Waterfront Park, with Portugal. The Man and The Devil Makes Three on Friday, Jackson Browne, Dawes and Trampled By Turtles on Saturday, and Dark Star Orchestra anchoring Sunday. Single day and weekend passes are on the festival site.

Green Mountain Book Festival Saturday, September 19th
A one day festival of environmental writing with panels at Phoenix Books at 11, 1:30 and 3, then forester and bestselling author Ethan Tapper gives the keynote at the Fletcher Free Library from 7 to 8:30. The keynote is free with registration and there are 184 seats.

Sam Mazza's Giant Pumpkin Weigh-In & Craft Fair Saturday, September 19th
Half ton pumpkins get judged in public. The craft show runs 10 to 4 at the farm in Colchester, the pumpkins start rolling in at 9, and the weigh in is at 1. Hayrides to the pumpkin patch and the corn maze are running too.

Vermont Cheesemakers Festival Sunday, September 20th
The 14th annual puts the state's cheesemakers in one field at Shelburne Farms for one day. Tickets are $69.50 and it is put on with the Vermont Cheese Council.

Of Monsters and Men Sunday, September 20th
This is the last night on the green until next summer. Higher Ground bills this as the final outdoor show of the season, at the Shelburne Museum with August Ponthier opening, gates 6 and show 7, $54.50 to $58.50, kids 12 and under free.

Let’s look a little further out and see what events are worth keeping on your radar:

Old Spokes Home Fall Fundo Saturday, September 26th
The nonprofit bike shop's fundraiser ride rolls out at 8 AM from 331 North Winooski Avenue. Registration is $65, $85 or $105 depending on how generous you feel, and the proceeds support the nonprofit shop on North Winooski Avenue.

UVM Men's Soccer vs. Bryant Saturday, September 26th
The unbeaten Catamounts open America East play under the lights at Virtue Field at 6 PM. Tickets through the schedule page.

PechaKucha Night Burlington Thursday, October 1st
Ten presenters, 20 slides each, 20 seconds a slide, at the Main Street Landing Film House, doors 6:30 and talks at 7. They are still recruiting presenters if you have a Burlington obsession worth six minutes and 40 seconds.

Glow in the Dark Pickleball Tournament Thursday, October 1st
Park Hop Brews ends its season at Szymanski Park with neon courts, glowing balls and a 12 team double elimination tournament from 6 to 8 PM. $20 a team for residents, $24 for everyone else, 18 and up, and registration closes September 28th at 4 PM. The beer garden runs alongside it with DJ Dakota and Pizza 44.

WND&WVS Movie Night at Hula Friday, October 2nd
Open to everyone, members or not, at 6 PM on Lakeside Avenue. A rerun of The Water We Belong To, the film about the Burlington Surf Club, plus the premiere of a new local surf film called Wave Man. RSVP through Seven Days Tickets.

UVM Men's Hockey Home Opener Saturday, October 3rd
The Gut wakes up October 3rd against Brock at 7:30 PM, and single game tickets are on sale now through the schedule page. The Hockey East home opener is Friday, October 16th against Boston University, with a second BU game the next night.

Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World Wednesday, October 7th
Five dollars gets you the American Masters documentary about the poet plus a reading from Vermont poet laureate Bianca Stone at the Adventure Dinner Clubhouse in Colchester, doors at 6, film at 7. $10 if you feel generous, and Phoenix Books will be there selling poetry.

Stowe Foliage Arts Festival Friday, October 9th – Sunday, October 11th
Peak foliage weekend with 150 juried artists under one field in Stowe, 10 to 5 each day. $12 for adults, free for kids 14 and under, and the live music in the dining tent is included.

Vermont International Film Festival Friday, October 16th – Sunday, October 25th
Ten days of international film at Main Street Landing. VTIFF has posted the 2026 dates at the top of last year's festival page, but the showtimes and prices you see below them are 2025's. Last year ran $12 a screening, $6 for students and $150 for a festival pass.

Vermont Tech Jam Saturday, October 24th
Seven Days' annual career and tech expo fills Hula from 10 to 3 with more than 50 Vermont employers, robotics teams and, in past years, free headshots and résumé coaching.

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The locals on r/burlington spent the week saying goodbye to a coffee shop, arguing about fair food, and asking the important questions about shopping baskets and turkey legs. Here's what the community has been buzzing about:

Beanie Lives: The AirTag collared roaming cat famous across the sub turned up collarless and skinny on College and South Willard, got ear scratches, and wandered off again. The comments explain Beanie to the newcomers.

Missing Stuffy: A stranger spotted a lost stuffed animal notice at Clover Cafe, photographed it, and admitted it "really upset me." It placed fifth in the whole weekly feed.

Smelly: Old North End residents spent a night trying to identify a powerful smell blanketing the neighborhood. The leading theory was deer repellent. "P.U."

Banner Towing? A private pilot and planespotter had never seen a banner tow plane over Vermont and wanted to know if it is a new thing.

Do You Like Your Job? Someone moving back to Burlington asked which local employers are actually good to work for, and which to avoid. It went up this morning and is climbing.

New Robot at BTV: A "Roomba on steroids" is vacuuming the airport terminal, and the poster wants to know if it replaced a janitor and whether it is collecting data.

Celeb Sightings: Kenny Chesney at Spot on the Dock and Harvey Keitel at Leunig's opened a long, fun thread of Burlington celebrity encounters.

The Green Book: One poster shared Burlington's 1946 entry in The Green Book, the Jim Crow era travel guide for Black travelers, and asked what anyone knows about the addresses. Genuinely good local history.

Ouchhh: A rant against modern headlights from someone who walked into another person at night because the glare blinded them. "Gotta get freaking sunglasses to wear at night now."

Ballots Are Coming: Vermont mails a ballot to every active voter in the last week of September, so take two minutes at the Voter Portal to make sure your address is current and track your ballot once it ships. The Attorney General sued the Postal Service over a new mail voting rule in August, and on September 4th a judge blocked the rule while the case proceeds.

Mosquito Season Isn't Over: The Vermont Department of Health says Vermont mosquitoes are still carrying EEE and West Nile and that precautions matter until the first hard frost.

Kismayo Kitchen? Someone showed up for a pickup order and found the Riverside Avenue restaurant shuttered, the hours sign gone and the inside trashed, while DoorDash kept taking orders. One correction to the thread, the restaurant is in Burlington rather than Winooski, and nothing public has confirmed a closure. Its own site is still up with no notice, so treat this as an open question for now.

No Turkey Legs: A returning fairgoer's entire reason for going was the smoked turkey leg, and there weren't any. "How do they not have them this year!?"

PSL Watch: Right on cue, the sub is asking which coffee shops have pumpkin spice lattes out yet after striking out at Brio.

Best Babka: A hunt for a high quality chocolate babka and a challah ahead of the holidays.

The Taquito Hunt: A two year search across Shaw's, Market 32, three Hannafords, Walmart and Target for one specific frozen nacho cheese taquito that vanished from every shelf.

Dog Cake: A Boxer turns 10 at the end of the month and the family wants a bakery that makes proper birthday cakes for dogs.

Community Dinners: Someone is asking for free or low cost community dinners this week, in or outside Burlington, where affordability and accessibility both matter. Worth an answer if you know one.

Costco Pizza: The food court pizza is gone from the Williston Costco and people are wondering if it’s permanent. I bet not.

Best Produce: A Shaw's shopper reporting repeatedly bad produce and thinner shelves wants to know which grocery stores actually have the good stuff.

Elder Emos Assemble: Anberlin plays Higher Ground on September 30th, their first Vermont date since 2010, and one poster is rallying the Warped Tour generation for a turnout big enough that Higher Ground keeps booking bands like it. Higher Ground has the show as all ages, doors at 7, $27.50 to $32.50, with Taken Alive opening.

More Rooms, Please: A grocery run turned into a packed show at La Boca, and the poster's point was that the city needs more rooms hosting bands. The Radio Bean thread hangs over this one.

Generator's Fall Deal: The makerspace is offering a 30 day money back guarantee plus a free second month on new memberships through October. The fine print on Generator's membership page says it applies to new members only.

Chronic Illness Support: Someone newly living with an undiagnosed chronic illness is looking for a local group for "watching TV and crafting and commiserating about the American healthcare system."

Our Flag Means Pride: Green Mountain Cabaret's nautical burlesque and drag variety show is Saturday night at the Main Street Landing Black Box, doors 7 and show 8, free with reserved tickets, sober and 18 and up, with a queer artist market before the show and at intermission. It surfaced on the sub as a heads up.

KidCutta: The second annual KidCutta at the Spanked Puppy in Colchester is Saturday, September 19th, a calcutta fundraiser for KidSafe Collaborative where $125 covers dinner for two and a ball in the drawing. You do not need to be present to win, and tickets are still available per the organizer's post.

Burlington Baroque Festival: The third annual festival runs September 17th through 20th across three venues, five concerts on period instruments including Bach's B minor Mass Friday night at College Street Congregational, the Renaissance ensemble Blue Heron Saturday afternoon at the Cathedral of St. Paul, and Handel's Israel in Egypt Sunday at the UVM Recital Hall with the Lane Series. Most concerts are $40 to $80 with $10 student tickets and free admission under 18, while the Handel is $55, or $15 for students. The organizer posted the lineup to the sub two weeks ago.

Ask Not What Burlington Can Do For You: A call for grassroots volunteering name checks BTV Cleanup Crew, People's Kitchen and Food Not Bombs and asks who else is organizing.

What Is Creekfest? Someone found a Creekfest listing on Vermont Public's calendar and is asking who is playing and what it actually is.

Art Hop, Gluten Free: The practical pre Hop question, do the food trucks have gluten free options.

Take the Local Motion Survey: Local Motion wants input on its 2027 to 2031 strategic plan. It takes about ten minutes and respondents are entered to win two nights at the Wildflower Inn near Kingdom Trails.

Kid Governor: Registration is open for Vermont's Kid Governor program, where fifth grade classes nominate a candidate and vote statewide. Teachers, this one is yours.

Turtle Alert: A snapping turtle nest on the north side of North Beach near the playground could hatch any evening now. The ask is simple, do not pick the hatchlings up, fend off the gulls, and leash the dog.

Eclipse: The sub's resident astronomer delivered the photo of the lunar eclipse everyone had been counting down to since late August.

Meteor Shower: The same astronomer flagged the September Epsilon Perseids peaking before dawn on Wednesday.

Not Lanternflies: Bugs photographed by the Winooski bridge turned out to be boxelder bugs, per the sub. "Otherwise we have some cleanup to do."

10/10 Weather: Three words and a photo, two days in a row, and it still cracked the monthly feed.

Strange Lights: Light beams moving on the clouds east of Shelburne Road, with the museum, the prison, the base and the airport all ruled out in the comments. "Aliens?"

Walk-In DMV: Appointments are booked out, so the sub compared Montpelier and South Burlington for a first thing in the morning walk in.

Tank Wanted: For an annual weird kid photo shoot, previously staged on the beltline bridge to nowhere and a filing cabinet, one parent is now seeking a decommissioned military tank within driving distance.

Hit and Run: An open letter to whoever hit a two month old Highlander in the UVM Medical Center lot while the owner spent eight hours inside getting on the kidney transplant list. The plate is on camera.

The Maple Street Jogger: A jogger running against traffic moved into the middle of the road, ran at a stopped car and threatened the driver, who is asking whether anyone else has had this happen.

Winooski Mufflers: A transplant from Louisiana loves New England and cannot take the after dark muffler noise in Winooski Square.

Lost Keys: Found on a bench at workout station 3 on the bike path and dropped at the police station, photo of the bench included.

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