Student and alumni race for spots on city council to represent wards one and eight
Lilly Page, Cynic News Reporter
3 days ago
As the Burlington City Council race heats up, the majority of the candidates running to represent the wards that make up UVM share a deep connection with the University. Four out of the five candidates for the two wards that make up UVM are alumni. Some of the top priorities of the five candidates...
SGA senator selected to represent students and Burlington residents
Zoe Stern, Cynic News Reporter
December 4, 2019
An SGA senator will now represent both UVM students and other Burlingtontonians as a member of the Ward 8 Steering Committee. Sophomore Hannah King, senator on the Committee on Legislative and Community Affairs, was the second elected member from Ward 8. “Each ward has their own Neighborhood ...
Time off trouble for election
February 17, 2015
For the Ward 1 and Ward 8 elections, absentee ballots may provide the majority of the votes March 3.Eugene Bergman, senior assistant to the Burlington city attorney, said that Town Meeting Day, or Burlington’s local election day, has been held on the first Tuesday of March since the 1800’s.If a p...
City Council candidates show no ‘clear difference yet’ in platforms
John Riedel, Staff Writer
February 17, 2015
With election day fast approaching, candidates said they have been busy registering as many voters as possible. For the Ward 8 seat, UVM alumnus Adam Roof is running against student Brock Gibian, who is taking a semester off from school. For the East District seat, Ward 1 City Council member Selene Co...
Who will represent you?
Jacob Holzman
February 10, 2015
Noise pollution, deadbeat landlords, affordable housing — students must soon choose who will be their voice on these issues and more in Burlington.In the East District, senior Carmen Scoles (D) is facing off against current Ward 1 City Councilor Selene Colburn (P).In the Ward 8 race, Brock Gibian (D)...
