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Washington Post: Arcuri likely out in November

 
posted May 15, 2010
The Washington Post Friday ranked the top 30 House races likely to switch parties this November, and Michael Arcuri made the list at No. 16.
The Post noted the lack of people investing in Arcuri’s campaign, and the close race he had two years ago against self-made businessman Richard Hanna.
Reporter Chris Cillizza wrote, [...]

Do we give a …. anymore?

by James Deuvall
My wife sent me a video today called “Born Again American”  and as usual, for these kinds of videos, it brought tears to my eyes.  The values of liberty, freedom, self-determination and personal responsibilities, the values that have made us the greatest nation in the world since the beginning of history are on the doorstep [...]

Town Board Meeting (1-13-2010)

Staff reporting
Organizational Meeting:
Roger Parker was appointed chairman of the assessors.  The position was challenged by the other assessor and the board went into executive session to makes its decision.  The assessors office reported that they are beginning to photogragh residents properties.  An ad will be issued to appoint a new assessor to replace Dan Wilber.
Clifford [...]

A Drift

By “Jack” Buell
On November 10th, 2009, the Town of Burlington Board unanimously disapproved the final draft of the Comprehensive Plan for the town. Recently, I had an opportunity to speak by phone with Mr. Deuvall, then Chairman of the Comprehensive Plan Committee and the current Chairman of the Planning Board to ask some questions regarding the [...]

Community Supported Agriculture

By James Deuvall
In support of the goals of the Comprehensive Plan (the final public hearing occuring this Tuesday, October 20, 2009), local encouragement of agriculture is our objective. Introducing new concepts of marketing agriculture within the community is one of the goals of this website. The following article on CSA farms is only a [...]

Windmills, Landfills and Burlington, Oh My!

By Dr. Michael Powers
Recent conversations with public officials at the county level have begun to highlight the importance of comprehensive planning as it relates to the Town of Burlington.  Actually, the more correct statement might be the importance of our current lack of comprehensive planning, and how that may affect the near future of the [...]

Clarity, Common-Sense and the Comprehensive Plan

by James Deuvall, Comprehensive Plan Committee
 
Its been said that “common-sense is not so common”.   The phrase has been misused as a declaration that a person isn’t very bright, such as “Tom doesn’t know which end of a nail to hit, he has no common-sense”.  The idea that there is a universal or even community wide [...]

Comprehensive Plan Nears Completion

By Dr. Michael Powers, Comprehensive Plan Committee
The Comprehensive Plan Committee reports that the draft version of the Comprehensive Plan is nearing completion after more than a year spent in public input and preparation. Upon completion, a public hearing will be scheduled to review the plan for the public and provide a final opportunity for comment [...]