Here’s what happening in Vermont news and politics this week. Got an event for next week’s calendar? Email us by Friday to submit.
Monday, November 19
- At noon, Vermont Public Radio’s “Vermont Edition” tackles food stamps, with guests Marissa Parisi and Rob Meehan.
- U.S. Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) is in Chittenden County all day. At 12:15 p.m., he speaks to the Burlington Rotary Club at the Hilton. At 2:45, he visits COTS’ Canal Street apartments on — yup, you guessed it — West Canal Street in Winooski. And at 5, he visits the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf in Burlington.
- Gov. Peter Shumlin‘s got a light public schedule this week. At 1:20 p.m., the guv holds a press conference in a prison (!). He’ll highlight Salvation Farms, a project at the Southeast State Correctional Facility in Windsor to make surplus Vermont-grown potatoes available to food shelves in the southeastern part of the state.
- At 3:45 p.m., Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger holds a ribbon-cutting press conference to formally open Appletree Park Playground in the New North End.
- At 5 p.m., the Burlington City Council’s special committee on ward redistricting hosts a public meeting in Contois Auditorium to review redrawn maps for wards 4, 6 and 7. View the maps here.
- At 5:25 p.m., State Auditor-elect Doug Hoffer is live on Channel 17 (CCTV). Stream it live.
Rest of the holiday week after the break…
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