The organization, which has a staff of 1,600 when fully staffed, is trying to fill 197 full-time and part-time positions and 220 substitute vacancies — the highest since the start of the pandemic.
Independence comes with challenges, of which creating a new government with new leadership is no small part, according to City Manager Regina Mahony, who was hired last September.
Roughly 150 Afghans took part in the event in Burlington’s Old North End. It showcased the culture, food and music of a community displaced by war and adjusting to a new life in the Green Mountain State.
Since voting down a proposed $2.9 million budget on Town Meeting Day, residents at recent selectboard meetings have raised concerns about fiscal management and transparency.
The city has been without a leader since last June, when Chief Steven Locke decamped for South Burlington. LaChance’s appointment will have to be confirmed by the Burlington City Council, which could take action as soon as Monday, Weinberger said.
With a turnout of 21%, it was business as usual in South Burlington, according to City Manager Jessie Baker.
The capital project outlines a nearly 30,000-square-foot multigenerational facility to be built on a centrally located 14-acre site the town already owns on East Lakeshore Drive, which was bought with voter approval in 2004.
As landlord and real estate groups continue to lobby against the measure, activists and tenant groups have pushed it in an effort to protect tenants from profit-motivated and retaliatory evictions.
Between navigating three-point turns, reversing and a stop sign, there was camaraderie, laughter and a sense of purpose.
Police are treating the case as a murder-suicide. A child who was at the scene was unharmed and is with relatives, Colchester Police Chief Douglas Allen said.