Chelsea Duvernay hugs her nephew Gabe, 5, during the 105th commencement ceremony Monday morning at Saint Michael’s College’s in Colchester. http://bfpne.ws/JFTWEt (Photo by ELLIOT deBRUYN, for the Free Press)
Hayley Archer demonstrates on the steps City Hall in Burlington during a women’s rights rally held by Fed Up Vermont on Saturday, May 12, 2012. http://bfpne.ws/Je8Min (Photo by ELLIOT deBRUYN, for the Burlington Free Press)
Obama becomes the first sitting US president to come out of the closet in support of same sex marriage. http://bfpne.ws/JCQxoB
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People rally at Montpelier City Hall during a May Day protest on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 in Montpelier, Vermont. The most visible organizing effort by anti-Wall Street groups since Occupy encampments were dismantled last fall were planned for May Day. From New York to San Francisco, organizers of the various demonstrations, strikes and acts of civil disobedience said they are not too concerned about muddling the message, noting that the movements have similar goals: jobs, fair wages and equality. http://bfpne.ws/IY8qAo (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
Raw video: “I wanted to die:” Police describe tense encounter that led to fatal shooting — Vermont State Police Col. Tom L’Esperance briefs members of the press at the barracks on Williston Tuesday, May 1, 2012, outlining how Jonathon Martel, 40, was shot by Trooper Dustin Robinson. Martel died later of a gunshot wound to the lower back. http://bfpne.ws/IuImNq (Produced by RYAN MERCER, Free Press)
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is asking users to highlight whether they’re an organ donor on their page. The social networking site has added an option so that users can list their donor status on their profile. Nearly 7,000 people die every year awaiting a transplant and Zuckerberg hopes this small step can lower that number.
Time lapse video documents construction of One World Trade Center, which has just been declared New York City’s tallest building.
Jacob Beane, 21, of Shelburne appears in Vermont Superior Court in Burlington Tuesday, April 24, 2012, for his arraignment, charged with assault and robbery with injury resulting stemming from an early morning shooting Monday that killed Adbul Clay, 35, of Colchester. http://bfpne.ws/IqxpYI (Photo by RYAN MERCER, Burlington Free Press)
Jon Fishman of the rock band Phish assembles cowbell ensemble with1,600 participants on Church Street in Burlington, setting the new Guinness World Record and supporting flood relief through Phish’s nonprofit, the WaterWheel Foundation. (Produced by RYAN MERCER, Burlington Free Press)
The Week in Pictures for April 2: Team USA fans cheer after early goals in the first period at the IIHF Women’s Ice Hockey World Championships at Gutterson Fieldhouse in Burlington on April 7, 2012 (Photo by SHANE BUFANO, for the Burlington Free Press)