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The Week in Pictures for April 15th: Sue Zamecnik took this shot of a spring sunrise at Lake Bomoseen. Share your Vermont Beauty photos at www.facebook.com/bfpnews or photo@burlingtonfreepress.com.
The Week in Pictures for April 15th: Anne Hamilton of North Hero took this shot Wednesday from the top of Jay Peak Wednesday where skiiers and riders are still enjoying snow. Share your Vermont Beauty photos at www.facebook.com/bfpnews or photo@burlingtonfreepress.com.
The Week in Pictures for April 15th: Nearly 200 people gathered outside Royal Tyler Theater at the University on Vermont on Wednesday evening before marching through Burlington in support of Take Back the Night, an effort devoted to raising awareness about rape and sexual assault. (Photo by EMILY MCMANAMY/FREE PRESS)
The Week in Pictures for April 15th: Ian D. Gardner spits a candy at the family of Rise Berard at his arraignment in Vermont Superior Court Monday. Gardner is accused of assaulting and robbing Berard at her Winooski home Thursday night. Full story: http://bfpne.ws/17OH22o (Photo by RYAN MERCER/FREE PRESS)
Longtime Burlington High School Spanish teacher Giovanna Yaranga, 44, pleads not guilty in Vermont Superior Court in Burlington Monday after being arrested and charged with four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. Police say they found Yaranga in the back seat of a car with a teenage student. Full story: http://bfpne.ws/128yv8d
Migrant workers in the US illegally — the same workers credited with saving Vermont’s dairy industry — plead for the right to hold valid drivers licenses in Vermont. “This is a really hard life to leave,” said one worker. Nearly all worker are at the mercy of their employers for everything from trips to the grocery store to medical appointments. Mobile link: http://bit.ly/13ddGJN (Produced by RYAN MERCER/FREE PRESS)
The Week in Pictures for April 8th: Tonya Desjardin, 28, of Burlington with her daughter, Mariella Desjardin, 18 months, checks her feeding tube in Burlington on April 10. So far, the community has generously donated $76,167 toward Mariella’s life-saving kidney transplant. (Photo by LYNN MONTY/FREE PRESS)
The Week in Pictures for April 8th: Lucian Avery holds out his hands in his workshop. Lucian is a mostly self-taught blacksmith who does custom work for people, such as balusters, tools, handles and hinges, in his garage in Hardwick. (Photo by MADDIE MCGARVEY/FREE PRESS)
The Week in Pictures for April 8th: Samples of batches of syrup sit on a windowsill inside the sugarhouse on Solar Sweet Maple Farm in Lincoln. The sugarhouse is made from recycled and energy efficient materials, powered by the sun and heated from the wood harvested from their property. The farm is on 200 acres of managed forested land and tap 15,000 maple trees. (Photo by MADDIE MCGARVEY/FREE PRESS)
