Three more sections of the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail opened for public use

ALSO: In an effort to recruit and retain staff amid a national workforce shortage, the University of Vermont Health Network has broken ground on a second new apartment building for employees; Five City Council seats are up for grabs in Burlington in March, and Democrats picked their nominees during a virtual caucus on Thursday night; Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger intends to try again to make interim police chief Jon Murad the permanent head of the Burlington Police Department.