To get the flavor of New England there are several daily newspapers to read include the Burlington Free Press, Rutland Herald and the Barre Montpelier Times Argus. These offer world and national news as well as plenty of information on happenings around Burlington and Vermont.

The Seven Days is the city’s weekly arts and music newspaper and as Vermont’s alternative weekly it features political commentary that certainly can be described as leaning to the left. For visitors and locals alike it offers excellent information on places to eat, things to do and nighttime happenings. For more culture and information on the history, traditions and lifestyle of Vermont there is… but of Vermont Life Magazine.

While difficult to track down Steven Soifer’s inside look at the politics of Vermont opens the door on a strange time in the city’s history. “The Socialist Mayor: Bernard Sanders in Burlington, Vermont,” looks back at the democratic-socialist principles in Burlington, and explores how Mayor Sanders was elected several times, as well as Sanders’ election to the United States Congress!