The Adirondack Issue 2018
Former Wall Streeter Sandy Lewis Is an ADK Agitator; A Project That’s Turning Lake George ‘Smart’; Trumpeter Taylor Haskins Melds Jazz and Electronica in Westport; Exploring the Eats in Essex, N.Y.
Memoriam: Manfred Hummel, 1936-2018
A gathering to celebrate the life of Manfred Hummel, who died on June 3, 2018, will be held at Rice Memorial High School in South…
The Cannabis Catch-Up: Majority of Vermonters Want Retail Weed, Poll Shows
We’ve heard for months from Vermonters who think that the state should legalize a taxed-and-regulated market for recreational cannabis. A law in effect since July…
Obituary: D. John Heyman, 1922-2018
North Middlesex D. John Heyman, born in New York City on September 4, 1922, to David Melville and Ruth (Stein) Heyman, died at home in…
Album Review: Pappy, ‘Back to the Basics’
(Self-released, CD, digital download) There are a few basic tenets for good bluegrass. Well, depending on your level of adeptness in the field, there are…
At Viall’s Crossing in Westport, N.Y., a Hiking Trail and Young Farmers Share Space
At first glance, Viall’s Crossing is a pastoral wonder. The 132.5-acre farm sits on the outskirts of the tiny town center of Westport, N.Y. It’s…
Soundbites: Match Made in Heaven
Holy crap. That’s what I kept thinking during (and after) Guster’s mind-blowing collaboration with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra on Saturday. In front of a massive…
Movie Review: Elvis Becomes a Metaphor for America in the Masterful Doc ‘The King’
What’s more fascinating than watching a true artist do what they do, following the development of their style and the evolution of their vision? If…
Free Will Astrology (7/25/18)
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): As you wobble and stumble into the New World, you shouldn’t pretend you understand more than you actually do. In fact,…
Future Fix: Drug Detox Beds Needed in the North Country
On August 8, 2016, Sable LaBounty showed up at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh, N.Y., ready to get clean. Six years before, she’d been…
Another Vermont Pol Promises Broadband. Could It Work This Time?
Gubernatorial candidate Christine Hallquist has a bold promise that sets her apart from her Democratic rivals: to deliver fiber-optic internet connections to every home and…
Quick Lit Book Reviews: ‘Aesop Lake’ by Sarah Ward, ‘What Remains of Her’ by Eric Rickstad
Certain kinds of crime rip through a small town’s communal fabric, and the bonds of trust may take years to rebuild. July 24 will see…
Hackie: Big Softies
“I’m a mason,” my customer told me. “I started when I was a teenager working with my uncle. I’ve worked jobs all over the North…
Beyond the Border: Blue Vermonters Look to Spread Their Influence
For Democrats and progressives across the country, the priority this year is winning a majority in the U.S. House or Senate to break the Republican…
Album Review: Question the MC & ILLu, ‘Textbook’
(Equal Eyes Records, digital download) Burlington producers ILLu and Rico James launched their hip-hop label, Equal Eyes Records, in March and have been hustling hard…
Movie Review: ‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’ Finds Joy in Its Own Absurdity
Sometimes a film’s saving grace is that it doesn’t even contemplate taking itself seriously. Almost everything about the sequel to the 2008 jukebox musical hit…
Slather Up: Free Sunscreen Offered at Vermont Parks
Don’t stress if you forget to slather up with sunscreen before a trip to a Vermont beach or state park this summer. The state Department…
Scarlett Letters: I’m in My Early Seventies — Is My Sex Life Over?
Dear Scarlett, My husband of nearly five decades passed away after years of serious illness. We had wonderful sex, but intimacy was pretty much impossible…
Artist Weighs In on Burlington Mural Controversy
If any humor can be found in the current controversy over Burlington’s “Everyone Loves a Parade!” mural, it’s in the title. Some locals don’t love…
The Cool Fusion of Trumpeter Taylor Haskins
As the laboratories of mad scientists go, Taylor Haskins’ is awfully damn scenic. From a lofty perch, its floor-to-ceiling windows open on a long, sweeping…
New York’s Pokéworks to Open Franchise in Burlington
Some nine months after the opening of the Scale Poké Bar in Williston, Chittenden County’s first poke restaurant, a new poke eatery is expected to…
Letters to the Editor (7/25/18)
Some Series I just want to thank you for the terrific and important series [“Give and Take: Examining Vermont’s Nonprofit Economy,” June 20-July 18]. This…
Plattsburgh’s Mayor Talks Big Plans — Even as He Slashes Spending
Plattsburgh, N.Y., Mayor Colin Read left city hall and walked toward Lake Champlain on a sweltering July morning. He passed railroad tracks, the Saranac River…
Town Hall Theater Gets a New Executive Director
This August, Doug Anderson, founder of Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater, will step down from his role as executive director after 10 years. Mark Bradley will…
Cartoonist James Kochalka Designs Beer Can for Magic Hat
In 2011, James Kochalka made history by becoming Vermont’s first cartoonist laureate. Now, the Burlington comic-book author and performer will again be immortalized … on…
The Jefferson Project Turns Lake George Into the World’s Smartest Lake
Boaters on Lake George may be forgiven for motoring past the 10-foot-long floating sensor platform, moored in the lake’s southern basin, without giving it a…
Talking Art With Abstract Painter Alison Weld
We live in a brave new world. Among the many, many strange cultural twists we’ve seen of late is a slogan shirt in Dior’s 2018…
Meals Are Chill at Trail Break Taps & Tacos in White River Junction
In White River Junction, the stoke is real. Or it is, at least, for Trail Break Taps + Tacos owner Topher Lyons. For those unfamiliar…
Vermont Foodbank Receives $80K Grant From Walmart
On Monday, the Vermont Foodbank announced receipt of an $80,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation — yes, that Walmart — to beef up outreach programming…
West End Blend’s Erica Bryan Talks Fronting the Band and Representation
Born during a Halloween basement party in 2012, funk ensemble West End Blend of Hartford, Conn., have been more or less in flux since their…
Former Wall Street Maverick Sandy Lewis Is an Adirondack Agitator
Not long after he moved from New Paltz to Essex, N.Y., Mark Kimball had an unexpected visitor. A man in a big pickup truck pulled…
Eat This Week, July 25 to 31, 2018: Lambs in the Field
Peter Forbes and Helen Whybrow welcome visitors to their picturesque Waitsfield hill farm for a Moroccan-inspired garden supper. On the menu: wood-fired Knoll Farm lamb…
The Adirondack Issue — 2018
The Adirondack Mountains are more than just a pretty Whiteface. The northern New York region’s 6 million acres are full of countless mountains, lakes, rivers,…
In Plainfield, Mexican Citizens Line Up for Their Papers
In a drab, concrete building on the Goddard College campus in rural Plainfield, the Consulate General of Mexico set up shop Saturday to help its…
Theater Review: ‘Skeleton Crew,’ Dorset Theatre Festival
In Detroit at the height of the 2008 recession, there might be no one more powerless than the automobile assembly-line worker. In Dominique Morisseau’s Skeleton…
New Owners Take Over Great Harvest Bread Co.
Great Harvest Bread, a bakery and café at 382 Pine Street in Burlington, will be sold on July 31, said co-owner Sara Brown, who announced…
Exploring the Eats in Essex, New York
Riding a boat to dinner turns what might have been an ordinary occasion into a special event. For Vermonters who want to dine in the…
