Sep 2-8, 2009
Nothing Says Unaffordable Like Burlington Apartments; An Essex Couple Wants Answers About Their Son’s Suicide; The Evolution of the Peace and Justice Center
Stand By Your Van (Jones)
Over the weekend, presidential adviser Van Jones resigned after a smear campaign by FOX News patron patriot of the week Glenn Beck.So, why should Vermont…
Obama to Address Vermont Schools
Today, Vermont’s Education Commissioner Armando Vilaseca issued a statement in advance of Tuesday’s planned speech by Pres. Barack Obama to the nation’s schoolchildren. The department…
Salmon: Political Fish Out of Water?
Will Democratic State Auditor Thomas M. Salmon, the son of a former Democratic Vermont governor leave the party and become … a Republican?That’s the question…
Dutch TV Puts VT Secession in Context
For this week’s paper I wrote a very short State of the Arts item about Vermonter Jim Hogue’s upcoming appearance on the Dutch TV and…
What’s Gone: Interns
Our summer intern team rode off into the sunset on Friday. Actually, Mike DiBiasio left the day after our Daysies party, in mid-August.Here are the…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for September 2 – 9, 2009. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your assignment is…
A Song Is a Song
Part one of a two-part conversation with new(ish) B-town resident Anders Parker
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Thunder Road [SIV142]
8/27/09: Thunder Road Speedway celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and Eva stopped by the renowned short track in Barre to meet racing greats like…
Keep on Rocking
Soundbites: Keep on Rocking, To the Nines, Bite Torrent, RIP Larry McCrorey, 1927-2009
Living on Earth, Part 2
Art Review: “Human = Landscape: Aesthetics of a Carbon Constrained Future,” a group show in various media, part of the Energy Project. Firehouse Gallery, Burlington. Through October 24.
More Than A Single Pebble
Side Dishes: Postretirement, Steve Bogart still has plenty on his plate
Letters to the Editor
SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR FLANAGAN? [“Emails Suggest the YMCA Knew About Sen. Ed Flanagan’s Inappropriate Behavior,” August 5] is the other side of profiling: giving the…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Alaska State Troopers said Stacey J. Captain, 18, was driving a Dodge Dakota that burst into flames, but he was nowhere to…
eState Symposium
In case you’re just tuning in to Blurt today, I’m live blogging at the Snelling Center’s eState Symposium, a day-long conference on building a connected…
Last Week’s Puzzle Answers
Oops! There was some kind of printing error this week, and we accidentally left out the answers to last week’s puzzles. Here they are, in…
Live blogging governor’s debate
Yep, the title says it all. Weather and WiFi permitting, I just couldn’t sit back and let the Free Press be the only live blogger…
New Year, New Chef at ¡Duino! (Duende)
The aftershocks of the chef changeover at the Bluebird Tavern continue… The latest news could even be called a global event. That’s because Nathaniel Wade,…
“Happy New Year!”
Last night, I went to see Selene Colburn participate in “freedom of information.” Colburn was one of 31 dancers across the country who took part…
Bite Club TV: Tehran Teatime
Driving the main drag in Johnson, the last thing you’d expect to see is a Persian restaurant. Farah’s Middle Eastern Foods may be the most…
Burlington Zombie Walk This Saturday
An army of the undead will descend once again on our fair hamlet on Saturday, October 18. What is the Burlington Zombie Walk, you ask?…
Call-in Show Tonight on BT’s On-Again Off-Again Relationship with Al Jazeera
Seven Days reported last week that municipally owned cable TV provider Burlington Telecom is dumping Al Jazeera’s English language channel from its broadcast line-up. We…
Christ has Risen
This kind of “news” is a guilty pleasure for me. Blogged with the Flock Browser…
Vermont Pipeline Protestor Arrested in D.C. Describes Experience
Disobedient demonstrators arrested in a climate-change protest at the White House on Saturday were held in what one Vermont detainee called “deliberately harsh” conditions before…
eState Intro
Just getting settled at the eState Symposium. Not sure what to call it. The name is kinda long “Building Community in a ‘Connected Age'” doesn’t…
Hatin’ with the Phelpses: Epilogue…
…wherein Lauren waxes philosophical and crap about hanging with the haters. Now that the charming and affable Phelps clan of Westboro Baptist Church infamy have…
Best Bites: AJ’s Country Pantry Restaurant
It’s always a little scary when new owners take over one of your favorite restaurants, particularly when the place specializes in old timey food at…
Snelling Mulls Bid for Governor
Mark Snelling, the son of former Gov. Richard Snelling and Lt. Gov. Barbara Snelling, just may soon follow in his parents’ footsteps from the business…
Hatin’ with the Phelpses- part 4
11:15 a.m.- After a rousing chorus of Happy Birthday outside of OZ Synagogue- “Happy Birthday to Kennedy’s death, Happy Birthday to Kennedy’s death, the Jews…
Vermont Whistleblower Lands California Health Care Post
New to town? Next time you trek up to the shining fortress on the hill known as Fletcher Allen Health Care, think of David Cox…
Hatin’ with the Phelpses- part 3
10:22 a.m.- Phew, hating is exhausticating. I’m pooped from all this picketing. The singing and the running and the sign-holding- I’m not sure if they…
Hatin’ with the Phelpses- part 2
8:32 a.m.- Ok, I’m freezing my sweet ones off with all this hatin’. I’m wondering if the Phelpses brought the chill with them from Kansasss….
Hatin’ with the Phelpses- part 1
Today the great state of Vermont is being visited by Kansian hatemongers, the Westboro Baptist Church. As expected, the morning got off to a rollicking…
