Nov 3-9, 2010
The Radio Bean Turns 10; A Cleanup Solution for Belvedere Mountain; Pechakucha Comes to VT; Rating Local Banh Mi
Vermont Yankee Shuts Down to Fix (Another) Leak
* updated below * The Vermont Yankee nuclear power station began an unscheduled shutdown Sunday night after engineers found a new leak in a key…
Sanders Blasts NBC over Olbermann Suspension
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders issued a strong rebuke last night of NBC’s decision to suspend MSNBC commentator and anchor Keith Olbermann, after it was revealed…
VT Constitutional Amendment: Is a “Quiet and Peaceable” Teenager an Oxymoron?
Earlier this week, Vermonters gave an overwhelming thumbs-up to an amendment to the Vermont Constitution that will allow 17 year olds who turn 18 by…
Dancer Finds Legs in ‘Diagnosis of a Faun’
I left the performance of Diagnosis of a Faun at Middlebury College last weekend exhilarated, but with lots of questions: what did it all add…
Dean Denies Rumor He’ll Challenge Obama in 2012
Former Gov. Howard Dean is denying rumors that he’s gearing up to challenge Pres. Barack Obama in the 2012 Democratic primary. A widely-read political column…
Entergy Makes it Official: Vermont Yankee is For Sale
Entergy made it official this morning: They are exploring the sale of Vermont Yankee. In an announcement posted to Entergy’s website this morning, the company…
Election Analysis: Don’t Play with Fire
If there is any takeaway from Tuesday’s elections in Vermont it’s this: Don’t play with fire. The governor’s race was always Republican Brian Dubie’s to…
Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Photo Slideshow
Photos from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s satirical rally in DC
Word Cloud from the Election Night Live Blog
Last night’s live blog generated 2830 comments from our readers. This morning, I plugged the text from all of those comments into Wordle.net, and came…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Sheriff’s Deputy Venita Edge reported she was fueling her marked patrol car at a station in Fultondale, Ala., when Matthew Kinard, 27,…
The Morning After: An Early Recap of Election Eve Results
*** UPDATE: Brian Dubie has conceded. Peter Shumlin will be the next governor of Vermont. Click here for archived video of Dubie’s concession speech, and…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In Marcel Proust’s novel In Search of Lost Time, one of the characters makes a vulgar observation about the odd attractions…
Tickets, Please
Chittenden County traffic court is the cheapest, and most entertaining, theater in the region
Letters to the Editor
Mortgage Is Gamble Wow, this article is one sided [“Obama Program Meant to Help Homeowners Actually Sends Many Into Foreclosure,” October 20]! You honestly couldn’t…
Election Night 2010 Live Blog
***UPDATE: 10/3, 1:10 a.m.*** We shut down the live blog at 1:00 a.m. Thanks to our panelists, the many sources who gave us results, and…
F-35 Opposition Rallies Outside Leahy’s Office
*** UPDATED BELOW, with comments from Leahy’s spokesman *** Photos and text by Seven Days contributing writer Kevin J. Kelley. An angry crowd assembled outside…
Dubie, Shumlin Make Last Ditch Efforts to Boost Turnout
It all began in January 2009 when the first Democrat announced he was running for governor, just days before Gov. Jim Douglas was sworn into…
BT Misses Loan Payment, Says Talks with CitiCapital Remain Ongoing
Burlington Telecom failed to make a nearly $500,000 lease payment to CitiCapital by the end of October, yet city officials say talks with the financier…
