Jun 12-18, 2013
Can a New Director Repair Burlington’s Most Dysfunctional Department?; Riding the Other Two-Wheeler; Little Libraries Spread the Words; Irma Vep Takes Montpelier
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Can a New Parks Director Fix Burlington’s Most Dysfunctional Department?
By all outward appearances, Burlington’s public parks are clean and green — the envy of any small city in America. The infield grass at Smalley…
Obituary: Myron “Moose” Craig
Myron “Moose” Craig, age 66 years, a lifelong resident of the Highgate and Swanton areas died unexpectedly Saturday, June 8, 2013, at the Grand Avenue…
Vermont Statehouse Opens Its Doors to Google Maps
Vermont’s historic Statehouse is a veritable museum, and one of the state’s most popular tourist attractions. But you no longer have to trek to Montpelier…
Obituary: Ida Rae (Mulheron) Barney
Ida Rae (Mulheron) Barney, age 80 years, a lifelong Swanton resident died early Wednesday morning June 12, 2013, at her River Lane residence with her…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again A police officer stopped a car for a traffic violation in Clayton, Mo., and asked driver Joseph Meacham, 39, to step out….
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Irish poet Richard Brinsley Sheridan didn’t confine his lyrical wit to well-crafted poems on the printed page. He used it to…
PATRIOT Games: Can Leahy Pry Loose a Surveillance Court’s Secrets?
After an NSA contractor spills the beans on domestic spying, Bernie and his colleagues cry foul.
Steve Goldberg Hits Somber Notes in New Play
Burlington playwright and jazz trumpeter Stephen Goldberg is back with a new work of jazz-inflected theater, Waiting for Angels. Goldberg calls the show, which is…
A Burlington Company Takes a Chance on the Segway
There’s something inherently silly about the Segway. The electric personal transporter was, after all, the vehicle of choice of the arrogant older brother and failed…
At Vermont’s Little Free Libraries, Books Aren’t Going Away
An eclectic cache of books inside a rainbow-colored cabinet offers relief from the tedium of waiting for a train at the Amtrak station in Essex…
A Food Writer Relearns How to Eat Sans Gallbladder
The fluid the ultrasound technician squeezed over my upper abdomen was warm and sticky. As she glided the transducer near my ribs, a picture began…
The Maker of Animal Farm Butter Celebrates Buttermilk in a New Book
Diane St. Clair has the best butter deal going in Vermont — perhaps anywhere. For the last decade, the owner of the cheekily named Animal…
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Revolutionary War Reenactment [313]
6/8/13: This weekend The Warner Regiment, AKA The Green Mountain Boys, set up camp at the Ethan Allen Homestead Museum in Burlington in honor of…
Grilling the Chef: Mike Orfan, Rustic Roots
The same question has been on a lot of diners’ minds lately at Rustic Roots: “What the hell is fennel bacon?” The short answer is…
Four Local Recordings You Probably Haven’t Heard
So many records, so little time. Seven Days gets more album submissions than we know what to do with. And, given the ease of record…
Eyewitness: Vermont Painter Anne Cady
Vermont landscapes are traditionally rendered in a fairly monochromatic palette — shades of green — with an iconic red or white barn. Anne Cady’s Vermont…
Theater Review: The Mystery of Irma Vep
Staging Charles Ludlam’s The Mystery of Irma Vep requires a glorious integration of costumer, director, actors, set designer, props master, sound designer and a full…
Letters to the Editor
Richards Rocks Former airport community liaison official Brad Worthen was off the mark in suggesting that Gene Richards lacks leadership capability or that his appointment…
