Dec 9-15, 2015
Controversy About the Overdose Drug Narcan; Author Alex Wolff Talks Basketball and Obama; French Bistro de Margot Gets It Right
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Staying Alive: The Highs and Lows of Overdose-Reversing Narcan
“My son dropped dead in there,” the sixtysomething man told a reporter, pointing toward his bathroom. His pronouncement was only slightly hyperbolic. After attempting to…
Obituary: Dr. Alfred “Tuna” Charles Snider, Burlington
Dr. Alfred “Tuna” Charles Snider, of Burlington, teacher, scholar and mentor of the University of Vermont debate team for over 30 years, died December 11….
Obituary: Albert James “Jim” Oxenham, 1935-2015, Essex Junction
Albert James “Jim” Oxenham passed away December 13, 2015, at Mansfield Place in Essex Junction under his own terms. Jim was born the only child…
Obituary: Thomas Earl McGregor Jr., 1958-2015, Grand Isle
Thomas Earl McGregor Jr., 57, died Saturday, December 12th surrounded by family and friends after a long battle with cancer. Tom was born November 29th,…
Obituary: Carlene Claire Mulheron
Carlene Claire Mulheron, age 77 years, a lifelong area resident, died suddenly early Wednesday morning, December 9, 2015, at her Victoria Lane apartment. Born in…
Obituary: Charles Arthur Hatin
Charles Arthur Hatin, age 77 years, a resident of Alburgh for 35 years died suddenly Monday, December 7, 2015, at his home. Born in Burlington…
Obituary: Janet B. (Guertin) Vittum
Janet B. (Guertin) Vittum, age 74, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 8th, 2015 in Swanton. Janet was born in St. Albans on, February 19, 1941,…
Obituary: David Allen Miller
David Allen Miller, age 54 years, died suddenly on Saturday, December 5, 2015, in a motor vehicle hit and run in East Highgate. David was…
He’s Happy With the Way Things Are, But I’m Not
Dear Athena, I’m in my thirties and am dating a man who’s nearly 50. We’ve been together for a few years; we also share a…
Author Jay Parini on Writing, Memory and Gore Vidal
Jay Parini’s Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal, published in October, is not the first biography of the late writer, raconteur and political…
Will Highway Safety Put the Brakes on Legalizing Pot in Vermont?
Vermont State Police Lt. John Flannigan was at his son’s basketball practice after hours on December 1 when he got a text message, asking if…
Little Bruce Junior, It’s a Bummer Baby
(Self-released, Cassette, digital download) Is it better to describe an album by how it sounds or by how it feels? To me, those two are…
Irasburg Howls Over Wind Turbine Plan
Long stretches of wooden fence went up on private land along both sides of Kidder Hill Road last month in Irasburg. The so-called Good Fences…
Hot Box Honey, Flight of the Raven
(Self-released, CD, digital download) If there’s one thing the local music scene has been lacking in recent years, it’s a jazzy mini-orchestra. I mean, how…
Suspended Animation: Support Fades for McAllister’s Expulsion
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Overnight Projects Artists Find Their Place
For two days last August, the unusual and somewhat controversial exhibition “An Order” occupied the site of Burlington’s former orphanage, St. Joseph’s. Curated by Monkton…
Beyond the Walls: Champlain College Curator Chris Thompson
Chris Thompson is the art curator for the whole of Champlain College. But until this semester, the college had no dedicated gallery space. So, for…
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ULU Reboots at Danform [SIV423]
12/4/15: Vermonter Scott Hardy started making ULU Boots in 2002 and gained quite a following in our wintry climate. Scott sold the company to Chaco…
Being Veronica
It was a week after the Paris terrorist attack, and the Queen City was experiencing the aftershocks. Not that people weren’t enjoying their weekend, but…
Letters to the Editor (12/9/15)
Y Move? Wow. I didn’t realize I’d been walking into a dungeon-like Y for the past 25-plus years. Good thing I read Molly Walsh’s article…
A Health Care Advocate Hatches a Plan to Cover All Young Vermonters
Late last year, Gov. Peter Shumlin shocked many by announcing he was dropping his pursuit of a single-payer health care system because it was too…
The Letters
You have to hand it to writer-director William Riead: Few filmmakers possess the vision required to reduce the story of someone as outsize as Mother…
The Audacity of Hoop Author Talks Basketball and Obama
Let’s imagine the opening shots of the inevitable future biopic on the life and times of President Barack Obama. It starts with a close-up of…
Four More Local Albums 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…
Clean Living at Chasworth Farm Soap Studio
Lucille the mannequin relaxes in a claw-foot tub at Chasworth Farm Soap Studio in St. Albans. She wears just a stretch of red ribbon wrapped…
Kingdom Monologues: Seeking Stories in the NEK
Anyone who has seen a production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues knows that the 1996 play emboldened the notion of storytelling. The show consists…
Soundbites: Hello, Smokin’ Grass!; Goodbye, Maryse Smith
Together Again Continuing on a theme, let’s talk about Nectar’s 40th anniversary. No, I didn’t make a colossally embarrassing mistake requiring a nearly full-column-length mea…
Maple Landmark Woodcraft Branches Out
In the second-floor assembly room at Maple Landmark Woodcraft in Middlebury, employees sit in rows of workbenches and busily pound wheels and magnets onto NameTrains,…
At Off Center, Jordan Gullikson’s New Play and Theater ‘Lab’
As the days grow shorter and our artificially illuminated nights grow longer, Burlington actor and playwright Jordan Gullikson’s newest work provides a timely commentary. A…
The Spot’s ‘Sober Kitchen’ Kicks the Habit
Even people who have never worked in a restaurant are likely to have heard tales about the boozy, druggy excesses of kitchen staffers. The one…
Mark Giroux Brings the Greens for Christmas
Name: Mark Giroux Town: Newport Job: Owner, Mark’s Vermont Christmas Wreath Company Mark Giroux grew up poor. His parents made and sold Christmas wreaths every…
Maay Maay on the Mic: Somali Bantu TV
On a Saturday morning in early December, Mohamed Muktar scribbled furiously on his legal pad, oblivious to the flurry of activity in the studio of…
Heroin Worship: Can Methadone Fix Vermont’s Growing Drug Problem?
This story was originally published November 10, 1999. The story of Nina H. belies the impression that heroin is a new phenomenon in Vermont. It’s…
Get Your Hunger Games On at VTAG
How does it feel to be struck by an arrow squarely in the nape of the neck? Normally you wouldn’t be able to answer this…
Free Will Astrology (12/9/15)
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): My old friend Jeff started working at a gambling casino in Atlantic City. “You’ve gone over to the dark side!” I…
French Bistro de Margot Gets It Right
On Friday, November 13, the roll-down gate was open at La Belle Équipe, a popular bistro in Paris’s 11th arrondissement. The night was mild and…
Fit to Be Thai’d Moves to Sugarbush Inn
When Nattaya and Bruce Isaacson opened Fit to Be Thai’d at the Slide Brook Lodge & Tavern this summer, it didn’t take long for the…
Stowe Bowl Scores With Upscale Food and Drink
Many bowlers agree that nothing pairs better with goofy shoes and a game of strikes and gutter balls than a cold brewski (or 10). Those…
