Apr 28 – May 4, 2021
Trans Inmates Say They Face Mistreatment, Insults and Worse in Vermont’s Prisons; Essex Junction Plans to Break From the Town of Essex; New Vergennes Laundry Proprietor Builds on a Sweet Legacy
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Vermont Has Endangered Transgender Prisoners. Change Is Coming — but Is It Enough?
For Jasmine Klein, life in Vermont’s prisons has been a punishment beyond her sentence. Last November, Klein, a transgender woman, was transferred to Chittenden Regional…
Obituary: Maurice Dickey Drysdale, 1944-2021
Editor/publisher emeritus led the White River Valley Herald for 44 years
Obituary: Andrea Lisle Miller, 1949-2021
Vermont woman dedicated herself to a life of nonprofit work and creativity
Obituary: Charlotte Ely MacLeay, 1949-2021
Former childbirth educator played a role in the births of hundred of central Vermont babies
Humane Society’s Rat Babies Steal Hearts Across the Web
It’s a tale as old as time: Polly shared a cage with Tony because their previous owner thought Polly was a boy. Eleven babies later,…
Is There a Market for Someone Who Doesn’t Want Sex?
Dear Reverend, I plan on divorcing my husband in two years when my youngest is 18. I haven’t had sex in more than 10 years…
After Failed Merger Votes, Essex Junction Plans to Break From the Town of Essex
They spent years trying to make it work. They even moved in together, so to speak, sharing staff and consolidating departments in hopes that it…
Rites of Passage Can Be Deadly in the Creepy Danish TV Drama ‘Equinox’
Our streaming entertainment options are overwhelming — and not always easy to sort through. Recently, I was telling a friend about the interesting Danish high…
Bottom Line: Kaden Apparel Outfits Women for Mountain Biking as More and More Hit the Trail
Chelsea Camarata, the 33-year-old founder and owner of Kaden Apparel in Burlington, didn’t have much sewing experience before she launched her own women’s athletic company…
WTF: What’s Happening to Founders Hall at Saint Michael’s College?
April marks the official start of crane season — not the spindly legged water birds but the long-necked construction equipment. Drivers passing Saint Michael’s College…
Letters to the Editor (4/28/21)
Take a Bow, Jordan It may not be possible to sufficiently praise Jordan Adams for his composition of [Soundbites: “The Seven Rules of Concert Etiquette,”…
Art Review: Tony Shull, Sequoia Salon
It’s a show nearly everyone in Burlington has seen, though not heard: “Phish Concert,” a mural on the North Street side of Nunyuns Bakery &…
Book Review: ‘Hour of the Witch’ by Chris Bohjalian
In a March 2021 speech, Michigan Republican Party chair Ron Weiser flung a well-worn insult at Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson…
Some Vermont Businesses Didn’t Need Pandemic Aid They Received, State Auditor Says
There are two kinds of money around the Vermont Statehouse: state and federal. State money is always in short supply. Do we spend it on…
Vermont Songwriter Bow Thayer Grapples With Death and Change on ‘The Zen of Snug’
Gloomy weather is hardly abnormal for early spring in Vermont. But on a recent gray, rainy Monday, as fog moved around the hills like smoke,…
Free Will Astrology (4/28/21)
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In her poem “Mirror,” Taurus poet Halina Powiatowska wrote, “I am dazed by the beauty of my body.” I applaud her…
Book Review: ‘The Oriole & the Ovenbird’ by Angela Patten
Vermont poet Cora Brooks (1941-2018) would sometimes begin her public readings with a one-line poem: “Forgive these words they are not birds.” While ruing the…
Black Fly, ‘Black Fly 01’
(Samedi Records, digital) Mood and aesthetics are especially important considerations for young new artists trying to find their audience. And since 21st-century singer-songwriters are expected…
GlobalFoundries Asks to Leave Green Mountain Power to Form Its Own Utility
GlobalFoundries, the Essex Junction-based semiconductor manufacturer, paid a whopping $36 million power bill last year. “We are an energy hog,” acknowledges Greg Rieder, a top…
Idiolect, ‘Subterfuge’
(Equal Eyes Records, digital) The strength of a local music scene isn’t just about quality. Stylistic diversity is equally important. By that measure, Vermont is…
From the Publisher: Team Spirit
Every year we ask our readers to pick the Daysies — the best of everything under the sun in Vermont, from murals to mountaintops, barbershops…
Obituary: Senan E. “Pepper” Sweeney, 1938-2021
Avid skier instructed at Smugglers’ Notch for more than three decades
Golden Rule Mead Stands Out With its Modern Versions of an Ancient Brew
Golden Rule Mead’s tasting room on Elm Street in Middlebury couldn’t be in a much better place. Addison County has long been the hive of…
New Vergennes Laundry Proprietor Nadia Dole Builds on a Sweet Legacy
In January, Nadia Dole relaunched Vergennes Laundry, the 10-year-old Main Street bakery and café she bought in the fall of 2020. She had deep-cleaned, repainted…
Longtime Stowe Restaurateur Jack Pickett Lands Big Fish
After more than 40 years in the Stowe dining scene, Jack Pickett has announced he will launch a new restaurant, Big Fish, in the Commodores…
Service Industry Pros Move to Burlington to Open Bar Called Good Trouble
Update: Since this article was published, the owners decided to change the name of their new bar to the Wallflower Collective. Buying a bar during…
The Magnificent 7: Must See, Must Do, April 28 to May 4
Homecoming Concert Friday 30 After seven months abroad, Burlington singer-songwriter Francesca Blanchard is back in the Green Mountain State and ready to play. The indie-pop…
