Livable Real Estate Cooperative, a group formed last year to create more housing in the upper Connecticut River Valley, is raising money for its first…
Burlington man, born in Czechoslovakia, witnessed the Prague Spring firsthand
Burlington woman was a real life Wonder Woman
Musician was a “bright light” who sought truth and meaning in the world
Updated at 5:15 p.m. The man shot and wounded by Burlington police on Saturday was a 20-year-old resident who was armed with a knife and…
Former minister and accomplished musician loved making music with friends
When the weather warms, Mary McGinniss likes to sleep in the airy back room of her Burlington home. It’s fairly quiet on Crowley Street, and…
Jessica Demeritt was dutifully taking notes when the condition of local roads came up in a June 14 meeting of the Monkton Selectboard. But her…
(Self-released, digital) Welcome to Café Gilmour. Hazy, subterranean and off the grid, the after-hours hot spot is where you come to cool down after an…
After its standard parental advisory, the Hulu original film Not Okay offers a further caution: “This film contains flashing lights, themes of trauma, and an…
(Self-released, digital) Singer-songwriter Ryan Sweezey, from South Burlington via Lynnfield, Mass., sat on his latest album for two years. Recorded at Burlington’s Studio 150 with…
In addition to Bodies Bodies Bodies, here’s what is playing in Northern and Central Vermont movie theaters this week. Listings include new movies, vintage films and a directory of open theaters.
One evening earlier this summer, Carin Roberts and her husband, Jack, were sipping beers on the porch of their North Ferrisburgh home. As they sat…
LEO (Jul. 23-Aug. 22): One of the inspiring experiments I hope you will attempt in the coming months is to work on loving another person…
Mike Korkuc never thought of himself as a bird person. Yet it is only a slight exaggeration to say he now spends more time with…
When my beloved cat Frankie died unexpectedly in March, I described the experience in this column. One minute a handsome gray tiger was luxuriating on…
They fly by night to our farms, porches and backyards by the thousands. Some no bigger than a grain of rice, others the size of…
Dear Reverend, My friend told me that, in the past, her soon-to-be husband has dictated what she can and cannot wear. He’s also mentioned he…
Most people plug in a guitar amplifier to strum some chords or noodle a few jazz and rock licks. Gregory Pask turns on his guitar…
Celeste Bergstein, the teenage protagonist of Margot Harrison’s recently published novel We Made It All Up, has the unhappy distinction of being a new girl…
Andrew Ruiz is on a mission to catch as many different kinds of fish as possible. The New Jersey resident thought he would have to…
At the Vermont Institute of Natural Science in Quechee, warm weather brings songbirds, but not always under happy circumstances. “We have a steady supply of…
Why do we love our pets? Believe it or not, that question has fueled decades of rigorous scientific study around the world. It turns out…
The lead characters in some of the most popular Broadway musicals are young adults. Twenty-year-old Sophie Sheridan of Mamma Mia! plots to find her real…
Pop quiz: What do you call a group of stingrays? Answer: a fever. How about a pack of zebras? That’d be a zeal of zebras….
Mystery is the seductress in a Bill Brauer painting. The Warren artist, who died in 2019, was known for his lush depictions of willowy women…
Kenny Dale did not anticipate that his art career would include pet portraiture, even if he did think of his family’s dogs and cats as…
Best Drawings Funny, I didn’t see a category for “best imaginative, quasi-political, excellently executed drawings for a special edition of the Seven Daysies.” Had I…
Imagine spending your youth training to be a musician, writing songs, building a fan base and making a name for yourself — then moving to…
Ice cream is going to the dogs — but in a good way. Vermont’s ice cream shops, snack shacks and creemee stands have really upped…
Diana Hill and Andrew Baker attended the same Rutland preschool. The married couple, now 33, had their first date early in high school at the…
“Ask us what’s local,” instructed a sign on the brightly painted food truck set up in the Champlain Elementary School parking lot around noon on…
After selling 120 bagels in two hours during its August 2 soft opening, Wee Bird Bagel Café more than doubled production for the official opening…
There’s still plenty of time left to enjoy the summer, and there’s no shortage of ways for Vermonters to connect, learn and have a good time. We’ve compiled seven must-do events, including a performance by celebrated singer Veronica Swift at Stowe’s Trapp Family Lodge.
Deb Glottmann, president of the Mitzvah Fund, met with a veteran recently to talk about his canine’s dental care. She saw right away that man…
The Vermont Historical Society announced on Thursday that it will construct a three-year oral history project chronicling Vermonters’ responses and experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic….
Doug Nedde and Heidi Tappan confirmed that they have reached an agreement with Walt Blasberg, owner of the North Hero House and its two associated…
