Apr 21-27, 2010
Saving Vermont at Auction; Middlebury Celebrates Eco-Prof John Elder; Additives in “Organic” Baby Food
IRV Repeal Signed into Law
Before about a dozen onlookers, Gov. Jim Douglas signed into law Saturday a charter change that eliminates the use of instant-runoff voting to elect Burlington’s…
St. Mike’s Journalism Students Show and Tell
[Ed. note: This post was written by our intern, UVM student Lea McLellan, editor of the weekly campus newspaper, The Water Tower.] When people tell…
State Files New Charges Against Filmmaker Mac Parker
State regulators have filed two new charges — including an allegation of securities fraud — against filmmaker and storyteller Malcolm “Mac” Parker.Parker is under scrutiny…
F-35 Fighter Jet Hits Turbulence in Congress
Vermonters who think the Vermont Air National Guard’s future is tied to us all getting warm and fuzzy about basing F-35 fighter jets in South…
Zuckerman Won’t Seek Reelection to House
Burlington Progressive David Zuckerman has decided not to seek reelection to the Vermont House of Representatives this fall.A former House member — Progressive Chris Pearson…
Side by Side
Art Review: “Works by Sara Bridgman and Steve Maeck,” paintings and sculptures, Jager DiPaola Kemp Design, Burlington. Through May 21
Letters to the Editor
Leaf It Alone No mountains, no Vermont [“What’s Wrong With the Vermont State Flag? Almost Everything, According to an Amateur Vexillologist,” April 14]. These designs…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for April 21 – 28, 2010. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Yes, I know…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Police said Eugene Edward Palmer, 40, tried to rob a bank in Brunswick, Fla., but gave up after yanking futilely on the…
The Value of Vermont
At the first landscape auction in the United States, conservation makes cents
A Spring Landscape
The raw brightness of blue air, acuity of lawn grass salvaging green from a past exposed, and luster of snow’s blank white, tethering distant ridge…
I Spy – a Map?
Everybody likes to read the “I Spy” section of the personals, but Marty Schnure has got to be the first person to turn some of…
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Down to Earth Worm Farm [SIV173]
4/17/10: This week is Earth Day and The Wacky Worm Sisters at Down to Earth Worm Farm in Greensboro Bend are doing their best to…
Season’s Eatings
The winter’s last farmers market offers great greens – and a localvore’s dilemma
My Secret Fantasy
Hi, my name is Dan, and I play fantasy baseball. Before you laugh, understand that I’m not alone. Fantasy geeks are no longer banished to…
Vermont Adaptive Scores Invite to White House
Tomorrow, while the rest of us working slobs will be sitting at our anti-ergonomic desks dreaming of what life could have been, Maggie Burke, a…
Winooski Vets Group Fights for Tax Break, Liquor License
Should a Winooski veterans organization get a new liquor license — even if it’s failed to pay a $22,000 overdue property tax bill? That’s the…
