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The Conversation Artist: Podcaster Erica Heilman Seeks the Meaning of Life, One Interview at a Time
On her acclaimed podcast “Rumble Strip,” Erica Heilman sometimes sounds as if she’s calling from a closet in which she has barricaded herself against an…
New Workplace Protections for Nursing Mothers Pump Up Sales at Mamava
A new federal law that expands workplace protections for nursing mothers is good news for Burlington-based Mamava, which makes lactation suites for breastfeeding women. Orders…
Tiny Sterling College Names a New President
Sterling College, the small work and farming institution in Craftsbury Common, has appointed Wyoming academic Scott L. Thomas as its next president. Thomas, 61, has…
PCBs Contamination Closes Library, Gym at Twin Valley Elementary
As Vermont lawmakers debate the fate of an ambitious, first-in-the-nation program to test hundreds of schools for PCBs, another community is dealing with the fallout…
Dining on a Dime: Lunching Lavishly at the Taste of India in Middlebury
I’m a lover of all things garlic: bread, knots, pickled and powdered. So my mouth watered as a server set a plate of steaming naan…
In Memoriam: Robert and Paul Verrastro
Celebration of Life for Robert and Paul Verrastro (1973-2023 and 1970-2020) It feels like yesterday and yet an eternity that you left. Friends and family…
Obituary: Jane FitzGerald, 1929-2023
Milton woman was instrumental in founding Milton Historical Society
Obituary: Marianne Marshall, 1950-2023
Swanton woman was among first 100 women to practice law in Vermont
Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival Spotlights Sax and Guitar in a Spring Concert
Composers have written for some unusual duos — Elliott Carter for bassoon and viola, for instance, or Camille Saint-Saëns for piano and harmonium. But the…
Short Film Gives Nick Stefani’s Mountain Skate Park One Last Ride
Skateboarding and filmmaking have always been linked for Williston-based Nick Stefani. Growing up in Richmond during the early 2000s, he got interested in climbing on…
Soundbites: Xander Naylor’s Indian Excursions
I recently had a first in my Seven Days career: Working on a feature for our annual Money & Retirement Issue, I came to the…
On the Beat: Rik Palieri Receives Lifetime Achievement Award; Maple Roots Festival Returns
Congrats are in order for one of Vermont’s truest troubadours, Rik Palieri. The 67-year-old banjo-slinging folk singer will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award…
Now Playing in Theaters: April 5-11
In addition to Air, 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.
Model/Actriz, ‘Dogsbody’
(True Panther Sounds, digital, vinyl) “There’s a pleasure … to make gay sex transgressive again,” writer-director Mike White told Variety in 2022. He referred to…
Fairlee Developer Wants to Help Others Tackle Small-Town Housing Roadblocks
Developer Jonah Richard is putting the finishing touches on an eight-unit apartment project in Fairlee, and he’s starting another one in Bradford this spring. He…
Act 250 Notice Minor Application 4c0238-4g 10 v.s.a. §§ 6001 – 6111
Application 4C0238-4G from Tesla, Inc., 3500 Deer Creek Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304 and Southland Enterprises, Inc., 69 College Street, Burlington, VT 05401 was received…
My Partner Wants to Fist Me
Dear Reverend, My partner wants to fist me, but I’ve never done it before. I’m not super into the idea, but I’m willing to try…
Burlington City Council Openings Burlington City Commissions/Boards
Chittenden Solid Waste District Board – alternate Term Expires 5/31/24 One Opening Development Review Board – alternate Term Expires 6/30/24 One Opening Fence Viewers Term…
Letters to the Editor (4/5/23)
Pandemic Not Over [Re From the Publisher, “Write of Passage,” March 22]: Paula Routly stated “…the pandemic is officially over.” Wow, that sounds so definite….
D.FRENCH, ‘West End North Side’
(Self-released, digital) St. Albans likely isn’t the first place music listeners expect to yield a talented rapper and hip-hop artist. But Dominic French, who records…
With the Face as Canvas, Daniel Callahan’s ‘MassQs’ Reveal What Lies Beneath
In 2020, the face mask became a thin but mighty shield against a highly contagious virus. Then it became a politicized object, subject to derision…
Notice of Corporate Dissolution
Notice of Corporate Dissolution to All Creditors of and Claimants Against Invatection Insurance Company Pursuant to 11A V.S.A § 14.07 Invatection Insurance Company, a Vermont…
Photo Essay: Family-Owned Mac Steel in Rutland Closes After 70 Years
Driving along North Main Street in Rutland, you may have noticed a collection of fanciful metal sculptures — a massive dinosaur, a huge Minion and…
Comedy Caper Streaming Hit ‘Murder Mystery 2’ Is as Uninspired as Its Title
Streaming TV offers so many options. When you lack the energy to sort through all the content, it can be relaxing just to check out…
‘Ghosts: Civil War Portraits,’ by William Betcher, Revisits the Dead
The very title “Ghosts: Civil War Portraits” sounds haunting. And in a visual sense, William Betcher’s photographs, on display at Catamount Arts in St. Johnsbury,…
Free Will Astrology (4/5/23)
ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Aries-born René Descartes (1596-1650) was instrumental in developing modern science and philosophy. His famous motto, “I think, therefore I am” is…
A French Private Equity Firm Owns Six Vermont Childcare Centers, a Possible Harbinger of Things to Come
Panic set in when Anna Prescott absorbed a March 1 email from Loveworks, her 2-year-old son’s Essex childcare center, announcing a steep tuition hike. Starting…
Felicia Kornbluh’s New Book Traces the Parallel Fights to Legalize Abortion and End Sterilization Abuse
It was, in the words of Felicia Kornbluh, a “cosmic joke” that struck her one fateful Saturday morning in January 2017. The night before, Kornbluh’s…
A Pop-Up ‘University’ Strengthens Community in Bethel
Class was about to start at Bethel University, and no one seemed to know where to sit or how to pass around a syllabus. “What…
Book Review: ‘It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism,’ Bernie Sanders
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is angry. Not quite Bruce Banner angry (“Hulk smash capitalism!”). More like Dee Snider angry (“We’re not gonna take it!”)….
City of Essex Junction Development Review Board Public Hearing April 20, 2023 6:30 p.m.
This meeting will be held in person at 2 Lincoln Street in the conference room and remotely. The meeting will be live-streamed on Town Meeting…
Burlington’s Off Center for the Dramatic Arts Reopens in a New Venue
Three years after going dark, Off Center for the Dramatic Arts finally opened last week in its new space, a black box theater in Burlington’s…
From the Deputy Publisher: Strong Opinions
Proctor High School students Aidan Page, Riley Cannucci and Aaron Brock have all been featured in the Rutland Herald for their athletic endeavors, but until…
In a New Burlington Spot, Pascolo Refreshes Its Menu and Its Historic Home
Before you even open the impressive marble-framed door of the recently relocated Pascolo Ristorante at 120 Church Street in Burlington, it’s clear that the restaurant’s…
For Sam Mazza’s Bakers, Frank and Kevin Peters, All They Knead is Love
Pi is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, and generations of mathematicians have spent their careers trying to approximate its value. For…
Essex Resort & Spa Hires Greg Lang as Culinary Director
Greg Lang built a career managing resort kitchens. Now, the 1989 New England Culinary Institute grad is coming full circle as the new director of…
Old North End Restaurant Says Landlord Is Forcing It Out
Burlington’s Little Morocco Café will have to relocate or close because a prominent local landlord is more than doubling the rent on its Old North…
Obituary: Angela Delorme, 1931-2023
Burlington woman was active in her church and volunteered for many community organizations
The Magnificent 7: Must See, Must Do, April 5-11
Spring has sprung, 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 innovative brass quartet the Westerlies with in-demand jazz vocalist Theo Bleckmann.
Obituary: Claud Chapman, 1931-2023
Former Vermonter instilled a passion for music in his children
Obituary: Karon Sims, 1965-2023
Winooski woman showed courage, strength and grace throughout her life






