Aug 17-23, 2011
Amateur Triathletes Race for the National Championships This Weekend in Burlington; Still No Signs of Vermont’s Dispensaries; Rock Point Head Looks Back; Montpelier’s Cream of the Crop
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Triple Threat
Amateur triathletes race for the national championships this weekend in Burlington
Vermont Law School Professor and Middlebury Scholar Arrested at White House Protest
A Vermont Law School professor and a Middlebury College scholar were arrested in front of the White House on Saturday at the start of the…
Fletcher Allen Admits “Errors Were Made” in Case of Pedestrian Who Died After Being Released
Fletcher Allen Health Care admitted today that it made “errors in the care” of 20-year-old Zachary Stamatis, the accident victim who died in July after…
Which Video (Porridge) Is Just Right?
I may not have much in common with Goldilocks but I am always experimenting with video lengths and editing. This week I published 3 versions…
Howard Dean: Human Rights Activist or Terrorist Coddler?
Former Gov. Howard Dean is under increasing scrutiny for lobbying the Obama administration and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to de-list the Iranian opposition group…
Old and New Eateries to Take Over Green Room and Via Loma Spaces
The rumors are true — less than a week after the Green Room closed, Sue Bette, owner of the Bluebird Tavern has signed a lease…
Migrant Farmworkers to Shumlin: Denounce Immigration Enforcement Program
Two migrant farm workers took a day off Thursday to deliver a petition to Gov. Peter Shumlin asking him to oppose a controversial federal immigration…
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LUHS Reunion, Class of 1991 [235]
8/12-13/11: Lamoille Union High School’s Class of 1991 celebrated their 20 year reunion this weekend at the Rusty Nail in Stowe and Lamoille County Field…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Sheriff’s deputies responding to a report of someone breaking into a home in Effingham County, Ga., at 4 a.m. found no intruders…
WTF: What’s up with the mask-wearing Church Street didgeridoo player?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: We just had to ask…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Time magazine asked Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough why he started writing a biography of Pablo Picasso but never finished it….
Getting the Point
Rock Point School’s outgoing headmaster reflects on 40 years of outside-the-box learning
Letters to the Editor
Falling Together Rachel Phillips’ impending surgery, while not a cure-all, offers tremendous hope to others with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome [“Fletcher Allen Has a Candidate for Groundbreaking…
Someone’s in the Kitchens
In Winooski, a couple opens a New World of opportunities to specialty-food producers
USGS: Fall Foliage Is Major Source of Mercury in New England Environment
Last week, the U.S. Geological Survey released the findings of two multiyear studies which concluded that — hang onto your sugaring buckets — fallen autumn…
Fair Trade Coffee Means Happy Farmers, Right?
Fair Trade isn’t always fair. The PC goodness we feel when we shell out more than $10 a pound for Fair Trade coffee beans is…
VT Fisherman Caught With Radio-Tracked Atlantic Salmon in Freezer
A Bethel angler was busted for reportedly taking home a 31-inch Atlantic salmon he caught in the White River, and reporting it as a brown…
