Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2011
Tropical Storm Irene vs. Vermont: Readers Report on the Floods; How Irene Assaulted the Arts; A Tempest at the Table; Back to School
Restaurants Reach Out Post-Irene — And How You Can Help
Even as the rains from Tropical Storm Irene pounded Bridgewater Corners last Sunday, Long Trail Brewing Company Visitors Center & Pub stayed open. The brewery…
Waterbury Cleans Up After Irene [VIDEO]
Last week, Eva Sollberger took her video camera to Waterbury to record the flood-recovery efforts. She captured footage of volunteers ripping out the bar at…
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Waterbury, 4 Days After Irene [238]
9/1/11: 4 days after Tropical Storm Irene hit Vermont and the town of Waterbury is in the process of cleaning and rebuilding. Despite suffering massive…
Gittin’ er Done — Lareau Farm and Inn Clean-Up
There’s not much that I love more than shoveling mud. Unless it’s carrying five-gallon buckets of mud. Love it! Which is why I signed up…
On a Tour of Damaged Trailer Park, Shumlin Consoles Flood Victims and Praises Recovery Efforts
Gov. Peter Shumlin spent nearly an hour Saturday morning touring a heavily-damaged Duxbury trailer park and nearby homes — offering hugs to residents on the…
And Now a Word From Our Generous Sponsors at FEMA…
Now that President Obama has put his John Hancock on Vermont’s official disaster declaration, the folks who set up shop this week at the Federal…
Citibank Sues Burlington, Seeks Repossession of Burlington Telecom
Citibank filed a long-anticipated lawsuit in federal court Friday, seeking tens of millions of dollars in damages and the repossession of Burlington Telecom’s equipment. The…
At Waterbury Farmers Market, an “Oasis”
In downtown Waterbury yesterday, a constant stream of cars and trucks rumbled down South Main Street. People stripping down and cleaning up their flood-ravaged homes…
Dance Review: No Boundaries in ‘Critical State’
Even if you’re spending your weekend volunteering on the Irene clean-up, you’ll need to take a break at some point. Head up to Morrisville for…
Hundreds of Trailer Park Residents Displaced Statewide
While hundreds of volunteers, media reps and post-disaster gawkers flooded through downtown Waterbury on Thursday, residents of the Patterson Trailer Park across the Winooski River…
No, You Really Can’t Get There From Here — a Reporter’s Irene Notebook [PHOTOS]
If you’ve heard it once during this whole T.S. Irene craziness, you’ve heard it a thousand times: You can’t get there from here. It’s a…
Movies You Missed 2: True Adolescents
A young woman buys a cheap video camera to record the progress of the storm forecast to hit her town. What she ends up filming…
Construction Workers Stranded by New Flash Floods, Rescued by Helicopter
From the Vermont State Police press office comes this pulse-pounding tale about a road crew rescued from a new round of flash floods yesterday. According…
Taking Stock Of Vermont’s Pets And Farm Animals Affected By Irene’s Flooding
As state and federal disaster-relief workers shift from rescue to recovery mode in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene, officials from the Vermont Agency of…
UVM Employees and Allies Threaten “Takeover” If Labor Contract Isn’t Settled
A battle is brewing at the University of Vermont between administrators and unionized maintenance workers who say they’re “pissed off” about the golden parachutes and…
Vermont Scrambles to Determine Damage to Sewer Plants
As Vermont entered its third day of cleanup from the remnants of Hurricane and Tropical Storm Irene, one question remained unanswered: Just how much raw…
Putting Snooki on Hold to Save Vermont
The “Jersey Shore” and disaster relief go together like spray tans and muck boots. Which is to say, not at all. But somehow, the folks…
TV MD
After years as a small-screen doc, UVM med student Peter Wingfield is training to be a real one
Katrina Recovery Veteran Launches #VTResponse
Vermonters looking for a way to help their neighbors in need are connecting with volunteer opportunities through #VTResponse, a new website at vtresponse.wordpress.com. The site…
WTF: Why don’t Vermont school buses have seat belts?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: We just had to ask…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again While police were driving burglary suspect Kylen English, 20, to the Montgomery County, Ohio, jail, he began banging his head against the…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Strange but true: To pave the way for your next liberation, you will have to impose some creative limitation on yourself….
Vermont Recovers After Tropical Storm Irene
The latest on Irene’s aftermath in the Green Mountains
Letters to the Editor
’Doo It Right I’ve been a didgeridoo teacher, performer and instrument builder for the last 25 years, so your [Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: “What’s up with…
Surveying Irene’s Destructive Path in the Mad River Valley and Beyond
Merely 15 minutes from Burlington, Irene’s legacy is mud and dust, buzzing generators and pumps, chairs and rugs and the entire contents of houses left…
Federal Disaster Coordination Has Vermont Roots
When President Barack Obama signed a federal disaster declaration Monday designed to bring federal support to the water-ravaged Green Mountain State, he did so under…
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Tropical Storm Irene Hits Vermont [237]
8/29/11: One day after Tropical Storm Irene left flooding and devastation in many Southern Vermont towns, Burlington and Winooski residents flocked to the Winooski Falls…
