

Sanders, Welch Push Back Against Tax Cut Deal
* updated with comment from Sen. Patrick Leahy * * updated x2 below * In an interview on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show”, U.S. Sen. Bernie…
Leaked Cables List Hydro Quebec Dams as ‘Critical Infrastructure’
Vermonters certainly view Hydro Quebec’s dams as an asset, in terms of power production. On Sunday, we learned the U.S. State Department thinks the provincial…
Campbell Elected Senate President Pro Tem; Carris, Miller Picked for #2 and #3 Spots
Vermont Senate Democrats converged on the picturesque Three Stallion Inn in Randolph Sunday morning to select their 2011 leadership team. As expected, Sen. John Campbell…
Public Service Board Seeks Details on Telecom Lease
Burlington officials will update the Vermont Public Service Board about Burlington Telecom next Wednesday in Montpelier. The quasi-judicial board has asked the city to be…
BT Criminal and Financial Reviews Near Completion
Amidst the news that Burlington Telecom has broken off its lease agreement with CitiCapital comes word that a state-run, nine-month criminal review is now being…
The Art of Gingerbread Building
Ed. Note: Seven Days intern Lea McLellan contributed this post. Today’s the deadline for entries in the Vermont Folklife Center’s 12th annual Gingerbread Competition. Each…
Sen. Bernie Sanders is ‘Fed’ Up
The Federal Reserve yesterday released details regarding thousands of loans it doled out to some of the nation’s largest financial institutions during the height of…
Derby Line Pharmacist Challenges Fine for Illegal Border Crossing
As promised, Roland “Buzzy” Roy has hired a lawyer to fight the $500 fine he got last February for illegally crossing the border from Derby…
Outside the Box
From “freak in a cage” to international renown, the Burlington deejay does it his way
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again After Luis Del Castillo, 45, pushed Noemi Duchene, 44, in a wheelchair to a jewelry store in El Paso, Texas, security cameras…
Nordic Sweater
Vermont cross-country skier Liz Stephen trains for the big show in Oslo
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Physicist Stephen Hawking believes it would be dangerous to get in touch with extraterrestrial creatures. “If aliens visit us,” he says,…
Letters to the Editor
Justice Is Blind This is ridiculous [“Charged With Felony for Growing Pot, Mother Can’t Tell Jury It Was ‘Medical,’” November 17]! I can’t believe the…
Women’s Festival of Crafts [SIV202]
11/27/10: The 21st Annual Women’s Festival of Crafts was held at Burlington’s City Hall this weekend. About 63 vendors from all over the state of…
Bite Club TV: Crafting Candy Canes
We all enjoy the crooked confections each Christmas, but few of us know how a candy cane is made. I certainly didn’t. And I would…
Judge Orders Psych Evaluation For Vermonter Who Threatened to Kill Obama
You hear the one about the Vermont comedian who threatened to kill President Obama on Twitter? The Secret Service wasn’t laughing in August when 43-year-old…






