Dec 30, 2015 – Jan 5, 2016
Vermont News Updates 2015; Highs and Lows in Vermont Food; Top 10 Vermont CDs
Obituary: Ralph Stanley Colt Jr., 1936-2016, Jericho
Ralph Stanley Colt Jr. passed away on January 10th 2016 after living with Alzheimer’s Disease for several years. He died at his home in Jericho…
Obituary: Kirk L. Williams, Burlington
Kirk L. Williams died of a sudden illness on 1/4/16. Kirk was born in Brooklyn, NY to Patricia Huffman Williams and some dude from France….
Obituary: Richard Aldon “Dick” Ladabouche, Essex
Richard Aldon “Dick” Ladabouche, of Essex passed away on Saturday December 19, 2015. He is survived by his wife Joyce Ladabouche, two daughters, Tammy Curavoo,…
Update: Alleged Serial Poacher Mounts a Vigorous Defense
Wayne Dion of Irasburg may be one of the most prolific deer poachers in Vermont, according to the Fish & Wildlife officials who arrested him….
How South End Artists Weighed in on planBTV
Outside the South End Arts and Business Association office on Pine Street, a “metered” bike rack is tucked against the brick wall. Both functional and…
Dropping the Ball: Celebrating New Year’s Eve, the Y2K Way…
Originally published December 1, 1999 The pressure has never been greater to make it to midnight — if for no other reason that to count…
Update: Still Spooked, Murphy the Dog Eludes Capture
In June 2014, Morrisville resident Kirstin Campbell got into a minor car crash in Stowe. When Campbell checked on her beloved 3-year-old golden retriever, Murphy,…
Update: Money and Mask Ban Keep Burlington ‘Furry’-Free
During Burlington’s Mardi Gras celebration last February, a city employee ordered a band of people dressed as furry animals to remove their masks. The charge:…
Update: In the Tiny Town of Victory, the Feuding Goes On
The Northeast Kingdom may look sepia-toned to outsiders, but the burg of Victory, population 62, has been embroiled in a decades-long feud. Members of two…
What Happened to the VHS ’70s Show?
In March and April of this year, the Vermont Historical Society in Barre hosted a series of community forums on the influence of 1970s counterculture…
Update: A DCF Caseworker’s Slaying Reverberates Statewide
Those still inside Barre City Place rushed to the windows to peer at the parking lot below. Lara Sobel, 48, a state Department for Children…
Vermont’s Top 10 Political Stories of 2015
Last December, shortly before this end-of-year column went to press, we had to make a significant last-minute edit. A few hours earlier, Gov. Peter Shumlin…
Update: Randy Quaid Is Stuck in Vermont, Legally
How did actor Randy Quaid — of Brokeback Mountain and National Lampoon’s Vacation fame — and his wife, Evi, end up in little Lincoln, Vt.?…
Update: Middlebury Police Probe Potential Link to Cold Case
“The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst” mesmerized HBO viewers earlier this year with the story of the creepy and eccentric member of…
Update: Finally Christine
Dave Hallquist was leading a double life when Seven Days observed the 59-year-old chief executive officer of Vermont Electric Cooperative last month: Among friends and…
Letters to the Editor (12/30/15)
A Better Way? At a recent meeting at the Champlain Elementary School, there was no dialogue to speak of [Off Message: “Champlain Parkway Reviewed at…
The Good, the Bad and the Wacky Films of 2015
Rick Kisonak: Hollywood is a pretty happy place right now, and the reason has nothing to do with holiday cheer. Rather, it has to do…
Update: The Weakening Loonie Keeps Some Canadians at Home
For more than a decade, Canadian customers could buy their baguettes at the Newport Natural Market and Café with their own colorful currency. But last…
The Local Scene on the Best Music of 2015
Each December, Seven Days polls area musicians, club owners, talent buyers and others to find out which records rocked their ears over the preceding year….
Jurassic World Director Colin Trevorrow Looks Ahead
In an unremarkable suite of offices in an unremarkable brick building in downtown Burlington, the director of the year’s biggest movie (barring the possibility of…
Soundbites: Who the F Are the Medallions?
Is Madaila? Is Not Madaila. The controversy has been raging for … at least a week or two: Are the Medallions, the disco-funk band that…
Update: A Notorious Sex Offender Settles Into a Quiet Life
Richard Laws’ release from prison in April caused a news media firestorm. Authorities announced that a sex offender was being set free. Media outlets rushed…
WTF: Questions That Went by the Wayside
We get a lot of queries from inquiring minds, aka our readers, every year. This column runs every other week, so that gives us just…
Sabra Field on Film: A New Doc Celebrates Her Life and Work
The first contact between artist Sabra Field and filmmaker Bill Phillips was anything but auspicious. Phillips and his family had just moved to tiny East…
Visiting Critic Program Brings Perspective to Local Arts
As many Vermonters know, small is beautiful. Yet small can also be limiting — particularly for artists, whose career vitality often depends on reaching, and…
Update: Cops Drop Facebook Shaming
Law-breakers don’t generally inspire a lot of sympathy. But when police in South Burlington and Winooski started posting mug shots of crime suspects on their…
My Brother Is Dating an Awful, Evil Woman
Dear Athena, I have a brother who is dating someone so completely awful and evil, and I hate her. She talks shit behind his back….
Update: At Vermont Vets’ Home, No Rest From Funding Challenges
The Vermont Veterans’ Home has been on shaky financial ground since the Great Recession. The number of patients has dropped at this special nursing home…
Name Game: 2015 in Aptronyms
By now, most of our readers are familiar with the phenomenon of — if not the name for — aptronyms: surnames that seem uncannily suited…
Update: Vermont’s Medical Marijuana Industry Is on the Move
Six months ago Seven Days found Vermont’s two-year-old medical-marijuana industry trying to manage booming customer demand in Chittenden County. Operators of the Burlington dispensary were…
Life Stories: Vermonters We Lost in 2015
When former lieutenant governor Barbara Snelling died on November 2, every major media outlet in Vermont — and the Boston Globe — noted her passing….
Update: Is Burlington Ready to Grow … Up?
A $200 million plan to rebuild Burlington Town Center — the Queen City’s aging mall — is forcing Vermont’s largest city to envision its future….
Vermont Trekkies Launch Web-Based TV Series
Seven Days’ September 9 story “Beaming There” covered the launch of Trekonderoga, a first-ever “Star Trek” convention held in Ticonderoga, N.Y. The three-day event, hosted…
Free Will Astrology (12/30/15)
CAPRICORN (Dec. 21-Jan 19) In his essay “The Etiquette of Freedom,” poet Gary Snyder says that wildness “is perennially within us, dormant as a hard-shelled…
Update: Colchester Officials Give Up the Buoy Battle
In June, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gave Bruce Barry permission to install 22 buoys off his lakeshore property on Malletts Bay, a boating…
Recapping the Top Local Recordings of 2015
Top 10 Local Recordings of 2015 Madaila, The Dance Maryse Smith, The Way It Is Michael Chorney & Hollar General, Shameless Light The Mountain Says…
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Where Are They Now? [SIV426]
12/29/15: I’ve been making my Stuck in Vermont video series for Seven Days for almost nine years. The videos have been seen over 3 million…
2015’s Highs and Lows in Vermont Food
Food writers want every restaurant to be exceptional. We crave exquisite, thoughtfully prepared food sourced from the best local farms and fishermen. We swoon for…
