Feb 16-22, 2011
How Green Mountain Manufacturers are Staying Competitive; Mardi Gras Parade Rolls Downhill
UVM Forum Asks: Vermont Yankee, Yea or Nay?
In roughly one year, the operating license of Vermont’s lone nuclear power plant — Vermont Yankee — expires. Despite a continued push by Entergy, the…
Tom Salmon Won’t Seek Reelection, Mulls Future
State Auditor Tom Salmon announced to his 3539 friends on Facebook last night that he won’t seek reelection in 2012 — less than two months…
‘Right-To-Die’ Bill Introduced in Legislature
Armed with a new poll that says 64 percent of Vermonters support a right-to-die law, a group of lawmakers introduced legislation today that would give…
Vermont Chefs Nominated for James Beard Honors
This morning the James Beard Foundation announced the semifinalists for its über-prestigious JBF Awards for the best chefs and restaurants in the United States. Though…
Vermont’s Unionized Workers Under Pressure to Pay More
No expectations that Vermont will see some of the massive labor protests currently going on in Wisconsin, where the Republican governor has said he’d like…
The Bottom Line
Dear Mistress Maeve, My boyfriend has never had, and swears he will never have, anal sex, so how in the world do I get him…
Facebookers Will Decide Whether Randolph Center Farm Gets $10,000 Grant
Commercial grain growers in Vermont are a tiny group, and Randolph Center’s Beidler Family Farm is among them. In addition to a herd of 35…
Shelburne Museum Names Interim Director
Robert Skiff Sr. is going to wake up and smell the lilacs. Well, not till May, actually. But that’s a good thing, as there are…
Making It: How Green Mountain Manufacturers are Staying Competitive
Since 2001, Vermont has lost 180 manufacturing companies — and 15,000 jobs — to industry forces largely beyond its control. The silver lining? Those businesses…
Cabot Creamery: Vermont Makes It Marketable
Cabot Creamery | Est. 1919 | Cabot, Montpelier, Middlebury, Chateaugay, N.Y., West Springfield, Mass. | 1028 employees How did Cabot Creamery become a $400-million cheese…
Vermont Precision Tools: Medical Bits
Vermont Precision Tools | Est. 1968 | Swanton | 140 employees in Vermont, 103 employees in Kentucky Vermont Precision Tools owes a good chunk of…
Twincraft Soap: The Sweet Smell of Innovation
Twincraft Soap | Est. 1971 | Winooski, Essex | 225 employees The first thing you notice at Twincraft Soap in Winooski is the smell —…
AllEarth Renewables: Following the Sun
AllEarth Renewables | Est. 2005 | Williston | 24 employees What has made David Blittersdorf one of Vermont’s most successful alternative-energy entrepreneurs? In a word,…
Hazelett Strip-Casting Corporation: If It Ain’t Broke…
Hazelett Strip-Casting Corporation | Est. 1958 | Colchester | 154 employees Anyone who routinely travels West Lakeshore Drive in Colchester can be forgiven if they’ve…
Cabot Hosiery: A Strong Defense
Cabot Hosiery | Est. 1978 | Northfield | 100 employees Ric Cabot, executive vice president and co-owner of Cabot Hosiery Mills in Northfield, isn’t being…
Country Home Products: Doing Mow With Less
Country Home Products | Est. 1985 | Vergennes, Winooski Country Home Products is based in Vergennes, but its brush mowers and solar-powered hot-water heaters are…
Chroma Technology: Work to Own
Chroma Technology | Est. 1991 | Bellows Falls, Burlington | 100 employees Many local manufacturers complain about the burdens of doing business in Vermont. Their…
WallGoldfinger: Green Mountain High-End
WallGoldfinger | Est. 1971 | Northfield | 45 employees The Northfield office of corporate furniture manufacturer WallGoldfinger is papered with lists highlighted with the names…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again After breaking into the same house he’d broken into eight months earlier, John Finch, 44, found himself trapped, according to police in…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls,” said comedian George Carlin. “There are mornings when…
Jock Doctrine
At Middlebury College, a provocative exhibit considers the male athlete
Vermont Woman Who Led Fight for ’99ers’ on Verge of Homelessness
A Brattleboro woman who led an effort to raise awareness about the plight of people who exhausted their 99 weeks of unemployment benefits and were…
Green Mountain Avengers at NYC Fashion Week
Here in Vermont, we’re aesthetically as far removed from the fashion capitals of the world as you can get. You’re about as likely to see…
WTF: What’s the story behind the ice dicks?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: We just had to ask…
Open a Window
Side Dishes: The Café Window, 97 Blakely Road, Suite 5, Colchester, 652-2444
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CarShare Vermont [212]
2/11/11: CarShare Vermont held their annual Share the Love benefit bash Friday night at Main Street Landing’s Union Station in Burlington. Eva talked to members…
Letters to the Editor
Don’t Forget Sarducci’s So much ado about the new trendiness in Montpelier [“Capital Fare,” February 2]. Why is it never mentioned that the stalwart of…
VT Filmmakers Say Film Commission Is “Failing” at Its Mission
Almost exactly a year ago, the Associated Press ran a widely circulated article about the potential end of the Vermont Film Commission. The tiny state…
Barre City Mayor Proposes New Occupancy Standards in Response to Seven Days Story
This afternoon, Barre City Mayor Thom Lauzon told Seven Days that on Tuesday night he intends to present the Barre City Council with new occupancy…
Federal Appeals Court: Sidewalk Preacher Has No Right to Shout on Church Street
UPDATE below with comment from William Ray Costello. A federal appeals court has ruled that Burlington sidewalk preacher William Ray Costello has no legal right…
