Jan 11-17, 2012
Taking on BTV’s Newest Direct Flight — to Toronto; Andy Bromage Takes Over “Fair Game;” Hitching the Length of Vermont; Hard Cider Is Back in Biz
Cover Story
Montpelier’s PoemCity Wants Your Words
April is the cruelest month, wrote T.S. Eliot in his famous 1922 poem “The Wasteland.” (Except he spelled it “cruellest” because, you know, he moved…
Shumlin Halts Hiring of State “Spin Doctors”
When Gov. Peter Shumlin took office, he pledged to eliminate all the “communications” people from state agencies. He ended up hiring two press secretaries for…
Temple Grandin to Speak at Vermont Grazing and Livestock Conference
There’s exciting news for the ag aficionados out there: Temple Grandin is coming to town. Well, she’s coming to Fairlee, Vt., which might be a…
Leahy Backs Down on Controversial Online Piracy Bill. Where Do Sanders and Welch Stand?
While most of Vermont was focused on Gov. Peter Shumlin’s budget address yesterday, U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy was making national news on Vermont Public Radio’s…
Movies You Missed 21: Higher Ground
This week in movies you missed: Actress Vera Farmiga gets religion in her directorial debut, an irreverent movie that takes faith seriously. What You Missed…
Going Once, Going Twice! Mobile Slaughterhouse on the Auction Block
In the market for a slaughterhouse? You’re not alone: As of Thursday morning, the website Auctions International had logged 152 bids — and counting —…
7 Questions for … Survivor Sophie Clarke
Editor’s Note: Seven Days contributing writer Sarah Harris authored this post. Sophie Clarke is tough and smart. That’s what it took for the 22-year-old medical…
Department of Public Safety Releases Results of First-Ever Survey of Vermont Medical Marijuana Patients
There’s tasty green bud in them thar hills, and the Green Mountains’ medical marijuana patients are smoking it by the ounce each month. Moreover, they’re…
Huntington, Vt.’s Roy Haynes featured on TLC’s “Extreme Cheapskates”
Clicking past the cable TV channel TLC is like trying to walk by a train wreck: It’s a gruesome disaster unfolding before your eyes but…
Unscientific “Poll” Gives Wright Slight Lead in Burlington Mayor’s Race
From Haik Bedrosian’s blog Burlington Pol comes this totally unscientific — but still interesting — “straw poll” for the Burlington mayor’s race. The question was:…
As Goes Japan…
Local author looks at responses to climate change — from the Pacific Rim to the Green Mountains
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Sanskrit word tapasya is translated as “heat,” but in the yogic tradition it means “essential energy.” It refers to the…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again After two men stole DVDs and computer games from a Target store in Madison, Wis., one of them accidentally pocket-dialed 911 with…
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Onion River Cobbler [SIV252]
1/9/12: Eva visits Onion River Cobbler in Winooski Vermont where business is booming and owner Steven Hopkins, AKA “The Cobbler,” has been a fixture in…
Letters to the Editor
Hines Will Help Wright I just read the “Daily 7” e-newsletter re: Wanda Hines announcing her run for mayor [Blurt, “Wanda Hines Makes It Official:…
Crumbs
Leftover food news: El Cortijo opens; “Famous” Amos coming to Burlington; new restos in Stowe
State Police Seize Six Malnourished Horses From Jeffersonville Man
**Updated Below With New Photos of Seized Horses** State police and animal welfare agents seized six horses from a Jeffersonville man over the weekend. The…
Fletcher Allen’s Family Medical Practices Adopt New Painkiller-Dispensing Procedure
Got pain? If so, you can’t just sit on the couch anymore and phone in your re-up for an extra 50 percocets or oxycontins, as…
Burlington Lawyer Fred Lane to U.S. Supreme Court: Let the Obscenities Fly!
In 1973, legendary comedian George Carlin waded nutsack-deep into legal hot water with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) after a New York City public radio…
Grazing at the Vermont Food Venture Center’s Grand Opening
On this gray day, there was one hopping place where you could lose yourself in a kaleidoscope of locally made morsels, from peach salsa, smoked…
The Odum Statehouse Report: Coming Soon to a Paper Near You?
When Seven Days returned from its annual holiday break this week, we found a crapload of snail mail waiting for us. Within that pile was…
Movies You Missed 20: Puncture
This week in movies you missed: Captain America crusades for our nation’s health care workers and snorts lots of blow. What You Missed OK, it’s…
Wanda Hines Makes It Official: I Want to Be Mayor
Longtime Burlington activist Wanda Hines made it official this morning: She’s running for mayor as an independent. The formal announcement will come at a press…
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The Renewal Chorus [251]
1/2/12: The Renewal Chorus kicked off their 6th annual winter tour on a good note at the Church of Our Saviour in Killington on Monday…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “It is surely a great calamity for a human being to have no obsessions,” said poet Robert Bly. That’s why he…
Do Vermonters Like Santorum?
When it comes to presidential politics, Vermont matters about as much as Idaho and only slightly more than Guam (whose citizens can send delegates to…
Burlington Rep. Rachel Weston to Step Down
State Rep. Rachel Weston (D-Burlington) is stepping down from her seat in the legislature to take a job overseas. Weston (pictured at right in a…
Lowell Wind Opponents Decry USDA Forest Service Approval of Deerfield Wind Project
Just three days into 2012, Vermont’s critics of industrial wind power already have a new ridgeline in the sand to fight about: The USDA Forest…
