Jan 22-28, 2020
Vermonters Respond to the Climate Crisis — With Grief and Action; Burlington Considers Allowing Noncitizens to Vote, Again; Mirabelles Is Moving, but Here Are More Breakfast Destinations in Downtown Burlington
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Vermonters Respond to the Climate Crisis With Grief and Action
Last spring, 27-year-old Lauren Weston quit her job as a water resource engineer at Milone & MacBroom in Waterbury and moved to a yurt on…
The Parmelee Post: Millions of Individual Organ Donors Contribute to Sanders’ Senate Decoy
The presidential campaign of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says it has stitched together more than 1 million individual organ donations to create a life-sized…
Obituary: Steve E. Wright IV, 1941-2020
Former Sterling College president and Fish & Wildlife commissioner dies of Parkinson’s
Obituary: Karen Franco Juknis, 1951-2020
Barre-born woman grew up to teach at her hometown middle school
No Retreat? Brattleboro Mental Hospital’s Future Is Uncertain
On January 5, Agency of Human Services Secretary Mike Smith issued a press release saying the Brattleboro Retreat’s CEO had threatened to close the psychiatric…
Vermont’s ‘Fishin’ Politician’ Faults the Ethics Panel That Let Him Off the Hook
The Vermont House of Representatives Ethics Panel had to wrestle with some unusual questions last year as it considered a wide-ranging complaint against Rep. Chris…
Burlington Considers Allowing Noncitizens to Vote — Again
Martin Baumann and his wife, Gabriele, moved to Burlington in 1998 and sent four children through the local school system. Gabriele volunteered as the Parent…
Art Therapist Emily Piccirillo Wants to Help You Deal With Loss
Emily Piccirillo keeps a six-inch stack of index cards, soft and fraying at the edges, bound with a length of red ribbon. Each card is…
New Head Stretchers Society Challenges Us to Learn New Things
A lot is going on at Burlington’s Karma Bird House. The coworking space at 47 Maple Street is a maze of hallways and creaky wooden…
Where on the Connecticut River Is the Vermont-New Hampshire Border?
Online and mobile GPS mapping programs have improved considerably in recent years but are still a far cry from the gold standard of cartography. Ask…
Soundbites: Jade Marcotte and Kendall Farrell Present ‘Rude: A Comedy Show’
Why You Gotta Be So Rude? Anyone who’s been single in Vermont knows that the dating scene here can be rough. Like, really rough. Our…
I’m Seeing My Son and Grandson Less, and It Hurts
Dear Reverend, A long time ago, I was forced to give up my son for adoption. After becoming an adult, he found me, and it…
A2VT Make a Confident Return With New Album ‘Twenty Infinity’
In 2012, the City of Winooski got a new, unofficial motto: “Winooski, my town.” The simple catchphrase, meant as a symbol of pride as well…
‘Bombshell’ Drops None As It Tells the Story of Roger Ailes’ Downfall
I came this close to working for Roger Ailes, the mastermind behind Fox News and the #MeToo monster in Bombshell. I reviewed movies for an…
Letters to the Editor (1/22/20)
Wrong Crossword? I read most of Seven Days every week, but my favorite part is the crossword. We work on it together as a family….
PREECE, ‘Give Preece a Chance’
(Self-released, digital) PREECE are a pop-punk project carried almost entirely by multi-instrumental songwriter Sean Preece. The band’s latest release is an unlikely stylistic turn. Rather…
Banned 1927 Mae West Play Gets a Reading at Vermont Pride Theater
When it debuted in Connecticut in January 1927, Mae West’s play The Drag lasted all of 10 performances before it was banned. The play’s subtitle,…
Chaotic Family Flick ‘Dolittle’ Does Little to Entertain
Was the surreal cockroach chorus line in Cats the highlight of your holiday moviegoing? Are you unafraid of walking through the Uncanny Valley where disturbingly…
Hemp Processor Jack Nichol Is a Budding Entrepreneur
Name: Jack Nichol Job: Mobile mechanized hemp processor Town: St. Albans Jack Nichol had a long career helping others get high — airborne, that is…
Bear’s Tapestry, ‘Wind & Water’
(Self-released, digital) Wind & Water, the debut record from Bear’s Tapestry, is the latest offering in what has been a banner couple of years for…
Art Review: ‘Love Letters,’ Helen Day Art Center
Last week, Stowe’s Helen Day Art Center opened “Love Letters,” a nine-artist exhibition that, despite what the title might suggest, isn’t at all about impending…
Free Will Astrology (1/22/20)
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I’m a big fan of self-editing. For example, every horoscope I write evolves over the course of at least three drafts….
Those Mittens Bernie Sanders Wears Campaigning Are Made in Vermont
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is known for his frumpy and unkempt attire. His latest sartorial choice, mittens he wore during the Women’s March on Saturday…
A Tased Man Claims Excessive Force by St. Albans Cops
One Thursday night last February, St. Albans police officers received a call that a man had broken the glass door of a downtown pub and…
Burlington Breakfast Destinations That Can Power Your Day
With the closing of Mirabelles Café on January 25 before its move to the burbs — where the staff will no longer serve cooked breakfast…
Mirabelles Moves to the ’Burbs, Focuses on Bakery Biz
Almost 30 years ago, two friends who met at the New England Culinary Institute in Montpelier opened a bakery and café on Main Street in…
Einstein’s Tap House to Open in Burlington
The oft-changing nightlife venue upstairs at 165 Church Street in Burlington is smartening up. When it opens in February, Einstein’s Tap House will work to…
New Owners Don the Aprons at Otter Creek Bakery
Sarah and Ben Wood, founders and longtime owners of Otter Creek Bakery in Middlebury, sold their business to a Nashville-based entrepreneur at the start of…
