Jan 26 – Feb 1, 2011
How Colchester’s Sen. Dick Mazza Became Montpelier’s Most Influential Pol; VT Gets a Cartoonist Laureate; Are Legislators Gun Controlled?
LGBTQ Publication Out in the Mountains Relaunches Online
After closing down more than four years ago, the GLBT-themed Out in the Mountains newspaper is relaunching as a website, including news articles, columns, reviews…
Middlebury College “Sloppagees” Exposed
Apparently, Middlebury College has a problem with theft. Not theft of TI-84 calculators, Longchamps bags or Range Rovers. No, this problem is much more serious…
Viva Rut-Vegas! Milton Rep. Seeks to Legalize Casino Gambling
With Vermont $178 million in the hole, a state lawmaker from Milton and several colleagues are going “all in” with a new revenue scheme: legalized…
The Good, the Bad, the Burlington Telecom: Citizens Question Officials About the Future of BT
They came, they saw, they vented. More than 100 people crammed into City Hall Auditorium in Burlington for a special city council meeting Thursday night…
Housing Groups and Pizzigalli Craft Deal to Preserve Low-Income Housing
On the day they were supposed to receive eviction notices, the 44 residents of Wharf Lane were handed much better news: A deal has been…
Heave-Ho — Vermont Frost Heaves Fold
If you picked up the latest issue of Seven Days yesterday or read it online, you’ll know that we wrote about a man from Calais…
Citizens Ask Court to Find Burlington in Contempt for Using Taxpayer Funds
Two Burlington taxpayers are asking a Chittenden Superior Court judge to find the city of Burlington in contempt of a court order prohibiting certain use…
Burlington Offers “Amnesty” For Unregistered Landlords
Attention Burlington landlords: If you’ve got a rental apartment that you haven’t registered with city hall, now’s the time to do it. In an effort…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for January 26 – February 1, 2011. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): What rewards…
Skiing to the Sound of … Silence
Discovering backcountry solitude at Trapp Family Lodge
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again A security officer called police after noticing blood and two trays of empty razor-blade packages at a Walmart store in Venango County,…
The Sixth Man
How the Vermont Frost Heaves superfans brought the team back from the brink
Pouring the Tropics
Side Dishes: Café Verde brings espresso and exotic sodas to Plainfield
Letters to the Editor
Squirrel Tale Glad to see squirrel stew is on the menu here in Vermont [Bite Club TV: “Squirrel Stew,” January 12]. When I arrived in…
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Cochran’s Ski Area [209]
1/22/11: The non-profit Cochran’s Ski Area in Richmond has a mission to provide affordable slope access to kids and families. For multiple generations, the award-winning…
City Hall Criticizes State ‘Audit’ of Burlington Telecom
Late Tuesday, the Kiss Administration issued a 21-page rebuttal to last month’s blistering review of Burlington Telecom and the city’s oversight of the fledgling telecom….
More Bite Than Bark
Side Dishes: A defunct Shelburne eatery sees new life as Barkeaters
Shumlin Unveils Budget Plan: ‘Tough Choices, Big Opportunities’
Gov. Peter Shumlin unveiled a sobering budget address to a rather subdued legislature Tuesday afternoon — laying out a fiscal spending plan that makes significant…
Lockheed Martin Pays $2 Million Settlement for Defrauding U.S. Government
Becoming bedfellows with any defense contractor is a dangerous game, but in light of yesterday’s news out of the justice department, Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss…
