Jul 2-8, 2008
For Some Rabble-Rousing Vermonters, Every Day is Independence Day; Readers Trade Taxi Tales; Easting Overseas – A Taste of “Noshtalgia”; A Town-By-Town Guide to July 4 Pyrotechnics
Jim Douglas Hit With a Pie in Montpelier Parade
In case you missed it, our governor got pie-d yesterday during a 4th of July parade. A 22-year-old dude apparently assaulted Jim Douglas by hitting…
One More Taxi Story
The last, maybe. At least for now. Earlier today, I received an email from Duncan Adamson of South Burlington. One summer afternoon last July, Adamson…
Fourth Foolishness
My brother in Hawaii sent me this a few days ago and it seems fitting for the holiday: A recent study found that the average…
Plattsburgh to Self: Don’t Feel Bad
On June 30, Plattsburgh’s primary news organ, the Press-Republican, printed a defensive editorial entitled, “Comparison with Burlington unfair to Plattsburgh.” A reader had apparently written…
Everything Be Irie
Michael Franti and Spearhead, Bread and Puppet at Shelburne Museum, Friday, June 27.
The Al-Saga continues…
Fresh off the recent recommendations from the citizen advisory committees that Al Jazeera English be kept on the air on Burlington Telecom, the Defenders Council…
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Tom Messner [SIV86]
Tom Messner has been delivering the weather with a smile for 18 years on WPTZ/NewsChannel 5.His grandma assumed he would grow up to be a…
Scene@ Champlain College Historical Buildings Tour
Burlington, Saturday, June 28, Noon
Cones, Crochet and Counterweights
Art Review: Alisa Dworsky, prints, drawings and sculpture. Chaffee Art Center, Rutland. Through August 2.
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Authorities searching for Sharon Platt after she was accused of stealing $5000 while working as an office manager for Murphy Motors in…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for July 2-9, 2008. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): Here’s the first rule of…
Stop the Guilt — Buy a Composter
Every time I throw an orange peel, tea bag or other compostable item in the trash at home, I feel guilty.Well not any more! Sending…
UVM Canceled June 5 Live-Pig Surgery Training
On May 21, I reported on a controversial surgeons’ training program taking place at the University of Vermont’s College of Medicine. The course, “Advanced Trauma…
