Jul 4-10, 2012
Vermont’s Hackers, Artists and Inventors Are Sharing Ideas — and Solving Problems; Noise in the ‘Hood About Mayor Miro’s Development; A Beloved Ballpark’s Bio; Motorcycle Touring in Vermont; Newport’s Cuisine Scene
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Vermont Hackers, Artists and Inventors are Sharing Ideas — and Solving Problems
Remember when geeks were uncool? John Cohn does. The 52-year-old IBM fellow recalls the disapproving look people shot him when, growing up, he told them…
Weinberger Nominates Eileen Blackwood for City Attorney, Would Be First Woman in Top Legal Job
Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger’s first pick for city attorney ended badly, but his new nominee appears likely to win confirmation when the City Council meets…
Growing Issues: Burlington’s Urban Ag Task Force Seeks Feedback On Its Draft Report
Want to raise alpacas on Peru Street? How about cherry trees on Washington Street, or goats on Grant Street? If you’re an urban farmer, gardener,…
Movies You Missed 46: God Bless America
This week in movies you missed: Comedian-turned-director Bobcat Goldthwait brings us a darker-than-dark comedy. A war vet decides we’re a nation of mean-spirited vulgarians, so…
An Old Tower Clock Is Discovered Anew at Green Mountain College
Green Mountain College’s Ames Tower was looking pretty shabby, so facilities director Glenn LaPlante was inspecting its domed cupola, airborne in a hydraulic lift, paint…
Don’t Tread on VT: State Conducts First-Ever Survey to Identify “Problem” Tire Piles
Got tires? No, not that set of four bald radials gathering dust in your garage. We’re talking about big, eyesore-sized tires piles, the kind that…
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Dirt Divas [273]
6/28/12: Dirt Divas is a Vermont Works for Women mountain-biking program for girls entering grades 6-8. Eva strapped on a helmet cam and went along…
Letters to the Editor
What Kind of Clover? Can someone please follow up this article [“Whoa, Nellie! Essex Equine Got Burned by Unlucky Clover, Not Battery Acid,” June 27]…
Century Clubhouse
Vermont author Glenn Stout chronicles Fenway Park’s remarkable first year
WTF: Are Burlington gas stations gouging customers?
Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot: We had to ask…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Police investigating the murder of Juliana Mensch, 18, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., identified James Ayers, 32, and Nicole Okrzesik, 23, as their…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Members of the Nevada Republican Party have concocted a bizarre version of family values. A large majority of them are opposed…
Frozen in Time
One waitress has watched 64 years go by at Rutland’s Seward Family Restaurant
Tiny Bubbles
Side Dishes: Champagne & Sparkling Wine Bar, 56 College Street, Middlebury, 989-7020
Smilie School Garden Probable Casualty of Contaminated Compost
Some home gardeners are reeling after learning they’ll lose their vegetable patches to contaminated soil from Green Mountain Compost. That disappointment is particularly acute at…
Ice Factor ‘Disappointed’ in Mayor’s Moran Decision — Also Not Pleased With How It Was Handled
Officials with Ice Factor, the Scotland-based company that planned to build an ice-climbing wall in Burlington’s abandoned Moran power plant, say they have not been…
