Jun 11-17, 2008

Jun 11-17, 2008 / Vol. 13 / No. 41
A Proposed Gravel Mine Exposes Conflicting Visions of Bristol’s Future; 2008 Daysies Ballot Inside; With a Halal Slaughter Facility, a Morrisville Farmer Becomes an Unlikely Cultural Ambassador

Ode to Mikey

On January 25, 1999, I met Seven Days Art Director Diane Sullivan. My life would never be the same. This past Friday I participated in…

Flatlander

Any other people displaced in Vermont? I am a flatlander. And not at all ashamed. I was raised in Connecticut, and spent my summers and…

World of World of Warcraft

‘Warcraft’ Sequel Lets Gamers Play A Character Playing ‘Warcraft’ The master satirists at The Onion News Network issued this video report about a new video…

Friday the 13th

It’s Friday the 13th. Is it an unlucky day for you? Do you watch out for black cats? I can’t say that I remember anything…

Tank Times

I’ve been meaning to introduce the fish of Seven Days to all you Blurt readers, and seeing as we’ve officially had our first death, now…

Vermont is for Writers

The New York Times reports this morning that Vermont has more writers, per capita, than any other state. The finding emerged from a nationwide profile…

Free Will Astrology

Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for June 11-18, 2008. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Successful representations of reality become…

News Quirks

Curses, Foiled Again When police in Sheboygan, Wis., stopped a vehicle for improper registration, one of the passengers identified himself by giving a false name,…

Al Jazeera on RETN

I don’t know how I missed this during this whole Burlington Telecom debate, but RETN — Channel 16 to Comcast subscribers in the Burlington area…

Auntie Em, Auntie Em!

A weather alert from the National Weather Service in Waterbury: Vermont is under statewide tornado watch from 10:00 this morning until 6 this evening. A…


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