Jun 16-22, 2010
The Daily Show Co-Creator Brings Solo Act to Burlington; Local Cinemas Add Dimension; A Dad’s Dilemma at the Ballpark
IBM-Vermont to Manufacture High-Security Chips Used in E-Passports
***** UPDATED BELOW with correction *****IBM in Essex Junction will soon begin manufacturing the high-security chips embedded in a number of different electronic documents, including…
“Kane” Saves Newspapers
Via Fake Steve Jobs (and Meghan Dewald — thanks for the tip!), here’s the trailer for a “proposed remake” of Citizen Kane, in which Kane…
Welch Grills BP CEO, Asks Him to Resign
During a Congressional hearing Thursday, U.S. Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) bluntly asked BP CEO Tony Hayward if the embattled executive should resign.Welch sits on the…
Sidewalk Sitting Ban Nixed in Burlington – For Now
After a three-hour hearing, the Burlington City Council’s Ordinance Committee shelved plans to ban sitting or lying down on select downtown city sidewalks.More than 50…
Front Porch Forum Wins Knight News Challenge Grant
Wow — Burlington-based Front Porch Forum just snagged a $220,000 grant from the Knight News Challenge. FPF was one of 12 innovative media projects that…
A Bridge, Erected
Jalopnik is reporting that a Russian drawbridge has been defaced with a drawing of a giant penis. Now, as motorist sit and wait, they can…
Nunyuns News
Ever since Nunyuns opened on the corner of North and North Champlain streets the day before Thanksgiving in 2008, a question has loomed: “When the…
Finally Susan
The senator from Lamoille County is telling it straight, but is anybody listening?
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for June 16 – 23, 2010. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): Istanbul is the…
Resort Renewed
At today’s Trapp Family Lodge, the hills are alive with the sound of … mountain biking.
State Workers Endorse Democrat Doug Racine
Depending on your preferred sports metaphor — hockey or horse racing — Democrat Doug Racine just landed a hat trick or a trifecta with today’s…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Authorities investigating a bank robbery in St. Cloud, Minn., nabbed their suspect after officials at Mystic Lake Casino observed him depositing cash…
Letters to the Editor
Hydro-Québec — Again When Seven Days agreed with the Vermont Senate that Hydro-Québec provides “renewable” energy, it failed to include an exposé of the pressure…
Buffalo Sojourn
Art Review: Barbara Wagner, recent mixed-media paintings, Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne. Through July 6.
Innovative Vermonters Compete for Prize
Another day, another chance to root for Vermonters. In this case, to win hefty cash prizes — totalling $50,000 — for improving this pitiful world….
