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How the Former Brandon Training School Became a Thriving Village
This place is haunted. That’s the word from a handful of ghost hunters and at least one plumber, who refuses to work alone in a…
SketchUp, Solidoodles and Replicators: Inside Burlington’s 3-D Printing Meet-Up
Curious about 3-D printers? Want to learn how to use one? Then drop by one of Burlington’s 3-D Printing and Modeling meet-ups. The informal gatherings…
A Boutique Hotel Brings Back the Quirk to Montgomery Cuisine
A blackboard out front advertises sautéed free-range chicken livers. In many small Vermont towns, this might be more discouraging than enticing. But this is Montgomery…
Two Seventysomething Private Eyes Keep Their Minds and Sleuthing Skills Sharp
Private investigators Peter Barton and his longtime business partner, Anita Bobee, are nothing like the hardboiled gumshoes of the 1940s film noir era. Anyone who…
Taste Test: Park Squeeze
If Addison Country has anything close to a restaurant don, it could be Michel Mahe. In the 11 years since he opened his first Vergennes…
Film News: Woodstock’s Town Hall Theater Goes Digital; Cartoon College Out on iTunes; Global Lens Film Series in Burlington
The citizens of Woodstock really love their Town Hall Theatre. In 1928, they ponied up to repair it after a fire; in the 1980s, they…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Authorities charged Scott Simon, 24, with first-degree murder after he “pocket dialed” 911 and was overheard telling someone he was going to…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Maybe you’ve seen that meme circulating on the internet: “My desire to be well-informed is at odds with my desire to…
Brandon’s Compass Center Aims to Be True North for the Arts
“We could have a really great Halloween event here,” Edna Sutton says, leading a visitor through the Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon. It’s…
WTF: Why Are We Getting So Much Rain This Year, and Will It Ruin Our Summer?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: We just had to ask…
Interview with Os Mutantes Founder Sérgio Dias
Os Mutantes emerged from Brazil in the late 1960s, fusing breezy Tropicália grooves with the heady, kaleidoscopic aesthetic of psychedelic rock. Following their breakup in…
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The Return of the Bike Ferry [314]
6/15/13: This Saturday at the “cut” in the Colchester-South Hero causeway section of the Island Line Trail, Local Motion supporters gathered to celebrate the reopening…
Art Review: Harriet Wood, Vermont Supreme Court Lobby
Harriet Wood’s “Inner Doors” show of abstract-expressionist paintings bursts forth as a late flowering. With 20 canvases and scrolls hanging in the lobby of the…
Coworking Spaces Give Creatives a Room of Their Own
Video game developer Chris Hancock used to rent an office for his company, Tertl Studos, in downtown Montpelier. But eventually, he says, the cost of…
Former Pro Snowboarder Kevin Pearce Has a New Documentary
Two professional snowboarders swoop through the credits of a new documentary, playing an effortless game of follow the leader in a half-pipe. The clip was…
Letters to the Editor
Wife On Board [Re “Unhappy Endings,” June 5]: Ken Picard, your wife is a saint! Gia Biden Williamstown What Gives? Why have local officials and…
