Jun 2-8, 2010
Jazz Pianist Toussaint as a New Orleans Icon; E-Cigs Light Up VT Company; Garret Keizer’s Case Against Noise
Middlebury’s Sabra Field Mural Project Up for Grant
If your primary association with college kids has to do with loud parties at night and beer cans found in your yard the morning after,…
Vermont Catholic Cover Blunder
This is sort of the most amazing photo I’ve ever seen…this week. The accompanying blog post from the Plaid Crew (which I found on Gawker)…
Racine to Wear the Union Label
Two of the state’s largest labor unions have joined forces to endorse a single candidate in the Democratic primary: State Senator, and former Lieutenant Governor,…
City Council to Review 50 Percent Threshold in Mayoral Elections
When voters rejected instant runoff voting in March, they decided to return to the previous method of electing mayors— whoever receives 40 percent of the…
Gov. Jim Douglas Signs His Last Bill into Law
At a noontime ceremony in the State House, Gov. Jim Douglas signed his last bill into law as governor.During his nearly eight-year tenure, Gov. Douglas…
Bushway Owner Charged with Animal Cruelty
**UPDATE: ARREST WARRANTS DETAIL CRUELTY CHARGES**Bushway slaughterhouse owner Frank Perretta, the co-owner of Bushway Packing slaughterhouse in Grand Isle, and a plant worker have been…
Lighters Up: The Lil’ Kim Experience
Here’s one important thing you need to know about hip-hop queen Lil’ Kim: she loves Vermont. Like, a lot. She told us so about 350…
Top Lawmakers Want Vermont Yankee Shut Down, Pipes Replaced
The Vermont legislature’s top two Democrats — House Speaker Shap Smith and President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin — are asking the state Department of Public…
Middlebury Opera Company Dives Into Obscure Drama
The first time the Opera Company of Middlebury performed — Carmen, in 2004 — the singers shared the newly gutted Town Hall Theater with a…
Grace Potter’s New Chocolate Bar
I got a hug from Grace Potter today! This afternoon, I headed over to the Lake Champlain Chocolates factory on Pine Street, where Grace and…
Blue Cross Blue Shield Ordered to Repay $3 Million from Executive Payout
* * updated with comments from Blue Cross Blue Shield * * Health care regulators have ordered the state’s largest health care insurer — Blue…
Two to Tango
Art Review: “Panda’s Exercise,” prints by Jennifer Koch and Gregg Blasdel. 215 College Gallery, Burlington. Through June 16.
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Minutes after receiving a report that a convenience store had been robbed, police in Suffolk, Va., found suspect Sean Almond, 43, behind…
Ifs, Ands and Butts
Ex-smokers rave about e-cigarettes, but the FDA and antismoking groups want them snuffed out
Letters to the Editor
Water Rights As a small-business owner and native citizen of Vermont, I find this situation inconceivable [“A Barre Renter Is Fighting City Hall for Shutting…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for June 2 – 9, 2010. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you’d like…
Vermont Yankee Plugs Leak, NRC Wants Answers
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has dispatched a special inspector to Vermont Yankee in the wake of yet another radioactive leak.On Friday, a new leaking pipe…
A Rainy Day for Gross National Happiness
The Bhutanese refugees arrived in Burlington this morning at 8:20 a.m. after driving all night — 22 hours straight — from Atlanta, Ga., just to…
