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It’s in the Building: How COVID-19 Overwhelmed a Burlington Nursing Home
The order came over the intercom: Managers, meet now in the lobby. Social worker Tiffany Smith knew what it meant. If the latest test for…
Obituary: Joe Martin, 1965-2020
‘Good times’ and ‘heartbreaking times’ defined life of Burlington man who struggled with substance abuse
Obituary: Richard Hammond, 1957-2020
Longtime City of Burlington employee took pride in keeping streets and sidewalks safe
Obituary: David Winrock, 1942-2020
Builder and private pilot “embraced life with all his might”
Obituary: Jane Denker, 1918-2020
101-year-old lived last quarter of her life happily at Wake Robin in Shelburne
Hackie: Tractor Love
Butch Hawkes, my fiftysomething customer, and I were driving south on Route 7 en route to his home in the tucked-away Addison County town of…
Pandemic Sparks Mail-in-Voting Plan — and a Partisan Rift
Nearly every person who arrived at South Burlington Middle School last Thursday wore a mask — a pandemic-imposed requirement for those entering the city’s polling…
I’m a Woman With Hair on My Face, and I’m Cool With It
Dear Reverend, I’m a woman, and I enjoy being identified as such — but I have a lot of hair that grows on my face….
Art Gets Shelf Life at Jake’s ONE Market
When Jake’s ONE Market opened in February, no one knew the coronavirus would begin to claim lives in Vermont the very next month, or that…
Book Review: ‘Finna’ by Nino Cipri
Science fiction holds the promise of bringing readers to strange new worlds. The past couple of years have introduced a slew of stories about this…
Letters to the Editor (6/3/20)
Race to the Bottom [Re Off Message: “Protest Leads to Confrontation With Police Brass,” May 31]. The obscene public execution of George Floyd on Monday…
Virtual Shipwreck Tours Offer Fish-Eye View of Maritime History
The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes made the difficult decision last month to suspend all in-person visits for the 2020 season. Immediately, Chris Sabick…
Justice Served? Vermont Considers Corrections Reform to Shrink Its Prison Population
When lawmakers returned to Montpelier in January, one of their top priorities was to reduce the number of people imprisoned by the State of Vermont….
Burlington Discover Jazz Festival Goes Virtual
ReDiscovery Channel With which cliché phrase should I start this week’s column, the one that’s historically all about what to do and who to see…
Free Will Astrology (6/3/20)
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “It’s OK to live a life others don’t understand,” writes author Jenna Woginrich. That’s a healthy attitude for an eccentric person…
Defense, ‘Defense’
(Self-released, digital) How long does it take for a musical trend to circle back around? Twenty years or more? Much of current indie rock sounds…
Good Wood: Jericho Dad and Sons Donate Firewood to Those in Need
The days might be warming up, but a Jericho dad and his two sons are still in the swing of collecting firewood for next winter….
Wolfhand, ‘The Devil Arrives’
(Self-released, digital download, cassette) Burlington rockers Wolfhand specialize in what they call “cinematic heaviness,” and rarely does a band’s own bio nail its sound so…
Retail Therapy: Seven Items for Your Home and Where to Buy Them Locally
Are you working from home? That phrase conjures something different for everyone. Whether “home” is a house in the country, a shared apartment with roommates…
Bottom Line: Inntopia Carves New Tracks Through the Pandemic
For Trevor Crist, founder and CEO of Inntopia, the winter of 2019-20 was on course to be a bluebird season. Hefty snow blanketed much of…
Vermonters and Their Government Adjust to Virtual Meetings
Selectboard meetings in Canaan can be lively. Residents of the remote northeastern Vermont town — population 972 and literally steps from the Canadian border —…
One Prescription for the Pandemic: Weed and ’Shrooms
When the pandemic brought Vermont to a halt in mid-March, Paul lost most of his freelance work and found himself marooned at home in Burlington….
Obituary: Wendy Oppenheimer, 1946-2020
Loving wife and mother to be honored with a “book nook” at Shelburne library
George Floyd’s Death Spurs Vermonters to Call for Police Reform
As the crowd swelled and pulsed on Saturday night, the authorities were waiting in the wings. Officers with the Burlington Police Department stood by a…
Market Report: Farmers Markets Navigate New Operating Guidelines
It’s been a whirlwind spring for Vermont’s farmers markets. On April 10, even as the winter season wrapped up and managers and vendors started making…
Baker-Entrepreneur Ren Weiner on Paying It Forward
Ren Weiner, aka Miss Weinerz, imagined being a kindergarten teacher in Vermont, with a pottery studio and maybe a side gig as an EMT. As…






