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…
‘Good times’ and ‘heartbreaking times’ defined life of Burlington man who struggled with substance abuse
Longtime City of Burlington employee took pride in keeping streets and sidewalks safe
Jazz guitarist played gigs until his nineties
Builder and private pilot “embraced life with all his might”
101-year-old lived last quarter of her life happily at Wake Robin in Shelburne
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
(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…
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….
(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…
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…
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…
Selectboard meetings in Canaan can be lively. Residents of the remote northeastern Vermont town — population 972 and literally steps from the Canadian border —…
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….
Loving wife and mother to be honored with a “book nook” at Shelburne library
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…
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…
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…
