Mar 14-20, 2012
Fifteen Years After Searsburg, Why Are Vermonters Still Fighting About Wind Power?; A Solar Power Play; On Set With Anna Nicole Smith; A Flight Nurse Saves Lives; Will Vermont ID GMOs?
Montpelier Playwright Tackles Ridgeline Wind Debate
Feuding neighbors. Life-altering decisions. High tempers and even higher stakes. If Vermont’s pitched debate about ridgeline wind power doesn’t have the makings of a drama,…
T.J. Donovan To Run for Attorney General — Will Challenge Sorrell In Democratic Primary
It’s official: Chittenden County States Attorney T.J. Donovan will challenge seven-term incumbent Attorney General Bill Sorrell, setting up a potentially divisive primary for the state’s…
In Race’s Final Days, Burlington Mayoral Candidates Poured on the Cash
In the closing days of the most expensive mayor’s race in Burlington’s history, two of the candidates — and one political party — continued to…
“Death With Dignity” Bill on Life Support
A right-to-die bill was near death in Montpelier on Friday after failing to make it out of committee by the mid-session “crossover” deadline. The Senate…
Movies You Missed 30: Miss Bala
This week in movies you missed: A young woman must endure sparkly dresses, televised interviews and senseless carnage to keep her loved ones from harm….
Menu Posted: Café Provence
That should probably say menus posted. Café Provence has a few of them this Restaurant Week — in fact, there’s one in each price point….
SXSW Day 3: No Rest for the Weary
Editor’s note: Seven Days music editor Dan Bolles is in Austin, Texas, this week attending the annual South By Southwest Music Festival. It’s a good…
Mayor-Elect Weinberger Taps Transition Team
With just two and a half weeks until he takes office, Mayor-elect Miro Weinberger rolled out his transition team Thursday morning at a city hall…
State Won’t Pony Up to Buy the .vermont or .vt Domains — at Least for Now
FOR SALE: Cozy, two- and seven-letter top-level domains in quaint, left-leaning New England state. Great opportunities for global business promotion and marketing using well-respected brand….
Debating How to Die: Senate Judiciary Committee Hears Testimony on “Death With Dignity” Bill
Following an emotional three hours of testimony on a right-to-die bill Wednesday, state Sen. Alice Nitka (D-Windsor) shared a personal story about her mother to…
SXSW Day 2: Randomonium
Editor’s note: Seven Days music editor Dan Bolles is in Austin, Texas, this week attending the annual South By Southwest Music Festival. Some scattered thoughts…
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Rusty DeWees [260]
3/10/12: Rusty DeWees, AKA The Logger, helped kick off the Hyde Park Opera House’s yearlong Centennial Celebration last weekend with two packed shows. Rusty got…
Right-to-Die Legislation Gets New Life
More background on Sanders’ GOP opponent, John MacGovern.
A Night at the Opera, a Day in the Kitchen
Waitsfield’s Green Mountain Opera Festival whets palates for music
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Police were pursuing hit-and-run suspect Keith W. Brown, 54, in Waynesboro, Va., when Brown’s SUV got stuck in a large pile of…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): This week you may learn the real reason the tortoise beat the hare, why two of the three blind mice weren’t…
A Rescuer From Above
Work: Chuch Pandolph, chief flight nurse, North Country Life Flight
Crumbs
Leftover food news: Montpelier café opens, ice wine at Jay Peak, Magic Hat to resurrect old brew
Toasting Your Neighbor
Liquid: To the east, New Hampshire is having its own liquid renaissance
Letters to the Editor
No Tolerance for Intolerance Kudos to Dan Balón for suggesting a serious evaluation of the climate in the Burlington School District [“Did Race Play a…
Hangin’ With James O’Keefe — Or One Of His Henchmen — In Winooski
As Sam Hemingway is reporting over at the Free Press, notorious conservative provocateur James O’Keefe has released a video documenting how trusting — I mean…
SXSW Day 1: March Madness
Editor’s note: Seven Days music editor Dan Bolles is in Austin, Texas, this week attending the annual South By Southwest Music Festival. I’m sitting on…
7 Questions For … Move to Amend Founder David Cobb
The “corporations are not people” train makes another stop in Vermont this week. Last Tuesday, on Town Meeting Day, 60 Vermont towns passed resolutions calling…
