Mar 17-23, 2021
Vermont’s Aging Transmission Network Can’t Keep Pace With Green Power Projects; As Burlington High School Returns Downtown, Alumni Recall an Earlier Era; Slammed by COVID-19, Women’s Pant Maker SheFly Is Back and Raring to Go
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Grid Block: Vermont’s Aging Transmission Network Can’t Keep Pace With Green Power Projects
John Ovitt has a sticky problem. The Franklin Foods cream cheese plant he runs in Enosburg Falls makes more wastewater than the tiny village treatment…
Obituary: Ruth Henry, 1923-2021
Georgia-born woman joined the Civil Air Patrol in World War II
Obituary: Eileen Schilling, 1958-2021
Mother, educator and gardener nurtured family and community in Charlotte
Obituary: Andree Maitland Dean
New York woman was “a force of nature” devoted to the art world and Democratic presidential campaigns
With a UVM Program Threatened by Cuts, Does Historic Preservation Have a Future in Vermont?
On January 24, the preservation experts of seven northeastern states, including Pennsylvania and New York, convened for a webinar on historic barns, hosted by the…
Burlington High School’s Return to Downtown Prompts Alumni to Recall Earlier Era
In 1964, high school students in Burlington prepared to leave their downtown digs for a sprawling, cutting-edge campus off North Avenue on the outskirts of…
WTF: Why Is Someone Giving Away a Free House in Shelburne?
The classified ad in Seven Days seems fairly straightforward: An old Vermont farmhouse, circa 1840, is available in Shelburne for near-immediate occupancy. It’s a one-and-a-half-story,…
New Haven’s Historic Train Station Has to Get Out of Amtrak’s Way — Literally
The New Haven Train Depot has long been a monument to the golden age of Vermont railroading. Just yards from Route 7, the 19th-century Italianate…
Team Molly: Lt. Gov. Gray Hires a Political Staffer to Stay ‘Connected’
Here’s something you don’t see very often. In fact, it may be unprecedented in Vermont. One of the six statewide officeholders — governor, lieutenant governor,…
Letters to the Editor (3/17/21)
‘Damn Good Journalism’ Chelsea Edgar is an absolutely amazing writer. Reading her [“Mother Load,” March 10], I felt this crazy swirl of things: guilty relief…
Vermont Car Stuck in Montréal Gets Delivered to Owner — One Year Later
A Vermonter’s car stuck for nearly a year at the Montréal-Trudeau International Airport has been repatriated. Emmanuel Capitaine was reunited with his Toyota RAV4 last…
Free Will Astrology (3/17/21)
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): No one had ever proven that there was such a thing as electromagnetic waves until Piscean physicist Heinrich Hertz (1857-1894) did…
I’m Baffled by My Inability to Find a Woman With the Characteristics and Personality That I Appreciate Over Time
Dear Reverend, I’ve been around the block a few times and was married once for many years. But I’m still baffled by my inability to…
Middlebury Professor Michole Biancosino Talks About Figuring Out Virtual Theater
When the pandemic shut down in-person theater, Michole Biancosino realized pretty quickly the theater world would have to adapt. The Middlebury College assistant professor is…
Art Review: ‘Pivotal Moments: Select Works by Diane Gabriel,’ BCA Center
On the second floor of the BCA Center in Burlington, the exhibit “Pivotal Moments” is modest in size but eloquent in scope; it’s a testament…
‘The Dissident’ Tells the Ripped-From-the-Headlines Story of Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder
Our streaming entertainment options are overwhelming — and not always easy to sort through. This week, the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival and Vermont International Film…
Soundbites: Traditions, Mashups and ‘Marrow’
Here’s a little media note for ya: Robert Resnik, longtime host of Vermont Public Radio’s folk and traditional music show “All the Traditions,” is finally…
Author and Painter Richard Alther on Life, Death and His New Novel, ‘Bedside Matters’
If you ask someone how they hope to die, most people will … well, they’ll look at you in fear, confusion and/or shock and probably…
Sarah King, ‘The Hour’
(Self-released, CD, digital, vinyl) When it comes to playing music, Sarah King is a lifer. The gritty Americana singer, songwriter and musician moved from Maine…
From the Deputy Publisher: Backpack Journalists
When photojournalist Cat Cutillo showed up to cover the opening of Burlington High School’s new downtown campus, she never imagined her images would appear on…
John Morgan Kimock, ‘Hikikomori’
(Astrology Days Records, limited-edition CD, digital download) John Morgan Kimock was onstage before he was old enough for school. His father, Steve Kimock, is an…
Bottom Line: Slammed by COVID-19, Women’s Pant Maker SheFly Is Back and Raring to Go
Georgia Grace Edwards spends lots of time talking about dropping trou. The 25-year-old Middlebury College grad is cofounder of Burlington-based startup SheFly, which set out…
Book Review: ‘American Wake,’ Kerrin McCadden
The phrase “American wake” is used for the mourning party held when family members leave Ireland, emigrating in aspiration or desperation for better chances across…
Two Vermont Chefs Talk About Cooking Burnout and Hacks to Get Food on the Table
“I DON’T WANT TO MAKE DINNER ANYMORE.” When Cara Chigazola Tobin posted this declaration on Instagram in early February, the mother of two from Charlotte…
Dining Inside at Montpelier’s Oakes & Evelyn
Sitting down for dinner in Montpelier’s new upscale restaurant, Oakes & Evelyn, was like falling through a portal into a fabulous alternative universe, where unmasked…
How I Murdered My Sourdough Starter and Realized I Wasn’t Ready for Dog Ownership
A year ago, in mid-March 2020, when we were all staying at home for two weeks to flatten the curve, I jumped on the sourdough…
Woodbelly Pizza Opens Montpelier Restaurant
After about a decade of mobile pizza making, Woodbelly Pizza launched a brick-and-mortar location at 79 Barre Street in Montpelier on March 4. For now,…
Champlain Islands Candy Lab Owners Add Pan-Latin Food Trailer
Albert Reyes-McCarver and Michael McCarver-Reyes, the married couple behind candy and coffee shop Champlain Islands Candy Lab, have added Lola’s Latin Kitchen to their food…
Woodland Baking & Coffee to Bring New Coffee and Pastry Option to Stowe
When Woodland Baking & Coffee opens this spring at 394 Mountain Road in Stowe, both halves of its name will have equal weight. “It’s not…
