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Chemical Crossroads: Lawmakers Consider Pausing Vermont’s Ambitious, Costly and One-of-a-Kind Plan to Address PCBs in Schools
At Cabot School, the gymnasium was closed for the first few months of the school year. In Brattleboro, Oak Grove School faces an unforeseen window…
Shadow Cross Farm to Close Egg Distribution Business
Shadow Cross Farm in Colchester has announced that the family-owned egg distribution business that has operated for 83 years will close as of April 1….
Happy Anniversary to Ray and Nancy Richardson
Ray & Nancy Richardson celebrated their anniversary with a special rejoining ceremony at Bethany Church in Randolph, Vt….
On the Beat: Honoring Pete Sutherland, and Putumayo Turns 30
Putumayo is preparing to celebrate its 30th year. The New York City-based record label, which now partially operates out of Charlotte, took its name from…
Motel Owners Are Withholding Security Deposits Meant to Benefit Homeless Tenants
When Brenda Ouellette moved into Room 107 at the Brattleboro Quality Inn last fall, the paint was peeling, the bathroom was rife with black mold,…
Soundbites: King Tuff’s Homecoming
Despite all the years of music lessons I took and all the wonderful instruction I received from a host of school music teachers, it was…
In Middlebury, ‘Urban Cadence’ Presents Photographs of African City Life
From half a world away, Africa has come to Vermont. That is, in the form of a touring exhibition of photographs and videos from Lagos,…
The Fleming Museum Exhibits Josef Albers’ Iconic Screen-Print Experiments
The University of Vermont Fleming Museum of Art’s primary exhibition right now is a collection of modestly sized, stringently abstract screen prints, titled “Formulation: Articulation.”…
Farmer-Filmmaker George Woodard Premieres ‘The Farm Boy’
Henry Woodard grew up in front of his father’s camera. As a kid on his family’s Waterbury Center dairy farm, Henry was a “guinea pig,”…
Vermont Teen Cora Thomas Wins Her Second National Boxing Title
Get in a boxing ring with Cora Thomas. Stand three feet away from her, dead center in the ring, well away from the refuge of…
Rising Insurance Rates Threaten Vermont Bars, Clubs and Restaurants
When Emily Morton and Karyn Jacobs decided last year to buy the 126, the small Burlington nightclub where they worked, they had a carefully thought-out…
From the Publisher: Write of Passage
I didn’t expect this “From the Publisher” column to last for so long. Three years ago, when the pandemic dealt a near-death blow to Seven…
Theater Review: ‘Sweat,’ Northern Stage
The economy that worked just fine for their parents and grandparents is breaking down for factory workers Tracey and Cynthia. Their kids, in their twenties…
Andrew Crust Is the Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s New Music Director
After a three-year search; seven finalists’ concerts; and extensive surveys of musicians, audiences and board members, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra finally has a new music…
Donald Glover’s Wild New Series ‘Swarm’ Takes a Satirical Look at Toxic Fandom
What if you told a story about American culture as seen through the lens of a seriously unwell person, like Joker or Taxi Driver, only…
Album Review: Caroline Rose Faces the Darkness on ‘The Art of Forgetting’
(New West, CD, digital, vinyl) There’s nothing so disquieting as the doom of an impending breakup. You feel it coming like a thunderstorm and brace…
Now Playing in Theaters: March 22-28
new in theaters THE BLUE CAFTAN: In this Moroccan nominee for the Queer Palm at the Cannes Film Festival, the arrival of a new apprentice…
Free Will Astrology (3/22/23)
ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19) If we were to choose one person to illustrate the symbolic power of astrology, it might be Aries financier and investment…
Northern Vermont University Hosts Eighth Annual Vermont Animation Festival
“With animation, you can literally do anything,” said Kate Renner, assistant professor of visual art at Northern Vermont University in Lyndon. “You can make animals…
Letters to the Editor (3/22/23)
No Easy Save [Re “On Life Support,” March 1]: Your excellent article on the plight of rescue squads and EMTs highlights another crisis point in…
A Walk-In Center for People Facing Mental Health Crises Is Proposed for the NEK
Urgent care for the mind — that’s the idea behind a new proposal to improve mental health care in the Northeast Kingdom. A nonprofit mental…
I Hate Using Condoms
Dear Reverend, I really hate using condoms, but the woman I’m dating insists that I do. She also doesn’t want to go on birth control….
With the Power Out, Two Businesses Offered a Respite From the Storm
After a winter storm pummeled Vermont with a few feet of snow last week, leaving tens of thousands of homes without power, Rick Holloway’s first…
April’s Maple Serves a Sugaring-Season Feast in Canaan
Not long after April’s Maple started producing syrup in Canaan in 2013, owner April Lemay got a call from her mother. “She and my dad…
One Dish: Dreaming of the Beach With Tiny Thai’s Som Tam
I have been entranced by the green papaya salad called som tam ever since my first visit to Tiny Thai Restaurant, in fall 2004, shortly…
Cloud 9 Caterers Absorbs Pop-Ups and Launches Murphy’s Doughnuts
Over the past 18 months, Stephen Coggio has run two pop-up dinner series — Qué Rico Taquería and Mimi’s Italian Eats — while also working…
Greek Orthodox Church Congregants Bake for Charity
In 1968, Theodora Contis left the Greek island of Chios to move to New Jersey, where her older sister had previously settled. Among the treasured…
The Magnificent 7: Must See, Must Do, March 22-28
Spring is right around the corner, and there’s no shortage of ways for Vermonters to connect learn and have a good time. We’ve compiled seven must-do events including Zig Zag Lit Mag’s Issue.14 Release Party at Tourterelle in New Haven. The newest issue of the Addison County publication features works from more than 30 local…
Obituary: Samuel (Sam) B. Feitelberg, 1930-2023
Shelburne physical therapist was dedicated to strengthening cultural equity, respect and understanding in his work and personal life
Obituary: Laura Merit, 1926-2023
Burlington woman was engaged in social causes and volunteered at Steps to End Domestic Violence
Obituary: Justin Lemay, 1991-2023
Caring, compassionate man did everything in his power to help others
Obituary: John Mech, 1942-2023
Burlington physician was especially knowledgeable about history, football and French wine






