Mar 4-10, 2009
Building a Better Burlington; Judith Levine Examines the Price of Wealth; Espresso Lane – Getting a Barista Grip
Leahy Op-Ed: The Public’s Right to Know
Every year, the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the Sunshine Week coalition ask Vermont’s Sen. Patrick Leahy to pen an op-ed on the public’s…
Getting By: The Race to Refi
For this week’s installment of our bi-weekly column “Getting By: How Vermonters Are Surviving the Recession,” I wrote about the current mortgage refinancing boom. Interest…
Wireless Carrier Shortcuts
I was browsing the web for a nice read and stumbled upon this cool article about wireless carriers. It gives you all the information you…
Local Film: A News Hodge-Podge
Recently I’ve received a whole lot of press releases and emails about stuff going on locally with film and filmmakers. Since I don’t have time…
Ben Kaufman Goes to the White House
Former Champlain College student Ben Kaufman has been invited to the White House today to talk with “senior administration officials” about the economic crisis, according…
Wright Wants Recount in Burlington Mayor’s Race
Republican Kurt Wright informed city officials verbally this morning that he wants a recount in the Burlington mayor’s race, largely to ensure that the city’s…
Vote Now for the “Best of the Beasts”
The polls are open in our “Best of the Beasts” pet photo contest, sponsored by Play Dog Play. Click here to vote for your favorite…
Political Odds & Ends
Sure, the news this week for us was all about Town Meeting Day and the Burlington elections, but our Congressional delegation has been making some…
Third Time’s the Charm
(Note to readers: This item was posted as an addendum to the online version of my column, but I post it here to hopefully spark…
Building a Better Burlington
Ok, Town Meeting Day is passed. Bob Kiss is still the mayor of Burlington. Time to move on from election coverage and focus on… “Building…
TMD: Vermont Yankee (Morning Update)
(Note to Readers: This post updates the number of towns that approved / rejected the Vermont Yankee resolution yesterday) Thirty-three municipalities have passed a resolution…
Letters to the Editor
EQUAL ACCESS FOR ALL To ask that a school embrace children of all abilities is not selfish at all [“Old School, February 18]! If every…
Pitchforked … for the Whole World to See
Pitchfork Media reviews lost Death recordings. Local music critic disagrees.
Mild Frontier
Review of All That I Have by Castle Freeman Jr., Steerforth Press, 166 pages. $22.95.
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for March 4 – 11, 2009. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): “You never want…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again A German teenager caught shoplifting in Verden found himself in even more trouble because the address he gave police turned out to…
Putting the Fun in Function
Art Review: “The Shape of Things: Johnny Swing and the Best of Vermont Design 2009,” Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Through March 21.
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Gregory Douglass [SIV118]
2/26/09: Gregory Douglass celebrated the release of BATTLER, his seventh albumThursday to a sold out crowd at Higher Ground. After 10 years as anindependent singer/songwriter…
TMD: Woodbury School Budget
(Ed note: This is another dispatch from reporter Anne Galloway) A school budget increase of 8.7 percent for the 2009-2010 school year threw Woodbury voters…
TMD: Vermont Yankee Update (Final)
(Ed. note: This is the final dispatch from reporter Anne Galloway on today’s votes related to the relicensure and decommissioning of Vermont Yankee). So far,…
TMD: Vermont Yankee Update
So far, 24 municipalities have passed a resolution asking lawmakers to reject recertification of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant after its operating license expires…
TMD: Preliminary Vermont Yankee Roundup
[Ed. Note: This just in from Seven Days correspondent Anne Galloway…]So far, 20 municipalities have passed a resolution demanding that the legislature refuse to approve…
TMD: Rutland Residents Mum at Info Meeting
Today’s Rutland Herald has a story covering proceedings at last night’s pre-town-meeting informational forum. Or rather, the lack of them. According to Herald staffer Stephanie…
TMD: Wasilla
Vermont isn’t the only state with an iconoclastic rural mystique. Remember Alaska? That’s where former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin lives. Here is actor Chris…
Best Bites: Foothills Bakery
Foothills Bakery1123 Main Street, Fairfax, 849-6601 By Suzanne Podhaizer In rural Franklin County, places to nosh are few and far between. And if you’re a…
TMD: Stowe-away
I drove to Stowe this morning to observe a real live town meeting. The sky over I-89 was clear and cold. Commentators from WDEV were…
TMD: BurlingtonPol Endorses Bob Kiss
I just read Haik’s endorsement on his blog and thought it was worth sharing. Another must-read from BurlingtonPol: Haik interviews Burlington mayoral candidate James Simpson….
TMD: Old North End, Burlington
I stopped by three polling places in Burlington’s Old North End this morning between 8 and 9:15 a.m., to see what was going on. Not…
TMD: “The Best Show in Town”
This 5-minute video from Steve Delaney and the Vermont Public Radio team explores the Town Meeting Day tradition. Watch it to see what TMD is…
TMD: The Fur is Flying in Guildhall!
Or so says a commenter on Vermont Public Radio’s website. VPR is asking readers to share the goings-on in their towns today. They’ve only gotten…
Town Meeting Day 2009
Hey, it’s Town Meeting Day! Did you vote yet? I’ve always wanted to live in one of those towns that has an actual town meeting,…
Checking in with Kesha Ram
[image-x] I recently had the opportunity to spend a Friday morning with UVM alum and newly elected Representative Kesha Ram at her new digs —…
