Mar 9-15, 2016
Why Bennington County Sends More People to Jail; The Legacy of Vermont’s First Female Architect; The Lowdown on Lesser-Known Liquors
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Bennington Locks Up More People Than Any Other Vermont County
More than 300 Vermonters have died of drug overdoses in the past three years. But rarely has a dealer faced criminal charges as a result….
Obituary: Norah Marie Auer, 1934-2016
Norah Marie Auer, 81, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on March 7, 2016. She was born on December 21, 1934 in New…
Obituary: Theresa ‘Lorraine’ Rhodes (Bleau), 1928-2016, Burlington/Winooski
Lorraine went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, surrounded by her loving family. Lorraine was born in Winooski on…
Obituary: Julie Leclerc Kessler, 1960-2016
Julie Leclerc Kessler, 55, passed away on March 4, 2016 surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Burlington on April 25, 1960 to…
Warren’s Common Man to Close
Over the weekend, the owners of the Common Man Restaurant in Warren announced that the upscale restaurant will shut its doors at the beginning of…
In Brattleboro, the Women’s Film Festival Turns 25
Last month’s Academy Awards ceremony may have jokily co-opted some of the rhetoric of the #OscarsSoWhite protest, but that didn’t diminish the force of the…
Leading Ladies: New American Women in Vermont
There’s an African saying that if you educate a man, you educate an individual. But if you educate a woman, you educate a nation. To…
Vermonters Make Magic in ‘She Sings to the Stars’
Filmmaking isn’t typically a family business, unless your family name happens to be, say, Coppola. But then, Vermont residents Jennifer and Jonathan Corcoran are anything…
Letters to the Editor (3/9/16)
Food Flaw We’re hoping you’re open to another letter about correct vocabulary. It pertains to those who are hunger-insecure in Vermont. The Side Dishes article…
Great Harvest Bread Co. Is for Sale
Owners Sara and Ethan Brown have put their Burlington franchise of Great Harvest Bread up for sale. While they will stay with the company as…
Barbie Blitz: An Exhibition in Montréal Is All Dolled Up
You could say that I misled my husband when I encouraged him to join me on a day trip to Montréal. I promised him a…
Opinion: The Problem With Prayer at Town Meeting
The sign welcoming a driver to Groton says, “Where a small town is like a large family.” Not like my family, I grumbled. I was…
Free Will Astrology (3/9/16)
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “I wish I knew what I desire,” wrote Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, born under the sign of Pisces. “I wish I…
Soule Monde, Smashed World
(Self-released, CD, digital download) Soule Monde are quite likely Vermont’s smallest supergroup. The avant-funk outfit boasts but two members, drummer Russ Lawton and organist Ray…
Vermont’s First Female Architect, Ruth Freeman
The Gutterson Fieldhouse at the University of Vermont. St. Mark Catholic Parish on North Avenue. The Given Medical Building of the UVM College of Medicine….
Counterpoint, All Mixed Up! Counterpoint Sings the Music of Pete Seeger
(Self-released, CD, digital download) Pete Seeger was a man of many passions and principles. While the late folk-music icon was perhaps best known for the…
Does Copeland Hanzas Have the Game to Be House Speaker?
Sarah Copeland Hanzas, Vermont’s House Democratic majority leader, was babysitting her 3-year-old nephew, Oliver, one day last month. The toddler moved restlessly from playing with…
Six Mixologists Talk Cocktail Culture
A girl walks into a bar. She sidles up to a stool. The bartender gives her a nod and hands her a cocktail list. The…
Greek Out: UVM Frats, Sororities Protest New Property Taxes
No beer bottles were in sight at the Phi Gamma Delta house when a reporter arrived Thursday to discuss the sobering news facing the 10…
Soundbites: First Jazz Fest Acts Announced; Anders Parker Returns
For the past week, I’ve been sailing the seven seas — well, one of them, anyway — on a cruise ship to the Bahamas with…
Hinesburg Residents Scramble to Keep Gas Pipeline Out of Park
In 2014, the Hinesburg Selectboard struck a secret deal with Vermont Gas that’s now blowing up in its face. Just last month, residents learned of…
Art Review: ‘Salvage,’ Chandler Center for the Arts
Rescue, save, recover: Salvage can be defined in different ways. Devoting an exhibition to recycling and upcycling trash is itself a recycled idea, and not…
Trumped Up: Who Were Donald Trump’s 19,974 Vermont Voters?
Last Tuesday, 19,974 Vermonters voted for a bigoted demagogue whose presidential campaign has been fueled by venomous rhetoric targeting women, Hispanics, Muslims, veterans and the…
My Boyfriend Doesn’t Like Sex During My Period
Dear Athena, My boyfriend is really uncomfortable with being intimate with me while I’m having my period. The problem is, I get really horny when…
Tyrannosaurus Hackie
“So, is Uber affecting you guys?” This is now the No. 1 question my customers ask me, displacing “How’s business tonight?” I’ve formulated a droll…
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Somewhere at this very minute, Joe Piscopo is probably pitching a comedy in which he travels to Afghanistan for one zany reason or another. Have…
Allen Gilbert Wants You … to Hold Government Accountable
Originally published April 10, 2013. Allen Gilbert has been thinking a lot about drones lately. Not the ones that rain Hellfire missiles on militants in…
Kismet and Tiffany Pfeiffer’s Journey to Jazz
When it comes to a musician’s career, sometimes the stars align in unpredictable ways, revealing unforeseen collaborations, musical directions and even geographic relocations. Richmond, Vt.,…
Theater Review: The Hounds of the Baskervilles, Northern Stage
When we go to a play, we volunteer to be deceived. But in their adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles,…
Special Delivery With Helm Nottermann, the Frozen Butcher
Once a month throughout the winter, Helm Nottermann, aka the “Frozen Butcher,” transports meat from his Snug Valley Farm in East Hardwick to a dive…
Winooski Beverage Debuts Growler Bar
Locals who frequent Winooski’s Beverage Warehouse may have noticed new projects at the liquor store and craft beer outlet. For the past few months, owner…
