May 16-22, 2012
Can Green Mountain Coffee Survive the Stock Drop That Claimed Its Founder?; A Sort-Of Interview With Steve Martin; Opting Out of Front Porch Forum; Impromptu Gay Bars in Burlington; The Burlington Farmers Market Expands
Cover Story
Prog Candidate to Challenge Gov. Shumlin — At Least For Now
Republican Sen. Randy Brock isn’t the only one challenging Gov. Peter Shumlin for the state’s top job. Progressive Party Chairwoman and perennial candidate Martha Abbott…
Auditor Tom Salmon Not Running for Re-Election, Likely Moving to Washington D.C.
State Auditor Tom Salmon said on Friday that he isn’t running for re-election and is likely moving his family to Washington D.C. to work for…
Movies You Missed 39: Michael
This week in movies you missed: To his friends and coworkers, Michael (Michael Fuith) seems like an average thirtysomething bachelor. He sells insurance. Takes ski…
Planned Parenthood Wants 35-Foot “Patient Safety Zone” to Keep Anti-Abortion Protesters At Bay
The Burlington chapter of Planned Parenthood wants a buffer zone around its new downtown offices to keep anti-abortion demonstrators from approaching patients and staff. On…
License Plate Sales Not So “Vermont Strong” After All
Turns out those ubiquitous, green “I Am Vermont Strong” license plates aren’t quite as ubiquitous as Gov. Peter Shumlin thought. Pete Hirschfeld over at the…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again A woman entered a Chicago bank one Thursday and, according to a criminal complaint, handed a teller a note demanding “all of…
Booming Market
With more vendors and a new layout, the Burlington Farmers Market grows up
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Is there a difference in sound quality between relatively inexpensive modern violins and the multimillion-dollar violins created by master craftsmen in…
Letters to the Editor
Erreur-2 There is another to add to your corrections last week [Feedback, May 9]. In the ninth paragraph of [“Nuke of the North: Québec’s Gentilly-2…
Vermont Tiger Roars No More
Vermont’s online political arena moved a notch to the left Tuesday as the state’s most prominent conservative blog, Vermont Tiger, announced it’s ceasing regular publication….
Pop-Up Pride and Memories of 135 Pearl
Last week, when President Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage, Vermonters didn’t flock to gay bars to celebrate — there aren’t any here. The…
ECHO’s “Our Body” Exhibit Sparks Controversy, Questions
A splashy front-page article in Sunday’s Burlington Free Press cast doubt on the ECHO Lake Center and Aquarium’s largest exhibit to date: a 6000-square foot…
State Archivist Gregory Sanford to Retire
Gregory Sanford, the affable Vermont state archivist with the long gray beard, is retiring. Sanford’s boss, Secretary of State Jim Condos, spilled the beans on…
