May 20-26, 2009
Four and a Half Years After His Near Fatal Car Crash, is Senator Ed Flanagan Still Up to the Job? Critics Confront the Vermont Arts Council; The Samosaman Savors Success
Summer Vacation Guide: Champlain Islands/Northwest
There’s nothing tropical about Vermont’s islands, but they’ve got plenty of other enticements to lure visitors northwest. The windswept causeway at the southern end is…
Summer Vacation Guide: Mad River Valley/Waterbury
In winter, the road between Stowe and Sugarbush sees a lot of slope-seeking Saabs and Subarus. The summer crowd tends to be driven by ice…
Summer Vacation Guide: Stowe/Smuggs Area
Stowe rhymes with snow, and for good reason. It’s a classic ski town, with all the requisite restaurants, shops and hotels. That said, the general…
Summer Vacation Guide: Barre/Montpelier
You can’t miss the gold dome of the Vermont Statehouse. Montpelier’s “bling,” as a couple of local teen rappers once described the building, doubles as…
Rolling in the Rain
In years past, I’ve chosen to spectate the Vermont City Marathon from the safety of my bike saddle. I wouldride along side of runners we…
Summer Vacation Guide: Middlebury Area
The museums keep on coming as you roll down Route 7: In Ferrisburgh the Rokeby Museum, once an official stop on the Underground Railroad, preserves…
Summer Vacation Guide: Chittenden County
Vermont’s most populous county is also its most “destination-diverse.” The state’s highest peak is here; so, many would argue, is its greatest cultural treasure. Electra…
Fran in France: Sam Learns to Sail, Wind Turbines and the City of Pirates
Journalist Fran Stoddard is in France this week on a “Quadricentennial Journey” hosted by Burlington City Arts. Here’s her latest report from across the pond….
Fran in France: Brouage
Journalist Fran Stoddard is in France this week with a group from Burlington City Arts, to celebrate the Lake Champlain Quadricentennial. She sent this report…
Newest Intern
This is Jessica DiNapoli, Champlain College student and Seven Days’ newest intern. There will be one more intern joining Mike, Will, and I in June,…
“Bonjour” from Fran in France
It’s been 400 years since Samuel de Champlain sailed from France to the “New World,” and on Wednesday, a group of Vermonters embarked on a…
Disc Golf in Burlington — Like Gitmo or Gay Marriage?
This week, the Burlington Parks & Recreation Commission unanimously voted down a proposal to build an 18-hole disc golf course at Leddy Park in the…
Look, But Don’t Skin
A group of PETA activists — including one nearly-naked woman covered in snakeskin body paint — descended on Burlington today to protest exotic animal skinning.Camouflaged…
Burlington Guide at Design Sponge
Some readers might have made the acquaintance of Paige Russell when she lived in Burlington–for about 5 years–and worked at The Lamp Shop on Pine…
Ferry Convenient
Richmond’s Bridge St. bridge is still closed for construction, but thanks to nonprofit Local Motion, residents are now crossing the Winooski river by boat. Local…
VT’s Chief Information Security Officer Reporting for Duty
Came across this interview this morning with Vermont’s Chief Information Security Officer Kris Rowley. It’s interesting — not that Vermont has a chief information security…
Vermont Senators Split on Gitmo Closure *UPDATED*
By a 90-6 vote yesterday, the US Senate denied Pres. Barack Obama’s $80 million request to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba (“Gitmo”)…
Seven Days Hires Lauren Ober as New Staff Writer
From our latest Seven Days press release:Seven Days, Vermont’s only alternative print and online weekly, has hired a new staff writer — reporter Lauren Ober,…
Neighbors, Cars and Oprah
There were smiles aplenty in the Alumni Auditorium at Champlain College yesterday as volunteers and friends of local non-profits Good News Garage and Neighborkeepers watched…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Police arrested forgery suspect Alfonso Rizzuto, 47, after he entered a post office in Kingston, Pa., and a postal worker recognized him…
Letters to the Editor
NOT YOUR PARENTS’ GODDARD It is a testament to Goddard’s storied history that so many myths and so much misinformation about the college persist. We…
Continuing Ed
Three and a half years after his near-fatal car crash is Sen. Ed Flanagan still up to the job?
Hula Boola
This episode of “Stuck in Vermont” is so stinkin’ cute I can’t stand it. Preschoolers hula hooping! Nicely done, Eva….
Painters at Play
Art Review: Vinicio Ayala & Greg Mamczak, “Old and New Paintings.” Flynndog, Burlington. Through June.
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for May 20 – 27, 2009. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): The fleas infesting…
A Samosaman for All Seasons
The farmers market fixture is expanding — across the country
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Hula Hooping Extravaganza [SIV129]
5/7/09: Watch out Cirque du Soleil, the 3-5 year olds at Trinity Children’s Center are in the midst of a hula hoop revival. Music: Pretty…
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?
Soundbites: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, Bite Torrent
Same-Sex Marriage Gathering at the Statehouse Friday a.m.
Gay marriage advocacy group Vermont Freedom to Marry is planning a gathering at the Statehouse tomorrow morning, in response to Governor Douglas’ announcement yesterday that…
Talking Points TV
The New York Times steps up with a major piece of investigative reporting that does for television what the Judith Miller affair did for, well,…
Texting: What’s Good
Cellphones aren’t just for talking anymore. Like it or not, they’ve become mobile data devices. If you’re still getting used to having a cellphone, this…
Video: A Porchetta Is Born
The trickle was slow, but it had an impact. I received a call, then an email, then advice from coworkers. They all had the same…
Video: Free Cone Day
This August will start my 13th year living in Vermont, but I have to admit, last week was my first Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone…
Best Bites: Naru Asian Cuisine
202 Cornerstone Drive, Williston 878-8868 Whenever I need a lunch of utter comfort, I head to Naru in Williston and ask for a lunchbox. Why?…
Admissions Counselor Trashes Papers, First Amendment
Ed. Note: Mike DiBiasio interned at Seven Days last summer, and is back in our office again as of this week. He just completed his…
