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Trials & Tribulations: A Week Inside Vermont’s Busiest Courthouse Reveals a Judicial System Plagued by Delays
Vermont’s judiciary remains mired in pandemic-era backlog that has seen the number of criminal cases swell to 15,000, leaving victims waiting months – or years – for their shot at justice.
Obituary: Sheldon Cole Rieley, 1939-2024
Burlington man’s lifelong passion was boating, and he sailed all around eastern U.S., Canada and the Caribbean with his wife
In Memoriam: Connor Oliver Lewis, 2002-2017
Thinking of you on your 22nd birthday. Seven years without you feels like a lifetime. We love you and miss you so much. Love, Dad,…
Obituary: Marie L. Roy, 1928-2024
Environmentalist, active citizen and lifelong gardener had a passionate love of learning
Obituary: Orville and Mildred “Millie” Keeler, 1926-2024 & 1927-2024
Married for 76 years, Orville and Millie Keeler died within months of each other. They were truly the “perfect unit.” Mildred “Millie” Keeler died on…
Obituary: Donald Pleasant, 1951-2024
Lifelong tinkerer and skilled mechanic was an avid bicycle rider
Letters to the Editor (5/29/24)
See Suffs! Shortly after reading [“Born for Broadway: Waitsfield’s Shaina Taub Arrives in a Big Way, Starring in Her Own Musical, Suffs,” April 17], I…
From the Publisher: Sitting Courtside
In September 2022, when she was wanted for robbing and assaulting a man in a wheelchair who had just withdrawn cash from a Burlington ATM,…
Burlington-Born Rugby Player and Social Media Influencer Ilona Maher Is Headed Back to the Olympics
In their fifth game of the 2014 women’s rugby season, the Norwich University Cadets were playing the top-10-ranked Quinnipiac University Bobcats in Connecticut. The home…
‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ Offers Furious Fun for Action Fans
Everybody’s talking about the new Mad Max movie, but not for the right reasons. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is a prequel to 2015’s Mad…
Sen. Bernie Sanders Has Become a Leading Critic of Israel’s War in Gaza
In April, when U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) stepped up to the microphone on the Senate floor to denounce Israel’s war in Gaza, he brought…
Raw Deff & Rico James, ‘When Gravity Fails’
(Self-released, digital) According to a blurb on Bandcamp, When Gravity Fails is intended to conjure a “cloud-like feeling.” The album is the latest collaboration between…
A Group of Burlington Neighbors Is Painting Over Graffiti Themselves
People used to line the block in front of 457 St. Paul Street in Burlington to buy a treat at the corner gelato stand. But…
UVM Medical Center Asks State Regulators to Approve a $130 Million Surgical Facility
The University of Vermont Medical Center may soon be able to perform thousands more surgeries each year — welcome news in a state where people…
Kaya Hoax, ‘Baby Gear’
(Self-released, digital) On the all-too-brief EP Baby Gear, Montréal rapper Kaya Hoax quickly IDs herself as a “rookie on the scene” and a “newbie on…
Soundbites: St. Albans Gets the Royal Treatment at the Kingman Fest
You want to know something weird? I’ve lived in Vermont for just about 30 years. And in all that time, up until earlier this month,…
Free Will Astrology (5/29/24)
GEMINI (May 21-Jun. 20): All of us periodically enjoy phases I call “Freedom From Cosmic Compulsion.” During these times, the Fates have a reduced power…
On the Beat: Real Ricky Disses the Entire 802 Hip-Hop Scene; New Music From Tyler Mast
Burlington musician Tyler Mast dropped a new single last Friday. The piano and Hammond organ maestro’s latest is titled “I Could Get Used to Your…
My Husband Thinks We’re Soulmates; I Don’t
Dear Reverend, I married my first husband a second time. He believes we are soulmates. I love him but feel we are just two sad…
In a New Memoir, Circus Smirkus Founder Rob Mermin Shares the Mirth, Magic and Mayhem of Life Under the Big Top
In 1969, at age 19, Rob Mermin literally ran off and joined the circus. While his friends were wallowing in the mud at Woodstock, attending…
In Season Opener, Opera Company of Middlebury Navigates the High Cs
Doug Anderson, the Opera Company of Middlebury’s artistic director and founder, is at it again. With producer and stage manager Mary Longey and music director…
Shelburne Museum’s ‘New England Now’ Series Returns to Explore the Otherworldly
The Diana and John Colgate Gallery, the downstairs room of the Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education at Shelburne Museum, has been darkened to evoke…
Woodstock Gets Its Pride On
Vermont’s first Pride celebration took place in Burlington in June 1983. Participants faced public vitriol and marched, risking their jobs and personal safety. Now, four…
Artist Susan Calza Illuminates the Personal and Political
Politics and religion, it’s said, are not subjects for polite conversation. That makes them perfect subjects for Susan Calza, whose work few critics would ever…
Adeline Druart Embraces the Beer World as CEO of Lawson’s Finest Liquids
Adeline Druart knows what diacetyl tastes like. The naturally occurring compound is what gives cultured butter its characteristic nuttiness, and over her 20 years in…
Essay: How a New Biography Deepened My Understanding of the Legendary Cookbook Editor Judith Jones
When I first interviewed Judith Jones in 1984 for a newspaper story about a book on New England cooking she and her husband, Evan, were…
Casa Real Owners to Add Casa Grande in Williston
Just six months after opening Casa Real in Colchester, the owners of the Mexican restaurant have embarked on a complete renovation of the former Vermont…
The Magnificent 7: Must See, Must Do, May 29-June 4
Summer 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 the Burlington Community Sailing Center’s 30th Anniversary Celebration and Waterfront Grand Opening.
Morrisville Sculptor Thea Alvin Is Recognized With $100,000 Craft Award
Morrisville sculptor Thea Alvin, who works in stone and stained glass, has been awarded $100,000 in unrestricted funding through the Maxwell/Hanrahan Awards in Craft. According…






