May 4-10, 2011
St. Albans Pediatrician Helps Young Addicts Get Clean; Burlington Principle Resigns; Reports From VT Restaurant Week
Cover Story
Bitter Pills
A St. Albans pediatrician helps young addicts do the “hard homework” of getting clean
Can Michael Jacques Get a Fair Trial in Vermont? Judge Says Yes
Can murder suspect Michael Jacques get a fair trial in Vermont — or anywhere? That was the question we posed in March while a federal…
Burlington Attorney Asks to Defend bin Laden Associate
POST FROM SEVEN DAYS FREELANCE REPORTER KEVIN J. KELLEY: A Burlington attorney is seeking to represent a Saudi man accused of having worked as a…
Peace Activists Rally to Protest bin Laden Killing
POSTED BY SEVEN DAYS FREELANCE REPORTER KEVIN J. KELLEY Add this one to the “Only in Burlington” file: Two veteran peace activists called a news…
Judge Denies Burlington Telecom’s Request to Delay Court Case
Vermont Superior Court Judge Helen Toor has denied Burlington Telecom’s motion to delay a hearing on whether the utility is in violation of a court…
Web Extra: More On This Week’s Cover Story, “Bitter Pills”
Space constraints of the printed version of Seven Days often require that some interesting or funny material gathered in the reporting process ends up on…
Citizens’ Group Petitions to Intervene in Entergy Lawsuit
The antinuclear group New England Coalition announced Wednesday it has filed a motion in the U.S. District Court seeking to intervene in Entergy’s attempt to…
Restaurant Week Diaries: Arcadia Diner
1696 Williston Road, South Burlington 802-651-9080 If this post sounds a little logy, it’s because I am. I’m not someone who can have a three-course…
Restaurant Week Adventures: The Bearded Frog & Salt Café
A few nights later at Montpelier’s Salt Café, my friend and I were so hungry, and so stressed from our days and our drives, that…
Restaurant Week Adventures: The Bearded Frog & Salt Café
A few nights later at Montpelier’s Salt Café, my friend and I were so hungry, and so stressed from our days and our drives, that…
VT Law School to Military Recruiters: “C’mon Back!”
It took more than 25 years, but Vermont Law School stuck to its guns: This afternoon, VLS announced that with the recent repeal of the…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Harold Luken, 45, walked into a New York City bank and reportedly yelled, “I am going to rob the bank. I have…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Imagine this scene, as described by Seattle-based video artist Michael Douglas. “Sometimes a tree falls down in a field of cows,…
Letters to the Editor
Spot Off Looks like you folks missed the spot again [“Burlington City Planners Object to Restaurant’s Wind Turbine,” Blurt, April 21]. Now that you have…
Video: Making Sausage with Vermont Salumi
Ever since I started Bite Club TV, I’ve dreamed of producing a sausage-making video. Elizabeth and I finally made it happen, and I couldn’t be…
Restaurant Week Diaries: The Reservoir
1 South Main Street, Waterbury, 244-7827 The Reservoir in Waterbury is one of my favorite secrets. While you’re all waiting for a brew at the…
Restaurant Week Diaries: North Hero House Inn & Restaurant
3643 West Route 2, North Hero, 372-4732 Vermont Restaurant Week kicked off Friday evening. Since I can never make things too easy for myself, my…
N.Y. Times Bureau Chief to Talk in S. Burlington About bin Laden
Ed. Note: Writer Kevin J. Kelley contributed this post. Few American journalists are as steeped in the Middle East as Neil MacFarquhar (pictured), currently The…
