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Flights of Fancy
Former Pan Am stewardesses remember their glory days in the air — and nitpick the new TV series
Burton Snowboards Founder Jake Carpenter Ready to Shred Cancer
A few weeks back, Jake Burton Carpenter, Burton Snowboard’s Shredder-in-Chief announced to his staff via company memo that he was recently diagnosed with testicular cancer….
Mikey Welsh, Painter and Musician, Found Dead
I heard the tragic news yesterday that Mikey Welsh was found dead, at age 40, in a Chicago hotel room. It still feels like a…
Hundreds of Protesters “Occupy Burlington” During Downtown Rally (VIDEO)
More than 350 people marched through downtown Burlington on Sunday afternoon in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City — the…
A Vermonter on Wall Street: ‘I Knew This Is Where I Had to Be’
NEW YORK — Despite the looming skyscrapers and the fidgety cops, many Vermonters might feel right at home in Liberty Plaza, the epicenter of the…
Movies You Missed 7: The Strange Case of Angélica
This week in movies you missed: A 102-year-old director makes a film that, unsurprisingly, seems adrift in time. What You Missed According to IMDB, The…
Behind the Scenes: The Ex-Pan Am Stewardess Photo Shoot at BTV
It sounded a little too good to be true. Burlington International Airport was going to let me, Seven Days designer Celia Hazard, photographer Andy Duback…
Vermont Judge Rules Against Republican Governors Association
For the second time this year, a Vermont judge has ruled against an out-of-state political action committee — saying the PAC’s spending in the 2010…
Democratic Mayoral Candidate Offers Five-Point Plan to Fix Burlington’s Finances
Democratic mayoral hopeful Miro Weinberger released a five-point plan on Thursday to help Burlington dig out of an estimated $80 million hole. Weinberger, a nonprofit…
Inmate Sues Prison Officials Over Erection That Lasted Five Days
From the files at federal court in Burlington comes this story of hard time. A Vermont prison inmate is suing corrections officials after an adverse…
Jamaica, One Month After Irene [242]
9/24/11: One month after Tropical Storm Irene devastated the quaint Southern Vermont town of Jamaica, Eva takes a tour of the damage with VT State…
Baseball Execs, Writers Step Up to the Plate for Flood Relief
Many of Vermont’s big names in music and art have stepped up to raise money for Vermonters affected by Tropical Storm Irene. Now it’s the…
GPN to Air on VPT
Miss out on tix for this Sunday’s Irene benefit show with Grace Potter & the Nocturnals at the Flynn? You’re in luck. Vermont Public Television…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Do unto others as they wish,” advised French artist Marcel Duchamp, “but with imagination.” I recommend that approach to you, Aries….
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Boston police reported that a man walked into a bank and handed a teller a note that read, “Give me all your…
Roasting and Writing
Side Dishes: Two Vermont food writers release very different cookbooks
Letters to the Editor
Soul-Stirring Soup This is an open letter to Sandy Lincoln [“Baking the Blues Away,” September 21]. As I read the Seven Days article about you,…
UPDATE: Colchester Voters Resoundingly Reject Camp Holy Cross Purchase
It’s official: Voters sent a clear and unequivocal message to the Colchester selectboard today, voting to reject the $4.5 million purchase of the former Camp…
Downtown Desserts
Side Dishes: In Burlington, you can get cupcakes — and comedy — ’til late
For a Big-Nosed, Dyslexic Peter Shumlin, It Got Better
As a kid, Gov. Peter Shumlin struggled with having severe dyslexia. And a big nose. But it got better. Now he’s the governor of…
Vermont’s Got An N-Word Problem, Too (Video)
If you think Vermont has nothing in common with Texas Gov. Rick Perry, think again. The whole flap about the “N-word” variant “n*****head” being painted…
NYC & Blue Man Group Love Vermont, Hate Irene
You can’t throw a dart at the Seven Days calendar section these days without hitting an Irene benefit (because naturally, you’d be throwing darts at…






