Sep 18-24, 2013
Untangling the Complexities of Vermont’s New Health Care Exchange; Union Busting at St. Mike’s?; Preserving a Jewish Mural; Book Fest Draw Cartoonists
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Untangling the Complexities of Vermont’s New Health Insurance Exchange
The second floor of Winooski’s Vermont Student Assistance Corporation building was buzzing with activity on the first Thursday in September. In the sprawling, 1980s-style cubicle…
Obituary: Anna D. Leroux
Anna D. Leroux, age 83 years, died early Friday morning September 20, 2013, at the St. Albans Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center with her loving son…
Obituary: Marilyn Sturgeon Barney
Marilyn Sturgeon Barney, age 66 years, died peacefully Wednesday evening September 18, 2013, in the Northwestern Medical Center with loving family at her side. Born…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again While neighboring groups of campers at Scotland’s Loch Earn argued, Barry McCutcheon, 25, who was camping between them, asked them to calm…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “If Taylor Swift is going to have six breakups a year,” observed comedian Bill Maher, “she needs to write a new…
The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Comes to Burlington
Are you a fan of the New Yorker cartoon-caption contest in the back of the magazine? Do you think yours are funnier than the ones…
Taste Test: Ramen
I have eaten enough ethnic food to know that getting caught up in the idea of “authenticity” is a trap. Is there only one true…
Rubblebucket’s Kalmia Traver Talks About Her Band’s New EP and Her Battle With Cancer
There is a surprising moment roughly midway through Save Charlie, the new EP by Brooklyn-based Vermont expats Rubblebucket. It starts innocently enough, with a bright…
Adam Reczek, The Lost & Found EP
(Self-released, digital download) The five songs that make up Adam Reczek’s latest release, The Lost & Found EP, serve as something of a history lesson…
The 9th Annual Burlington Book Festival Takes Comics Seriously
Pictures in the realm of print? Some stuffy literati may look askance at the new legitimacy of comics, but at the ninth annual Burlington Book…
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The Beautiful Game at BHS [323]
9/12/13: The Varsity Boys’ Soccer Team at Burlington High School is perhaps one of the most diverse in the state, with players sharing a love…
Art Review: Chepe Cuadra at WalkOver Gallery
Can paintings qualify as portraits when they don’t depict a subject’s face? They can, and do, in Chepe Cuadra’s show at Bristol’s WalkOver Gallery titled…
Chefs Pull Out All the Stops to Win Mac-and-Cheese Challenge
Oh, macaroni and cheese, how many ways can we make thee? On the lawn of Harpoon Brewery in Windsor last Saturday, 19 chefs counted the…
Theater Review: The Puppet Shoppe
Watching the premiere of Chris Caswell’s new play The Puppet Shoppe is like solving a puzzle. There are moments of great mental stimulation, maybe a…
Letters to the Editor
Moran Fix Thanks to Megan James for her great article on how the Moran Building inspires [“Beautiful Ruin,” September 11]. One point in response: I…
Obituary: Bette L. Moffett,
1924-2013, BrandonBette L. Moffett passed on September 11, 2013, at her home in Brandon. She loved Brandon and was eternally grateful for the love and…
