Sep 22-28, 2010
Preserving Burlington’s Historic Charm; Do VT Gun Owners Need More Shooting Ranges?; Shalom Shuk Helps New Vermonters
Bye Bye, Blockbuster
Back in March, I asked on this blog, Is It Too Soon to Be Nostalgic for Video Stores? If Blockbuster is your store of choice,…
Shumlin: The $10 Million Man
Late today, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Peter Shumlin finally bared his assets. So, how much is he worth? More than $10 million.Nearly half of that value…
Will Burlington Say, ‘Yes We Cannabis’?
Burlington’s City Council Monday night will decide whether to add an advisory referendum to the November ballot asking voters if they want to legalize —…
Fringe Friday: August “Gus” Jaccaci
For week eight of “Fringe Friday,” we feature independent candidate for Congress, August “Gus” Jaccaci, a self-described “visionary” who wants to give U.S. Rep. Peter…
IBM Denies Dubie Claim It Will Leave if Vermont Yankee Closes
* Updated with additional comments from IBM & Brian Dubie’s campaign * Republican Brian Dubie dropped this bombshell at Tuesday night’s debate in St. Albans:…
Lite Guv Candidate Howard Differs with Shumlin on Prisoner-Release Plan
State Rep. Steve Howard, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, is splitting with Peter Shumlin on his prisoner release plan, saying Vermont shouldn’t let nonviolent…
Geek Nation: Interview with Ethan Gilsdorf
For this week’s paper, I interviewed two authors coming to the Burlington Book Festival who exemplify “Geek Chic.” I promised to post a longer version…
Who Do Vermont’s Candidates Write Like? Mostly, H.P. Lovecraft
If you haven’t found it yet, the website I Write Like is a very entertaining time-waster. The site lets you insert a piece of writing…
Salmon Reigns on the Scarecrow
I suspect there’s a whole generation of politicians who, deep down inside, are just frustrated rock stars who dream of stalking the stage, a la…
The Preservation Police
Are Mary O’Neil and her cohorts going too far to retain Burlington’s charm?
Prog Candidate for AG Sinks Her Baby Teeth Into the Vermont Yankee Debate
Do kids who live near Vermont Yankee have more strontium 90 in their teeth than the rest of us? Charlotte Dennett says she’s working to…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again When Caleb Smith, 19, approached the pharmacy counter at a drugstore, showed a gun and demanded narcotics, police in Pensacola, Fla., said…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Right-wing talk-show host Rush Limbaugh is a person whose ideas and attitudes repel me. But in the dream I had last…
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Wake Robin Honey Harvest [SIV193]
9/18/10: Residents at Wake Robin, a Life Care community in Shelburne have been harvesting honey for 3 years now.Beekeepers Bill and Mark loan Eva a…
Mr. Clean Conscience
Work: Reed Doyle, Director of Global Strategic Sourcing, Seventh Generation
Letters to the Editor
On Love and Death [Re: “Poli Psy,” September 15]: In a world that often lacks sense or logic and instead has unnecessary amounts of death,…
Democrat Peter Welch Leads Tea Party Challenger in US House Race
Two-term U.S. Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) is leading his GOP rival by more than 30 points, according to a recent phone survey of likely voters.The…
Did Dubie Disobey an Order on 9/11?
The front page of today’s Burlington Free Press asked gubernatorial candidates Peter Shumlin and Brian Dubie to describe, in their own words, the “hardest decision…
Lawmakers Bring Home the Bacon, er, SPAM
Since January 1, the legislative email system has received more than 12 million messages—or roughly 52,000 emails for each of the State House’s 285 email…
