The young black bear was munching on ripe ears of corn in a Newbury field when she heard the hounds yapping shortly after dawn. They…
When Vermont’s hemp market crashed in 2019, growers Johanna Polsenberg and Warren Nott had two choices: get out of the business they had invested thousands…
Wispy clouds hovered over a lush green hillside as I walked through rows of marble tombstones in a picturesque rural cemetery. It was a gorgeous…
Longtime carpenter loved animals, traveling and watching old Westerns
Prolific Jericho artist held numerous shows in Vermont galleries and libraries
In October 2016, someone began breaking into the small public library beside Woodbury Elementary School. The librarian, Brett Ann Stanciu, hid a wildlife camera to…
Back in 2012, my favorite movie of the year was Leos Carax’s Holy Motors, a surrealist ode to Paris and the acting profession. When I…
The 2019 mayor’s race in Bridgewater Township, N.J., was well under way when the local police union approached Matthew Moench with an idea. A 12-year…
Seven Days is seeking a columnist who can help our readers make sense of the news. The right writer should have the institutional memory, wisdom…
For the past nine years, Jen Straub and her southern Vermont nonprofit, Dorset Equine Rescue, have taken in more than 200 horses. They come from…
Dear Reverend, One of my best friends is blind. He met a woman online, and they’ve been chatting via text and phone for some time….
The start of my tenure as music editor all but coincided with the most recent Burlington Discover Jazz Festival. As much as I love the…
In addition to the Alpinist, here’s what is playing in Northern and Central Vermont movie theaters this week. Listings include new movies, vintage films and a directory of open theaters.
Walking a path near the lakefront, Marty Fogel spied a young man leaving with a fishing rod in hand. A smile broke out on the…
August 18, 2020, marked an important centennial in American history: the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gave women the right…
(Mother West, CD, digital, vinyl) As a listener with distinctly seasonal musical tastes, I find that September represents a bit of a sticking point for…
‘Democracy on Your Shoulders’ I commend Seven Days on its story that took a deep dive into the problems causing dangerous delays in health care…
(Afterlyfe Music, digital) Konflik can rightly be called one of the godfathers of Vermont hip-hop. He has been involved with the scene here for almost…
When Brian Peete was sworn in as Montpelier’s chief of police last year, officials believed he was Vermont’s first Black police chief. However, it turns…
Troy Headrick likes to have serious fun with his facial hair, and it shows. On September 11, he won a blue ribbon and trophy at…
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the English language, the words “naked” and “nude” have different connotations. Art critic Kenneth Clark noted that “naked” people depicted…
Call it a different kind of Reefer Madness. The 1936 cult film portrayed “devil weed” marijuana as a gateway to depravity. But a new study…
Where visitors to the town of Berlin see multilane roads, large parking lots and an aging shopping mall with a 30 percent vacancy rate, Karla…
It started in a Goodwill parking lot. Jonathan Daniel Mansilla, of Miami, Fla., hit another car with his black Chevy Cobalt and fled the Rutland…
Artist Jennifer McCandless is from Detroit, works in Connecticut — at the Loomis Chaffee School outside of Hartford — and lives in Vermont. “It’s complicated,”…
94-year-old woman showed others the way to love and be loved
Salt & Bubbles Wine Bar and Market has been on my radar since I met its owner, hospitality powerhouse and wine wonder woman Kayla Silver,…
Prepping last week for a dinner service, Haley Blair collected water from a spring at Smugglers’ Notch. Blair, owner of Live Forever Foods, and her…
Matt and Caroline Corrente have put the Arcadian, one of their two Middlebury businesses at 7 Bakery Lane, on pause due to lack of staff….
The food scene at the Essex Experience will get even hotter this fall, when bramble opens with a menu “kissed by fire” in Suite 101….
Fall is here, and there’s no shortage of ways for Vermonters to connect, learn and have a good time. We’ve compiled seven of this week’s must-do events, including a performance by fleet-footed tap dance troupe Dorrance Dance.
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