The Adirondack Issue 2015
The Adirondack Issue: Hiking, Biking and Paddling, Oh My; Seeking a Cure in Saranac Lake; Wining and Dining on the ADK Coast; Prison Break Incites Media Frenzy
Obituary: Katherine ‘Kathy’ Lenore Rich, Winooski, Vt
Katherine “Kathy” Lenore Rich passed away on June 22, 2015 in her home unexpectedly. Katherine was a loving mother, and a great friend to many….
Obituary: Doris J Dame, 1930-2015 Burlington
Doris J Dame passed away peacefully at home on Thursday June 25, 2015. She was born on March 26, 1930 to James and Rose (Vezina)…
My Girlfriend Won’t Give Blow Jobs
Dear Athena, I love oral sex — giving and receiving. To me, it’s a lusty, primal, liberating way of sharing pleasure. Intercourse is good, but…
Murky Waters: Case of Paddling Through Private Land Still Not Settled
Six years ago, the editor of Adirondack Explorer loaded his gear into a green SpitFire canoe and set off on a two-day traverse through four…
Free Will Astrology (6/24/15)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): During my regular hikes along my favorite trails, I’ve gotten to know the local boulders quite intimately. It might sound daft,…
Malone, N.Y., Hospital Embraces UVM Health Network
Across Lake Champlain, between the northern boundary of the Adirondacks and the Canadian border, the village of Malone, N.Y. is a long haul from Burlington,…
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Fadhili & Faraja Achinda Graduate From CVUHS [SIV404]
6/12/15: We met the Achindas back in January of 2013 when the family was reunited after being apart for 8 years. Robert Achinda is a…
Cibo Matto’s Yuka Honda on Food, Ornette Coleman and Life’s Small Fragments
Somehow, it’s been nearly 20 years since the one-of-a-kind band Cibo Matto dropped its debut album, Viva! La Woman, on a listening public largely unprepared…
The Mountain Says No, JV
(Self-released, CD, digital download) It’s a safe bet that few basements in Vermont — or at the very least in Enosburg Falls — have produced…
Uber Über Alles?
“So, Jernigan,” a regular customer asked me as I drove her home on a recent Thursday night, “what do you think of Uber?” “Don’t get…
Colby Stiltz, Down to Earth
(Self-released, digital download) When Colby Stiltz moved out of Vermont in 2012, he left a tall, extremely energetic hole in the local hip-hop scene. During…
Quick Lit: Blackfly Poetics From Neil Shepard
If the words “poetry of place” make you feel like dozing off, the depictions of Vermont in Neil Shepard’s new collection Hominid Up should rouse…
Kilgore Café Opens in Montgomery Center
When chef Derek Barker returned to Vermont from Costa Rica two months ago, he headed to Trout River Traders in Montgomery Center for a cup…
Chuck Tobin’s 30 Years at Saint Michael’s Playhouse
It’s the best seat in the house, and it’s not even in the house. Chuck Tobin’s second-floor office at the McCarthy Arts Center at Saint…
BBQ in Waterbury; Eat by Northeast Returns
This weekend, Waterbury’s annual Not Quite Independence Day summer festival will receive a meaty makeover. On Saturday and Sunday, June 27 and 28, Farr’s Field…
Lambert & Stamp
If you’re in the mood to listen to classic Who tunes, you hardly need to buy a ticket to this documentary. You could just turn…
Theater Review: Company, Stowe Theatre Guild
First comes the rhythm. In Stowe Theatre Guild’s engaging production of Company, Stephen Sondheim’s irresistible beats draw the audience in from the opening number’s snap,…
The Hyde Collection Samples Six Centuries of Art History
The heap of logs and the spewing smokestack at the base of the ridge on which an art museum sits in Glens Falls can be…
O’Keeffe’s Footsteps in Lake George Are Nearly Erased
As beautiful as Lake George is, Georgia O’Keeffe made it even more striking in her many paintings of the mountain-rimmed, blue-green waters. She painted that…
Art Review: ‘American Moderns,’ Shelburne Museum
In the summer of 1960, Shelburne Museum founder Electra Havemeyer Webb, then 72, intended to expand her collection of American folk art to include modern…
Inside Out
By now you’ve probably heard that the latest animation from Pixar is a clever visualization of the human psyche. You know that it makes small…
Letters to the Editor (6/24/15)
Liquor Logic In “Cashing Out?” [June 10], I was fascinated to see comments from Department of Liquor Control commissioner Michael Hogan and other privatization opponents…
The Adirondack Issue 2015
Our annual Adirondack Issue encourages Seven Days readers to go west. But this year, the region’s rich history and high peaks have been overshadowed by…
Soundbites: The Best VT Albums of 2015 … So Far (Part 1)
If you click here, you’ll find a review of JV, the new album from the Mountain Says No, half of whose membership includes Farm’s Ben…
News Quirks (6/24/15)
Curses, Foiled Again A shoplifter made off with $150 worth of produce from a supermarket in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but surveillance video showed the thief…
Saranac Lake Researchers Continue Fight Against Disease
Dr. Andrea Cooper has a hypothesis: For the human body’s immune system to combat a disease, cells must “talk” to one another. Cooper theorizes that…
Why Wouldn’t Welch? One Pol’s Not-So-Tough Call
The last time Vermont’s top political job opened up, with the retirement of Republican governor Jim Douglas, then-Seven Days columnist Shay Totten emailed me to…
Growing the ADK Forest Preserve
Retired postal worker Steve Swensen of Baldwinsville, N.Y., has hiked the Appalachian Trail and climbed the 46 Adirondack High Peaks. But on a warm, clear…
Breakout: Tiny Adirondack Town Is the Backdrop for a Big, Big Story
Local ABC 22/Fox 44 reporter Alex Rose works nights and weekends, like many newly minted journalists. On Saturday, June 6, he was scheduled to cover…
Hiking, Biking and Paddling Trails in the ADK
A relentless rain accompanied a recent ferry ride and drive over to the Adirondacks, doing nothing to improve the piss-poor public-relations image that upstate New…
Hail to the Chief: Burlington’s Top Cop Signs Off
Burlington Police Chief Mike Schirling leaned back in a comfy chair in the office he’ll soon vacate and let slip a secret: He almost left…
Obituary: Dorothy Valyou Hayes, 1928-2015, Essex
Dorothy “Dot” Valyou Hayes, 87, passed away June 22, 2015, at Green Mountain Nursing Home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on May…
Obituary: Robert Eklof, 1978-2015, South Londonderry, VT.
Rob Eklof departed our world on June 12, 2015 leaving his family and friends with 36 years of wonderful memories. He was born November 7,…
Finding a Barbecue Fix in the North Country
An irony in the Adirondack Park’s developed areas is that countless trees have been razed to clear the way for tourists. Somewhat perversely, numerous restaurants…
Following the Adirondack Coast Wine Trail
A new crop is struggling to take root in New York’s northern Champlain Valley: young grapevines planted off highways and back roads. Winemakers and local…
Hel’s Kitchen Dinners Go Public
In late 2011, Helen Labun Jordan began hosting Thursday-night potlucks in her Montpelier home. By fall 2012, the weekly soirées had grown to dinner-party status,…
