The Animal Issue July 2015 (Theme Issue)
The Animal Issue: Spooked Dog Evades Capture; Snapping Wildlife, Thieves and… Bigfoot?; Horsepower to the Tree People; BEVs to the Rescue
Obituary: Dora Mills, Underhill, Vt
Dora R. (Dodie) Mills, 66, of Port Charlotte, Florida went home to be with her Lord on July 19,2015. Originally from Underhill, Vermont, she graduated…
Obituary: Robert Bita Achinda, 1965-2015 Hinesburg, Vt
Robert died on July 28, 2015 at the age of 50 at the Vermont Respite House in Williston after a long battle with pancreatic cancer….
Cork Wine Bar & Market Expands to Stowe
Last week, Cork Wine Bar & Market owner Danielle Nichols began construction on a second location inside the former Blue Moon Café space in Stowe….
Free Will Astrology (7/29/15)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “I am very much in love with no one in particular,” says actor Ezra Miller. His statement would make sense coming…
Theater Review: Stone, Lost Nation Theater
Lost Nation Theater has brought back Stone, Kim Bent’s original 2005 play chronicling the early days of the granite industry in Barre, for a run…
Paper Towns
Paper Towns tells a smarter story than it initially seems to, but by the time viewers grasp the point, they may be too lulled by…
Work: Qi Veterinarian Nate Heilman
Name: Dr. Nate Heilman Town: South Burlington Job: Co-owner, Qi Veterinary Clinic In a quiet little building on Shelburne Road, Qi Veterinary Clinic is taking…
J.S. Wildhack, Punch Up!
(What Doth Life, digital download) J.S. Wildhack is the moniker of Davis McGraw, a Windsor guitarist who spent time in various bands, most notably rock…
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Keeping Up With Olive [SIV407]
7/23/15: From her tiny hooves to her glistening snout, Olive the mini-pig is a star. Eva visited with the Instagram celeb — she has over…
Raphael Groten, Journey Home
(Silent Wing Records, CD, digital download) Journey Home, the latest recording from Vermont’s Raphael Groten, brings the listener right back to the heyday of so-called…
Timber Harvesting With Horsepower
Carl Russell wraps one end of a steel chain around a felled tree, then backs his 3,200-pound “power unit” — aka Ted and Petey, his…
Lydia Loveless on Country, Kesha and Jesus’ Wine Habit
Following her 2011 semi-breakout album, Indestructible Machine, Lydia Loveless was hailed as (yet another) country-music messiah, destined to save traditional twang from the nefarious auto-tuned…
Art Review: ‘Unbound Vol. V,’ ArtisTree Gallery
A year after moving into its new space in South Pomfret, ArtisTree Community Art Center & Gallery has mounted “Unbound Vol. V,” its most ambitious…
Dog Gone? Along Route 100, Finding Murphy Has Become a Community Quest
On a June day in 2014, Kirstin Campbell’s car skidded off Mayo Farm Road in Stowe and slammed into a tree. Though she suffered a…
Letters to the Editor (7/29/15)
Barbs in the ‘Burbs [Re “Suburban Spat: Rivalries Flare Around South Burlington Ag Group,” July 22]: Rosanne Greco is not talking about “small things”; she…
Vermont Tries to Prevent Roadkill on a Stretch of I-89
Last year, a reader wrote to ask Seven Days what was up with Vermont’s horrifyingly gross abundance of roadkill. In our Whiskey Tango Foxtrot column…
Fetching and Kvetching: A Dog Park Annoys Some of Its Neighbors
Labs, spaniels and mutts trotted about freely last Thursday evening at Burlington’s Starr Farm Dog Park as their owners chatted amiably and admired the sunset…
The Animal Issue, 2015
Once a year we look forward to writing about our furry, fuzzy and feathered friends. Of course, some of them are not our friends, and…
Soundbites: So Many Shows, So Little Time
Taking a Knee If I’m ever officially made the Czar of Vermont Music, my first act will be to collect the local heads of rock-and-roll…
Dinos and Disasters: Fairbanks Museum Explores Extinction
For the first time in 20 years, the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium in St. Johnsbury is hosting a traveling exhibit. “Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New…
Four’s a Crowd: Spoiler Alert in Vermont’s Gubernatorial Race
The last time the state faced an open gubernatorial race, in 2010, the Vermont Progressive Party made a promise: If the Democratic nominee pledged to…
Community Engagement Lab Connects Schools and Artists
What happens when schools and communities collaborate on art projects? Usually, it’s a one-off event: Artists, orchestras or other community arts groups visit the local…
My Ex Screwed Me Over. Now He Wants Me Back
Dear Athena, My ex-boyfriend and baby daddy broke my heart so many times and even had a child with someone else while I was still…
Rob Mermin’s Career Outside the Box
Mimes have received a tough sentence in the court of public opinion. Though professional mimes study for years to hone their ancient and specialized craft,…
WTF: Why Are Game Cameras So Popular?
Lost in the hullabaloo during the recent manhunt for two escapees from the prison in Dannemora, N.Y., was this nugget: Police, desperate for leads, asked…
Scientists Aim to Prevent Some Insects, Protect Others
The physical size of an organism can be inversely proportional to its impact on the world. Homo sapiens is an outlier; most of the creatures…
News Quirks (7/29/15)
Problem Solved San Francisco-based Flight Car began offering travelers free parking at airports in San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles, Seattle and Washington, plus a ride…
At BEVS, Owners Spare No Expense to Save Their Pets
Gizmo’s eyes were whirling. The 2-year-old pug couldn’t focus on his mom, Wendy Beane, when she brought him to Burlington Emergency & Veterinary Specialists in…
Ello, Goodbye? Some Startups Leave Vermont for More Populated Pastures
A Burlington entrepreneur created the ad-free social media site Ello that exploded in popularity last fall. Two Middlebury College grads designed IrisVR, virtual reality software…
Breeding and BBQ at Cas-Cad-Nac Alpaca Farm
Two weeks before Ian Lutz and Jennifer Croft graduated from Woodstock Union High School, they did what many seniors do — they randomly hooked up….
A Former Ally Says Bernie Sanders Has Changed
Peter Diamondstone, the longtime standard-bearer of Vermont’s leftist Liberty Union Party, has always been forthcoming with reporters. But on a recent afternoon, he stumbled when…
Obituary: Cricket LaStrada, Winooski, Vt
Cricket passed away July 18th after a struggle with a long illness. She was home with her family and went to the lord peacefully. Cricket’s…
