The Cannabis Issue 2018
Meet Pot Lawyer Tim Fair; Cannatrol’s Weed-Drying Technology; Blissing Out at CBD Yoga; 2018 Weeders Survey
Seriously: Cannabis Issues
In this episode, Bryan talks with weed about some of the issues surrounding its forthcoming legalization.
The Cannabis Catch-Up: A Week of Firsts
Normally, we use this space to discuss a big statewide or national news story. But this week, there’s so much going on right in our…
Obituary: Robert Dansker, 1955-2018
Robert Seth Dansker passed away on April 23, 2018. After being diagnosed with brain cancer, he beat the odds and lived for six additional and…
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Branch Out Burlington’s Tree Sale [SIV531]
5/5/18: Branch Out Burlington held its annual tree sale and planting last weekend at the UVM Horticultural Farm in South Burlington. Volunteers planted 160 trees…
Hey, Cannabis Fans: Take the 2018 Weeders Survey!
We want to learn more about you, the cannabis consumer: when, why and how often you consume; with whom you’re inclined to indulge; how much you pay to partake; and what you love doing when you’re high. We’d also like to know where you get it and what you know — or don’t know —…
For Noncitizen Immigrants, Marijuana Legalization Does Not Apply
The law is not equal for everyone when it comes to marijuana possession. That’s the message immigration lawyer Erin Jacobsen is sharing with Vermonters before…
The Cannabis Issue
This week, Seven Days staffers were really in the weeds — or rather, the weed — as we rolled up our spliffy, er, spiffy, first-ever…
Movie Review: Not Much Is Good About Horror Thriller ‘Bad Samaritan’
Once upon a time, Dean Devlin had Hollywood by the balls. As half of the Roland Emmerich-Dean Devlin juggernaut, his name was synonymous with big…
House Rules: Weed Remains Illegal for Federally Subsidized Tenants
The tenants of Burlington’s Bobbin Mill Apartments got the word three months ago: Come July 1, according to a flyer affixed to every door in…
Movie Review: ‘Tully’ Poses Tough Questions About Motherhood
Tully is a movie about motherhood and exhaustion. Charlize Theron embodies both with utter conviction in the role of Marlo, a human-resources manager with two…
Law Schooled: Burlington Attorney Runs Vermont’s First Cannabis Practice
Burlington attorney Tim Fair has two prospective clients who anticipate legal battles when they start new businesses after recreational marijuana becomes legal in Vermont on…
Q&A: Departing Legislative Leaders on Civil Unions, Clean Water and Bowling
When the Vermont legislature adjourns this year, at least six committee chairs will retire, taking with them the knowledge gleaned from 104 years combined experience….
Process Versus Politics: Team Scott Games the System on School Funding
For the second year in a row, the closing days of the Vermont legislative session have been roiled by the last-minute reveal of a school…
Cannatrol Applies Food Curing and Aging Science to Cannabis
In David Sandelman’s work, little difference exists between producing blue cheese, the ripened dairy product, and Blue Cheese, the indica-dominant strain of cannabis: To create…
Letters to the Editor (5/9/18)
Mental Health’s Hot Potato The story of Francis and Simon [“Committed,” April 25] struck home; my 13-year-old daughter was just recently diagnosed with a serious…
Scarlett Letters: My Husband Left and I Don’t Miss Him at All
Dear Scarlett, My husband left the family unit eight weeks ago, saying he needed time away to be himself, as he felt he couldn’t be…
A Physician Assistant Opens a Cannabis Consultancy in Burlington
There’s a new cannabis consultant in town. Physician assistant Paul Jerard has launched the Vermont Cannabinoid Clinic, aimed at signing patients up for the state’s…
Free Will Astrology (5/9/18)
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Born under the sign of Taurus, Edmund Wilson was a renowned twentieth-century author and critic who wrote more than 30 books….
Shelburne Craft School Director Sage Tucker-Ketcham to Step Down
After almost eight years as executive director of the Shelburne Craft School, Sage Tucker-Ketcham is moving on. When she first took the reins in 2010,…
Vermont Employers Prepare for Legal Pot
Many “want ads” in Vermont note that prospective hires must pass a drug-screening test. Potential school bus drivers, air traffic controllers, postal workers and construction…
Local Chefs Talk Cooking With Cannabis
In the spring of 2014, Dave Weiner was a food judge for High Times magazine’s Cannabis Cup in Denver. Weiner, who lives near Stratton Mountain,…
Checking In, and Out, at CBD Yoga
Several years ago, my college BFF breathlessly told me about a type of marijuana that didn’t get you high. She was living in Berkeley, Calif.,…
Daniel Nelson’s Porcelain Bongs Are High Class
Anyone who uses marijuana has probably, at some point, smoked it out of a pipe. Those with greater enthusiasm may have used a bong —…
Slam Poet Amir Sulaiman to Headline Youth Conference
It’s been two years since Muslim Girls Making Change performed at the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival in Washington, D.C. But the…
Four Albums From 2017 You (Probably) Missed
We can’t imagine life in Vermont without its vibrant music community and the never-ending outpouring of recorded music it produces. The sheer magnitude of records…
Album Review: Derek and the Demons, ‘Morning Comes Again’
(What Doth Life, digital download) For their fifth record, Derek and the Demons have amped it up, so to speak. Morning Comes Again finds the…
Quick Lit: ‘Everything That Follows’ by Meg Little Reilly
A crumbling coastal cliff serves as a vivid metaphor for the speed with which human lives can change in Everything That Follows, the second novel…
WTF: Were Dogs Sickened by Eating Cannabis-Laced Poop?
During the first week of April, Charlotte dog owner Elisabeth Robert posted flyers at Mount Philo State Park warning fellow hikers about an unusual trail…
Soundbites: After the Storm: Recapping Waking Windows 8
I hope you’re all successfully decompressing from the eighth consecutive year of Waking Windows madness. The three-day music and arts festival in Winooski was one…
Album Review: Teece Luvv, ‘Semantics’
(Equal Eyes Records, digital download) Teece Luvv is the latest incarnation of JCOE (John Carter of Earth), a rapper/singer/producer and founding member of Vermont hip-hop…
Hen of the Wood and Hotel Vermont Celebrate Fifth Birthday
On May 9, a double whammy of a party at Hen of the Wood in Burlington and Hotel Vermont celebrates the fifth birthday of the…
Eat This Week, May 9 to 15, 2018: Eat the East
Sustainable Woodstock launches its first annual food truck gathering to support its East End redevelopment initiative. Tap into the flavors of summer with Vermont and…
Mocha Joe’s to Purchase Building for Brattleboro Roastery
Mocha Joe’s Roasting Co. in Brattleboro and Capy Campman Holdings are the recipients of a $350,000 loan from the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community…
Grilling the Chef: A Single Pebble’s Chiuho Duval
Chef Chiuho Duval Position: Chef and owner at A Single Pebble Location: Burlington Age: 45 Cuisine type: Classic Chinese, plus Taiwanese street food Education: New…
ECHO Opens Healthy Living Café
Healthy Living Market & Café is the new operator of the café at ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain at 1 College Street on the…
