The Money Issue April 2013
BTV’s Rising School Budget; How Fundraisers Get to ‘Yes’; Learning Financial Literacy
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Police investigating a nightclub burglary in China’s Yunnan Province arrested a suspect who covered his head with a wastepaper basket to shield…
Lawmakers Look to Crack Down on “Current-Use” Abuse
Is the state’s “current-use” program a tax break for rich property owners or a crucial safeguard to prevent Vermont from becoming one big subdivision? It…
Upper Valley’s Harbor Mountain Press Has Global Reach in the Poetry World
Poetry readers will recognize the names of New Directions Publishing in New York, Copper Canyon Press in Washington and City Lights Books in California —…
How Can I Politely Ask My Man to Get Tested?
Mistress Maeve: Your guide to love and lust…
Book Review: Brain in a Jar: A Daughter’s Journey Through Her Father’s Memory
It can be hard to force yourself to read about something as profoundly depressing as Alzheimer’s disease. It’s not even like reading about cancer, which…
Lisa Helme, Vermont’s Director of Financial Literacy, Gets People to Broach a Taboo Subject: Money
If a stranger asked you, “Where did you learn about money?” you might furrow your brow and deflect the question. When Lisa Helme asks it,…
Meet Your Matchmaker: An Interview With Lars Hasselblad Torres, Director of Vermont’s Office of the Creative Economy
Vermont is synonymous with snowboarding, sugaring and farming. But those activities account for a fraction of the state’s economy. Traditional sectors such as manufacturing and…
Winner Takes All: Should Vermont’s Family Courts Be Allowed to Order Shared Custody of Kids?
Chris Weinberg of Jericho spent more than a half million dollars and two years of his life fighting with his now-ex-wife for equal parenting time…
St. Johnsbury Academy’s Culinary School Provides Fine Dining at a Discount
When was the last time you had beef tenderloin at a restaurant for less than $10? Or butter-braised lobster for $11.95? Probably never, or too…
Gallery Profile: Shelburne Vineyard
Everyone knows you can pair wine with food. But can you pair it with art? Could gazing at a lushly colored pastel bring out the…
Five Successful Vermont Fundraisers Reveal the Tricks of Their Trade
Vermont has a lot of nonprofits — more than 6000, according to a list from Vermont Business Magazine — and competition for donor dollars can…
Vermont’s Director of the Office of the Creative Economy Wants to Tell a New Story About the State
Vermont is synonymous with snowboarding, sugaring and farming. But those activities account for a fraction of the state’s economy. Traditional sectors such as manufacturing and…
In Colchester, New American Farmers Raise Meat for the Refugee Community
As refugees from Burma, Bhutan and Somalia made their homes in Vermont’s New American communities, they began searching for a meat that few supermarkets stock…
An Interview With David Lamb of Brown Bird
On their latest record, Fits of Reason, Rhode Island’s Brown Bird take lyrical cues from famed thinkers such as Thomas Paine, Omar Khayam and Christopher…
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Joey’s Sap Opera [305]
3/28/13: Sugar maker and chef Joey Russo is a busy man. From Memorial Day to Valentine’s Day he runs Joey’s Junction Bakery & Cafe in…
Letters to the Editor
Wetlands Needed [Re “Vermont’s Rain-Barrel Project: Lake Saver or Drop in the Bucket?” March 27]: I find it ironic that as I’m making an effort…
