The Sex Issue 2015
The Sex Issue: College Confidential on Yik Yak, Can Condoms Save the World?; Driving Deep at Planet Rock
Obituary: Mildred Doris (Bissette) Rabidoux, 1925-2015, Essex Junction, Vt
Mildred Doris (Bissette) Rabidoux, 90, passed away at Birchwood Terrace on February 25, 2015. Millie was born to Joseph and Irene (Devino) Bissette in Essex…
Obituary: Theresa A Champine, 1929-2015, South Burlington, Vt
Theresa A Champine, 85, a longtime resident of South Burlington died peacefully, surrounded by her family, on February 27, 2015 at the University of Vermont…
Obituary: Raymond Joseph Clavelle Sr., 1923-2015, Winooski
Raymond Joseph (“Mooney” or “Moon”) Clavelle Sr., 91, of Winooski, Vermont, died on February 25, 2015, at Birchwood Nursing Home, where he had lived for…
Frigid Temps Can’t Keep Breakfast Fans at Home
If you live in Vermont, you’ll probably concede that sometimes the weather wins. When even the walk from house to car freezes your face, it’s…
News Quirks (2/25/15)
Curses, Foiled Again Police thought Luis Moreno Jr., 26, was driving solo in a carpool lane in Fort Lee. N.J., but when they stopped him,…
Evelyne’s on Center Opens in St. Albans
Evelyn Martin admits she isn’t one for self-promotion. The owner of brand-new St. Albans bakery Evelyne’s on Center (the spelling discrepancy is intentional) seems almost…
Four for Mayor: Queen City Candidates Vie for the Helm
One of the four candidates for Burlington mayor has a well-oiled campaign organization, complete with phone banks and deep-pocketed donors. Another keeps a lonely vigil…
Philamena’s Brings Italian Breakfast and Lunch to Montpelier
Last month, Montpelier got a new daytime hot spot — Philamena’s. The owner is Kismet alum Todd Whitehead, who also helped open the Bethel Village…
Prison Brake: Bill Proposes to Reduce Vermont Inmate Population
As an artist with no legal background, State Rep. Mollie Burke (P/D-Brattleboro) seems an unlikely candidate to spearhead criminal-justice reform. But after attending a conference…
Our Holy Orgasmic Cosmic Rays, Phase Two
(Self-released, digital download) In my Seven Days review of Phase One, the 2014 debut from Plattsburgh’s Our Holy Orgasmic Cosmic Rays, I suggested there might…
Heavy Plains, Heavy Plains
(Wiener Records, cassette, digital download) These days, a reliable single-genre rock record can be hard to find. A music fiend could pick up what is…
Spying on Students’ Mating Rituals via Yik Yak
For many full-time students living away from home, the college years are a time of extremes and experimentation. Or so it appears to observers on…
Soundbites: Why Care About Net Neutrality?
There’s a fight a-brewin’ in our hallowed halls of democracy that could have far-reaching, culture-altering implications for, well, pretty much anyone who uses the internet….
Theater Review: Much Ado About Nothing, UVM Theatre
From the title alone, Shakespeare hints that Much Ado About Nothing will celebrate — and ridicule — the fanciful language of lovers and courtiers. The…
WTF: VTrans Answers From the Road, Part 1
For our last WTF of 2014, back in December, we noted that many of the questions we receive from readers involve roads, and we included…
SEABA and Speeder & Earl’s Aim to Create a Coffee-and-Art Lounge
Want a watercolor with that latte? The South End Arts and Business Association has kicked off a fundraising campaign with Speeder & Earl’s Coffee Roastery…
I’m Into a Woman Who Doesn’t Have Time for Me
Dear Athena, I am interested in a woman who’s so focused on work and making money for a new house that she can’t commit to…
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U.S. Winter Swimming Championship [SIV389]
2/21/15: The first ever United States Winter Swimming Championships were held Saturday in Newport on frozen Lake Memphremagog. A 25-meter two lane lap pool was…
Letters to the Editor (2/25/15)
Time for Tax I’m writing in response to “That’s Budget: Seven Takeaways From Shumlin’s New Agenda” last month [January 21], specifically about the carbon-pollution tax….
Karin Gottshall’s New Poetry Collection
Middlebury poet Karin Gottshall is the first to admit that her poems aren’t heavy on cinematic action. “I lack for trains / and painters, whiskey…
Art Review: ‘Self-Portraiture in Contemporary Art’
A current exhibit at Dartmouth College’s Hood Museum of Art, titled “About Face: Self-Portraiture in Contemporary Art,” isn’t just a collection of artists’ self-portraits. It’s…
Comp Dime: When Pay Spikes in Montpelier, Who’s Watching?
When you work your way up to become leader of the Vermont House or Senate, you don’t end up with a lot of perks. All…
Opinion: Revenge Porn: Is Shaming Criminal?
A woman sends a naked selfie to a man. She poses for him or they make a sex tape. It’s fun, it’s hot; it feels…
Free Will Astrology (2/25/15)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Lately your life reminds me of the action film Speed, starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves. In that story, a criminal…
Can Guys Talking to Guys About Rape Make a Difference?
A steady stream of male athletes files into the third-floor meeting room of the Dion Family Student Center at Saint Michael’s College. They greet each…
Sign of the Times: Deaf Vermonters Seek Better Options for Services and Schooling
Neila Eaddy picked up a pen and started writing a letter to her pen pal, homework she needed to complete during school vacation. Hunched over,…
The Booming Business of Writing Erotic Romance
A year or so ago, Rebecca Croteau “weirded out some friends,” she recalls, when she brought her laptop to a Super Bowl party. “I was…
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
In addition to its R rating (that’s for “raunchy,” and it’s not kidding), this follow-up to the agreeably goofball 2010 time-travel hit should come with…
A Condom Campaign Promotes Population Awareness
On Halloween eve in downtown Barre, as merchants handed out candy to costumed children, Kat Collins gave away condoms to adults. She was dressed up…
Two Days, One Night
When we praise the virtues of “community,” most of us mean our extended family, friends and neighbors. But how much would we do for the…
Burlington Gets New Asian Deli; Stowe Says Adios to Mexican
Dharshan Namaste Asian Deli has been a hit in Winooski since 2013. Now married owners Thanh Pham and Bishnu Gurung hope to repeat that success…
Seven Questions for Brattleboro’s Chris Weisman
Chris Weisman’s latest record, The Holy Life That’s Coming, moves gently, much like the changing seasons that were its inspiration. Winter in particular was the…
Obituary: James Edwin Baker II, 1928-2015, Winooski, Vt.
James graduated from Mooers (N.Y.) Central High School in 1946. He was a Rutland Railroad Maintenance-of-Way employee, where he worked several summers and school vacations….
Obituary: Patrick Wilfred “Happy” Prue
Patrick Wilfred “Happy” Prue, age 61 years, a resident of the Dunton Road for 30 years died Saturday afternoon, February 21, 2015, at the Vermont…
