Winter Reading Issue 2013
Fiction by Vermont Author Michael Freed-Thall; Brattleboro Hospital Helps LGBT Patients; Jessamyn West Advocates for Access; Taste Test: Café Shelburne
Cover Story
Work: Nate Plasha, Home Builder and Restorer
The bumper sticker on Nate Plasha’s pickup truck — “Listen to Shostakovich” — suggests he has interests apart from his work as a home builder…
Obituary: Winifred Babbie Favero
Winifred Babbie Favero, age 100 years, died early Wednesday morning December 18, 2013, in the Northwestern Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Winifred was…
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House-Mouse Designs [SIV334]
12/14/13: It all started with a pet mouse named Tiny in 1980. Tiny inspired artist Ellen Jareckie and marketing partner Barry Percy to start House-Mouse…
Seven Days Holiday Gift Guide Part 4: Nest
Attention, shoppers: You have just one more week to wrap up the holiday gift thing. For the last three weeks we’ve been trying to help,…
Jessamyn West Documents Vermont Public Libraries
“I love love love the Roxbury Library!” declares Jessamyn West, who might be the librarian laureate of Vermont, if there were such a thing. The…
Finding One’s Inner Poet at a “You Be the Keats” Workshop
“Flour sack half-empty, and the cask is nearly dry.” That’s the first line of the first poem I’ve written since 10th-grade English class. I’ve titled…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Police investigating 15 home burglaries in and around Lakewood, Colo., identified Brandon Campbell, 27, as their suspect because he was wearing a…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Life is best organized as a series of daring ventures from a secure base,” wrote psychologist John Bowlby. Some of you…
First Bite: Café Shelburne
In 1969, Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, Jimi Hendrix closed out Woodstock and a new Toyota Corona cost $1950. It was also the year…
Obituary: Leon K. Najarian,
1937-2013, Hopedale, MALeon K. “Nudge” Najarian, of Hopedale died Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at home. He was born on May 13, 1937 in Dorchester the…
European Chefs Share Their Mothers’ Little-Known Dishes
Most of us learned to cook from the same person in our lives. Her name is Mom, and she was most people’s first favorite chef,…
WTF: What’s up with the teepee by Interstate 89 in Richmond?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: We just had to ask…
Local Musicians Weigh in on the Best Music of 2013
Recapping the best music from a given year is always overwhelming. So we asked local musicians, fans and assorted scenesters for their takes on the…
Art Review: Timothy Jude Smith
Timothy Jude Smith is not the first person to note the existence of ironically named housing developments, aka suburbs — that is, names that evoke…
Letters to the Editor
Oh, Snap [Re “Photo Finish: AP’s Toby Talbot is Retiring After 30 Years Shooting Vermont,” November 27]: When comparing image “transmission” in the 1980s to…
Obituary: J. William O’Brien,
WinooskiJ. William O’Brien, 87, a lifelong resident of Winooski, died peacefully at home surrounded by the arms of his children. He follows his wife of…
