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Weather or Not, Seven Days’ Winter Preview Is Here
Discouraging winter forecasts have ski towns on edge. But Vermonters will weather the storms — or lack thereof. Here’s info and inspo for the season ahead.
Vermont Backcountry Volunteers Answer the Call for Rescue
Vermont’s volunteer backcountry rescuers brave dangerous terrain and bitter cold to bring wayward adventurers home.
Troubled Waters: Lake Champlain Cleanup
Despite $928 Million Spent, Lake Champlain Cleanup Is Falling Behind
Vermont is halfway into a 20-year project to address toxic algae blooms. But the results are mixed, and the problem has worsened in some spots.
Mandated Audit of Lake Champlain Cleanup Efforts Was Never Done
Lawmakers knew the project was expensive and sought an outside evaluation. But no firms stepped up, and lawmakers moved on to other concerns.
From the Publisher: Water Rescue
In a yearlong collaboration with ProPublica, Seven Days is probing why nearly $1 billion in spending has not dramatically improved Lake Champlain’s water quality.
The ‘Troubled Waters’ series is researched and written through ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network, in which the award-winning investigatory nonprofit is teaming up with Seven Days on a yearlong project. To help guide our reporting, share your Lake Champlain algae bloom stories.
The Latest
The Central Vermont Pioneers Are Goal Driven
The multigenerational coed sled hockey team leans into a thrilling — and inclusive — adaptive sport.
Middlebury’s Snowbowl Restores its Original Base Lodge
The dilapidated log cabin, perhaps the oldest ski lodge in the country, was gradually sinking. It now houses the Middlebury College Alpine ski team.
Social Dances Offer Fun, Connection and an Antidote to Winter Isolation
Line dancing, honky-tonk, and Latin and African dance socials are just some of the ways Vermonters will be stepping out over the long winter.
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Vermonters Consider Alternative Heat Sources Amid Soaring Fuel Costs
Heating oil and kerosene prices have gone up 80 percent since last year. As winter approaches, many are looking for ways to keep costs down.
Grant Will Allow Vermont to Upgrade Its Ability to Track Snow
New sensors could help the winter sports industry and researchers tracking snowfall trends — and what melt means for flooding.
From the Publisher: Disclosure Day
Seven Days publisher Paula Routly’s life partner, Tim Ashe, just won the election to become Vermont’s new auditor of accounts. Here’s how we’re handling that.
Inside UVM Medical Center’s Emergency Department
Vermont’s only Level 1 trauma emergency department treats nearly twice the number of patients it was designed for. Here’s how.
Homelessness Rises in Chittenden County, Drops Across Vermont
Advocates counted 3,286 homeless people across Vermont this year — 100 fewer than in 2025.
Contest: Win Tickets to ‘Warren Miller’s Days Off’
To enter the giveaway, sign up for a Seven Days newsletter on the contest page by Tuesday, November 17 at noon and we’ll draw several winners…
Burlington City Council Confirms Anthony Geraci as Police Chief
Geraci will take over a department that has struggled with recruitment in recent years. He vowed to be an “apolitical” chief.
Burlington Democrat Ben Traverse to Run for Mayor
Traverse, the city council president, was long rumored to have aspirations for the city’s highest office.
What percentage of registered Vermonters voted in the midterm elections?
Answer this question and seven others in our new weekly news quiz about Vermont news. It’s quick, fun and informative.
Gen Zero
Expecting Trouble: Vermonters Are Losing Local Birth Centers
As hospitals pull back, people are traveling farther for services — and confronting what’s lost when a community lacks essential care
Interested in the ramifications of Vermont’s declining youth population?
→ Arts + Culture
Enosburg Falls’ Quirky Emporium the Flying Disc Expands
Owners Ben and Kelee Maddox doubled the footprint of their eclectic Main Street store and café, which has a loyal local clientele, in September.
→ Food + Drink
Slopeside Savor at Homestyle Restaurant and Mad River Barn
In Ludlow and Waitsfield, native Vermonters at the helm of two ski-town spots celebrate local food, love to hit the trails and share an unexpected connection.
→ Music + Nightlife
Soundbites: Burlington Has Saved Rock and Roll
Several of the Queen City’s breakout bands are coming back for blowout homecoming shows, capping one heck of a year for the local music scene.
On the Beat: Zenbarn Turns 10; New Jerry Garcia Project
In Vermont music news: A Waterbury Center music hot spot hits the decade mark, a Jerry Garcia tribute debuts, and Mouse in a Corner collab across the country.
Album Review: Lily Golden, ‘North Star (Live)’
The live album’s 14 songs retain the openheartedness and inner-child wonder that adulthood so often asks us to surrender.
→ On Screen
Humanity Continues to Be Woefully Outmatched in ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’
Writer-director Takashi Yamazaki’s sequel to Oscar-winning ‘Godzilla Minus One’ has twice the monsters but packs less of an emotional punch.
At the Movies
→ Home + Design
Nest: A Fall 2026 Guide to Vermont Homes & Real Estate
Revisit architect-designed houses from the ’70s and a home hand-built in the ’80s, check in on the housing market, and meet the proprietors of Dwellness, all in the latest issue of Nest.
Nest • Fall 2026
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Editor’s Note: Child’s Play
Kids VT’s 2026 Giving Back Issue is full of screen-free family fun, including indoor and outdoor adventures and a list of 15 ways to help others…
Kids VT Winter • 2026
Fundraisers • Festivals • Plays • Classes • Sports • Concerts
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