Sep 30 – Oct 6, 2009
Homeland Security Wants Eminent Domain Over a Vermont Farm at the Border; Uncle Sam Wants Paintballs? Defense Buys “Arms” From VT; Alice Levitt Deconstructs the Dumpling
Open in Vermont
http://openinvermont.com Open in Vermont is an informal group of local individuals and businesses that work with free and open source software (FOSS), open standards and/or open content licensing (Creative Commons). Members include Bradley Holt of Found Line, Mitch Lieberman of SugarCRM, Forest Bond of Outpost Embedded and Kevin Thorley, core contributor to open source IP…
CEDO/Burlington Telecom
www.cedoburlington.org 802-865-7187 Burlington, Vermont The Community and Economic Development Office is a department of the City of Burlington. Its staffers work with the community to foster economic vitality; preserve and enhance neighborhoods, quality of life and the environment; and promote equity and opportunity for all residents of Burlington. Working in partnership with citizens, the public…
ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center
www.echovermont.org 802-864-1848 Burlington, Vermont “Voices For the Lake” is an innovative project at the ECHO Lake Aquarium & Science Center using social media to inspire stewardship of the Lake Champlain watershed. At the core of the project is digital storytelling — community members contributing their thoughts, feelings and stories about their waterways on video. The…
Smashing Pumpkins the Vermont Way
OK, admit it — you’ve always wanted to smash a squash, gouge a gourd, zing a zucchini. Well, this past Sunday in Cambridge, in a field behind Boyden Farms, there was all that and more. The farm was home to what promises to be an annual event: The Vermont Pumpkin Chuckin’ Festival. I won’t bore…
Almost Time for the VT International Film Festival
If you’re thinking, “The what film festival again?” you shouldn’t. With its move to the Palace 9 last year, the annual VTIFF established itself as a place to see movies you’d normally have to trek to NYC for — or wait for a much later Vermont theatrical release. Last year, it featured a little Swedish…
As the Religious Right “Adopts” Liberals, Why No Vermonters on the List?
This week, the Liberty Counsel — renowned for promulgating such 17th-century ideas as its condemnation of Harry Potter books for promoting the practice of witchcraft — launched a new campaign for its hellfire-and-brimstone-fearing minions: The “Adopt a Liberal” program. Ever since the first “Negro” couple moved into the White House in January, the Liberty Counsel…
Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie’s Media Deployment Strategy
After a full day of collecting reaction from politicos and candidates, today I’m taking stock of Republican Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie’s announcement, and more importantly how it was delivered. First, it was a bit of surprise to see how Dubie made the announcement — via email. I’m as big a fan of the paperless office…
Election 2010: Dubie Prepares for Takeoff
Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie’s announcement that he will run for governor ended more than a month of speculation, and for sure there are plenty of Republicans breathing a sigh of relief today. Of elected Republicans, Dubie is perhaps the best known statewide and is seen as their best hope of retaining the governor’s seat in…
It’s Official! Lt. Gov. Dubie Running for Governor
UPDATE at 10:30 a.m. with reaction from Vermont GOP Chairman Rob Roper / Also corrected Mark Snelling’s political intentions. He’s running for lieutenant governor. UPDATE X 2 at 12:10 p.m. with reaction from Gov. Jim Douglas and former Lt. Gov. Doug Racine, now a state senator and Democratic contender for governor. UPDATE X 3 at…
Look, Ma, No More Pigeon Dung!
Ever wonder what seven tons of pigeon guano looks like? Or smells like? Keep wondering. That’s the amount of pigeon crap that was hauled from inside the former Moran Generating Station on Burlington’s waterfront. No, it couldn’t be composted. And no, it wasn’t hazardous waste. City officials are hosting an open house this weekend to…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Less than two hours after three men robbed a woman in Columbus, Ohio, the victim notified police that one of them showed up at her home and asked her for a date. “We are not exactly sure what he was thinking at the time,” police Sgt. Shaun Laird told WBNS-TV after Stephfon…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for September 30 – October 7, 2009. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): Is the electron a wave or a particle? Physicists had to conduct thousands of experiments to arrive at the definitive answer, which is that it’s both. In other words, the solution to…
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The Vermonter [SIV146]
9/26/09: Eva takes a day trip on Amtrak’s The Vermonter train from Essex Jct to Brattleboro for $12/each way (make reservations ahead of time to nab this special discount fare, V189). Ride the rails and visit Vermont villages this fall! Music: Missy Bly, MB3, “Afraid to Fly”
Thunder Road’s Dylan Smith is on a Fast Track to NASCAR
Racecar driver Dylan Smith is screaming around “Turn Two” at Thunder Road Speedbowl in Barre when his rear end skids, sending him into a wild tailspin. While the pack of cars behind him swerves to avoid a pile-up, Smith careens into the center of the oval. Then he manages to straighten out his late-model Pontiac…
Girl Group
Art Review: “On the Landscape: A Feminine Eye,” paintings by Bunny Harvey, Celia Reisman, Ginger Levant, Frances Wells and Kate Emlen. BigTown Gallery, Rochester. Through October 4.
Letters to the Editor
IN DEFENSE OF TOURTERELLE [Suzanne Podhaizer] is completely off base [“Taste Test,” September 16]. Tourterelle is a wonderful place. Her review was all over the map, and her conclusions did not reflect the observations that she wrote about. The bouillabaisse was amazing, but you only recommend a burger? Where is your consistency? It is an…
NYC Greener Than Vermont? Sure, If Air Pollution and Epic Waste Is Green.
If green is the new black and gay is the new green, then that must make New York City the new gay. Whatever. Anyway, what I mean to say is that, according to an article in the inimitable, hard-hitting news org Time magazine, the Big Apple is greener than the Green Mountain State. But how…
Charlie’s With the Angels
Vermont lost one of its most accomplished and compelling characters when Charlie Houston, 96, died on Sunday at his Ledge Road home in Burlington. A pioneer in Himalayan mountaineering, high-altitude medicine and international relations — he directed the Peace Corps in India — he was fully engaged in life until he left it. As recently…
Best Bites: 99 Asian Market
242 North Winooski Avenue, Burlington 865-0226 It’s not often that I can say a restaurant opening has changed my quality of life, but since 99 Asian Market began serving prepared food a month ago, I have had more spring in my step. I can finally get a banh mi, made fresh just for me (right). What’s…
