Jul 28 – Aug 3, 2010
The Adirondack Issue: Lake Placid’s Ironman Business; Hiking to ADK’s Fire Towers; The Once and Future of Tahawus
Tegan & Sara Banter in B-Town
Last Thursday, Canadian superduo/world’s chattiest identical twins Tegan and Sara fluttered into town for their first show in Burlington since Higher Ground was in Winooski about nine years ago. All I have to say about that is, it’s about flipping time. Ok, I have a few other things to say about their descent on our…
One of Two Progressives Resigns from Burlington City Council
And then there was one. Progressive City Councilor Marrisa Caldwell has resigned her Burlington City Council seat effective this weekend, citing “personal reasons.” Her resignation leaves Emma Mulvaney-Stanak (P-Ward 3) as the sole Progressive on the city’s 14-member council. Democrats hold seven seats, the Republicans three, and there are two independents. This marks the fewest…
Welch Serves on Special Panel Overseeing Rangel Ethics Charges
Vermont’s Rep. Peter Welch will play a key role in an unfolding ethics scandal in the House of Representatives, as he has been named to a special adjudicatory panel weighing evidence of wrongdoing against former House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY). A set of 13 allegations against Rangel were made public today…
Sorry I Missed You … Signed, [Candidate]
* Updated * As August 24 gets closer, no one is likely to be immune from receiving campaign literature in the mail — or dropped on your doorstep, or hung from your doorknob. Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin’s campaign made a recent swing through Burlington’s Old North End, leaving behind a trail of glossy…
Combo Platter: CSB, Vermont BBQ, Sugarsnap Expands
Alice Levitt Gluten-Free Grub The trend of food businesses asking for community funding is on the rise. It’s part of the claim to fame of The Bobcat Café in Bristol and Claire’s Restaurant & Bar in Hardwick. Julianne Jones looked to a website called Kickstarter.com to raise $12,000 so she can open The Vergennes Laundry,…
Vermont Brewers Festival Video
I don’t drink, so I really didn’t expect to have much fun at the Vermont Brewers Festival. Boy, was I wrong. I had a great night, talking to people and eating local food. In fact, Bite Club TV videographer Elizabeth Rossano and I had so much fun, we made two videos of the event. This…
Gallery Profile: Adirondack Art Association Gallery
The view from the Adirondack Art Association Gallery in downtown Essex, N.Y., may be reason enough to hop on the Charlotte ferry and cross Lake Champlain this summer. The historic firehouse building hugs the shoreline, so, when both doors to the back patio are flung open, all you can see is water. Oh, and the…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Police responding to a home-burglary call in Kennewick, Wash., found Nathan Watkins, 31, making a slow-speed getaway on a stolen riding mower in broad daylight, towing a trailer of other lawn-care equipment and a second riding mower. (Tacoma’s News Tribune) Police investigating the theft of petty cash from a church in York,…
All In For Anal
Dear Mistress Maeve, I’m writing on behalf of me and my partner, as we need some assistance in the “back door” area, if you will. I am a 34-year-old female without much anal sex experience. He is a 37-year-old male whose ex-girlfriend could apparently fit the Goodyear Blimp into her anus without so much as…
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The Ghost Town of Tahawus [SIV185]
7/22/10: Take a walk back in time in the abandoned ghost town of Tahawus, New York. In the 1800s, Tahawus was an active mining village thanks to its rich deposits of iron ore. Years later it became home to the swanky Tahawus Club. In the mid 1900s mining operations were resumed thanks to the nation’s…
Town Out of Time
Deep in the Adirondacks, an abandoned mining village holds rich veins of history
From the Top
Some see fire towers as the Adirondacks’ crowning glory; others say they mar the real view
The Adirondack Black-Ash Pack Basket Isn’t Just for Decoration
If ever a region had a built-in set of trademarks, it’s the Adirondacks. From the iconic Adirondack chair to the utilitarian guide boats to the rustic birch-bark and twig furniture, New York’s North Country is rife with regional emblems. One perennial at gift shops and home-goods stores throughout the 6-million-acre Adirondack Park is the pack…
Mountain Guide
Despite lost vision, Adirondack Life editor Betsy Folwell trains a keen eye on the region
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for July 28 – August 3, 2010. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): Success coach Tom Ferry says our ability to pursue our dreams can be damaged by four addictions: 1. an addiction to what other people think of us; 2. an addiction to creating…
Art Review: Sid Couchey, Adirondack Art Association Gallery
What do 1950s comic books and the Lake Champlain monster have in common? Sid Couchey. He may not be a household name, but the titles of Couchey’s comics certainly were. “At one time,” he says, “Richie Rich was the most popular comic book in the world, translated into many languages.” Indeed, the story of the…
Letters to the Editor
Hackie Helped My name is Steve Sgorbati, and I am the town clerk in Sudbury, the hometown of “Gerald,” the subject of the “Hackie” column [July 14] entitled “Back to Hortonia.” I just wanted author Jernigan Pontiac to know that, on July 15, “Gerald,” as he called Charles Knakal, suffered an acute myocardial infarction and…
‘Splaining the BTV Sidewalk Stencils
Sometimes pictograms can be hard to understand. What, with all those symbols and images making things hard to figure out and all. Luckily, I’m here to help decipher some for you. Well, really just one. This one: This is an image that details a gender-neutral amputee standing next to a cocktail table with some stairs…
