Jun 15-21, 2011
If You’re a Happy Red Sox Fan, Thank Burlington’s Galen Carr; Financial Watchdog Accuses Green Mtn. Coffee Roasters; Winooski Rebrands Itself, Again; Baking Bloggers at VT Flour Co.
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Stupid Flooding Puts Kibosh on Bike Ferry
This just in from the flooding damage desk: No bike ferry this season. Boo. Apparently, the damage wrought by Mother Nature during the spring flooding was so severe that both the northern and southern sections of the causeway were largely wiped out. Bitch. The erosion damage will not be repaired in time for the ferry…
An Alternate, Augmented Reality in Woodstock
I’ve heard a lot lately about augmented reality, one of those brave-new-world-type tech trends people talk about at web conferences. It’s basically the ability to create an altered version of reality that’s accessible to anyone looking through the lens of a smartphone. I had my first experience with it on Saturday. I expected that to…
Bolton Potholes Sees Rising Tide of A-Holes
It’s been more than 20 years since Robert Fulghum’s book, All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten was on the New York Times best-seller list. But apparently, it’s high time that some visitors to the Bolton Potholes buy a copy, read it — or have someone read it to them — and take…
Assistant Attorney General To Plead Guilty in DUI Case
Here’s the latest on the drunk-driving case that’s sending shock waves through Vermont’s alcohol-testing program. After questioning numerous state officials under oath last month, criminal defense attorney David Sleigh has asked a judge to toss the breath-test evidence against a client facing his fifth DUI. Sleigh argues the state officials’ testimony proves the breath-testing equipment…
Digital Media Festival Tomorrow… in Woodstock?
Woodstock, VT: A lovely town, but not exactly a hub of cutting-edge tech trends. Except for tomorrow, when it hosts the Woodstock Digital Media Festival, a celebration of new media, digital art and innovation. The morning session starts things off with a pair of panel discussions. Christine Paul, the curator of new media at the…
Lordy, Lordy Look Who’s 40: The War on Drugs
Where were you when the War on Drugs was launched 40 years ago by President Richard Nixon? I was about to turn 3 years old, living with my mom and soon-to-be stepdad at the infamous Earth People’s Park commune in Norton, Vt. I guess they were trying to dodge the draft on that war, not…
It’s a Roundabout Not a Rotary, Stupid
If you care to thumb through this week’s Seven Days, you’ll find a little story about the hipsterfication of Winooski. Well, not exactly. It’s more about how the tiny city is leveraging the talents of its newest residents — young creatives — to make itself rad. (Read: hipsterfication) Leading the charge is Jessica Bridge, Realtor,…
Onion City in Bloom
Winooski capitalizes on its hip new residents to prove itself “more than just wild leeks”
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again After Eric Ford, 26, reported the theft of $2300 worth of audio gear from his girlfriend’s vehicle in Lincoln, Neb., police told him it was unlikely to be recovered. Hours later, Ford, who works at a business that installs car stereos, said a customer asked him to hook up a piece of…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The film Tuck Everlasting tells the story of a family that becomes immortal after drinking from a magical spring. The two parents and their two sons hide their gift from the world, but eventually a mysterious man in a yellow suit finds out about their secret and stalks them. At one…
The Shop Around the Corner
On Burlington’s North Street, convenience marts are still one of a kind
Bold Strokes
Eyewitness: “Best of the North East Masters of Fine Arts” at Helen Day Art Center
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Fort Ticonderoga [227]
6/13/11: Eva tags along with Linda Peake’s 3rd grade class from Shoreham Elementary School as they celebrate the end of the school year with a trip across the lake to historic Fort Ticonderoga, also known as “America’s Fort.” During the Revolutionary War, Vermont’s Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ti and won “America’s First Victory.” Thousands…
Letters to the Editor
Correcting the AA Record In response to the May 4 article “Bitter Pills,” Valerie HawkSpirit wrote that all Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are open, “so you may bring anyone you want to a meeting” [Feedback, “Try AA, Not Suboxone,” June 1]. This is actually incorrect information. Some AA meetings are open, and others are closed. To…
Satellite of Love
Side Dishes: Chef’s Corner to open second location in Flynndog Gallery
7 Questions For … Greenpeace Activist Hannah McHardy
Sterling College graduate Hannah McHardy is back home after her high-stakes hijacking of a deep-water oil rig off the coast of Greenland — and she’s got a story to tell. McHardy, 25, and another Greenpeace activist spent four days inside an “Arctic survival pod” underneath the oil rig earlier this month, protesting the planned drilling…
Defense Contractors Land in South Burlington For VT Chamber’s Open House
Funny how the name Lockheed Martin seems to be popping up in Vermont with ever-increasing frequency these days: The Kiss administration’s ongoing courtship of Lockheed Martin in its “Carbon War Room” initiative. The Lockheed-run Sandia National Laboratories’ involvement in Vermont’s ongoing smart-grid deployment. The U.S. Air Force’s choice of South Burlington as one of its…
