Bruce Ryan took aim at Montpelier Gun Club pollution – and 16 years later found his target
Anyone want to guess what shows up on the front page of the Burlington Free Press tomorrow morning? My money is on this morning’s Vermont Supreme Court decision, which sided with Chittenden County State’s Attorney T.J. Donovan — and against the Free Press — to keep confidential the search warrants, police affidavits and other documents related…
Thomas Drake, a former Vermonter and celebrated whistleblower charged with mishandling classified national security information, won’t serve time in jail for his communications with a reporter for the Baltimore Sun. On Friday, a federal judge handed Drake a lenient sentence of a year’s probation and community service, bringing his Kafka-esque trial to a close. According…
In a terse, three-sentence statement the U.S. Attorney’s office announced today that it was “closing its investigation into possible violations of federal law by Burlington Telecom and related entities and individuals.” In the statement, U.S. Attorney Tristram Coffin said the investigation had “produced insufficient evidence to file criminal charges, and therefore the investigation would be…
Have you ever walked through Burlington City Hall Park and thought, This place is nice and all, but it could really use some more public art. Or maybe regular circus performances, or a public garden? Now’s your chance to voice your opinion; Burlington City Arts just received a $50,000 grant from the National Endowment for…
Before last Friday, John Becker was just your average guy working for a nonprofit and leading a relatively quiet life in Burlington. Then a story broke in “The Nation” revealing how Becker, 26, infiltrated Bachmann & Associates, the Christian counseling service run by GOP presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann’s husband, Marcus, to expose its use of…
Burlington is many things, but an international center of high fashion it isn’t. Sure, there’s Karl Lagerfeld’s island vacation home, and our state inspired a New York Fashion Week line earlier this year. But that’s about it. But just because we’re not uber-fashionable, that doesn’t mean we actually dress badly, does it? Let’s ask GQ…
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7/9/11: Last Saturday, over 200 people participated in the Heart of the Islands Bike Tour which was organized by Vermont Farm Tours and benefited Local Motion. Riders met at the Snow Farm Vineyard in South Hero and chose between 3 routes, ambling through country lanes with killer views and stopping along the way for art,…
Come next summer, all Burlington taxi cabs will be required to have meters. But for the next 12 months, figuring out what your cab ride should cost — and whether you’re getting ripped off — could be more confusing than ever. On Monday, July 11, the Burlington City Council passed new taxi regulations. Among other…
A food writer samples the cruise-ship fare, and entertainment, in her own backyard
Burlington music label Mars Pyramid releases otherworldy sounds
Curses, Foiled Again Authorities charged Carl Muggli, 49, with murdering his wife in Ray, Minn., despite his insistence that the 17-foot-tall totem pole the two were carving slipped out of its cradle and fell on her accidentally. Investigators became suspicious when they found Facebook entries, which the criminal complaint described as “very intimate in nature,”…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the coming days you have permission from the universe to dwell less on what needs to be resisted, protested, flushed out and overcome. Instead you have license to concentrate on what deserves to be fostered, encouraged, bolstered and invited in. Sound like fun? It will be if you can do…
UVM’s new Clinical Simulation Lab employs mannequins that sweat, bleed and breathe
Work: Angelo Cedrone, Manager, FEMA Disaster Recovery Center, Malletts Bay
At All Souls Interfaith Gathering, the faith is inclusive and the views are divine
Side Dishes: Hong Kong Jade Restaurant opens in South Burlington
Eyewitness: “Visions of Place”, Vermont Folklife Center
GMP’s President and CEO Mary Powell (pictured) will lead the newly-formed company, said Gaz Métro President and CEO Sophie Brochu. “She will assemble a strong local leadership team to guide the company forward.” Powell spent the last few weeks meeting with Rutland officials who had concerns about the Gaz Métro bid, fearing that GMP would…
Today I was talking to my friend Kate about this new blogging venture and she suggested I discuss the process of editing. It’s something I could talk about for hours so here goes. At Seven Days, every story goes through an intense editing and proofreading process with several sets of eyes perusing each bit of…
Correction: Due to a production error, a portion of Lauren Ober’s story “Pride Plays Debut at the Chandler” was missing in last week’s issue. It included a mention of The Times by Mark S. Watson, a finalist in the Great Gay Play Contest, which was performed earlier this week; and Nancy Beverly’s screenplay Shelby’s Vacation,…
