Jun 6-12, 2012
Everyone Agrees the Burlington School District Has a Race Problem. Now What?; Bristol Tutors High-Risk Teens; Reggae Superstar Jimmy Cliff at Jazz Fest; New Cuisine in the Valley
Cover Story
F-35 Supporters Running Ads Downplaying Noise Concerns
More than 125 Vermonters — some of them well-known business leaders — have signed on to a newspaper advertisement in support of basing the Air Force’s F-35 jet fighter at the National Guard station at Burlington International Airport. The ad downplays opponents’ concerns about the noise the planes would generate and emphasizes what the signers…
In City Hall Reorg, Weinberger Seeks to Bolster Mayor’s Office Staff
As part of a proposed reorganization of his office, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger plans to ask the city council to increase his staff from two to three, arguing that he needs another staffer to get the job done. “After two months on the job, I’m convinced I need additional capacity in the mayor’s office to…
Movies You Missed 42: Tomboy
This week in movies you missed, a 10-year-old makes gender trouble in France. What You Missed When young Laure (Zoé Héran, pictured) moves to a new neighborhood with her pregnant mom (Sophie Cattani), her dad (Mathiu Demy) and her 6-year-old sister, Jeanne (Malonn Lévana), she isn’t planning to pass herself off as a boy. But…
Burlington State Rep. and Former Mayoral Candidate Jason Lorber Will Not Seek Reelection
*UPDATED* Four-term Burlington state representative and former mayoral candidate Jason Lorber will not seek reelection to the Vermont House, he announced Friday morning in an e-mail to supporters. First elected to the legislature in 2004, Lorber was one of four Democrats to seek his party’s nomination for mayor last fall, saying he would serve as…
Opposition to Basing F-35 War Planes at Burlington International Airport Spreads and Sharpens
About three dozen Onion City residents made a big stink Thursday evening at the Winooski Welcome Center about the possible basing of F-35 war planes at Burlington International Airport. The Winooski contingent was part of a fired-up and mainly middle-aged audience that also included anti-F-35 activists from Burlington, Colchester and South Burlington. One woman at the meeting called…
Vermont Dems (and a Republican) to Raise Money Over Nachos and Cervezas
If you’re looking to schmooze with Vermont politicos over nachos and margaritas, Tortilla Coast’s your place tonight. If you haven’t heard of it, that’s because it ain’t in Montpelier. Just two blocks from the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., Tortilla Coast is a popular watering hole for Beltway types looking to cool off with a…
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Montpelier Fashion Show [270]
6/2/12: The 8th Annual Montpelier Fashion Show drew crowds on Saturday, despite the rain. 12 downtown businesses and 4 Vermont designers displayed their duds on the runway with the help of over 60 models. This year’s theme was “Wildlife” and the Nongame Wildlife Fund was on hand to bring awareness to Vermont’s declining bat population…
Radio Show ‘State of the Re:Union’ Comes to Vermont
A few months ago a young woman named Katrina Roi contacted Seven Days. She’s an intern at “State of the Re:Union,” a syndicated public-radio show and website that reports on locales around the U.S. I had heard this program on Vermont Public Radio a number of times and really enjoyed its in-depth explorations of not…
What’s the story behind the old cemetery on Shelburne Road in South Burlington?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: We just had to ask…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): If your destiny has gotten tweaked by bias or injustice, it’s a good time to rebel. If you are being manipulated by people who care for you — even if it’s allegedly for your own good — you now have the insight and power necessary to wriggle free of the bind.…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Police investigating a fire at an automotive shop in Gloucester Township, Mass., accused Mark Trigg, 20, and Cameron Semple, 21, of setting the fire to cover up a burglary. Trigg had a master key to certain vending machines, but after he and Semple broke into the shop, they found the key didn’t…
Turning the Mondial
Food News: Six hundred beers in five days? It must be Montréal Beer Fest
Letters to the Editor
Not Good for the ’Hood The properties along Airport Road are not being maintained, and it is affecting the entire neighborhood [Stuck in Vermont, “A Neighborhood’s Future Is Up in the Air,” May 23]. Our home prices are beginning to drop due to the area around us. I would guess the airport was told in…
Farmer Dave Shoots for the Senate
Hinesburg farmer and former Burlington lawmaker David Zuckerman said Tuesday he’s returning to politics and running for the state senate. First elected to the Vermont House in 1996 at the tender age of 25, Zuckerman worked his way up to chair the House Agriculture Committee — despite serving as a Progressive in a Democrat-controlled body.…
