Aug 15-21, 2012
From Disney Knickknacks to Shrunken Heads, These Vermonters’ Collections Are Far From Common; In Irene Funding Dispute, Shumlin Makes Nice With FEMA; Are Burlington Restaurants Discriminating Against Québecois Customers?
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Cool and Collected
From Disney knickknacks to shrunken heads, these Vermonters’ collections are far from common
Movies You Missed 52: Kill List
This week in movies you missed: To celebrate a full year of movies we missed, here’s a film that will throw you for a loop. What You Missed Do not let anyone spoil you for Kill List. If a friend says, “It’s just like that old cult classic, you know, the one that was remade…
Help Map Burlington’s Neighborhoods With New Crowdsourcing Project
Where’s the line between the Old North End and New North End? How far does Downtown stretch? How big is the Five Sisters neighborhood? If you think you know the answers to these questions, your expertise is needed. Burlington cartographer Bill Morris of GeoSprocket created a tool that allows you to draw the Queen City’s…
VIDEO: 7 Highlights/Lowlights From Last Night’s Seven Days-Channel 17 Attorney General Debate
Oh, snap! Democratic rivals for attorney general, incumbent Bill Sorrell and contender T.J. Donovan, threw down on their home turf last night in a feisty debate inside Burlington City Hall sponsored by Seven Days and Channel 17 Town Meeting Television. With the August 28 primary less than two weeks away, Sorrell and Donovan are jockeying…
Shumlin Widens Fundraising Gap, While Brock Widens Fund-Spending Gap
The news coming out of Wednesday’s monthly campaign finance filing deadline is hardly news at all: Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin continues to raise money, while his challenger, Sen. Randy Brock (R-Franklin), continues to spend it. In the 30 days since they last reported fundraising numbers, Shumlin took in $160,293 to Brock’s $55,329. But in that…
In Irene Funding Dispute, Shumlin Makes Nice With FEMA
For nearly four weeks, Gov. Peter Shumlin’s administration has blamed the Federal Emergency Management Agency for misleading — and even deceiving — the state into believing it was due more in Tropical Storm Irene recovery funding than it may eventually receive. But on Tuesday, Shumlin sought to hit the reset button with the feds. “I’m…
WTF: Why is there a drive-up window at Akes’ Place?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: We just had to ask…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again British authorities uncovered a terrorist plot to bomb Jewish sites after the couple planning the attacks got into an argument that resulted in police being called to intervene. Prosecutor Bobbie Cheema said Shasta Khan, 38, told officers Mohammed Sajid Khan, 33, was “a home-grown terrorist” and proceeded to “spill the beans” about…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): These days you have a knack for reclamation and redemption, Aries. If anyone can put fun into what’s dysfunctional, it’s you. You may even be able to infuse neurotic cluelessness with a dose of erotic playfulness. So be confident in your ability to perform real magic in tight spots. Be alert…
Crumbs
Leftover food news: Benefit for Moretown farm; new restaurant in South Royalton; Farah’s resumes lunch
Letters to the Editor
Wrong River In “A Flying Leap” [July 25], Tom Simon made reference to a track meet in Claremont, N.H., with schools from both sides of the White River participating. I believe the reference should be to the Connecticut River, which is the border between Vermont and New Hampshire; the White River flows only in Vermont.…
Shumlin Opponents Mount Write-In Campaign
Concerned about wind turbines on ridgelines or chloramine in your water supply? If so, chances are you’ve heard of Annette Smith, the no-nonsense director of the grassroots organization Vermonters for a Clean Environment. Smith has made a name for herself advocating on behalf of local communities fighting unwanted development, and now her supporters hope that Smith’s…
