Aug 14-20, 2013
Vermont’s Meat Industry Gets a Boost From Black River’s New Processing Plant; Sequestration’s Squeeze in Vermont; Drones: Hobby or Privacy Invasion?’ Surf Tunes Up in Burlington
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Black River’s Processing Plant Is a Boon for Local Meat Industry
The 25 Berkshire-Chester pigs that recently arrived at 45 Fairbanks Road in North Springfield had lived a charmed life, at least for pigs: eating grain that had been hand-ground by their owner and waddling contentedly around 200 hilly acres near Enosburg Falls. And, after they met a quick end at a local slaughterhouse, the pigs…
Obituary: Earl Thomas Hazelton
Mr. Earl Thomas Hazelton, age 99 years, a longtime resident of this area died early Monday evening August 19, 2013, at the Northwestern Medical Center. Born in Canaan, NH on June 13, 1914, he was the son of the late Earl and Mamie (Bill) Hazelton. He faithfully served his country in the United States Army…
Obituary: Dorothy R. Pickard
Mrs. Dorothy R. Pickard, age 93 years, died Friday August 16, 2013, at the CVPH Medical Center in Plattsburgh, NY exactly 10 years to the day after her beloved husband Arthur. Born in St. Albans, Vt on March 6, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Julian P. and Gladys Mildred (Logan) Rockwell. Dorothy…
Obituary: Robert J. Peeters Jr.,
1944-2013, Colchester Nov. 21, 1944 – Aug. 12, 2013 Bob said good bye to his family on Monday morning. He passed away at home, just as he wished, after a three year battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Margaret “Peggy” Peeters; son Robert Peeters and his wife, Dawn Peeters,…
Obituary: Elizabeth Eaton,
1931-2013, So. Burlington Elizabeth (Liz) Tracy Eaton passed away Saturday, July 20, 2013 at Pillsbury North Assisted Living Residence in South Burlington in the company of loving family. She was 82. Elizabeth, or Mammie as she was lovingly known to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, was born to Muriel (Richards) Tracy and Gordon Stone Tracy on…
Start-Up SpaceFinder: Offices With High-Speed Internet For Rent Just Off I-89 in Royalton
Looking for a central Vermont home for your techie start-up? Check out these two vacant office buildings just off Interstate89 in Royalton. Both are wired for high-speed internet access through ECFiber, a non-profit coalition of 23 Vermont towns that’s building a state-of-the-art fiber-optic network in rural Vermont. In fact, the first of these two vacant…
Obituary: Jane Mary Many
Jane Mary Many, age 74 years, a lifelong area resident died early Wednesday morning August 14, 2013, at the St. Albans Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Swanton on October 11, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Oneeta (Wool) Therrien. Jane graduated from the former St. Anne’s Academy and furthered her…
Hobbyists, Lawmakers and Privacy Advocates Keep Their Eyes on Drones
I’m flying straight toward a hillside at 75 miles per hour. As I squint at the overgrown shrubbery in front of me, I can make out myself standing alongside Jim Carroll and Mark Rochefort. I go flying over my head and up the lift line at Bolton Valley Ski Area, and then zip back down…
Vermont’s Surf-rock Mavericks Make Waves
Just past the halfway point in Fire Walk With Me, David Lynch’s 1992 full-length prologue/epilogue to “Twin Peaks,” Laura Palmer, the sort-of-protagonist, makes out with a guy named Buck and then drags her friend Donna to a strobe-lit nightclub where a “hell-metal” band, as Lynch’s script describes it, is playing “Blue Frank.” The song is…
Tasting the Early Shift at Henry’s Diner
The light had a quality to which I was unaccustomed — holding in its still-muted rays, the day not yet fully awakened. It was 6 a.m., and I was headed to Henry’s Diner for breakfast. A crowd waited for the bus on Cherry Street near Church, but for the most part, the streets were empty.…
Grilling the Chef: Charlie Menard, Inn at Round Barn Farm
As a high school student in Westford, Charlie Menard was looking forward to the prom, but for him the highlight of the party would be dining at Le Cheval d’Or in Jeffersonville. At the quaint French restaurant, waitstaff in period costume served escargots to the impressionable teen. Menard made it through the dance, but what…
With Photographer Judd Lamphere, Old Dogs Get Their Day … in the Studio
They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. But don’t tell that to Judd Lamphere. Or to the pups that pose for him. The Burlington photographer’s spacious, brick-walled Reciprocity Studio on College Street has lately been hosting panting canines that seem eager to shine in front of his camera. Up two flights of…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Sheriff’s deputies hunting robbery suspect Matthew Oliver in Pasco County, Fla., posted his wanted picture on their Facebook page, naming him their “Fugitive of the Day.” Oliver replied, posting daylong comments, along with his photo and personal details, including his address. Insisting he was set up by a “crack head,” Oliver elicited…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Normally, International CAPS LOCK DAY happens only once a year, on June 28. But in alignment with your current astrological omens, you have been granted the right to observe the next seven days as your own personal International CAPS LOCK DAYS. That means you will probably be forgiven and tolerated if…
WTF: What’s the story behind the stenciled Gs around Middlebury?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: We just had to ask…
Theater Review: The Winter’s Tale
Staging Shakespeare outdoors is a direct invitation to enjoy a playwright whose works are as reliable as a sunset for bringing us joy. Packed with possibilities, the plays always need rediscovering by theater troupes, and local theatergoers are fortunate to have the inventive talents of the Vermont Shakespeare Company working in Burlington and North Hero.…
Art Review: “Exposed” at Helen Day Art Center
One of the best things about “Exposed,” Helen Day Art Center’s annual outdoor sculpture show, is that it’s outdoors. Given the occasional vandalism and thefts over the years, the gallery deserves props for just doing it. And for making the formidable effort to site nearly 30 works on the gallery’s lawn, around the village of…
Why Vermont Families Open Their Doors to Lake Monsters
NOTE: This story first appeared in the August issue of Kids VT, Seven Days’ free monthly parenting publication. In 1995, Freda Tutt was sitting in the stands at Centennial Field, taking in a Vermont Expos baseball game with her son, when a message crackled across the public address system. “They made an announcement at the…
Letters to the Editor
Feed the Poor [Re Fair Game: “Wheys and Meanies,” June 26]: Earlier this month the U.S. House of Representatives, on a party-line vote, broke with tradition by stripping from the farm bill the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — aka food stamps. What’s left in the bill is billions of dollars of subsidies mostly for farming conglomerates.…
