The December 14 Rutland City School Board meeting agenda was packed. The 11 school board members needed to ratify a budget for the tech center, discuss a budget for fiscal year 2023 and recognize middle schoolers for their achievements in writing. More than 75 teachers and support staff, clad in red T-shirts to show solidarity,…
Kate Turcotte and her husband, Zack Munzer, have reluctantly given up their effort of more than three years to establish Orb Weaver Creamery as the second-generation farmstead cheesemaking operation on Orb Weaver Farm in New Haven. Married couple Marian Pollack and Marjorie Susman, who own the farm, blazed the trail as the first generation of…
World traveler and longtime Vermont resident lived a full, vibrant and interesting life
The sound of clattering pots and pans echoed through my apartment as I scrubbed down my cookware in a metal sink. I was three years sober, and I had just finished eating a superbly satisfying dinner. After rinsing down the edges of the last remaining frying pan, I sat down in a comfortable armchair and…
Burlington woman was a pioneer in community art projects
When Meaghin Kennedy and Justin Reidy moved from Oregon to Charlotte, Vt., in March 2019, they immediately signed up for a community-supported agriculture share. The couple treasures taking their two young children to pick up the family’s weekly vegetable share and to local farmstands for fresh eggs or winter squash. They chose Vermont in part…
Whether it is a token of virtue, a symbol of acquiescence or an expression of common sense, the pandemic mask is also a new form of litter. Yet rarely do we pick one up — not in the same way we might take a plastic bottle from the trail or a candy wrapper off our…
The sliders were lined up on the launchpad at the top of the hill, adjusting their helmets and donning their goggles as they awaited their turn to race down the curvy white track. Most had never slid this chute before, which was lengthened and upgraded for the winter of 2022. Early scouting reports indicated that…
Al Franken has a résumé unlike that of any other former U.S. senator. The 70-year-old comedian-turned-politician-turned-pundit was an original writer on “Saturday Night Live.” He spent 15 seasons on the hit NBC show before winning a Minnesota Senate seat in 2009. He resigned from the Senate in 2018 after several allegations of past sexual misconduct.…
‘Exceptionally Fine Article’ That was an exceptionally fine article on the journey of Nicholas Languerand into extremism [“Capitol Offense,” February 2]. And also very disturbing. John Thanassi South Burlington ‘Shame’ on Seven Days As a Black woman, retired at 65 and living happily in Vermont, I am appalled by the article that you chose to…
As a case manager at a life insurance company, Mary-Jane Boyce has what she considers a good health plan. So when a bad case of the flu landed her in the emergency room at the Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin several years ago, she couldn’t believe the price tag: $3,000, after insurance kicked in.…
When Janet read on Facebook in December that thieves were rifling through cars in Burlington’s Old North End looking for items to steal, she followed the advice of a neighbor: Keep car doors unlocked so thieves won’t smash the windows. The day after Christmas, Janet (who declined to give her last name) came outside to…
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) “Self-control might be as passionate and as active as the surrender to passion,” wrote Aquarian author W. Somerset Maugham. Yes! I agree! And that’s the perfect message for you to hear right now. If you choose to take advantage of the potentials that life is offering you, you will explore and…
Dear Reverend, An old friend of mine is interested in dating a newish friend of mine. I know the old friend very well, and he’s more than a little nutty. He’s also currently dating several other women. Should I warn my new friend about him and tell her to be cautious? Or should I let…
We’re deep in the winter doldrums, and that’s right where Netflix wants us. What better time to hook us in with an endless supply of limited series that we might be willing to try just because they resemble something we’ve already watched? The streaming service’s algorithm knows I like murder mysteries and stories about women…
Before she started writing about schools for Seven Days, Alison Novak worked in them. Postcollege, she spent a year teaching English to kindergartners in Thailand. She liked it enough to earn a master’s degree in education back in the U.S., through a program that put her in a classroom in the Bronx. Teaching third and…
Matthew Olzmann’s new book is composed of letters — poems that take the form of epistles from the poet to friends and teachers, other sentient beings, objects, and even concepts. Among the correspondents are a flying saucer, the Connecticut River monster, a traffic light in North Carolina and the actor (now corporate flack) William Shatner.…
Rick and Mark Bove want to evict 24 low-income, mostly refugee families from an apartment complex in Winooski and plan to raise rents to market rate, causing panic among tenants and alarming city officials. The notices to vacate 300 Main Street, which take effect at the end of June, come at a time when affordable…
A bed sits at center stage in ArtisTree Music Theatre Festival’s production of I Do! I Do! With a floral quilt and an ornately carved wooden frame, it ties a stately master bedroom together, drawing focus throughout the two-person musical. The dominant and versatile set piece remains a constant as characters Agnes (Lyn Philistine) and…
(Self-released, digital) When I was a kid, I thought all bar bands were like the Jeff Healey Band in Road House. The vision of beleaguered musicians just trying to get through a 12-bar blues song while inebriated rednecks flung beer bottles at them stuck with me. I was truly disappointed when the dive bar I…
Barre artist Sabrina Fadial is known locally for her large-scale, forged metalwork flowers, milkweed pods and other nature-inspired forms. In a solo exhibition at T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier, “Corporeal Discretion,” a different side of her work emerges: Fadial’s inventiveness with found materials. Hundreds of wire hangers form a tiered, chandelier-like sculpture. At one end…
new in theaters DOG: Channing Tatum plays an Army Ranger whose road trip to the funeral of a fellow soldier is interrupted by the shenanigans of his companion — a Belgian Malinois — in this comedy directed by Channing and Reid Carolin. (90 min, PG-13. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Paramount, Roxy, Star, Welden) UNCHARTED:…
(Self-released, digital) Kristian Montgomery calls A Heaven for Heretics, his new album with the Winterkill Band, “another crawling out of the American gutter record.” Though most Vermonters, given the recent whopper of a storm, were probably busier climbing out of snowbanks, Montgomery’s hard-driving country music offers moments of explosive catharsis, perfect for blowing off steam…
The idea behind the bill seemed simple enough: Require hunters to use the animals they kill. Shoot a deer; eat the meat. Trap a coyote; sell the pelt. Bag a bobcat; mount it for your man cave. A “wanton waste” law, in essence, would prohibit hunters from killing animals for no reason. Dozens of states…
Anthony Bourdain skewed my perception of ice fishing. Since watching him in the Québec episode of his food and travel show “Parts Unknown” in 2013, I’ve dreamed of an elaborate meal in a decked-out ice shanty: a multicourse feast served on vintage dishware with oysters, foie gras, lobster with shaved black truffle, an overly fussy…
Coming to Vermont was a big change, Sai Nitchamon said as we embarked on a multicourse dinner. She had agreed to guide me through a meal at Maliwan Thai Restaurant in Essex, which married co-owners Jeanne Sucharitaves and chef Jirapon “Noom” Chaisuwan opened just before Christmas in the space occupied by Joyce’s Noodle House for…
The downtown location of City Market, Onion River Co-op celebrates its 20th anniversary this month with free snacks and a taste of its history. Co-op staff are giving away warm beverages and baked goods from local businesses such as Jones the Boy Bake Shop and My Little Cupcake; look for them each Friday in February…
It’s been a busy month at Burlington breakfast hot spot the Café HOT. Allan and Travis Walker-Hodkin quietly opened the doors at 198 Main Street for on-site dining last Thursday. Seeing a full restaurant — and the surprise and delight on regulars’ faces — was “overwhelming and great,” Travis said. The menu full of “bonuts”…
All I’m Askin’ Monday 21 “Ain’t No Way” anyone but a “Chain of Fools” is missing A Tribute to Aretha Franklin — The Queen of Soul at St. Johnsbury Academy’s Fuller Hall. Damien Sneed, Franklin’s mentee who toured with her for years, and six-time Grammy Award-nominee Valerie Simpson put together a riveting program of the…
Energetic volunteer supported community causes in the South Burlington area
