For nearly two decades, Jan Schultz pushed local leaders to improve the efficiency of Burlington’s wood-fired electricity plant. A retired software engineer who served on the board of the Burlington Electric Department in the early 1980s, Schultz is painfully aware of how much energy the city-owned Joseph C. McNeil Generating Station wastes. About 75 percent…
Artist, musician and storyteller lived a life of love and creativity
Vermont State University would cut 10 academic programs and eliminate as many as 33 full-time faculty positions under a new cost-cutting plan that administrators proposed on Monday. Another 13 academic programs would be consolidated, and 11 would be moved to new campus locations. Proposed to be closed over the next two years are the music, performance…
Richmond woman traveled extensively, loved all animals and cared for many loved ones throughout her life
Native New Yorker had an immeasurable impact on the lives of the countless children she taught
With a career in the banking industry, former Vermonter viewed commercial and cultural exchange as a pathway to world peace
Burlington man’s greatest passion was serving as an Episcopal priest
Woman of determination and compassion leaves behind a legacy of love and service
Philanthropist and benefactor of the McClure Miller Respite House is remembered for her goodness, generosity and humility
The University of Vermont launched its studio art program in 1924 and opened the Fleming Museum of Art on campus in 1931. Yet the museum has never hosted a show by the faculty, who teach nearby in Williams Hall. “Praxis: Recent Work by Studio Art Faculty at UVM” is a late correction to that oversight…
Everyone’s Problem Nancy Berger’s letter [Feedback: “Welcome All Freeloaders,” September 20] tries to place blame for Burlington’s rise in drug and homelessness problems on the city council and administration. Ironically, at around the same time that Berger, of Shelburne, was penning her letter, the Vergennes police published the following log entry for September 5: “Encountered…
Netflix may put out a lot of cookie-cutter content, but the streaming service is also still angling for awards. Witness El Conde (“The Count”), the latest from Chilean director Pablo Larraín, best known in the U.S. for his highly unconventional biopics Jackie and Spencer. This, too, is a wacked-out biopic of sorts: Its subject is…
new in theaters THE CREATOR: An ex-soldier (John David Washington) finds the perfect weapon for a war between humans and artificial intelligence in this sci-fi adventure directed by Gareth Edwards (Godzilla). (133 min, PG-13. Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Paramount, Star, Stowe, Sunset) DUMB MONEY: This comedy directed by Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya) relates the stranger-than-fiction…
Barre artist Fred Swan’s paintings of the New England countryside often evoke a common reaction: “Oh, I know where that is!” Swan has painted real landmarks, such as the Stowe Community Church and Saint Anne’s Shrine in Isle La Motte. But most of the time, viewers are mistaken: Much of the idyllic scenery Swan paints…
Essex Junction resident David Spargo claims to know every five-letter word in the dictionary. Prompt him with a set of letters, and he can recall all 9,383 of the words they form, to be exact. Just don’t mistake his ability for an advanced vocabulary. “Ninety percent of words I know, I have no idea what…
No, this isn’t a lost episode of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” But if you love the story of a ragtag crew of friends rolling up their sleeves to save their favorite drinking hole, you’ll want to know what a group of like-minded Montpelier music fans is doing this weekend for Bent Nails Bistro. Langdon…
Middlebury College professor Rebecca Ayako Bennette thinks history has a public relations problem. Since 2008, the number of undergraduates receiving degrees in history has fallen more steeply than any other major. In 2019, that number reached a historic low, according to the American Historical Association. Bennette doesn’t blame students who choose different majors — she…
(Self-released, digital) Of the many things to love about tip/toe’s new album, its title is one of the best — and most revealing. By declaring that Hot Girls Don’t Trust the Government, the Burlington pop artist frames herself as unfiltered, fired up, opinionated, and part of a highly visible faction of young people who are…
At first it seemed like Mali Obomsawin just wanted to talk about her music. But the award-winning bassist, composer and singer-songwriter is also a community organizer and advocate for Indigenous rights, and her music is interwoven with her Indigenous heritage. And because she’s performing in Vermont, her conversation with Seven Days quickly turned to what…
(Self-released, digital) Florida native Kristian Montgomery settled easily into Vermont life when he moved here in 2020, making a happy home in Wallingford complete with goats, horses and fowl. His sound, on the other hand, may not have fit into the Green Mountain musical landscape quite as well. “I’m unique to the scene and don’t…
Location: 3rd floor meeting room Richmond Town Offices, 203 Bridge Street Richmond VT, 05477 Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82607801509 Meeting ID: 812 7003 3916 Passcode: 550860 Call-in: +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) Application materials may be viewed at http://www.richmondvt.gov/boards-minutes/developmentreview-board/ before the meeting. Please call Tyler Machia, Zoning Administrator, at 802-434-2430 or email tmachia@richmondvt.gov with…
On Saturday, September 30, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra will perform under the baton of its first new music director in more than two decades: Andrew Crust. Yes, that Andrew Crust — the one whose name Cate Blanchett’s imperious conductor character in the movie Tár tosses out as a possible replacement for the assistant conductor she…
Ashley Hostetter took a deep breath and opened the box. Months had passed since she looked inside, but she knew its contents intimately. An impossibly small hospital band. Anger-provoking medical records. Most painful of all, the baby book. Hostetter flipped to the page that tallied her emotions when she learned she was pregnant. Her 18-year-old…
Dear Reverend, I’m from the South, but I moved to Vermont in the spring and share an apartment with two Vermonters. I’m already freezing, but they’re still wearing T-shirts and say they don’t turn on the heat until November. They tell me it’s too expensive and we should wait, but I think they’re crazy. Are…
At 5:15 a.m. on a Sunday morning in June, about 150 people staying at an adult-only campground in Stannard awoke to the sound of rapid gunfire. Some campers said they saw two figures in the distance. For roughly two minutes, the sound of round after round rang out. “This is for last night,” one of…
Twenty-year-old Angus Montgomery started delivering mail to the City-5 route in Montpelier on September 2. He took over the route from his dad, Craig Montgomery, who inherited it from his father, Dave Montgomery. And Dave followed in the footsteps of his pop, Harold Montgomery. Four generations of postal carriers from the Montgomery family have walked…
LIBRA (Sep. 23-Oct. 22): If you have ever contemplated launching a career as a spy, the coming months will be a favorable time to do so. Likewise if you have considered getting trained as a detective, investigative journalist, scientific researcher or private eye. Your affinity for getting to the bottom of the truth will be…
Eight days before she was to deliver the headliner address opening Burlington’s Green Mountain Book Festival, Alison Bechdel confessed that she was still trying to get her talk together. Bechdel is best known as the creator of “Dykes to Watch Out For,” the groundbreaking comic strip that ran in newspapers for 25 years; and Fun…
Most people associate Burton Snowboards with northern Vermont. The company has been headquartered in Burlington for decades and has strong connections to Stowe. But a new historic marker is putting Burton’s Londonderry roots on the map. Jake Burton Carpenter started the company in the small southern Vermont town in 1977, producing some of his first…
Feel that crisp air creeping in? Smell all that pumpkin crap? Summer is dead, people — long live the spooky season. And, just as all the cardboard skeletons and fake spiderwebs start popping up, here comes the ghastly specter of Matt Hagen, harbinger of Samhain, Burlington’s own Elvira. That’s right, the guitarist and member of…
I got an email from a Burlington business owner thanking Seven Days for last week’s story about Wayne Savage, a freelance photographer who has spent decades shooting crime scenes for Vermont news outlets. With a police scanner affixed to his ear, Savage hears most emergency calls in the area and responds to many — often…
Al fresco diners on Burlington’s lower Church Street scattered one evening in August when gunfire erupted at an apartment house across the street. The cops had no trouble finding 184 Church Street; after all, they’ve responded to calls there nearly 1,000 times over the past decade. Sometimes, it’s to escort EMTs, who won’t enter the…
Before I even took my first bite of Namaste Kitchen’s chile momos back in 2022, I knew the dish was something special. I’d come across a photo while searching the new restaurant’s menu online: a plate of perfectly pleated dumplings glistening with a deep red, sticky coating. I’m a sucker for stuffed dough (pierogi, tortellini,…
After two years of selling empanadas at pop-ups and farmers markets, Paprika Catering is going brick-and-mortar in Waterbury. Jacqueline de Achaval and Jennifer McCabe-de Achaval will open an empanada shop at 44 Foundry Street in mid-October or early November. Paprika will offer Argentinean-style baked empanadas for on-site dining as well as takeout. The menu will…
Appalachian Gap Distillery cofounders Lars Hubbard and Chuck Burkins sold majority ownership of their Middlebury distillery to longtime employee Will Drucker in July. The pair launched the distillery in 2011 with a focus on whiskey after taking a course at New York’s Cornell University on artisanal distilling. In 2018, Drucker, living in Brooklyn at the…
Former ski instructor and restaurateur had a longtime association with Smugglers’ Notch, where she became known as Princess Vera
Former Vermont Citizen of the Year shared 62 years of marriage and raised seven children
Father and husband shared his intelligence, curiosity, love for Broadway and social work skills to leave the world a better place
Teacher, poet and artist never stopped dreaming, imagining and connecting others
The founders of Citizen Cider made a clear distinction when they launched their first alcoholic beverage a dozen years ago: They weren’t a beer company, and their product wasn’t like beer. They compared their apple-based fermented cider to wine and emphasized its appeal to every type of person, every citizen. That distinction shifted in June,…
Guitar Hero Saturday 30 Grammy-nominated rocker Amythyst Kiah returns to the Northeast Kingdom, six-string in hand, for a show at Vermont State University-Johnson’s Dibden Center for the Arts. Her vibrant, immersive brand of roots music weaves together authentic emotion and blistering blues riffs for an unparalleled Americana experience. Cheese All That Saturday 30 The first…
Bright light in the entertainment world had an uncanny ability to befriend people and always put others first
The family of Dean Corren invites you to join them to honor his life on Sunday October 8, 2023. The service will begin at 11 a.m. at Contois Auditorium, Burlington City Hall, 149 Church St. Please bring your fondest memories to share. Click here for the live stream.
Psychologist and Buddhist practitioner was a friend to the friendless, champion of the disenfranchised and patron saint to the lonely
Writer and lifelong lover of books was a founding member of the Vermont Antiquarian Booksellers Association
Family remembers their beloved Holly
