Help us pay for in-depth stories like this one by becoming a Seven Days Super Reader. On a recent summer evening, a group of twentysomethings relaxed and chatted in front of Haven, a curated vintage furniture store in downtown St. Johnsbury. Inside, a New York City-based tattoo artist sold screen prints and scheduled inking appointments among trays…
A leading scholar of Black entrepreneurship believed research and teaching should increase quality of life for others
Devoted mother and entrepreneur felt lucky to have an extraordinary life marked by a love of travel and a perpetually sunny spirit
Lifelong learner cared for family and friends in unique ways and focused professionally on the dignity and respect of injured employees
Waitsfield man helped outfit countless families skiing at Sugarbush and Mad River Glen over the years and embraced the simplicity of rural life
Local musician had a knack for honest songwriting and always lifted the spirits around him
Amateur photographer and ham radio operator is remembered by his younger brother as a mentor and teacher
Woman was known for her love of and skill at gardening and nourished lasting friendships based on love and acceptance
Design engineer was an avid skier and volunteered for local ski clubs
Dedicated healthcare administrator was a voice for those most in need
Mount Mansfield Union High School graduate was an accomplished athlete
Application 300007-17 from RMH Management, LP and Mochi Investments, LLC, Royal Group, was received on May 28, 2024 and deemed complete on July 3, 2024. This permit specifically provides after-the-fact authorization for the construction of a 10,800 square foot warehouse building and supporting infrastructure on a 1.4 -acre parcel within the Griswold Industrial Park. This…
(Self-released, digital) When a teacher, a poet, a builder and a painter walk into a bar in southern Vermont, a priest walks out. In this case, the teacher is Chandler Poling, a music educator who shares the joy of playing guitar and ukulele with his students. The poet, Mike Snide, works alongside his brother, Paul…
Northstar Self Storage will be having a public and online sale/auction on July 25, 2024 at 9am EST at 205 Route 4A West, Castleton, VT 05735 (C92, C94), 1124 Charlestown Road, Springfield, VT 05156 (Units CC28, S23, S56, S58, S95, S108, S125), 681 Rockingham Road, Rockingham, VT 05151 (R19, R67, R83), 615 Route 7, Danby…
(Self-released, digital) Nothing says “I love you” like a curated selection of tunes. Words can’t match the magic power of a mixtape to sum up everything you want to say. While writing and recording the material for her debut album, Every Song On This Playlist Is For You, Andover singer-songwriter and producer Aleda Bliss “kept…
Sometimes being a music journalist is about keeping a straight face. I hear a lot of cliché statements and bold axioms, such as “This album is going to change things” or “The track reinvents [insert style of music]” or, my favorite, “We transcend genre.” Don’t get me wrong: I’m here for all those things. It’s…
Four people, possessing the best intentions, discover their worst qualities in Karen Zacarías’ popular comedy Native Gardens, a story of next-door neighbors in bitter disagreement. The Dorset Theatre Festival production is light summer entertainment featuring actors who make the laugh lines sparkle. Humor sugarcoats the tricky subject of cultural differences, and the play skates above…
In a world rife with printed material, why make more? Printmaking may be the least understood art medium, even as it’s arguably the most straightforward. The gulf is wide between what rolls rapidly off an automated printing press — such as this newspaper — and what emerges from designing and inking one sheet at a…
Greenprint Partners, acting as Project Manager, seeks qualified contractors for a Vermont Schools Green Infrastructure Stormwater Improvements for the location listed below. Federal Disadvantage Business Enterprise (DBE), Women-Owned, Veteran-Owned, Minority-Owned contractors and suppliers, and Small Businesses are strongly encouraged to submit a bid proposal. Project Description: The project consists of stormwater improvements at various schools…
Things got very biblical and flood-y in Vermont again last week. On exactly the one-year anniversary of 2023’s historic flooding, the Green Mountains took another pounding as the remnants of Hurricane Beryl ravaged parts of the state, killing two and causing an estimated $15 million in damage to communities such as Barre, Hardwick and Plainfield.…
Dear Reverend, I like to think I’m a generally happy person, but my friends tell me that I have resting bitch face. I don’t care all that much, but is there anything I can do to change it? If another old guy tells me to smile, I’m going to flip out. Notorious RBF (woman, 27)…
On a recent July afternoon, state architectural historian Devin Colman admired the 1905 Redstone Cottage on North Avenue in Burlington. Parks, Recreation & Waterfront director Cindi Wight and restoration architect Jay White were giving Colman a tour of the newly restored city-owned structure — an adorable cottage and its 1980s addition — now home to…
The Cortina Inn, one of 76 hotels and motels sheltering homeless people in Vermont, is not complying with provisions of an agreement with the Town of Rutland that are intended to keep residents safe. A hotel staff member is on the sex offender registry, a violation of the November 2023 terms. Exterior doors don’t have…
At the Current’s summer opening celebration in Stowe, a few of the youngest visitors enthusiastically climbed and bounced on Hank Willis Thomas’ “Ernest and Ruth,” an 8-foot-wide orange cartoon thought bubble outlined in steel. It’s one of two “benches” by the Brooklyn artist in “Exposed,” the Current’s annual outdoor sculpture show. “Ernest and Ruth” is…
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Application 4C1353-1 from Handy’s Hotels and Rentals, LLC, Attn: Gabriel Handy, 197 Pearl Street, Essex Junction, VT 05452 was received on June 26, 2024 and deemed complete on July 10, 2024. The project is generally described as revisions to the previously approved Sunderland Apartments project (LUP 4C1353) consisting of changing the placement of the building…
CANCER (Jun. 21-Jul. 22): In 1986, Cancerian singer-songwriter George Michael released his song “A Different Corner.” It was a big hit. Never before in British pop music had an artist done what Michael accomplished: wrote, sang, arranged and produced the tune and played all the instruments. I foresee the possibility of a similar proficiency in…
Application 4C1042-3 from East Engineering, PLC, 13 Jolina Court, Second Floor, Richmond, VT 05477 and Eden Sand & Gravel Company, Inc., 1159 Foote Brook Road, Johnson, VT 05656 was received on July 1, 2024 and deemed complete on July 8, 2024. The project is generally described as subdivision of a 39.6 +/- acre parcel into…
‘Memorable Plates’ Jordan Barry and Melissa Pasanen’s recent mosaic of short pieces about diners around Vermont is excellent [“Order Up,” July 3]! We need this type of reporting — clear-eyed and sympathetic rather than nostalgic — because it is not easy to run a restaurant, even in the best of times. Each piece tells a…
In a February 2020 review, I praised director Oz Perkins as the creator of “the world’s most contemplative satanic possession movie.” That was a reference to one of his earlier films, The Blackcoat’s Daughter. The bigger-budget movie I was reviewing, twisted fairy tale Gretel & Hansel, disappeared into the pandemic vortex and did no wonders…
Two days before she drank a cocktail of medications that would end her life, Rita Mannebach said she was not afraid. “I don’t know what happens after we die — if anything,” 84-year-old Mannebach told a Seven Days reporter last week, her small frame tucked into the corner of an oversize couch in a rented…
The legal Ward 3 voters of the City of Burlington, Vermont are hereby warned and notified to come and vote at a Special Ward 3 Meeting onTuesday, the 13th of August, 2024 between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. at the voting place hereinafter named and designated as polling place: Ward Three: Sustainability Academy, 123 North…
Justin Marsh is a queer fifth-generation Vermonter who grew up in Cambridge and never left. They started wearing dresses at a young age, wore makeup in high school and came out as gay in 11th grade. In 2015, Marsh, who still lives on the family farm, began performing as the epically colorful drag queen Emoji…
BEFORE ELECTION DAY: CHECKLIST POSTED at Clerk’s Office by Sunday, July 14, 2024. If your name is not on the checklist, then you must register to vote. You may also check your voter registration status at https://mvp.vermont.gov. SAMPLE BALLOTS will be posted by Saturday, August 3rd, 2024. HOW TO REGISTER TO VOTE: There is no…
The Vermont General Assembly is proposing voters amend the Constitution of the State of Vermont as follows: Proposal 3: This proposal would amend the Constitution of the State of Vermont to provide that the citizens of the State have a right to collectively bargain. Article 2* of Chapter I of the Vermont Constitution is added…
In re ESTATE of Beatrice Mary Rourke NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of: Beatrice Mary Rourke, late of Isle La Motte, Vermont I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the date of…
Application 4C1200-2 from New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC, c/o DRM PLLC, 199 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05402-0190 and Nancy Jenkins, LLC, 140 Kennedy Drive #102, South Burlington, VT 05403 was received on June 24, 2024 and deemed complete on July 8, 2024. The project is generally described as modifications to an existing telecommunications project including…
Viewing by appointment. Call us At 802-891-9374 to schedule. Appts for viewing and sealed bidding will be 8/1 9:00 AM-4:30 PM Bid will be opened on 8/1 at 4:45 PM. Winning bidder will be notified by phone. 5×10 – Ashleigh Tillson & Chad Limoge 10×10 – Richard Kendall, Kayla Davis, Sherry Wilford & Justin Hall-Stasiuk…
Artist David Holub is used to receiving Instagram messages from people interested in his work. But he was skeptical of one he got earlier this month from a man across the world. Dave Okoro of Aba, Nigeria, wrote to Holub that he wanted to surprise his mother on her birthday. She lives in North Ferrisburgh,…
new in theaters ROBOT DREAMS ★★★★★ In 1980s Manhattan, a lonely dog orders himself a robot companion in this wordless, Oscar-nominated animation for all ages, directed by Pablo Berger. Prepare to have your heart-strings tugged. (102 min, NR. Catamount, Savoy; reviewed 3/13) TWISTERS: In this standalone sequel to the 1996 disaster hit, two competing teams…
In re ESTATE of Ellen Osborne Coolidge NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of: Ellen Osborne Coolidge, late of Shelburne, Vermont. I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the date of the first…
The confluence of last week’s devastating floods and this week’s cover story about the revitalization of St. Johnsbury is a reminder that the rivers and streams that have powered Vermont through the ages also hold the potential to destroy it. Before the American Revolution, European settlers put down roots alongside waterways to harness the hydro…
Cones of velvety soft ice cream emerged from the window of Vermont Cookie Love into expectant hands. Sarah Richardson and a friend had showed up near closing time for their go-to flavor: a maple-coffee twist. Richardson lives close to the North Ferrisburgh shop and estimated that the swirled cone in her hand marked her “4,000th…
When I first heard the words “lobster doughnut,” I immediately thought: sugary seafood cruller. Luckily, this turns out not to be what chef Stefano Coppola is serving his customers at Morse Block Deli & Taps every Wednesday. His Lobster Doughie summer special is an elevated take on a lobster roll, and the unlikely combo makes…
East Middlebury’s Waybury Inn is under the new ownership of three town natives: chef Antonio Petri and Halina and Chas Lyons. The change of hands occurred in the spring, when Joe and Tracey Sutton sold the 200-year-old inn after nearly 25 years of ownership. Petri has been executive chef at the inn’s casual and fine-dining…
After a 10-year run, St. Johnsbury’s subterranean craft-beer destination, Kingdom Taproom, closed in early July. Its group of owners is “in talks” with potential operators “to have it reopened soon,” either as the Taproom or with changes, co-owner Jamie Murphy told Seven Days. In February, the owners shuttered their upstairs restaurant, Kingdom Table, just shy…
Hoppiness Ahead Friday 19 & Saturday 20 Green Mountain beer buffs’ favorite event returns to the Burlington waterfront. This year’s Vermont Brewers Festival highlights 36 homegrown breweries and 10 from out of state — allowing local purveyors time to run their operations. It all adds up to more brews to choose from. Don’t skip the…
